1988 (production)

== Production ==
=== January ===
* 4 January – Filming begins on .
* 11 January – airs.
* 15 January – The score for is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
* 18 January – airs.
* 21 January – Abraham Sofaer dies.
* 22 January – Eli Behar dies.
* 25 January – airs.
* Pocket TOS by Diane Carey is published by Pocket Books.
=== February ===
* 1 February – airs.
* 3 February –
** premieres in France.
** Webster Whinery, Jr. is born.
* 5 February – The score for is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
* 8 February – airs.
* 10 February – Jade and Nikita Ramsey are born.
* 15 February – airs.
* 19 February – Larry Forrester dies.
* 20 February – Rihanna is born.
* 21 February – Blaisdel Makee dies.
* 22 February – airs.
* Pocket TOS #38: The IDIC Epidemic by Jean Lorrah is published by Pocket Books.
=== March ===
* 1 March – Madeline Wise is born.
* 11 March – The score for is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
* 12 March – Karen Steele dies.
* 14 March – airs.
* 15 March – Rik Vollaerts dies.
* 18 March –
** Ronald Tang is born.
** Alan Gibbs dies.
* 21 March – airs.
* 23 March – Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama is born.
=== April ===
* 5 April – The score for is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
* 7 April – Ed Speleers is born.
* 10 April – Haley Joel Osment is born.
* 11 April –
** Mathieu Bourassa is born.
** airs.
* 18 April – airs.
* 19 April – The score for is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
* 20 April – Noah Averbach-Katz is born.
* 23 April – Erica Mer is born.
* 25 April – airs. Denise Crosby leaves the cast.
* 29 April – The score for is recorded at the Universal Studios Scoring Stage.
* Pocket TOS #39: Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin is published by Pocket Books.
=== May ===
* 2 May – airs.
* 4 May – Ed Bakey dies.
* 6 May – The score for is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
* 9 May – airs.
* 16 May – airs, concluding TNG Season 1.
* 24 May – Paul Robert Langdon is born.
=== June ===
* 13 June – Bree Wasylenko is born.
* 26 June – Katie and Kellie Cockrell are born.
* 28 June – Giovanni Spina is born.
* TNG Season 2 begins production, but is substantially delayed due to a Writer's Guild strike. Diana Muldaur joins the cast as Doctor Pulaski, replacing Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher.
* Pocket TOS #40: Timetrap by David Dvorkin is published by Pocket Books.
* premieres in Poland.
=== July ===
* 1 July – Tony Leader dies.
* 8 July – Shazad Latif born.
* 15 July – Hana Hatae born.
* 25 July – Jajube Mandiela is born.
* 28 July – Gunnar Nelson is born.
* Pocket TNG #1: Ghost Ship by Diane Carey is published by Pocket Books.
=== August ===
* 1 August – Tanu Ravi is born.
* 8 August – Samer Salem is born.
* 19 August – Wyatt Gray is born.
* Pocket TOS #41: The Three-Minute Universe by Barbara Paul is published by Pocket Books.
=== September ===
* 13 September – The plans for Paramount Stage 9 are revised.
* DC TOS volume 1 #54: "Old Loyalties" is published.
* Pocket TOS Spock's World by Diane Duane is published by Pocket Books.
* Pocket TNG #2: The Peacekeepers by Gene DeWeese is published by Pocket Books.
=== October ===
* 4 October – Final draft script for is submitted.
* 11 October – Morgan Farley dies. Filming begins on .
* 12 October –
** Ito Aghayere is born.
** Filming is completed on .
** Second revised final draft script for is submitted.
* 13 October – Filming begins on .
* 15 October – Julian Davidson dies.
* 21 October – Filming is completed on .
* 24 October – Filming begins on .
* Pocket TOS #42: Memory Prime by Garfield & Judith Reeves-Stevens is published by Pocket Books.
=== November ===
* 1 November – Filming is completed on .
* 2 November – Filming begins on .
* 8 November – Oscar Camacho and Jessica Lowe are born.
* 9 November – Billy Curtis dies.
* 10 November – Filming is completed on .
* 11 November –
** Sam Klatman is born.
** Filming begins on .
* 19 November – Kyle Kass and Patrick Kwok-Choon are born.
* 21 November – The second season of premieres with . The episode's late airdate is due to the Writer's Guild strike, and the script is recycled from an old Star Trek: Phase II story. Whoopi Goldberg makes the first of several recurring appearances as Guinan.
* 28 November –
** Scarlett Pomers born.
** airs.
* Pocket TNG #3: The Children of Hamlin by Carmen Carter is published by Pocket Books.
=== December ===
* 5 December –
** Nami Melumad is born.
** airs.
* 6 December – dies.
* 12 December – airs.
* 28 December – Filming ends on .
* Pocket TOS #43: The Final Nexus by Gene DeWeese is published by Pocket Books.
* Early December – completes filming.
* Mid-December – is filmed.
=== Unknown month ===
* Josh Bell, Alex Chung, Robert Gilbert, and Jodi Johnston are born.
* CIC Video begins its release of Star Trek series on VHS in the UK with TOS Season 1.
==Media gallery==
File:1x12 The Big Goodbye original title card.jpg|
File:1x13 Datalore title card.jpg|
File:1x14 Angel One title card.jpg|
File:Final Frontier cover.jpg|
File:1x15 11001001 title card.jpg|
File:1x16 Too Short A Season original title card.jpg|
File:1x17 When The Bough Breaks original title card.jpg|
File:1x18 Home Soil original title card.jpg|
File:The IDIC Epidemic.jpg|The IDIC Epidemic
File:1x19 Coming of Age title card.jpg|
File:1x20 Heart of Glory title card.jpg|
File:1x21 The Arsenal of Freedom original title card.jpg|
File:1x22 Symbiosis title card.jpg|
File:1x23 Skin Of Evil original title card.jpg|
File:Time for Yesterday original cover.jpg|Time for Yesterday
File:1x24 We'll Always Have Paris title card.jpg|
File:1x25 Conspiracy title card.jpg|
File:1x26 The Neutral Zone original title card.jpg|
File:Timetrap cover.jpg|Timetrap
File:Ghost Ship.jpg|Ghost Ship
File:The Three-Minute Universe.jpg|The Three-Minute Universe
File:Old Loyalties.jpg|"Old Loyalties"
File:Spocks World.jpg|Spock's World
File:The Peacekeepers.jpg|The Peacekeepers
File:Memory Prime.jpg|Memory Prime
File:2x01 The Child original title card.jpg|
File:2x02 Where Silence Has Lease title card.jpg|
File:The Children of Hamlin cover.jpg|The Children of Hamlin
File:2x03 Elementary, Dear Data title card.jpg|
File:2x04 The Outrageous Okona original title card.jpg|
File:The Final Nexus.jpg|The Final Nexus
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