Encounter at Farpoint
The pilot of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the debut of Q.
"Encounter at Farpoint" is the pilot episode and series premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which premiered in syndication on September 28, 1987. It was written by D. C. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry, directed by Corey Allen, and first aired as a two-hour TV movie. In 2364 the newly built USS Enterprise-D travels to Deneb IV on its maiden voyage to examine Farpoint Station, which the Bandi people are offering to the Federation, while a godlike being calling itself Q (John de Lancie) puts humanity on trial for savagery.
Quick Facts
- Series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Season
- 1
- Episode
- 1 and 2
- Length
- 1 hour 32 minutes
- Air date
- 28 September 1987
- Writer
- D. C. Fontana; Gene Roddenberry
- Director
- Corey Allen
- Photographer
- Edward R. Brown
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