Why did Beverly Crusher leave the enterprise?

An official announcement stated McFadden had left the series to pursue other career options. McFadden herself got a call from her agent who told her the producers had decided to go in another direction with the character. Like the other cast members, McFadden was surprised.
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Why did Beverly Crusher leave the show?

Fans were shocked to find her character, Dr Beverly Crusher, gone from the series in its second season. McFadden had raised concerns about sexist material on the show and was pushed out by one of the male producers on the show.
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Why did Dr. Pulaski leave the enterprise?

Katherine Pulaski, didn't make it to the third season. Roddenberry described Muldaur as "a most talented actress", and said that the decision "to let her go was made solely because the hoped-for chemistry between her and the rest of the starship cast did not develop."
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Why did Dr Crusher leave in season 2?

Dr. Crusher wasn't in TNG season 2 because Gates McFadden was fired by co-executive producer Maurice Hurley. Production on TNG season 1 was infamously chaotic and numerous writers quit the show during its tumultuous first year.
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Why did Wesley Crusher leave the enterprise?

Writing on his old 2000s blog, Wheaton explained the trigger for his departure wasn't so much fan backlash, but poor treatment behind the scenes, revealing, "I left Star Trek because it was seriously interfering with my career in feature films."
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Where was GATES MCFADDEN during season 2 of STAR TREK - The Next Generation?



Why did fans not like Wesley Crusher?

And if you ask them why they dislike Wesley, they immediately start ticking off the reasons: he was annoying, arrogant, he was a “Mary Sue” character, he sulked a lot, and he was always saving the day.
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Did Wesley Crusher create the Borg?

In Star Trek Next Gen S03E01 Evolution he improves on nanites so that they can work together and improve themselves. To allow further growth they leave the enterprise to a wormhole that sends them through space and time to delta quadrant around 1484.
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Is Wesley Crusher Picard's son?

Whether or not this was the original plan, Star Trek ultimately debunked the idea of Wesley Crusher being Picard's son. Picard and Beverly did indeed have a past relationship: her late husband, Jack Crusher, was Picard's former first officer and best friend on the USS Stargazer.
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Why did Riker grow a beard?

According to Jonathan Frakes (the actor who portrays Riker) the beard was a result of his personal hatred of shaving, combined with the 1988 writer's strike meaning that he had more time between shows than normal.
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Did Deanna Troi marry Riker?

While Riker and Troi did, in fact, marry, that didn't happen until Star Trek: Nemesis, the last of the movies featuring the cast of TNG. Most of the time the two characters spent on the show saw them put aside any personal feelings and be able to work as close friends.
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What happened Dr Pulaski after she left the Enterprise?

In 2347, Pulaski accepted a Starfleet commission with the rank of lieutenant commander and took a position in the medical department aboard the Renegade the following year.
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Did Picard and Crusher ever get together?

Crusher. It turns out, not all of it is sunshine and space roses, because they got married and divorced in an alternate future. They finally do kiss in the present, consummating their series-long flirtation; but then Picard has to go and change the past, erasing that moment on the timeline.
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Why did Maurice Hurley leave TNG?

Executive producer Rick Berman recalled that Hurley "had a real bone to pick" with McFadden and did not like her acting. He left the series after its second season, which left the door open for Rick Berman to rehire McFadden after dismissing her replacement Diana Muldaur.
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What is Gates McFadden doing now?

Gates McFadden is best known as Dr. Beverly Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation and its four movie spin-offs, but her career goes well beyond Star Trek not just as an actress but also as a choreographer… and now as a podcast host.
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Who is the best Star Trek doctor?

11 Best Doctors In The Star Trek Universe
  • 8 Phil Boyce. ...
  • 7 The Doctor. ...
  • 6 Katherine Pulaski. ...
  • 5 Noonian Soong. ...
  • 4 Julian Bashir. ...
  • 3 Christine Chapel. Even though Dr. ...
  • 2 Ira Graves. A brilliant scientist, Ira Graves was a molecular cyberneticist. ...
  • 1 Phlox. The alien doctor of the first USS Enterprise, Phlox was always a unique healer.
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Is Dr Crusher in Picard?

As per an official announcement from Paramount, Star Trek: Picard season 3 will reunite the entire main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. That includes Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher - the Enterprise's chief medical officer, not seen since Star Trek: Nemesis in 2002.
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Why does Riker walk funny?

Frakes had a back injury, caused by having a job moving furniture. The result is the “Riker Lean,” where you often see him on set leaning on chairs or consoles, or with one leg propped up on something. You can also see his body is tilted a little when he's standing up straight.
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Does Jonathan Frakes have a back problem?

According to a thread on Reddit, actor Jonathan Frakes has an old back injury that he sustained years before Star Trek: The Next Generation, which caused him to have to modify the way he sits.
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Why is Riker called Number One?

William T Riker

Riker is usually referred to as “Will”. He is also usually (and informally) called “Number One” by Captain Picard, because of his position as first officer on the Enterprise.
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Is Wesley Crusher a Mary Sue?

Wesley is not only a Mary Sue, he is *the* quintessential Mary Sue. In a show where they repeatedly stress earning your rank through hard work, he is immediately given a prime duty assignment over somebody who did put in the work.
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Did Picard ever meet Seven of Nine?

After all, Picard and Seven of Nine had never even met in the mainstream Trek continuity and, on the surface, the two have little in common beyond their shared trauma at the hands of the Borg.
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What happened to the Enterprise E after nemesis?

In the novels published by Pocket Books after Nemesis, the Enterprise-E remains under the command of Picard as of 2385 in the 2013 novel miniseries Star Trek: The Fall. Data was resurrected in the novels similarly to the comic miniseries Countdown, but he decided not to re-enter Starfleet.
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Is Leland the first Borg?

But if Discovery is telling a Borg origin story, establishing Leland as the earliest Borg Drone could set the precedent for their human appearance.
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Did Section 31 create the Borg?

The core theory, hatched during Discovery's second season, holds that that Leland -- a Section 31 agent who merged with the synthetic components of Control -- becomes the first “proto-Borg” and uses the Red Angel suit to travel back in time to the Delta Quadrant and lay the foundation for the Borg Collective.
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Why did the Borg only send one cube?

In the case of Star Trek First Contact, they only sent one cube, because again, efficiency: They had previously devastated the defences the first time, and only one ship - the Enterprise - only posed any real threat.
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