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. Hurley was replaced by Michael I.
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Why did Dr. Pulaski leave Star Trek?

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 Doctor Crusher leave in season 2?

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 was Beverly Crusher fired?

In an interview in May 2006, Berman revealed the actress was fired at end of the first season of The Next Generation because head writer Maurice Hurley "had a real bone to pick" and did not like her acting. After Hurley departed the show's writing staff, Berman brought the actress and character back.
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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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Maurice Hurley TNG Interview (September 1988)



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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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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Is Guinan a Time Lord?

Guinan, of 'Star Trek,' Would Be a Great Time Lord on 'Doctor Who' Immortal beings have to stick together, so it would only make sense for the titular time traveler from Doctor Who to take on Guinan from Star Trek as a temporary companion, or perhaps as a fellow Time Lord!
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Why does Guinan not recognize Picard?

As the showrunner, Terry Matalas has explained, “This Guinan wouldn't remember Picard because in this alternate timeline, the TNG story 'Time's Arrow' never happened. Because there was no Federation, those events did not play out the same. No previous relationship exists.
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Is Guinan immortal?

The season 2 premiere of Star Trek: Picard confirmed the simplest theories about why Q (John de Lancie) and Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) look older considering they are both essentially immortal.
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What were Guinan's powers?

Guinan, perhaps her whole species, is able to understand the 'correct' state of the universe. Take for example in Yesterday's Enterprise she knows details about the 'other' universe. The universe as it was during the rest of the series with the Enterprise as a ship of peace, not a ship of war.
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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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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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Why is Wesley Crusher so annoying?

Perhaps the most annoying thing about Wesley Crusher that makes absolutely no sense is the fact that he solves problems that adults in the crew can only scratch their heads over.
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What happened to the other doctor on TNG?

Tasha Yar's death spelled the end of Denise Crosby's regular appearance on the show, but Dr. Beverly Crusher's transfer to head of Starfleet Medical meant there was room for a new doctor on board in Diana Muldaur's Katherine Pulaski.
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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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What happened to Wesley Crushers dad?

Crusher's father was killed while under Picard's command, with Picard delivering the message to Wesley and to his mother, Beverly.
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Why was Picard called Locutus?

During their mission to assimilate Earth, the Borg decided that a human voice was necessary to facilitate their introduction into human society. Captain Picard was chosen to be that voice. And that voice was dubbed Locutus of Borg.
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Did Picard ever say shut up Wesley?

Datalore (1x13)

PICARD: Shut up, Wesley. (turning) Lieutenant Yar, pick a good security team, let me know what he does. WESLEY: Since I am finished here, Captain, may I point out... ? BEVERLY: Shut up, Wesley!
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Will Will Wheaton be in Picard?

Wil Wheaton reconfirms he won't be appearing in Star Trek: Picard season three.
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Who has played the most Star Trek characters?

Vaughn Armstrong

He's played 12 distinct characters across The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Enterprise, notably in the latter as Maxwell Forrest. Forrest has a Mirror Universe counterpart, which -- depending on how “different characters” is defined -- drops his count to 11.
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Was Wesley Crusher a genius?

The Traveler described Wesley Crusher as: a genius with the intricacies of time, energy and propulsion and that those talents needed to be encouraged.
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What is Beverly Crushers rank?

Beverly Crusher holds the rank of Commander as well as being the ship's Chief Medical Officer. She periodically acts as OOD (Officer of the Deck) on the night shift but remains outside the normal command hierarchy at other times.
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Was Q afraid of Guinan?

They're a race of listeners, with a rich, empathic ability and a complex sense of time that's tipped Guinan off to the existence of alternate histories more than once. But she has a particularly unique trait -- a dislike so powerful that Q actually fears her.
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Do the Borg know about Q?

It's highly likely that the Borg have assimilated species which are telepathic enough to sense the presence of a Q. That, or otherwise put up a fight through a psychic battle. We've seen some incredibly powerful beings which, while not omnipotent, could certainly be a contestant against Q in the mental realm.
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