1991 (production)

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

For information about 1991 in the fictional Star Trek universe, please see 1991.

Table of Contents: January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December • Unknown • Media

Production[]

January[]

2 January – Pato Guzman dies.
7 January –
- TNG: "Data's Day" airs.
- UK VHS releases: TOS volumes 34, 35, and 36, TNG volume 8.
7 January – 15 January – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Night Terrors" on Paramount Stage 8, 9, and 16.
12 January –
- Sierra Hawkins is born.
- Keye Luke dies.
14 January – Hannah Spear is born.
16 January – 25 January – Eight days of filming on TNG: "Identity Crisis" on Paramount Stage 8, 9, and 16.
22 January – Second unit and blue screen inserts were filmed on Paramount Stage 13 for the episodes TNG: "Clues" and TNG: "Night Terrors".
28 January – TNG: "The Wounded" airs.
28 January – 31 January – Four days of filming on TNG: "The Nth Degree".
30 January – An additional scene for TNG: "First Contact" was filmed on Paramount Stage 8.

February[]

1 February – 5 February – Three days of filming on TNG: "The Nth Degree".
4 February –
- Sixth day of filming on TNG: "The Nth Degree".
- TNG: "Devil's Due" airs.
- CIC Video releases Original Series volumes 37 & 38 and Next Generation volume 9 on VHS in the UK.
- Christine Ebadi is born.
6 February – 15 February – Eight days of filming on TNG: "Qpid" including a location shoot at Descanso Gardens.
7 February – Don McDougall dies.
11 February – TNG: "Clues" airs.
16 February – Oscar Moreno is born.
18 February – TNG: "First Contact" airs.
19 February – 27 February – Seven days of filming on TNG: "The Drumhead".
22 February – Inserts shooting on Paramount Stage 8 and 16 for TNG: "The Nth Degree".
27 February – 28 February – Two days of filming on TNG: "Half a Life".
28 February – Noah Lamanna is born.
Pocket TOS #53: Ghost-Walker by Barbara Hambly is published by Pocket Books.
DC TNG volume 2 #16: "I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing" is published.

March[]

1 March – 7 March – Five days of filming on TNG: "Half a Life".
11 March – TNG: "Galaxy's Child" airs.
18 March –
- TNG: "Night Terrors" airs.
- UK VHS releases: TOS volumes 39 and 40 (end).
20 March – 28 March – Seven days of filming on TNG: "The Mind's Eye".
25 March
- TNG: "Identity Crisis" airs.
- Casey King is born.
27 March – Gilbert R. Leal is born.
DC TNG volume 2 #17: "Forbidden Fruit" is published.

April[]

1 April –
- TNG: "The Nth Degree" airs.
- UK VHS release: TNG volume 10.
1 April – 9 April – Seven days of filming on TNG: "In Theory".
4 April – The visual effects unit at Image G filmed the solar surface and effects scenes for TNG: "Redemption II".
5 April – Ian Meltzer is born.
6 April – Kacey Rohl is born.
8 April – UK VHS release: TNG volume 11.
9 April – An additional scene for TNG: "The Mind's Eye" was filmed on Paramount Stage 9. The final draft script for TNG: "Redemption" is submitted.
10 April –
- Paul Stader and Kevin Peter Hall die.
- Second unit insert shots were filmed for TNG: "Qpid".
10 April – 18 April – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Redemption".
11 April – Publicity photo shoot for Gene Roddenberry at the transporter room set.
16 April – Filming begins on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
18 April – Second unit shots and inserts were filmed for TNG: "Half a Life", TNG: "The Host", TNG: "The Mind's Eye", and TNG: "In Theory".
22 April –
- Ariana Shaw is born.
- TNG: "Qpid" airs.
23 April – Rudy Solari dies.
29 April – TNG: "The Drumhead" airs.
Pocket TOS #54: A Flag Full of Stars by Brad Ferguson is published by Pocket Books.
DC TNG volume 2 #18: "The Weapon" is published.

May[]

6 May – TNG: "Half a Life" airs.
7 May – UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 12 and 13 (end season 1).

Release on a Tuesday instead of the usual Monday due to May Bank Holiday.

13 May – TNG: "The Host" airs.
15 May – Cait Alexander is born.
27 May – TNG: "The Mind's Eye" airs.

June[]

25th anniversary, 1991 — *Star Trek's* 25th Anniversary on 6 June 1991

3 June –
- TNG: "In Theory" airs.
- UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 14 and 15.
4 June – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier premieres in the Philippines.
6 June – An official ceremony was held to dedicate the opening of the Gene Roddenberry building at the Paramount Studios to Gene Roddenberry.
13 June – Lizz Porter is born.
15 June – Sven Ruygrok is born.
17 June – TNG: "Redemption", the 100th episode of The Next Generation airs.
18 June – Chuck Couch dies.
20 June –
- Forty-seventh day of filming on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Bridge scenes are filmed today, including the invitation of Gorkon to dinner, and the torpedo attack on Kronos One.
- Angela and Angelica Tedeski are born.
Pocket TOS #55: Renegade by Gene DeWeese is published by Pocket Books.
Pocket TNG novel Boogeymen is published.

July[]

The Undiscovered Country poster — *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country*

1 July – UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 16 and 17.
2 July –
- Filming ends on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
- Tara Bordes is born.
8 July – 17 July – Eight days of filming on TNG: "Redemption II".
18 July – 26 July – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Darmok" including two days on location at Bronson Canyon.
24 July – Penelope Mitchell is born.
26 July – Richard Tatro dies.
29 July –
- First day of filming on TNG: "Ensign Ro"
- Paramount Home Video releases the Star Trek: The Movies - 25th Anniversary Collectors Set VHS boxset in the US, along with rereleases of the first five Star Trek films in new packaging and in widescreen format for the first time.
- Paramount Home Video also reissues the entire VHS catalog of Star Trek: The Original Series in new packaging.
30 July – 31 July – Two further days of filming on TNG: "Ensign Ro".

August[]

1 August – 6 August – Four days of filming on TNG: "Ensign Ro" including one day on location at Bronson Canyon.
5 August – Murray Golden dies. Insert shots for TNG: "Darmok" were filmed on location at Bronson Canyon.
6 August – Publicity photos of the main cast and Whoopi Goldberg were shot at Paramount Stage 8.
7 August – 15 August – Seven days of filming on TNG: "Silicon Avatar" including one day on location at the Golden Oak Ranch.
7 August – 8 August – The Directors Guild Educators Workshop visited the set of TNG: "Silicon Avatar".
8 August – Blue screen unit filming for TNG: "Darmok".
9 August – Mason Stoops is born.
12 August –
- UK VHS releases: TNG volumes 18 and 19.
- Rong Fu is born.
13 August – Entertainment Tonight journalists and photographers visited the set of TNG: "Silicon Avatar".
14 August – Charlotte Nicdao is born.
16 August – Tarun Keram is born.
16 August – 27 August – Eight days of filming on TNG: "Disaster".
20 August – Irving A. Feinberg dies.
21 August – Jesse James Rutherford is born.
22 August – Amy Sturdivant is born.
26 August –
- Roxanne Fernandes is born.
- 2nd Unit insert shots were filmed for TNG: "Redemption II" and TNG: "Darmok" and blue screen shots were filmed for TNG: "Silicon Avatar".
28 August – 2nd Unit shots were filmed for TNG: "Darmok" and TNG: "Disaster".
28 August – 30 August – Three days of filming on TNG: "The Game".
29 August – A camera crew from CBS This Morning visited the set and interviewed the cast members.
31 August – Athena Perample is born.
Pocket Books #56: Legacy by Michael Jan Friedman is published by Pocket Books.