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.
 25 January –  airs.
 Pocket TOS Final Frontier 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 
 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.

April 
 5 April – The score for  is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.
 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.

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.
 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 is born.
 9 November – Billy Curtis dies.
 10 November – Filming is completed on .
 11 November –
 Sam Klatman is born.
 Filming begins on .
 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.

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