Making It So: Continuing Star Trek - The Next Generation
Making It So: Continuing Star Trek – The Next Generation is an 84-minute documentary offering an in-depth exploration of s second season, including the effects of the 1988 writer's strike on the show, cast changes, and the challenges of creating groundbreaking visual effects on a television budget. For ease of access, the documentary – produced for inclusion on the 2012 TNG Season 2 Blu-ray release – is split into two roughly equal-length parts,
Part 1: "Strange New Worlds"
Part 2: "New Life and New Civilizations"
The documentary includes unique behind-the-scenes footage, outtakes, and interviews with the key creative personnel from the show, as well as the entire regular cast, including Diana Muldaur, who joined the cast during the series' second year.

Cast
 Mark A. Altman
 Rick Berman
 Rob Bowman
 LeVar Burton
 Dan Curry
 John de Lancie
 Michael Dorn
 Jonathan Frakes
 David Gautreaux as Xon (archive footage)
 Cosmo Genovese
 Persis Khambatta as Ilya (archive footage)
 Peter Lauritson
 David Livingston
 Seth MacFarlane
 Dennis Madalone
 Dan Madsen
 Gates McFadden
 Ronald B. Moore
 Ronald D. Moore
 Diana Muldaur
 Larry Nemecek
 Garfield Reeves-Stevens
 Judith Reeves-Stevens
 Marina Sirtis
 Melinda M. Snodgrass
 Patrick Stewart
 Eric A. Stillwell
 Brian Thompson
 Wil Wheaton

Crew
Directed by
 Roger Lay, Jr.
 
Writing credits
 Roger Lay, Jr.
 Robert Meyer Burnett

Produced by
 Kris Edwards – co-producer
 Roger Lay, Jr. – producer
 Robert Meyer Burnett – producer

Film Editing by
 Robert Meyer Burnett
 
Makeup Department
 Joanna Pensinger – makeup artist
 Sabrina Siebert – makeup artist

Sound Department
 Darren Barnett – sound re-recording mixer
  
Visual Effects by
 Mike Nichols – compositor
 
Other crew
 Ana Barredo – production staff: CBS Home Entertainment
 Zachary Brenner – post-production assistant
 Angelo Dante – production staff: CBS Home Entertainment
 Lorena Gatdula – legal: CBS Home Entertainment
 Natasha Mandich – legal: CBS Home Entertainment
 Denise Okuda – project consultant
 Michael Okuda – project consultant

Production Company
 Urban Archipelago Filmed Entertainment

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