1997 (production)


Events

January 
 6 January –  airs.
 8 January –  airs.
 10 January –  premieres in Switzerland.
 13 January – UK VHS releases: TOS volume 1.10 (end of season 1), DS9 volume 5.1, VOY volume 3.1.
 15 January –  airs.
 18 January –  premieres in Taiwan.
 23 January – Bill Zuckert dies.
 26 January – Guy Raymond dies.
 27 January –  airs.
 29 January –  airs.
 31 January –  premieres in Finland.

February 
 3 February –
  airs.
 UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.1, DS9 volume 5.2, VOY volume 3.2.
 5 February –  airs.
 6 February –
 Ernie Anderson dies.
  premieres in the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands.
 10 February –  airs.
 12 February – 
  airs.
  premieres in Belgium.
 14 February –  premieres in Israel and Italy.
 17 February –
  airs.
  premieres in Spain.
 19 February –  airs.
 20 February –  premieres in Singapore.
 21 February –  premieres in Brazil.
 24 February –  airs; UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.2, DS9 volume 5.3, VOY volume 3.3.
 25 February – Marina Miller is born.
 26 February –  airs.
 28 February –  premieres in Portugal.

March 
 4 March – Carey Loftin dies.
 5 March –  premieres in France.
 7 March – Kim Yale dies.
 10 March – UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.3, DS9 volume 5.4, VOY volume 3.4.
 15 March –  premieres in Japan.
 16 March – Vince St. Cyr dies.
 19 March –  airs.
 20 March – Bernard A. Widin dies.
 28 March –  premieres in Mexico.
 30 March – Carlos Yeaggy dies.
 31 March –  airs.

April 
 2 April – George Alevizos is born.
 7 April –
  airs.
 UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.4, DS9 volume 5.5, VOY volume 3.5.
 9 April –  airs.
 10 April – Ella Rogers is born.
 11 April – William P. Dornisch dies.
 14 April –  airs.
 18 April – Georgia Schmidt dies.
 21 April –  airs.
 23 April –  airs.
 27 April – Paul Lambert dies.
 28 April –  airs.
 30 April –  airs.

May 
 5 May –
 Walter Gotell dies.
  airs.
 UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.5, DS9 volume 5.6, VOY volume 3.6.
 7 May –  airs.
 12 May –  airs.
 14 May –
 Daniel Gravelle is born.
  airs.
 16 May –  premieres in Cyprus.
 19 May –  airs.
 21 May – s third season ends with .
 23 May –
  premieres in Sweden.
 Final draft script of  is submitted.
 27 May –
 First day of filming on .
 Stand-in interviews for Jeri Ryan at 8:00 am.
 28 May – Second day of filming on .
 29 May – Third day of filming on .
 30 May – Fourth day of filming on .

June 
 1 June – The paperback version of Inside Star Trek: The Real Story is published by Pocket Books.
 2 June –
 Fifth day of filming on .
 UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.6, DS9 volume 5.7, VOY volume 3.7.
 3 June – Sixth day of filming on .
 4 June –
 Seventh day of filming on .
 Final draft script of  is submitted.
 Tracee Lee Cocco and Michael Braveheart appeared as a Ferengi and a Klingon at an official Paramount Pictures event at 3:30 pm.
 5 June – Eight day of filming on .
 6 June –
 First day of filming on .
 Kate Mulgrew has an official UPN photo shoot, dressed as Captain Kathryn Janeway.
 9 June –
 Second day of filming on .
  airs.
 The Meaning of Star Trek, by Thomas Richards, is published by Doubleday.
 10 June –
 Third day of filming on .
 Actor Michael Braveheart was transformed into a Klingon for an official Paramount event.
 11 June – Fourth day of filming on .
 12 June – Fifth day of filming on .
 13 June –
 Sixth day of filming on .
 Final draft script of  is submitted.
  premieres in Denmark and Turkey.
 16 June –
 Seventh day of filming on .
 Michael O'Herlihy dies.
 17 June –
 First day of filming on .
 Second unit filming on .
 s fifth season ends with . The episode features the beginning of the Dominion War storyline that will continue to the end of the series.
 18 June – Second day of filming on .
 19 June – Third day of filming on .
 20 June – Fourth day of filming on .
 23 June –
 Fifth day of filming on  on location at the Warner Bros. backlot.
 UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.7, DS9 volume 5.8, VOY volume 3.8.
 24 June –
 Brian Keith dies.
 Sixth day of filming on  on location at the Warner Bros. backlot.
 25 June –
 Seventh day of filming on .
 Final draft script of  is submitted.
 26 June – Eighth and final day of filming on .
 27 June –
 First day of filming on .
 Publicity group and individual shots of the main cast members on Paramount Stage 9 (engineering and corridor) are photographed.
 30 June – Second day of filming on .

July 
 1 July – Third day of filming on .
 2 July – Fourth day of filming on .
 3 July – Fifth day of filming on .
 4 July –  premieres in South Africa.
 7 July –
 Sixth day of filming on .
 Final draft script of  is submitted.
 8 July –
 Seventh and final day of filming on .
 Filming on DS9 Season 6 begins.
 9 July – First day of filming on .
 10 July –
 Second day of filming on .
 Reshoots are filmed for .
 11 July –
 Third day of filming on .
 Reshoots are filmed for .
 14 July – Fourth day of filming on .
 15 July – Fifth day of filming on .
 16 July –
 Sixth day of filming on .
 Second unit inserts are filmed for  and .
 Final draft script of  is submitted.
 17 July –
 Romolo Acquistapace dies.
  premieres in Argentina.
 Seventh and final day of filming on .
 Second unit inserts are filmed for  and .
 Wardrobe test for Jeri Ryan in the captain's ready room set during second unit filming.
 18 July – First day of filming on .
 21 July –
 Second day of filming on .
 UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.8, DS9 volume 5.9, VOY volume 3.9.
 22 July – Third day of filming on .
 23 July – Fourth day of filming on .
 24 July –
  premieres in Slovenia.
 Fifth day of filming on .
 25 July –
 Sixth day of filming on .
 Kate Mulgrew is filming sequences for a Paramount Images CD-Rom on Paramount Stage 9.
 Final draft script pf  is submitted.
 28 July – Seventh and final day of filming on .
 29 July –
 First day of filming on .
 Second unit filming on .
 30 July – Second day of filming on .
 31 July – Third day of filming on .

August 
 1 August – Fourth day of filming on .
 4 August – Fifth day of filming on .
 5 August –
 Sixth day of filming on .
 Final draft script of  is submitted.
 6 August – Seventh and final day of filming on .
 7 August – First day of filming on .
 8 August – Second day of filming on 
 11 August –
 Third day of filming on .
 Additional filming for , the scene in Chakotay's office.
 12 August – Fourth day of filming on .
 13 August – Fifth day of filming on .
 14 August – Sixth day of filming on .
 15 August –
 Seventh day of filming on .
 Final draft script for  is submitted.
 18 August – Eighth and final day of filming on .
 19 August –
 First day of filming on .
 US VHS release: Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Data Collection.
 20 August – Second day of filming on .
 21 August –
  premieres in Hungary.
 Third day of filming on .
 Second unit inserts are filmed for , , and .
 22 August –
 Fourth day of filming on .
 Second unit inserts are filmed for  and .
 UK VHS releases: TOS volume 2.9 (end season 2), DS9 volume 5.10, VOY volume 3.10.
 25 August – Fifth day of filming on .
 26 August –
 Samuel A. Peeples dies.
 Sixth day of filming on .
 Final draft script pf  is submitted.
 27 August –
 Brandon Tartikoff dies.
 Seventh and final day of filming on .
 28 August –
 Eve Smith dies.
 First day of filming on .
 29 August –
 Second day of filming on .
 Second unit inserts are filmed for .

September 
 1 September – UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.1, DS9 volume 5.11, VOY volume 3.11.
 2 September – Third day of filming on 
 3 September –
 Fourth day of filming on .
 s fourth season begins with .
 4 September – Fifth day of filming on .
 5 September –
 Sixth day of filming on .
 Second unit inserts are filmed for .
 8 September – Seventh and final day of filming on .
 10 September –
  airs.
 Ivan Ditmars dies.
 15 September – Blu del Barrio is born.
 17 September –  airs.
 20 September – , the video game, is released.
 22 September – Second unit inserts are filmed for  and .
 24 September –  airs.
 29 September –
 s sixth season begins with . The episode carries a dedication to the memory of Brandon Tartikoff, the former chairman of Paramount Pictures who died in August. It was at Tartikoff's request that Deep Space Nine was developed.
 UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.2, Star Trek: The Next Generation - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition, DS9 volume 5.12, VOY volume 3.12.
 30 September – Second unit inserts are filmed for .

October 
 1 October –  airs.
 6 October –
  airs.
 UK VHS release: TOS volume 3.3.
 8 October –
  airs.
 William Rotsler dies.
 9 October – Robert Hitchcock dies.
 16 October –
  airs.
 Dave Stewart dies.
 20 October –
  airs.
 UK VHS releases: TOS volume 3.4, Star Trek - The Movies, DS9 volume 5.13 (end season 5), VOY volume 3.13 (end season 3).
 21 October – Amanda Arcuri is born.
 24 October – Second unit inserts are filmed for .
 27 October –  airs.
 29 October –  airs.

November 
 2 November – Lee Correy dies.
 3 November –  airs.
 5 November –  airs.
 10 November –  airs.
 12 November –  airs.
 17 November –  airs.
 18 November – Jean Conan Doyle dies.
 19 November –  airs.
 24 November –
  airs.
 UK VHS release: TOS volume 3.5.
 26 November –  airs.

December 
 7 December – Robert Chadwick dies.
 17 December –
  airs.
  airs.
 18 December – Joe Lombardi dies.
 24 December –  dies.

Unknown month 
 UK VHS release:  individual release.

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