Star Trek: The Next Generation Original Series" in 1969, the "Star Trek" franchise had continued with "" (1973–74) and a series of films, all featuring the original cast. In the 1980s, franchise creator Roddenberry decided to create a new series, featuring a new crew embarking on their mission a century after that of "The Original Series". "TNG" featured a new crew that starred (for the majority of its seven-year broadcast run) Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Jonathan Frakes as Commander William Riker, Brent Spiner as Lt Commander Data, Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf, LeVar Burton as Lt Commander Geordi La Forge, Marina Sirtis as
The Neutral Zone (Star Trek: The Next Generation) more as a Cardassian in the recurring role of Gul Dukat on "". Two of the time-displaced humans returned in "Star Trek" literature, with Ralph Offenhouse appearing in "The Next Generation" novel "Debtor’s Planet" as the Federation Ambassador to the Ferengi and again in the "Star Trek: Destiny" trilogy as the Secretary of Commerce for the Federation. Clare Raymond made a further appearance in the "Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations" novel "Watching the Clock" as a counsellor for time-displaced people. Offenhouse, Raymond and "Sonny" Clemmons also appeared in the two-part "Star Trek: The Eugenic Wars" by Greg Cox which