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
Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 3) timeline seen in the series. The events of that episode would set up appearances in "The Next Generation" for the actress as the half-Romulan character Sela in later seasons. The season also featured the first appearance of actors who would later reappear both in "The Next Generation" and later series of the franchise. These included Tony Todd as Worf's brother Kurn, who would appear in this role later in the series and also in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". "Hollow Pursuits" marked the first appearance of Dwight Schultz as Lt. Reginald Barclay in the franchise. He would become a recurring