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
Tapestry (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Next Generation" and more generally for the entire franchise. It ranked ninth on TV Guide's list of the top 10 "Star Trek" episodes for the franchise's 30th anniversary, fourth in "Entertainment Weekly"s list of top 10 "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes, 22nd out of the top 100 of the entire franchise in Charlie Jane Anders' list for io9, and 7th out of the various "Star Trek" episodes involving time travel by James Hunt at Den of Geek. Witney Seibold, on the website Crave Online said that "Tapestry" was the best installment of "The Next Generation", describing it as "one