On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise, Picard:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988 & 1993)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2022)

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Too Short A Season.

Released February 6, 1988.

Directed by Rob Bowman.

Written by Michael Michaelian, D.C. Fontana, Johnny Dawkins, Sandy Fries.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by George Romanis.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Clayton Rohner, Marsha Hunt, Michael Pataki, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Susan Duchow, Shana Golden, Nora Leonhardt, Larry Robb, Richard Sarstedt, Guy Vardaman.

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: Face of the Enemy.

Released February 6, 1993.

Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.

Written by Naren Shankar, René Echevarria, Brannon Braga.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Don Davis.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Scott MacDonald, Carolyn Seymour, Barry Lynch, Robertson Dean, Dennis Cockrum, Pamela Winslow Kashani, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Cameron, Kerry Hoyt, Gary Hunter, Arvo Katajisto, Gina Saadi, Sissy Sessions, John Alex Tampoya, Guy Vardaman.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Phage.

Released February 6, 1995.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Skye Dent, Brannon Braga, Timothy DeHaas, Kenneth Biller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Cully Fredricksen, Stephen Rappaport, Martha Hackett, Majel Barrett, Derek Anthony, Jasmin Bischoff, Julie Jiang, Coleman McClary, Louis Ortiz, Garret Sato, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Shadows of P’Jem.

Released February 6, 2002.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, Phyllis Strong, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeffrey Combs, Gregory Itzin, Steven Dennis, Vaughn Armstrong, Gary Graham, Barbara Tarbuck, Jeff Kober, Steve Blalock, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Lindley Gardner, Jack Guzman, Dieter Horneman, Aldric A. Horton, Tom Morga, Bobby Pappas, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

 

Star Trek: Picard
Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The End Is the Beginning.

Released February 6, 2020.

Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, James Duff, Nick Zayas.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Jonathan Del Arco, Peyton List, Jamie McShane, Tamlyn Tomita, Rebecca Wisocky, Orla Brady, Sumalee Montano, Graham Shiels, Antonio David Lyons.

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Queue for Q.

Released February 6, 2022.

Directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.

Visual Effects and animation by Jeremy Samples.

Cast: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Brooke Breton, Denise Crosby, Marc Cushman, John de Lancie, Lolita Fatjo, D.C. Fontana, David Gerrold, David Livingston, Gates McFadden, Ronald D. Moore, Larry Nemecek, Denise Okuda, Michael Okuda, Lucie Salhany, Brent Spiner, Rick Sternbach, Eric A. Stillwell, Wil Wheaton.

On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2022)

Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Time to Die.

Released February 6, 2022.

Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.

Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.

Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast:

Jessica Henwick, Will Yun Lee, Wes Bentley, Samira Wiley, Barkhad Abdi, Zehra Fazal, Maury Sterling, Chris Jai Alex, Takehito Koyasu, Miho Sakurazaka, Akihiro Sakata, Shinshû Fuji, Takako Honda, Takayuki Kinba, Tony Nakajima, Arisa Shida.

Ernest Hemingway, on listening:

I like to listen.
I have learned a great deal from listening carefully.
Most people never listen.

- Ernest Hemingway.

Born on this day – John Carradine:

 

John Carradine

Actor

February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988

Credits:

Jack-O (1995); Buried Alive (1989); Evil Spawn (1987); The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer (1986); Peggy Sue Got Married (1986); The Tomb (1986); Monster in the Closet (1986); Revenge (1986); The Twilight Zone (1986); Frankenstein's Brain (1985); Grave's End (1985); Evils of the Night (1985); Fame (1985); Charlie's Christmas Secret (1984); The Fall Guy (1984); Antony and Cleopatra (1984); Welcome to the Fun Zone (1984); The Ice Pirates (1984); Imps* (1983); The Vals (1983); A Rose for Emily (1983); Doctor Dracula (1983); House of the Long Shadows (1983); The Secret of NIMH (1982); Klynham Summer (1982); Demon Rage (1982); Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1982); Fantasy Island (1982); Frankenstein Island (1981); Goliath Awaits (1981); The Reluctant Dragon (1981); The Nesting (1981); CBS Library (1981); The Monster Club (1981); The Howling (1981); The Boogey Man (1980); Monstroid (1980); The Seekers (1979); The Littlest Hobo (1979); Americathon (1979); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Nocturna (1979); Teheran Incident (1979); Wonder Woman (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); The Bees (1978); Flying High (1978); Vega$ (1978); Vampire Hookers (1978); Sunset Cove (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1978); The Lady and the Lynchings (1977); Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977); Golden Rendezvous (1977); Shock Waves (1977); The Mouse and His Child (1977); McCloud (1977); The White Buffalo (1977); Satan's Cheerleaders (1977); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); The Sentinel (1977); Crash! (1976); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Killer Inside Me (1976); Captains and the Kings (1976); Death at Love House (1976); The Shootist (1976); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); McCoy (1976); Westwind (1975); The Rookies (1975); Far Out Space Nuts (1975); Mobile One (1975); Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975); Kung Fu (1972–1975); Stowaway to the Moon (1975); The Lady's Not for Burning (1974); Emergency! (1974); The House of Seven Corpses (1974); The Cowboys (1974); The Cat Creature (1973); Shadow House (1973); Superchick (1973); 1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel (1973); Terror in the Wax Museum (1973); Bad Charleston Charlie (1973); Love, American Style (1973); The Night Strangler (1973); Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972); The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1972); Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972); Richard (1972); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Boxcar Bertha (1972); Moonchild (1972); Threshold (1971); Honey Britches (1971); Ironside (1971); Night Gallery (1971); House of the Black Death (1971); Decisions! Decisions! (1971); The Seven Minutes (1971); The Gatling Gun (1971); Will to Die (1971); Crowhaven Farm (1970); Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970); Bigfoot (1970); The McMasters (1970); Shinbone Alley (1970); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Hell's Bloody Devils (1970); Blood of the Iron Maiden (1970); Cain's Cutthroats (1970); The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); Bonanza (1961–1969); Five Bloody Graves (1969); Madame Death (1969); Land of the Giants (1969); Enigma de muerte (1969); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); Las vampiras (1969); The Trouble with Girls (1969); Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969); The Big Valley (1969); Diabolical Pact (1969); Antologia del miedo (1968); Autopsia de un fantasma (1968); The Astro-Zombies (1968); They Ran for Their Lives (1968); Daniel Boone (1968); Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967); Hondo (1967); The Hostage (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); Lost in Space (1967); Gallery of Horror (1967); The Green Hornet (1967); The Emperor's New Clothes (1966); Red Zone Cuba (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); Munster, Go Home! (1966); Branded (1965–1966); Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966); Laredo (1966); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Munsters (1965–1966); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966); Something for Mrs. Gibbs (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); Curse of the Stone Hand (1965); The Wizard of Mars (1965); Genesis (1964); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); The Patsy (1964); The Lucy Show (1964); Lawman (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1962); Thriller (1961); Death Valley Days (1961); Maverick (1961); Wagon Train (1958–1960); Harrigan and Son (1960); The Twilight Zone (1960); The Rebel (1959–1960); Sex Kittens Go to College (1960); Tarzan the Magnificent (1960); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); Overland Trail (1960); Lock Up (1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Johnny Ringo (1959); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959); The Incredible Petrified World (1959); Gunsmoke (1955–1959); Invasion of the Animal People (1959); The Oregon Trail (1959); The Rifleman (1959); Man Without a Gun (1959); Invisible Invaders (1959); Tombstone Territory (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Bat Masterson (1959); The Cosmic Man (1959); The Rough Riders (1959); Rescue 8 (1959); Cimarron City (1959); Sugarfoot (1958); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); The Last Hurrah (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); The Proud Rebel (1958); The Restless Gun (1958); The Lineup (1958); Suspicion (1958); Showdown at Boot Hill (1958); Hell Ship Mutiny (1957); Telephone Time (1957); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Studio One (1957); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Story of Mankind (1957); Navy Log (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Unearthly (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Cheyenne (1957); The True Story of Jesse James (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Dark Venture (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); The Ten Commandments (1956); Sneak Preview (1956); The Black Sleep (1956); Studio 57 (1956); Damon Runyon Theater (1956); My Friend Flicka (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Hidden Guns (1956); Climax! (1955–1956); The Court Jester (1955); Desert Sands (1955); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955); Half Human (1958); The Kentuckian (1955); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); Female Jungle (1955); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1954); Tales of a Wayward Inn (1954); Thunder Pass (1954); The Egyptian (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1954); Casanova's Big Night (1954); My Friend Irma (1953); Suspense (1953); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); Gang Busters (1952); The Adventures of Fu Manchu: The Zayat Kiss (1952); Thunderbolt the Wondercolt (1952); Lights Out (1950–1952); The Web (1950–1951); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1951); Sure As Fate (1951); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1949); 'C'-Man (1949); Kraft Theatre (1949); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949); A Christmas Carol (1947); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); Down Missouri Way (1946); The Face of Marble (1946); House of Dracula (1945); Captain Kidd (1945); Fallen Angel (1945); It's in the Bag! (1945); House of Frankenstein (1944); Alaska (1944); Bluebeard (1944); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Return of the Ape Man (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); Waterfront (1944); The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944); The Black Parachute (1944); The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944); Voodoo Man (1944); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); Revenge of the Zombies (1943); Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943); Silver Spurs (1943); Hitler's Madman (1943); Captive Wild Woman (1943); I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943); Reunion in France (1942); Northwest Rangers (1942); Whispering Ghosts (1942); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); Swamp Water (1941); Man Hunt (1941); Blood and Sand (1941); Western Union (1941); Chad Hanna (1940); Brigham Young (1940); The Return of Frank James (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Five Came Back (1939); Captain Fury (1939); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939); The Three Musketeers (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Jesse James (1939); Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938); Submarine Patrol (1938); Gateway (1938); I'll Give a Million (1938); Kidnapped (1938); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); International Settlement (1938); Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937); The Last Gangster (1937); The Hurricane (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Danger - Love at Work (1937); Love Under Fire (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); Captains Courageous (1937); Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937); Laughing at Trouble (1936); Winterset (1936); Daniel Boone (1936); Dimples (1936); Ramona (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); White Fang (1936); Half Angel (1936); Under Two Flags (1936); A Message to Garcia (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Anything Goes (1936); The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935); Bad Boy (1935); The Crusades (1935); She Gets Her Man (1935); Alias Mary Dow (1935); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cardinal Richelieu (1935); Les Misérables (1935); Transient Lady (1935); Clive of India (1935); Cleopatra (1934); The Black Cat (1934); The Meanest Gal in Town (1934); The Invisible Man (1933); To the Last Man (1933); This Day and Age (1933); Morning Glory (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); The Sign of the Cross (1932); Forgotten Commandments (1932); Heaven on Earth (1931); Tol'able David (1930); Bright Lights (1930).

Born on this day – Margaret Millar:

Margaret Millar

Writer

February 5, 1915 – March 26, 1994

Credits:

Books:

A Stranger in My Grave (1960); Ask for Me Tomorrow (1976); Banshee (1983); Beast In View (1955); Beyond This Point Are Monsters (1970); Do Evil in Return (1950); Experiment in Springtime (1947); Fire Will Freeze (1944); How Like an Angel (1962); It’s All in the Family (1948); Los Angeles Noir 2 (2010); Mermaid (1982); Rose’s Last Summer / The Lively Corpse (1952); Spider Webs (1986); The Birds and the Beasts Were There (1971); The Cannibal Heart (1949); The Couple Next Door (2004); The Devil Loves Me (1942); The Fiend (1964); The Invisible Worm (1941); The Iron Gates (1945); The Listening Walls (1959); The Murder of Miranda (1979); The Soft Talkers / An Air That Kills (1957); The Weak-Eyed Bat (1942); Vanish in an Instant (1952); Wall Of Eyes (1943); Wives and Lovers (1954).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986); Chevron Theatre (1953); City Detective (1954); Efialtis (1961); Karussell (1986); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Thriller (1960).

Born on this day and recommended reading – H. R. Giger:

H. R. Giger

Artist

February 5, 1940 – May 12, 2014

Credits:

Books:

Alien (1979); Alien: diaries 7/8 (2013); ARH Plus (1991); ARh+ [i.e. Positive] (1993); Baphomet Tarot Set (1999); Baphomet: the Tarot of the Underworld (1992); Biomechanics (1990); Film Design (1996); Giger (B&N) (2008); Giger's Alien (1979); H. R. Giger's Retrospective, 1964-1984 (1984); H.R. Giger Guillotine (2006); H.R. Giger: 30 Postcards (1993); H.R. Giger's Necronomicon 2 (1985); HR Giger ARh+ (1991); HR Giger: The Oeuvre Before Alien, 1961-1976 (2007); Morpheus 2009 (2008); Necronomicon (1977); Necronomicon Ex Mortis (2014); Species Design (1995); The Mystery of San Gottardo (1998); Www H. R. Giger Com (1998); www HR Giger com (1996).

Movies and television:

A New Face of Debbie Harry (1982); Alien (1979); Alien Evolution (2001); Alien vs. Predator (2004); Alien: Alone (2019); Alien: Containment (2019); Alien: Covenant (2017); Alien: Harvest (2019); Alien: Night Shift (2019); Alien: Ore (2019); Alien: Resurrection (1997); Alien: Specimen (2019); Alien³ (1992); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007); Aphex Twin: Windowlicker (1999); C-Files: Tell Saga (2000); Dark Seed (1992); Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie (2018); Debbie Harry: Backfired (1981); Debbie Harry: Now I Know You Know (1981); Future-Kill (1985); Giger's Alien (1979); Giger's Necronomicon (1975); High and Heimkiller (1967); Killer Condom (1996); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Minty Comedic Arts (2022); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Prometheus (2012); Species (1995); Species II (1998); Swiss Made (1968); Tagtraum (1973); The Alien Legacy (1999); Tokyo: The Last War (1989).

Recommended reading:

H.R. Giger's Film Design

by H.R. Giger.

Introduction by Ridley Scott.

Published by Morpheus International.
Published 1996.Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1883398061
ISBN-13: 978-1883398064

Description:

An artist of uncompromising vision who gives free range to his brilliant, often bizarre imagination, H.R. Giger has created some of the most successful marriages of design and film in history. In this collection, Giger takes readers on a tour of his fantastic designs, from genesis through gestation to birth, for such films as Alien, Alien 3, and Species. 200 photos & illustrations.

Born on this day – Joe Minjares:

Joe Minjares

Actor

Writer

February 5, 1946 – July 21, 2025

Credits:

A Chance of Snow (1998); Bound and Gagged: A Love Story (1993); Domestics (2016); ER (1995); Fem 101 (2019); I Now Pronounce You Retro & Ellie (2025); In an Instant (2015); Justice (2004); Last Seen (2002); McHale's Navy (1997); Next Door (1994); Nothing But the Truth (1995); Nothing to Lose (1997); NYPD Blue (1996); Patti Rocks (1988); Roseanne (1993); Signs and Wonders (1995); Sleep, Baby, Sleep (1995); Strange Luck (1995); Studio Luma (2015); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995); The Horrible Flowers (2006); The Jackie Thomas Show (1992); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Tom Show (1997–1998); The Truman Show (1998); Thin Ice (2011); Tom (1994); Untamed Heart (1993); Virus (1995); Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990); Wilson (2017).