Other mistake: When Picard and Riker set the Auto Destruct, the readout is in LEDs, rather than the regular display graphics normally used.
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10th Nov 2022
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
16th Oct 2022
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Encounter at Farpoint (1) - S1-E1
Other mistake: As the Enterprise starts to turn to starboard (right) to escape the energy field Q set up, as the field is moving to port (left, indicating the ship is turning right) the starfield is also moving right, when it should be moving left.
14th Jan 2021
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
6th May 2020
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: As the ship approaches the energy cloud the second time, the registry number on the underside of the saucer is backwards.
26th Apr 2020
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Gambit (2) - S7-E5
Other mistake: When the raiders' vessel fires on the Enterprise, only the starboard nacelle is hit. Right after the impact, Worf reports the port nacelle hit, then the starboard.
11th Apr 2020
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: As the camera looks at the Enterprise as a transitional view, part of the decal for the registry number is visible.
8th Apr 2020
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
15th Mar 2020
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: As Beverly points to a planet on the monitor, the read out on the planet is upside down.
23rd Nov 2019
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
All Good Things... (1) - S7-E25
Other mistake: When Picard first meets Data in the past, Data's rank insignia is wrong. He's always held the rank of Lieutenant Commander, signified by two gold pips, and one with black in the center. However, Data has one gold, one with black, signifying Lieutenant.
19th Jul 2019
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: As Troi describes her idea of "real" chocolate to the computer, it interrupts her with a warning about the nutritional value of her request. The reply is in two parts, and between the parts, you hear the intake of breath, something no computer would do.
1st Jul 2019
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: While Riker looks over Data's shoulder, the make up on Data's eyebrows is incomplete. The left is lighter, the right is darker.
5th May 2019
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: In this episode, in Riker's memory, the encounter between him and Quinn is re-lived. As Quinn starts to attack Riker, you can see Riker's stunt double's face, and tell that it's Quinn's stunt double, as the hair is smooth, not styled. Also, Riker is a few inches taller than Quinn, but in the onset of the attack, they're equal heights.
30th May 2017
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: After the report that Picard is close to death, the scene shifts to a close up of La Forge's hand turning on controls. If you look closely, you can see that both panels are re-purposed CANX-23429 remote control units. The markings are for volume, radio, transmitter, receiver, phone jacks and a microphone jack.
30th May 2017
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: When the Pakleds shoot La Forge the second time, he raises his arms a bit, seemingly in preparation to go backwards.
16th May 2017
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: As Guinan sits at the desk, she reaches toward, but doesn't touch, the control for the screen, but it activates.
9th Dec 2016
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: After greeting Crusher, Data explains where Picard is. Problem is he uses the contraction "he's" instead of "he is." Data is supposed to be incapable of this.
9th Dec 2016
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: As Crusher enters the police station, Data says "Hiya, Doc. What's cookin?" He's supposed to be incapable of using contractions.
10th Oct 2016
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: As the cloaked Warbird looks at the Enterprise, the registry number on the under side of the saucer is reversed.
12th Jul 2016
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Other mistake: As the Enterprise comes into the frame approaching the cloud, the registry numbers are reversed.
12th Jul 2016
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Where No One Has Gone Before - S1-E6
Other mistake: As the Enterprise comes out of warp in galaxy M33, the conference lounge is visible and is a re-use of the opening sequence. The movements of the people is identical.
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Suggested correction: This is only a mistake if the series is taken as a whole. At this point in the series, that particular trait wasn't part of the character. Data uses contractions multiple times in the first season, as the trait was added later.
While it was explicitly expressed in season 2 that Data can not use contractions, the fact that they did established this character trait means it could be a valid mistake since the trait is meant to show Data could never use contractions since his creation, not that he suddenly developed it some 30-odd years later. Although it would probably be best to submit it as a mistake in season 2 when it's mentioned that it contradicts what was established or at least make one character mistake for "all of season 1" than list every individual time it happened.
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