ESTATE SALE
My mother-in-law recently passed and we're finally going through the items that she collected while she worked in the entertainment industry.
She worked at the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Hollywood, California in the mid-1990s and then moved on to other companies in the biz.
Over the years, she obtained an extensive collection of rare Hollywood items, especially from her favorite franchise "Star Trek". Scripts, crew gifts, screen used props and much, much more.
Our loss is your gain. Please bid high and we thank you for your support!!
This item up for bids would make a great addition to any Star Trek fan’s collection. It is the final edition of the script!
"Q Who?"
From the writer's offices of "Star Trek - The Next Generation" in the Hart building on the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Hollywood.
It is printed on white pages only.
It is NOT a distribution style that was printed on the various color coded pages. It was the version of the script that was kept in the writer's offices to refer to for continuity. That version of a script is always made on white pages only and was often used to actually MAKE the color coded distribution copies from. Back in the day it was cheaper and faster to print one master via the computer's printer and then use the copier to make additional ones to hand out. There are some scripts that are distribution versions that are up for sale. Be sure to check out our other auctions for more!
For more detail about this, please refer to the web site for
Set Hero as they have a detailed description of script handling on productions. (Screen shot also attached in auction details for clarity)
It is in pristine condition as it has been stored in a plastic protection cover bag with a cardboard backing to prevent damage/tears/folds. It was taken out of the bag only to take these auction photos.
This item is the real deal!
It's not a copy of a copy of a copy like a lot of other auctions that you'll run into.
Always kept in a non-smokers house!
NO torn pages!
NO missing pages!
NO stains or other damage!
The script is 50 pages in length.
(76 physical pages)
Draft written on February 24, 1989
First aired on May 8, 1989
Story synopsis quoted from the Star Trek web site:
"On his way back to his quarters, Captain Jean-Luc Picard steps off a turbolift and instead of finding himself in a corridor onboard the Enterprise, ends up on board a shuttlecraft with Q at the controls. Picard demands to be returned to the Enterprise; Q calls him "an impossibly stubborn human" and refuses to take him back until he agrees to at least hear Q's requests. Q then transports them to Ten Forward, where Guinan, who recognizes him, warns Picard not to trust him. Q reveals that he wants to join the crew to assist them as they push further into unexplored regions of the galaxy, asserting they are not ready for the threats they will encounter. Picard chooses to make their own way into the unknown, and rejects Q's offer. Irritated by Picard's arrogance, Q instantaneously sends the Enterprise thousands of light years across the galaxy, then disappears. Lt. Commander Data reports that the nearest starbase is over two years away at maximum warp. A fearful Guinan warns Picard to set course for home immediately, but Picard is curious to explore.
The crew discover a nearby planet that shows signs of a previous civilization but has been stripped of all industrial and mechanical elements, similar to destruction found several months ago at Federation outposts bordering the Romulan Neutral Zone. Moments later, they detect and are then met by a large, cube-shaped vessel which does not answer their hails. Guinan warns Picard that the ship belongs to the Borg, a powerful, cyborg-like race that nearly wiped out her people, scattering the survivors across the galaxy, and again urges Picard to leave immediately or face certain destruction. Though Picard orders the Enterprise's shields raised, a single, speechless Borg transports into Engineering and begins to probe the Enterprise's computer systems. Lt. Worf initially attempts to incapacitate the intruder with his phaser set on stun, which has no effect. Worf is forced to use the kill setting in order to neutralize the Borg. Immediately afterwards, a second Borg appears and continues probing the computer, now proving to be completely immune to phaser fire. Completing its mission, it strips several components from the dead Borg, then transports itself and the dead Borg away. The Borg ship contacts the Enterprise and demands their surrender. The Borg then immobilizes the Enterprise with a tractor beam, disables the shields, and uses a cutting beam to slice into the saucer section to remove a cross-section of the ship, killing eighteen people.
Picard orders return fire, and the Enterprise apparently disables the Borg ship. Against Guinan's advice, Commander William Riker takes an away team to the immense Borg cube where they find mostly dormant Borg drones and a Borg nursery. Data discovers that the Borg ship is regenerating and repairing the damage made by the Enterprise. The away team is beamed directly to the bridge, and Picard orders that they depart at maximum warp. The Borg ship suddenly reactivates and begins pursuit, gaining on the Enterprise. Q appears on the bridge and warns Picard that the Borg will never stop chasing them, and cannot be defeated. Picard attempts to fight back against the Borg to no avail, and finally admits he needs Q's help. Q obliges, safely returning the Enterprise to its last position in Federation space. Picard, though thankful for Q's lesson, blames Q for the deaths of his crew. Q disappears, but not before reminding them again of their ill-preparedness. Guinan warns Picard that now that the Borg are aware of the Federation's presence, they will be coming. Picard reflects that perhaps Q did the right thing for the wrong reasons by bringing forward their encounter with the Borg, as it has informed the Federation what lies ahead of them as they continue to explore."
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