Encounter at Farpoint [SEP] series
Encounter at Farpoint
"Encounter at Farpoint" is the pilot episode and series premiere of the American science fiction television series "", which premiered in syndication on September 28, 1987. It was written by D. C. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry and directed by Corey Allen. Roddenberry was the creator of "Star Trek", and Fontana was a writer on . It was originally aired as a 90-minute special, and subsequent reruns typically split the episode into two parts.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows
abbreviation for the series from which the information came (e.g. DS9 for ""), followed by the name of the episode in double quotation marks. So, to cite information from the "" (TNG) pilot "Encounter at Farpoint", one would add: (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"). The same rule applies for films, without the series prefix and with italics in place of quotation marks. The same method of notation is also used in the printed "Star Trek Encyclopedia", which is