The episode has also been cited as a favorite by members of the show's cast and crew, and is a fan favorite, even resulting in a 2021 auction of the prop flute – once thought by Christie's auction house to be worth equivalent to $450 in 2023 dollars – for $190,000 (equivalent to $213,636 in 2023).
Back in 1987, one of TV's greatest reboots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, premiered on the small screen. At the time, the show's 47-year-old star, Patrick Stewart, was described by the Los Angeles Times as "an unknown British Shakespearean actor."
Auction of the Ressikan Flute. (Featured on the History Channel)
How much did Patrick Stewart get paid for TNG?
It is not known how much Stewart was paid for the initial seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but it is known he was earning around $45,000 per episode by 1992. By the series's end, he was making $100,000 per episode.
By the time of the Star Trek: The Next Generation series finale, "All Good Things...," Will Riker was 36 years old. Jonathan Frakes was around 35 when he was cast as Will Riker, making him about six years older than his character.
The episode has also been cited as a favorite by members of the show's cast and crew, and is a fan favorite, even resulting in a 2021 auction of the prop flute – once thought by Christie's auction house to be worth equivalent to $450 in 2023 dollars – for $190,000 (equivalent to $213,636 in 2023).
Olivia Picard was Jean-Luc Picard's daughter during his Nexus experience in 2371. Olivia Picard was played by Olivia Hack. According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 324), Olivia Picard was ten years old, the same age as her brother Matthew Picard.
The music of the Ressikan flute was not played by Patrick Stewart, but by musician Brice Martin. Stewart did receive lessons so that his fingering would be accurate. [1] The design of the Ressikan flute prop was based on various different makes of tin whistle.
Franchise fans probably remember a very similar scene in the 1986 film The Voyage Home, when Kirk and Spock have to deal with a punk on the bus who wouldn't shut off his music until Spock did it for him after a neck pinch. And it is the same exact punk, played by Kirk Thatcher.
According to a Greek legend, Athene had invented the flute, and then cast it aside because it distorted the features of the player. Marsyas took it up, and became so skilful as to challenge Apollo, the patron god of the lyre.
Widely recognized as the man who introduced the flute to rock music, Ian Anderson remains the crowned exponent of the popular and rock genres of flute playing.
Q seemed frightened of Guinan, telling Picard that she is "not what she appears to be," and that Picard should remove her from the Enterprise. Considering Q's abilities, it's unclear why he would be afraid of Guinan, and Star Trek has never offered a real explanation for Q's reaction.
Guinan is an El-Aurian, a race of empathic and telepathic beings who are extremely long-lived; Guinan's exact age is never mentioned, but she is well over 500 years old by the time of her appearance in Star Trek: Picard season 2.
El-Aurians (referred to as a Race of Listeners by Dr. Tolian Soran, the El-Aurian antagonist in Star Trek Generations) are a humanoid race first introduced in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation with the character Guinan. The species was named in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Rivals."
And, now I would say a good, quality student flute is anywhere from $600 – $2,000. You may have forgotten that inflation over all these years should have taken these instruments way up into the $6,000 range (at least), but it hasn't.
Jean-Luc Picard was born to Maurice and Yvette Picard in La Barre, France, on 13 July 2305, and he dreamed of joining Starfleet. He and the rest of his family speak English, with English accents—the French language having become obscure by the 24th century, as mentioned in the Next Generation episode “Code of Honor“.
However, Spiner felt he was too old to continue playing the part, as Data does not age. He also played Lore, Data's evil android brother, in several Next Generation episodes; and B-4, another brother android with a less developed mind, in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
By the time they were both stationed aboard the USS Enterprise-D, Riker and Troi had settled into a warm, close friendship. Riker and Troi rekindled their romance in the third TNG film, Star Trek: Insurrection, and the couple finally married at the beginning of the fourth and final TNG film, Star Trek: Nemesis.
