Production
- The Constellation-class starship first appears in the pilot episode of The Next Generation as a desktop model in Picard's ready room. Sternbach constructed the model by kitbashing Ertl kits of the movie Enterprise, using parts from other models such as the VF-1 Valkyrie to add detail. Jein used Sternbach's and Probert's designs to create the four-foot shooting model of the USS Stargazer for "The Battle". In the original script, the Stargazer would be a redress of the movie-era Constitution-class Enterprise model; Probert and Sternbach persuaded the producers not to reuse the movie Enterprise model, and the "Constellation"-class label was chosen so that it could match LeVar Burton's lip movement to redub dialogue.
- The term "Picard Maneuver" was later used to also refer to Patrick Stewart's habit of tugging his uniform shirt down.
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