Editing Star Trek: The Next Generation (section)

==="These Are the Voyages..." (2005)===
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In 2005, the last episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' called "[[These Are the Voyages...]]" (S4E22) featured a [[holodeck]] simulation on the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D)]] from ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' during the events of the episode "[[The Pegasus (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Pegasus]]" and the return of Commander [[William Riker]] ([[Jonathan Frakes]]) and Counselor [[Deanna Troi]] ([[Marina Sirtis]]).<ref>{{cite news|last=Perigard|first=Mark A.|title=To boldly flop; 'Enterprise' fans will want to be transported away from finale|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132380553.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116071527/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132380553.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2018|access-date=January 4, 2014|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=May 12, 2005}} {{subscription required}}</ref> It was written by Berman and Braga, who noted "... this was a very cool episode because it has a great concept driving it".<ref>{{cite news|last=Amatangelo|first=Amy|title=Producers: Show fits time-space continuum|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132380554.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415114906/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132380554.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 15, 2016|access-date=January 4, 2014|newspaper=The Boston Herald|date=May 12, 2005}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' was the TV show launched following the conclusion of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' and was set 100 years before ''TOS'' and 200 years before ''TNG'', in addition to including some soft reboot elements with an all new cast. Some episodes connected to ''TNG'' directly including guest stars by Brent Spiner and connections to the events in ''TNG'''s fictional universe. The three-episode [[story arc]] consisting of "[[Borderland (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Borderland]]", "[[Cold Station 12]]", and "[[The Augments]]", with a Soong ancestor portrayed by ''The Next Generation'' regular [[Brent Spiner]] provides some backstory to Data's origins. Also, the ''Enterprise'' episode "[[Affliction (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Affliction]]" helps explain the smooth-headed Klingons that sometimes appeared, a [[retcon]] that helped explain this varying presentation between ''TOS'', ''TNG'', and the films.

''Star Trek'' would not return to television as a show for over 12 years, until the debut of ''Star Trek: Discovery'' initially on CBS but thereafter exclusively available on the Internet service [[CBS All Access]] (Netflix internationally) at that time. The film franchise was rebooted in [[Star Trek (2009 film)|2009]], essentially a grafted on fork off of the timeline known in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. That movie contains an event from the ''TNG'' timeline, which is the destruction of Romulus and the flight of Spock's special ship to the time fork. In the ''Star Trek'' franchise, witnessing the events of time shenanigans is a common plot device.