| "The Battle" | |
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation episode | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:The_Battle_screenshot.jpg) The USS Stargazer as it appears to the Enterprise after it has performed the Picard Maneuver | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Rob Bowman |
| Story by | Larry Forrester |
| Teleplay by | Herbert Wright |
| Featured music | Ron Jones[1] |
| Cinematography by | Edward R. Brown |
| Production code | 110 |
| Original air date | November 16, 1987 |
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"The Battle" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and was originally aired on November 16, 1987, in broadcast syndication. The episode was written by Herbert Wright, based on a story by Larry Forrester, and directed by Rob Bowman.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) is given his former vessel, the Stargazer, as a gift by the Ferengi DaiMon Bok (Frank Corsentino) who intends to use it to take revenge upon the Enterprise captain.
The Stargazer was to originally be represented by the movie-era Enterprise model, but producers were convinced to use a design which had appeared on a model in Picard's ready room in the series pilot. Several camera and compositing techniques were used by Bowman in filming the scenes aboard the bridge of the Stargazer, which was also a re-dressed movie-era Enterprise bridge set (which had also been re-dressed to serve as the Enterprise-D “battle bridge” in the pilot episode).
- ^ a b Nemecek (2003): p. 40