#series:tng

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 8 / ? Times Lwaxana was referred to on TNG

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I love the fandom's collective headcanon that Lwaxana found Campio through Space Tinder, but consider: she logged onto Space LinkedIn by mistake one day, thinking it's a new dating site. After connecting with all the other diplomats she knows, she stumbles onto Campio's profile and of course she wants to get in touch! They have such similar working experiences and he's royalty too to boot, so what could go wrong? Turns out Campio too, mistook Space LinkedIn for Space Tinder.

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  7 / ? Times Lwaxana was referred to on TNG

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Photos from the 1992 TNG Convention! Majel’s in it, as are plenty of props. I like whatever Marina Sirtis is doing in the 8th photo XD

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(Part 2 is here)

Here’s the audio version of the novel Q-In-Law on Youtube, read by Majel Barrett and John DeLancie!

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Trailer for TNG’s ‘Menage a Troi’. I found this one to be pretty accurate, like the one for ‘Haven’. Although it’s weird that the scene where Lwaxana lies on her couch on the Enterprise is used as proof of her telepathic abilities being affected.

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6 / ? Times Lwaxana was referred to on TNG (Part 2)

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3 / ? Times Lwaxana was referred to on TNG

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1 November 1993 - ‘Dark Page’ (TNG 7x07) first airs

Lwaxana’s assisting the telepathic Cairn on the Enterprise, but isn’t quite herself. After she falls into a coma, Deanna explores her thoughts and discovers a dark secret Lwaxana had kept repressed for years.

This marks Lwaxana’s final appearance on TNG, and it is a heart-breaking one, while explaining much of her behavior towards Deanna in hindsight.

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6 / ? Times Lwaxana was referred to on TNG (Part 1)

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Some interesting behind the scenes tidbits...

While browsing Fanlore, I came across a website hosting all the issues of the IDIC Newsletter, which ran from December 1988 to October 1996. The newsletters themselves are a very interesting read, and if you are interested in reading Star Trek discourse, the letters section is for you. A couple of issues have Lwaxana/Majel-related behind the scenes tidbits, and while I don’t think I can republish the content, you can check out the issues at your own leisure.

1. Issue 17 (August 1991), pages 43 to 44

This article is a fan report on Seatrek ‘91 (basically, like a Star Trek convention but at sea), and the bits on what happened during the filming of ‘Ménage à Troi’ are absolutely hilarious!

A magazine article on the same event can be read here at My Star Trek Scrapbook, though it does not cover the TNG panel.

2. Issue 23 (August 1992), page 47

This con report gives more information on the mud bath from ‘Cost of Living’, and while it certainly looked enjoyable to Lwaxana in the show it wasn’t in real life!

3. Issue 27 (April 1993), pages 64 to 66

This is a transcript of an interview Majel recorded for a German convention. There’s more on the mud bath (which makes me wonder if anyone knows of Michael Dorn’s take on it, since Marina Sirtis and Brian Bonsall both disliked the mud as well), and how she got her role on the film Westworld.

4. Issue 29 (August 1993), page 48

In this excerpt from this con report with Marina Sirtis, there’s again a bit more trivia about the mud bath scene, and how she and Majel were like family. (Aww.)

5. Issue 42 (August 1995), pages 52 to 54

Note: the URL given on the website actually leads to Issue 41; replace the 41 with 42 in the URL to get to this issue.

From this con report we have Majel’s thoughts on Christine Chapel, whom she didn’t like much, and of course Lwaxana whom she enjoyed playing. The report on Carel Struycken (Mr Homn) is also fairly interesting and explains how Mr Homn communicates with Lwaxana.