Up The Long Ladder

This Story: Season 2 Episode 18 (production code 144)
TNG Overall: Episode 44
Trek Overall: Story 144, Episode 146
Airdate: 22 May 1989
Written by Melinda M. Snodgrass
Directed by Winrich Kolbe

Notes

• Wesley does not appear in this episode.
• The working title for this episode was “Send in the Clones”.  That line is uttered in the episode.
• Just after arriving on Mariposa, Dr. Pulaski notices a sculpture holding a large sphere reminiscent of the receptacles from the TOS episode “Return to Tomorrow”, which also featured Diana Muldaur.
• According to the author, the story was intended to be a commentary about immigration, due to the xenophobic nature of some aspects of American culture.
• In the original version of this episode, one of the missions listed on a view screen in the meeting room was “Diplomatic mission to Alderaan” (Star Wars).  This was changed to Aldeberan in the remastered version.
• There’s a music queue at 32:35 of the episode that sounds EXACTLY like a similar piece of background music used in the original series.
• The woman who plays Breanna was Rosalyn Land.  She’s done a bunch of modern Big Finish Doctor Who audios.  A list is on her IMDB page.

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