Up the Long Ladder

"Up the Long Ladder" was the 44th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 18th episode of the show's second season, first aired during the week of 22 May 1989. The episode was written by Melinda Snodgrass and directed by

Winrich KolbeMA

.

While the aired episode bore titles in a display font that rendered the name, typographically, as "Up The Long Ladder" (entirely in title case), The Star Trek Encyclopedia and other licensed sources render the title more correctly as "Up the Long Ladder".

References

Characters

Bennett (Ensign) • Data • Victor Granger • Wilson Granger • Geordi La Forge • Miles O'Brien • Brenna Odell • Danilo Odell • Jean-Luc Picard • Katherine Pulaski • William T. Riker • Deanna Troi • Elizabeth Vallis • Worf • USS Enterprise-D computer

Referenced only: Adam & Eve • Liam Dieghan • Walter Granger • Moore (Admiral) • Dave Glick • Dan King • Winrich Kolbe • Peter Lauritson (22nd century) • Bob Lederman • Gary Loes • Wendy Neuss • Gene Roddenberry • Melinda Snodgrass • Steve Tucker • John Whorfin • Young Jae Kim • Mike Volland

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class explorer)

Referenced only: SS Buckaroo Banzai (BBI-993) • DEV Eagle Valley (DY-950) • SS Hatteras (DY-245) • SS Hokule'a (DY-500-C) • HMS Lord Nelson (DY-500-B) • SS Mariposa (DY-500) • HMS New Zealand (DY-732 (N)) • SS Seattle (NAR18834) • SS Tomobiki (RT-2203) • SS Urusei Yatsura (DY-430) • VK Velikan (DY-1200) • VK Yuri Gagarin (DY-732)

Locations

Bringloid • Bringloid V • Ficus sector

Referenced only: Alderaan • Aldebaran • Baikonur Cosmodrome • Planet 10 (DIM-8) • Sector 184 • Sector 185 • Sol system • SR-47 • Starbase 73

Races and cultures

android • Betazoid • Human • Klingon

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet • New United Nations • European Alliance/European Hegemony • OCC • University of Manitoba • Yoshimitsu Systems

Science and classification

ADR looping • communications • deep space exploration • delta-vee • lifeform • matter • nebula survey project • stellar chart mapping • technology • weapon

Communications

cargo hold ID code • UN Registry (DEV • HMS • NVP • VK • SS)

Lifeforms

chicken • humanoid • pig

Materials and substances

drink • food

Food and drink

poteen • chech'tluth • milk

Measurement

gross vehicle mass • metric ton

Medicine

rop'ngor

Technology and weapons

automated janitorial system • Banzai Pipeline Surfboard • cellular commlink • rotary tiller • spacecraft • starship • Yoyodyne pulse fusion

Other references

diplomatic mission • mariposa • Neo-Transcendentalism • races and cultures • science

Chronology

2102
2105
2119: SS Tomobiki launched.
2120
2123
2135
2137
2146
2160
2183
2187
2190
stardate 42823.2, 2365 (2360s chronology, Enterprise-D voyages): Enterprise travels to Ficus sector.

Appendices

Background

The LCARS displays on Picard's desk viewscreen were matted in by the art department using a number of ship names not visible in the final television version of the episode. When the episode was remastered for HD, decades later, the text was re-done with subtle variations to avoid distracting the viewer with some of the joke references of the original. A preliminary draft of the art of the original was shown in the Star Trek: The Next Generation — The Official Magazine from Starlog.

Images

A Bringloidi girl retrieves her chicken.

Timeline

published order
Previous episode: Samaritan Snare	TNG episode produced	Next episode: Manhunt
Previous episode: Samaritan Snare	TNG episode aired	Next episode: Manhunt
chronological order
Previous Adventure: Samaritan Snare	Pocket	Next Adventure: Manhunt

External link

"Up the Long Ladder" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.