We should be grateful every day that a Deanna Troi controversy was prevented when Star Trek: The Next Generation scrapped this awful character design idea.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's creatives wanted to recreate the exploding head effect from David Cronenberg's Scanners, but it was way too dangerous.
Star Trek has used a variety of state-of-the-art visual effects over the years, from the original series to modern movies and TV. Let's take a closer look.
While the M*A*S*H finale wrapped up everyone's stories with neat bows, Loretta Swit felt Margaret's 'happy ending' didn't make sense for the character at all.
After Star Trek: The Original Series ended, the TV show was on hold for 18 years before The Next Generation came along - and Star Wars is partly to blame.
The Twilight Zone episode 'Valley of the Shadow' features lots of nifty effects. However, a stunt involving an invisible wall proved somewhat dangerous to film.
Real-life chopper pilot Dan Sullivan inspired Smilin' Jack on M*A*S*H. By pure happenstance, the pair also wound up developing the same medical condition.