“Worf.”
Calling off the Klingon dog. 
Hmmm, I wonder if there is a book that answers that.
I know. That was just rude.
“Excuse us. Humanoids are talking.” :rolleyes:
Guinan’s pose when first confronting Q is almost exactly the same as the one Whoopi Goldberg’s character Celie uses when standing up to her abusive husband in the 1985 movie The Color Purple.
Almost as if it was the same actress or something. :rolleyes:
From Memory Alpha:
When Q is discussing time with Picard in the shuttlecraft, he is bouncing a ball in homage to Steve McQueen in The Great Escape.
I thot that but hmmmm, I wonder where Memory Alpha gets its info.
I wonder if it’s mentioned in the commentary tracks.
The complexity and cost of The Next Generation’s visual effects sequences demanded detailed planning before a single frame was shot. As the visual effects supervisor for the first episode to feature the Borg, Dan Curry created these storyboards as a blueprint of the Enterprise’s first engagement with a Borg cube. The frames from the completed episode show how closely the visual effects team followed the storyboards.
More from Memory Alpha:
Budget constraints kept the Borg from being depicted as insectoids as Maurice Hurley had originally intended, though the hive concept survived to become the overwhelming group mind known as the Collective. In addition, the Borg’s unique, cube-shaped ship, and their eerie appearance – reminiscent of both the biomechanism designs of H. Giger and the cybernetic, laser-eyed Lord Dread from the 1987 syndicated series Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future – all contributed to the Borg ascending to the height of Star Trek villainy, exactly as intended.
Hurley worked together with Rick Berman and Gene Roddenberry to create the Borg, whose name was derived from “cyborg”, meaning cybernetic organism. The Borg were intended to provide the series with what the Ferengi had failed to deliver – a deadly, remorseless enemy that could not be reasoned with or defeated.
And exactly because of their powerful nature, the Borg would appear in only five further episodes through the run of The Next Generation. The producers stated that their infrequent appearance was due to their inability to find ways to defeat the Borg (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion). However, just as Khan returned to battle Kirk in the second Star Trek film, the Borg would also make the transition to the big screen in the second The Next Generation feature.
“Mr. Worf.”
“Ensign”
Shit rolls downhill, buddy. :rolleyes:
After Worf shoots at the Borg and the shield goes up, the Borg smirks.
giggle
Oh wow! Look at the red alert flashing behind Picard in the conference room on the viewscreen. I don’t think they use that again.
The Voice of the Borg is played by the writer of the episode, Maurice Hurley.
Writer Maurice Hurley had originally planned the season one episode “The Neutral Zone” to be the first part in a trilogy that would introduce an entirely new threat to the Federation. He finally got to proceed with his planned sequel with “Q Who”, although only one passing reference was made between the strange destruction of outposts referred to in “The Neutral Zone” and the Borg. Not everyone picked up on the reference, partly due to the absence of the Romulans from the storyline, but they are mentioned when Q says they and the Klingons are nothing compared to the Borg as adversaries of the Federation.
It is revealed in the novel ‘Greater than the Sum’ that the eighteen crewmembers who disappeared during the Borg’s slicing of the Enterprise’s hull were actually assimilated.
Never even heard of that.
Although, after watching this intro, it seems familiar. Weird.
Sonya Gomez was supposed to be a recurring character but is only in this and the next episode. They wanted a comedic character. They replaced her with Reginald Barclay.
“…hunt human survivors.”
Whoa!
“Our readings are incorrect.”
Those friggin sensors.
I’d always assumed as much.
As a clear attempt to lose the horny teenage boy demographic and gain A-Team viewers. :rolleyes: