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[[File:Brent Spiner and Stephen Hawking.jpg|thumb|Spiner and Hawking during filming.]]
[[File:Brent Spiner and Stephen Hawking.jpg|thumb|Spiner and Hawking during filming.]]
*"Descent" was filmed between Monday {{d|12|April|1993}} and Thursday {{d|22|April|1993}}. It was the final episode shot before the summer hiatus with a wrap day on Friday {{d|23|April|1993}}.
*"Descent" was filmed between Monday {{d|12|April|1993}} and Thursday {{d|22|April|1993}}. It was the final episode shot before the summer hiatus with a wrap day on Friday {{d|23|April|1993}}.
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*The title "Descent" came from an original draft script which would see the Enterprise crash land on the planet. At the time the sixth season wrapped neither Marina Sirtis or Gates McFadden had signed on for season seven so Troi and Crusher were separated and the idea of the Enterprise crashing was proposed in case there was a need to write out either of the characters.
*This is the only ''Star Trek'' episode in which the episode title and guest star credits appear in the [[teaser]] before the main opening sequence. This may have been done so as not to detract from the action of the phaser fight between the away team and the Borg, which comprises the majority of Act One. Alternatively, this might have been done because the credits would have run longer than Act One itself.
*This is the only ''Star Trek'' episode in which the episode title and guest star credits appear in the [[teaser]] before the main opening sequence. This may have been done so as not to detract from the action of the phaser fight between the away team and the Borg, which comprises the majority of Act One. Alternatively, this might have been done because the credits would have run longer than Act One itself.
*Professor [[Stephen Hawking]] appears as himself, the only time he ever did so in any ''Star Trek'' episode. He is the only actor to ever play himself on any Star Trek episode.<!-- Maury Ginsberg played a character named the same, but not the same person. See [[Talk:Maury_Ginsberg_(actor)]] -->
*Professor [[Stephen Hawking]] appears as himself, the only time he ever did so in any ''Star Trek'' episode. He is the only actor to ever play himself on any Star Trek episode.<!-- Maury Ginsberg played a character named the same, but not the same person. See [[Talk:Maury_Ginsberg_(actor)]] -->