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Captain Jellico orders Deanna Troi to wear a proper Starfleet uniform. Even after Jellico's departure, Troi continued to wear this uniform for the rest of the series. This delighted Marina Sirtis, as the uniform reminds the audience that she is, in fact, an officer with command authority.

When he takes command, Jellico demands that the pet fish be taken out of Picard's ready room. Patrick Stewart had frequently complained that for Picard to have captive fish went against his, and the series', philosophy of dignity for all living things. This script gave the writers a way to get rid of the pet fish, but it returned after Picard was reinstated as captain.

Actor David Warner took over the role of Gul Madred on three days' notice. He could not learn his lines in that short time, so he had to use cue cards. He said, "Every line I said, I actually was reading it over Patrick Stewart's shoulder or they put it down there for me to do it. After I finished it, I thought it worked, which obviously it did.".

This episode was intended to establish the Cardassians as the main villains of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), about to begin its run. Ronald D. Moore, the writer, would become senior writer on DS9 when ST:TNG ended.

The producers wanted to establish Jellico as a more by-the-book Captain than Picard through subtle differences. Whenever he enters the bridge, a member of the crew announces his arrival. He insists on crew members wearing full uniform whenever they are on duty. And where Picard says "Make it so", Jellico has a catchphrase of his own, the less friendly "Get it done".

In 2012, Michael Dorn related a story about the production of this episode to the cast of The Next Generation at the Calgary Expo. During shooting while he, Patrick Stewart and Gates McFadden were working in the tunnels of the set for Celtris III at Paramount Stage 16, Dorn and Stewart started laughing uncontrollably. There were many stray cats roaming around Paramount Pictures and as the set was covered with sand, they frequently used it for cat litter. Dorn asked Stewart what he was laughing about and he said, "I don't know how I got here. I was at a seminar at Santa Barbara, the next thing I know, I'm crawling around in cat shit!".

Entertainment Weekly ranked this episode (along with Star Trek: The Next Generation: Chain of Command: Part II (1992)) as the tenth on their list of "The Top 10 Episodes" to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) in 2007.

During the entire time she is on board the Enterprise-D, Admiral Nechayev is not shown wearing a combadge, but once she is back in her office and contacted via subspace radio by Jellico, she is wearing one.

Ronny Cox has a unique distinction in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987). He is the only guest star who ever did a "captain's log" entry when his character was in command of the Enterprise while Captain Picard was on a mission.

'Daimon Solok' was supposed to be Quark in a crossover with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). The decision to show DS9's pilot episode, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Emissary (1993), in January 1993 put an end to that idea, because people would have no idea who Quark was when Chain of Command aired. He did eventually appear in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Firstborn (1994).

First appearance of the iconic Cardassian military uniform seen throughout Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).

Admiral Alynna Nechayev would go on to appear in three more episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

This episode and its concluding part set the scene for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as it is revealed that the Cardassians have left the Bajoran sector. Indeed, the writer, Ronald D. Moore, became a senior writer on DS9 after TNG ended.

A conversation between Geordi and Jellico, cut from the final episode, revealed that Jellico went through Starfleet Academy with Geordi's previous CO, Captain Zimbata. They both played rugby together, and neither one was very good.

First appearance of Vice Admiral Alynna Nechayev.

At the 50th anniversary "Star Trek" convention in Las Vegas in August 2016, fans voted this and Star Trek: The Next Generation: Chain of Command: Part II (1992) the joint seventh best episode of the "Star Trek" franchise.

The scene in the bar with Solok was filmed on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) Replimat set.

This takes place in 2369.

Patrick Stewart was ecstatic to be able to work with Ronny Cox. Cox's first lead role had been in Deliverance (1972), directed by John Boorman. Stewart's first lead role had been in Boorman's subsequent film, Excalibur (1981).

This episode was originally intended to be a single episode, with Picard rescued at the end of the hour.

Solok was originally named "Selok", but it was realized that the name had already been used in "Data's Day".

Patrick Stewart first saw David Warner in a production of Hamlet and, after joining the Royal Shakespeare Company himself, was cast as the Player King in that production. That makes the Warner production the first of at least three productions of Hamlet that Stewart has appeared in. He subsequently played Claudius opposite Derek Jacobi and David Tennant.

The static shot of the biosphere in an earlier episode, "The Masterpiece Society", is re-used in this episode.

Picard tells Jellico that Riker is one of the finest officers he has ever served with, which is almost exactly what he told Sirna Kolrami in TNG: "Peak Performance". Picard also praises Riker to Kargan, captain of the IKS Pagh, in TNG: "A Matter Of Honor".

Two "Christmas Carol" veterans encounter in this two-part adventure: Patrick Stewart has played Ebenezer Scrooge, David Warner has played Bob Cratchitt. However, neither of them are in the same production.

Michael Dorn and guest actor Lou Wagner had previously appeared together as supporting cast members on the TV series CHiPs.

The gloves Worf wears during the covert op are Pearl Izumi gloves. This is clearly seen when he is overriding the magnetic seal to the installation on Seltris III.