Earth: Final Conflict

Earth: Final Conflict
Earth: Final Conflict launch poster
Created by	Gene Roddenberry
Directed by	David Winning
Starring	See Cast
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	110 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Kirschner Majel Barrett-Roddenberry Richard C. Okie Seaton McLean
Running time	43 minutes
Production company(s)	Alliance Atlantis Tribune Entertainment Roddenberry-Kirschner Productions
Release
Original network	first-run syndication (1997–2002) CTV (1997–1999) The New Net (1999–2002)
Picture format	1.33:1 (Season 1–2) 1.78:1 (Season 3–5)
Original release	October 6, 1997 – May 20, 2002

Earth: Final Conflict is a Canadian science fiction television series based on ideas developed by Gene Roddenberry. The series was produced under the guidance of his widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who possessed notes kept by Roddenberry that would provide the conceptual basis for the series. It ran for five seasons between October 6, 1997 and May 20, 2002.

Early in the 21st century, a race of aliens, the Taelons (often referred to as "The Companions"), travel to Earth and take up residence in limited numbers. The Taelons possess highly advanced technologies, many of which they share with humanity, seemingly out of generosity and good will. As a result of these advances, disease, war and pollution are nearly eliminated within three years of their arrival. Despite this, some question whether the Taelons' motives are as benevolent as they appear, and a resistance movement forms to halt the Taelons' ever growing influence on humanity.

After the cancellation of Star Trek in 1969, its creator Gene Roddenberry began working on other projects, producing scripts and pilot episodes which were shown to various networks, including Genesis II and The Questor Tapes. He began early planning for a project called Battleground: Earth, a science fiction series set in the near future when a group of aliens landed on Earth under a banner of peace.

Twentieth Century Fox expressed interest in producing a pilot episode for the series, but Roddenberry's busy schedule prevented it. When the order for the pilot came in, he was in England filming a TV movie, which was followed by work on the Star Trek films and later the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. When he died in 1991, Battleground: Earth had yet to be produced.

In the mid-1990s, Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, began to develop the project. It went into production with Tribune Entertainment. It was renamed Earth: Final Conflict to avoid confusion with the film Battlefield Earth, which was released around the same time. The success of the show led to the development of other posthumous Roddenberry projects, most notably Andromeda.

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