 CONT: Some "facts" about Picard established in episodes of the TV  series _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)_ (qv) are overlooked  or ignored (e.g. in the series, Picard had hair at Starfleet Academy  and no longer has his own heart, it having been replaced after an  incident there). There are other elements of discontinuity from the  Star Trek series (Worfs transfer to the Diplomatic Corps and Wesley  Crushers resignation from Star Fleet are both ignored and his  departure with the "Traveler" during the seventh season), although  some of these are explained away in deleted scenes.