3. Dr. Stephen Hawking
In real life: Dr Hawking is the world’s most famous physicist. He’s probably best known for his medical condition - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – and his book, A Brief History Of Time.
But he’s also a massive Trek fan who seems only too happy to poke fun at his image on the likes of The Simpsons.
In Star Trek: Hawking crops up as himself, or at least a holographic version of himself, and is seen in the first scene of the sixth season Next Generation episode ‘Descent’, playing poker with Data (Brent Spiner), Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton.
He even gets to crack wise (electronically, of course), mocking Newton for telling “the apple story again”.
Did you know? Hawking is the only person (to date, at least) to have played himself on an episode of Trek.
On a tour of the engineering set, he apparently pointed to the ship’s powerful warp core and said, “I’m working on that."
What. A. Geek.Though he probably could do it, you know.
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pheonixkodiak1
May 7th 2009, 13:10
What about the Rock? a great cameo in voyager i thought, laying the smaketh down on seven of nine
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jwhite
May 7th 2009, 16:58
Good call - He was on my master list, but didn't make the cut as it was more just a job (and a marketing ploy for the UPN channel to promote their wrestling shows on other series) than a Trek fan getting their chance to appear.
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Gorty
Nov 4th 2010, 19:51
What about Tom Morello from "Rage Against Machine"!? He played both in Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Insurrection.
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