The PCP Connection

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  Hidden Entertainment History

  Stephen Hawking Asked His Way Onto Star Trek, and Leonard Nimoy Passed It On

  Oct 31, 2026

  A promo shoot, a ride in the captain's chair and one question to Leonard Nimoy got Hawking the franchise's only self-playing role.

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  Unexpected Cameos

  Mae Jemison Went From Endeavour to the Enterprise, Thanks to LeVar Burton

  Oct 31, 2026

  Months after flying on Endeavour, Dr. Mae Jemison took a shift on the Enterprise in an episode LeVar Burton directed.

• Before They Were Famous

  Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost Riker

  Oct 31, 2026

  One 1988 episode of The Next Generation put a future Golden Globe winner and Riker's runner-up in the same scene.

Before They Were Famous

• Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost RikerThe guest star flirting with her was the actor who came this close to playing Riker.

Unexpected Cameos

• Mae Jemison Went From Endeavour to the Enterprise, Thanks to LeVar BurtonA real astronaut played a Starfleet officer, in Burton's first job as a director.
• Stephen Hawking Asked His Way Onto Star Trek, and Leonard Nimoy Passed It OnStar Trek's only guest who played himself got the part by asking.

Almost Cast

• Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost RikerThe guest star flirting with her was the actor who came this close to playing Riker.

Shared Universes

• Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost RikerThe guest star flirting with her was the actor who came this close to playing Riker.

Hidden Entertainment History

• Mae Jemison Went From Endeavour to the Enterprise, Thanks to LeVar BurtonA real astronaut played a Starfleet officer, in Burton's first job as a director.
• Stephen Hawking Asked His Way Onto Star Trek, and Leonard Nimoy Passed It OnStar Trek's only guest who played himself got the part by asking.

Browse by Celebrity

Names link to a PCP profile only where one already exists.

• LeVar Burton
  • Mae Jemison Went From Endeavour to the Enterprise, Thanks to LeVar Burton
• Billy CampbellNo PCP profile yet
  • Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost Riker
• Jonathan Frakes
  • Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost Riker
  • Mae Jemison Went From Endeavour to the Enterprise, Thanks to LeVar Burton
• Teri HatcherNo PCP profile yet
  • Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost Riker
• Stephen HawkingNo PCP profile yet
  • Stephen Hawking Asked His Way Onto Star Trek, and Leonard Nimoy Passed It On
• Mae JemisonNo PCP profile yet
  • Mae Jemison Went From Endeavour to the Enterprise, Thanks to LeVar Burton
• Junie LowryNo PCP profile yet
  • Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost Riker
• Kate Mulgrew
  • Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost Riker
• Nichelle Nichols
  • Mae Jemison Went From Endeavour to the Enterprise, Thanks to LeVar Burton
• Leonard Nimoy
  • Stephen Hawking Asked His Way Onto Star Trek, and Leonard Nimoy Passed It On
• Michael PillerNo PCP profile yet
  • Stephen Hawking Asked His Way Onto Star Trek, and Leonard Nimoy Passed It On
• Brent Spiner
  • Stephen Hawking Asked His Way Onto Star Trek, and Leonard Nimoy Passed It On
• Patrick Stewart
  • Teri Hatcher's Star Trek Scene Partner Was Almost Riker

Browse by Movie or TV Show

Titles link to their PCP tag archive where one exists. Production records come later.

• A Brief History of Time
  • The film whose promotion brought Hawking to Paramount
• Desperate Housewives
  • Hatcher's 2005 Golden Globe win (Best Actress, TV Musical or Comedy)
• STS-47 (Space Shuttle Endeavour)
  • September 12-20, 1992
• Star Trek: Prodigy
  • Season 1 (2022): Campbell's recurring voice role as Okona
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Season 2, Episode 4, "The Outrageous Okona" (first aired December 1988)
  • Season 6, Episode 24, "Second Chances" (1993), directed by LeVar Burton
  • Season 6, Episode 26, "Descent, Part I" (first aired June 21, 1993)

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