Before Playing Captain Picard on "Star Trek: Next Generation", Patrick Stewart already had little experience with science fiction. Played the gurny Holk in David Lynch's "Duna" adaptation in 1984, "Duna", And he also played a small role in Tobe Houper's "Naked-Space" film Lifeforce next year. After Star Trek started in world fame, however, he seemed to play closer attention to the genre and began to appear in more fantastic films. Namely, he took over the role of Professor H in many films "X-Men", recently repeated his role in "Doctor Strange Strange in the multivonzum of madness".

During his initial "Star Trek", Stewart was also very aware of what other scientific sciences are there. He didn't have to watch a lot of science TV, but he knew when something was or was not like "Star Trek: the next generation". Of course, this comes from living in the United States, where he stayed at the time. He was less aware of the TV shows broadcast in his native England, however, a fact that almost led to legal action. In 1993

The "Red Dwarf" is a pretty funny comedy-draw-opa-opera that tells complex scientific stories, but with a satirical approach. The United States remains a cult phenomenon, but was quite popular in England. The Red Dwarf was worshiped enough to last eight seasons, and eventually restarted in 2009, increasing three additional seasons and two full TV films. Even caused several retrospectives, which included interviews with fans, rolls and reminiscences.

In the special "Red Dwarf" in 1998Stewart admitted that he had once sent TV to England in 1993 and saw a "red dwarf" for a few minutes. He felt almost immediately that it was a "next generation" and collected the phone to call a lawyer. Fortunately, he noticed just as soon as he was funny.

The "Red Dwarf" room is fun. It is set up on the title mining ship, a massive, high-tech space facility, floating through space at the end of the 21st century. In the cockpit episode, a low -level technician named Dave Lister (Craig Charles) is smashed for minor injury and is put in cryogenic stasis as a punishment. While it is frozen, however, there is a leakage of the red dwarf radiation, and the artificially intelligent computer of the Holly (Norman Lovet) keeps Lister in the track until the radiation falls apart. He has been revived three million years later, after everyone on the ship is dead. The lister is lost in space, and mankind may have been developing for a long time. For perspective, the Homo Sapiens species is only about 315,000 years old.

There were cats on the red dwarf, and while Lister was sleeping, one of them evolved into a stylish, self-absorbed humanoid played by Danny Johnon-Jul. To keep Lister healthy on the now -shipping ship, Holly recreates Hologram at his old roommate, Arnold Rimmer (Chris Bari). To indicate that he is a hologram, a large "h" is decorated on his forehead. The twist is that the Slovak list and the fast Rimmer have always hated each other. As the show progressed, the uncertain Android Critan (initially David Ross, then Robert Levlelin), and Christine Kocanski (initially Claire Grogan from the modified paintings, then Chloe Annette), worn by a parallel universe.

The stories were working on "Star Trek", but they usually presented a comedy twist. In one episode, the holographic Rimer finds a way to make a holographic duplicate of himself, becoming a strange couple of one. In another, the crew visits a planet where the weather lasts. During the 12 seasons of the show, a lot happened.

As mentioned, Stewart said he returned to England in the mid-1990s when he stumbled Episode of "red dwarf", And it was immediately hit how similar it was "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Stuart doesn't remember what episode of "red dwarf" was watching, but he was amazed at how similar it was "Star Trek". The actor remembers:

"I already got to the phone to call my lawyer when something that made me laugh. And that was something that didn't happen to" next generation! "I left the phone where it was, and I continued to see. The same wild ironic humor in the "next generation". "

The "next generation" had moments of weight, of course, but on the whole, it was a very formal, driven show for professional workers in space and their clock lives. Maybe someone wonders how Stewart feels about the recent performance "Star Trek" "Star Trek: Lower decks", which was a complete comedy series, or "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds", which affects a far more common tone than "Star Trek" that came before.