ALT Via Screenrant: "Jörg Hillebrand, a renowned research assistant on Star Trek: Picard season 3, spent years doing the work to prove that Patrick Stewart appeared on-screen in Star Trek: The Next Generation, thus making him officially part of canon! 🤯 In a series of posts on his social media, Hillebrand painstakingly described his process and discovery."
ALT "Hillebrand not only tracked down physical copy of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦, but took screencaps from DVDs of every time the book and its contents appeared in 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘬: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. However, Iörg eventually realized that 𝘛𝘕𝘎 switched Shakespeare books and used a different one in later episodes. That's when Hillebrand discovered a photo of a young, bearded Sir Patrick Stewart on pages 354/355 of Volume I of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦."
ALT Image of Bluesky post by Jörg Hillebrand (@gaghyogi49.bsky.social) Text: "Staring back at me on pages 354/355 of Volume I of the Annotated Shakespeare was none other than...a young and bearded Sir Patrick Stewart, playing Touchstone in the 1968 Roval Shakespeare Company production of 'As You Like It"! I was awed and knew that had discovered something extraordinary! 6/10"
ALT "The image of Patrick Stewart playing Touchstone in the 1968 Royal Shakespeare Company production of 'As You Like It' was displayed in Captain Picard's ready room. Encased in glass, the double-page spread with Patrick Stewart is seen on-screen in 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘬: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 episodes 'QPid,' 'Silicon Avatar,' 'True Q,' and 'Descent, Part I.'"
