10 Most Unusual Demands Made By Star Trek Guest Stars

10. John De Lancie Wanting Q To Stay Original

John De Lancie played the lovable fan-favourite, Q since the pilot of The Next Generation in 1987 and has a great deal of respect for the character.

When John was requested to return as Q once more for season two of Star Trek: Picard, he agreed on the condition that his return mean something and not be simply a cheap way to pull in old fans. His exact words (during a guest star panel for the Trek Talks Telethon) were, "I am very concerned about recreating, that has a lot of potential disasters attached to it." Afterwards, he says that the executives agreed to this.

This quote is very encouraging to fans looking forward to the upcoming season. Q's story was wrapped up perfectly at the end of The Next Generation but the plot left it open-ended as to whether or not he would ever return to face Picard again. Because of this, it's great that John is such an advocate for doing something new with the character because if Q's just there to say some funny one-liners and teleport people through space and time for no good reason, it will slightly cheapen the impact of that original goodbye we saw of the character in All Good Things (much like his cameos in Deep Space Nine and Voyager did).