10 Historical Figures That Appeared In Star Trek

Leonardo da Vinci, who (as discussed earlier) was one of the many incarnations of Flint from The Original Series episode Requiem for Methuselah, also notably appeared in the form of photons and forcefields in two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager. His workshop and his name are made use of in several others such as Scientific Method and The Raven. Da Vinci himself needs little introduction: a Renaissance man both literally and figuratively, he was an artist, scientist, and inventor whose work transcended the epoch and continues to amaze and inspire today.

Da Vinci's first appearance in Voyager was in the season three cliff-hanger Scorpion Part One in which he played muse to a Borg-beleaguered Captain Janeway (Catarina). The writing's almost literally on the wall for Voyager until Janeway sees the light: What if she made a deal with the devil? Esatto!

Kate Mulgrew was reportedly involved in introducing the character to the show as confidant for Janeway and was pleased with how the scenes played out with actor John Rhys-Davies (Sliiiideeers), who was hired to play da Vinci without an audition. He would reprise the role in the Voyager episode Concerning Flight in which the da Vinci holoprogram, having been stolen along with The Doctor's mobile emitter, must attempt to make sense of an alien world. Andiamo!

The next time we see da Vinci in the flesh (so to speak) on Star Trek is at the very end of the Lower Decks season one episode Crisis Point as he shoots Vindicta: "Not today! Not on da Vinci's watch!" Words to live by.