10 Background Actors In Star Trek Who Got Themselves Noticed

9. Invisible Wheel Guy (The Lights Of Zetar)

Star Trek The Lights Of Zetar
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This unknown actor has been immortalized forever, thanks to HD!

This episode, The Lights of Zetar, comes in Star Trek's third and final season. In the episode, a strange non-corporeal creature threatens to destroy Memory Alpha (no, not the epic website) and the Enterprise. In the attached photo, this crewman must act busy as the captain is walking by.

This is a scene that gained attention on the internet due to its transformation into a popular gif - the 'I don't know what I'm doing gif.' You can clearly see that the crewman is turning something on the panel. However, one doesn't even need to look closely to see that there is nothing there to turn.

He is twisting empty air.

He may be fooling his captain into believing he's working - but in fairness to him, fifty years later, we recognise that hard work!

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