10 Best Star Trek Characters In One Scene Only
2. Stephen Hawking
One of the few people in Star Trek who have ever played themselves on-screen, Professor Stephen Hawking appeared at the very end of Star Trek: The Next Generation's sixth season. He appears as a hologram on the holodeck, playing at Data's fantasy poker league. He is also more than able to keep the others at bay.
Hawking, while on set, famously quipped, while passing the Warp Core - 'I'm working on that'.
That alone would guarantee him a spot on this list, but the banter that he has with both Sir Issac Newton and Albert Einstein (what a sentence to type) is the reason he is so high up this list here. It is quite something to bear in mind that, despite the fantastical setting of the game, Hawking was easily the smartest and most accomplished man on the set.
It is a wonderful moment, one that has all of the rewatch value that any scene in Star Trek can have.