10 Times Star Trek Appeared In Other TV Shows

3. The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory Star Trek
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Love or hate The Big Bang Theory, there's no denying the love its writers harbour for Star Trek, given that the four central geeks are all shown to be massive fans of the show, even being fluent in Klingon.

Trek is by far the most commonly-referenced major franchise on the sitcom, and the show has even enjoyed cameos from the likes of Wil Wheaton, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, George Takei, and William Shatner.

But the single greatest invocation of Trek occurred in the season six episode "The Bakersfield Expedition," where the guys dress up as TNG characters - Worf, Data, Picard, and a Borg drone respectively - to visit a comic book convention in Bakersfield.

The boys end up stopping off at the iconic Vasquez Rocks, where numerous Trek episodes have been filmed - including Kirk's infamous encounter with Gorn - but their car and clothes are stolen in the process.

And so they never end up making it to the convention, and are instead forced to walk to a nearby diner to call the cops.

Incidentally this was also the first episode of the show to cross the 20 million viewer mark, seemingly confirming just how much everyone loved the Trek homage.

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