TIL that Swiss Balloonist, Auguste Piccard, was the inspiration for both Professor Calculus, in the Tintin comics, and that Gene Roddenberry named Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek after him. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by es_price t3_y5surn on October 16, 2022 at 9:45 PM in todayilearned 29 comments 503
DistortoiseLP t1_islq7kq wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:38 PM That said he originally wanted Stephen Macht for Picard and Patrick Stewart to play Data. Imagine if we got that version of TNG. Permalink 4 chiefapache t1_islxte8 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 11:36 PM Cursed Timeline TNG Permalink Parent 3
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