Stephen Hawking in popular culture

Television and film

Appeared as himself

• The Culture Show.' (Simpsons special)
• Alien Planet.' (Discovery Channel special)
• I Love the World .' (Discovery Channel commercial)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Episode 1752)'. He was in a skit in which he made a phone call to guest Jim Carrey.
• Masters of Science Fiction.' A Science Fiction anthology series which is hosted by Hawking's (off screen) voice.
• Red Dwarf.' Hawking appeared in a special programme about the popular British science fiction series. He praised its creators for their witty use of (pseudo) scientific theories and said he enjoyed watching the show.
• TV Offal.' Hawking appeared with host Victor Lewis-Smith in the pre-titles sequences of this show.
• The Next Generation.'
• At the beginning of the Season 6 cliffhanger, "Descent, Part 1", Data is seen playing poker with holographic depictions of Stephen Hawking, Sir Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein. Hawking portrayed his own hologram for this episode, making him the only guest in any Star Trek series to play himself. When taking a tour of the set, he paused at the Warp core, smiled, and said, "I'm working on that." During the tour, Hawking requested, and was allowed, to sit in the captain's chair of the Enterprise-D.
• Brent Spiner (Data) reportedly......
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