She described a prank she played on Patrick Stewart after his character returned from being a member of the Borg for a while. "Well, I'm from Ohio, and we are pranksters," McFadden said.
"You don't do it to people you adore because you embarrass and humiliate them."
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"As a psychologist - I played one on TV for 7 years, so I became one by osmosis - you only play pranks on people you don't like very much," Sirtis said. "We were too busy laughing and just having a great time," he said. Dorn said pranks were few and far between. Behind the scenesĪccording to the group, life behind the scenes was extremely light-hearted, filled primarily with playful banter much like that exhibited on the stage. "Spot is my favorite villain on screen," she said. The Borg were sweet in their own way." He and Sirtis named the Borg, an alien cyborg race, as their favorite on-camera villains, with Spiner crediting "Next Generation" writer Maurice Hurley with that "really brilliant stroke."ĭorn said, "I don't really hate anybody," which prompted Sirtis to say, "Yes, you do! You hate one person." When Dorn look confused, she whispered a name to him.Īs for McFadden, she was extremely definite. In an emotionless voice, he said, "Data did not consider anyone a villain. "I wanted to punch them in the face," she said. When asked about favorite villains on- and off-camera, Sirtis said, "I hated anyone - and it was always a guest star - who came unprepared and didn't know their lines." "You're not elite if you read, it just means you read a book every now and then." "Read a history book every now and then, people!" she said. She admonished the silent room when no one seemed to recognize the reference. Sirtis revealed that she had a "yellow-eyed cat that I called Data," as well as a black cat she called Biko, named for the South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko. When asked to recite Data's "Ode to Spot," a poem written by the android, Spiner managed the first two lines, to audience applause. "I think they're all in Spot heaven at this point." His comment led the group to debate whether a cat could have survived the 20 years since the show wrapped up. "Which Spot do you mean? There were three of them, you know," Spiner said. Enough fans asked about Data's cat, Spot, that the panel had to put a moratorium on questions about the creature.
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