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The 1992 "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Inner Light" has an intriguing sci-fi premise. While merrily soaring through the galaxy, the U.S.S. Enterprise happens upon a very ancient alien probe of unknown origin. Without warning, the probe beams a twinkling glimmer of light onto the Enterprise's bridge, striking Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) right in the brain. Picard passes out on the floor and Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) is unable to revive him. Picard wakes up on a distant planet he doesn't recognize. He's wearing alien clothes and being addressed by a woman named Eline (Margot Rose) who claims to be his wife. Picard is told that his name is actually Kamin and that he has suffered a memory lapse. The "Picard" he recalls was only a dream, and he has actually always lived on this planet, Kataan. 

Picard is understandably discombobulated and begins investigating how he came...

Patrick Stewart writes in his new memoir, “Making It So,” that Paramount executives wanted him to audition for the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” with a wig on, which required his then-wife Sheila Falconer to ship a hairpiece from London to Los Angeles.

“Right as I was boarding my plane at Heathrow, my London agent called Sheila at home and notified her that the Paramount people had been in touch, asking if I owned a hairpiece, and if I did, could I bring it to the audition?” Stewart writes (via Insider). “Sheila diligently retrieved my ‘audition wig’ from its space in my wardrobe and boxed it up, whereupon a British Airways representative collected it and placed it on a later flight to Los Angeles.”

“I do not know if my hairpiece flew first class,” he continues. “But by Sunday, it had arrived, and I...

Actor Patrick Stewart had to have therapy after “losing his way” in his 50s and wishes his dad was still around today to talk about their strained relationship. The 83-year-old veteran actor had recently split from wife Sheila Falconer, with whom he has Daniel, 56, and 51-year-old Sophie, in the early 1990s and soon turned to alcohol and pills to cope but found his way out of the dark time with professional help, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Writing in his new memoir, ‘Making It So’, he said: “I felt my life had lost its way. Sleeping pills, yes. Alcohol, yes. They became a part of my life. But, eventually, I became able to deal with that. Again, that’s the advantage of beautiful therapy – that you can talk to someone.”

“Of course, most of the time they say, ‘And how did that make you feel? What was that like?’ You know,...

Actor Patrick Stewart had to have therapy after “losing his way” in his 50s and wishes his dad was still around today to talk about their strained relationship. The 83-year-old veteran actor had recently split from wife Sheila Falconer, with whom he has Daniel, 56, and 51-year-old Sophie, in the early 1990s and soon turned to alcohol and pills to cope but found his way out of the dark time with professional help, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Writing in his new memoir, ‘Making It So’, he said: “I felt my life had lost its way. Sleeping pills, yes. Alcohol, yes. They became a part of my life. But, eventually, I became able to deal with that. Again, that’s the advantage of beautiful therapy – that you can talk to someone.”

“Of course, most of the time they say, ‘And how did that make you feel? What was that like?’ You know,...

Born to humble beginnings, Sir Patrick Stewart has worked his way up to become one of the most recognizable stars today.

The veteran stage actor was prolific as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for over a decade. However, it wasn't until the late 1980s that Stewart broke out on screen, portraying Captain Jean-Luc Picard on "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Riding that wave, he was cast as the iconic Professor Charles Xavier in the film adaptation of the "X-Men" comic books. This summer, Stewart reprises the role of the mutant Xavier once again in Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Days of Future Past."

From the actor's early work as a journalist to his "bodacious man" award, here are 27 things you probably don't know about Patrick Stewart.

1. Stewart was born in Yorkshire, England to Gladys Barrowclough, a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart, a Regimental Sergeant Major in the British Army.

As you may know, Airlock Alpha no longer carries Star Trek news, and instead it can be found on our new site partnered with Roddenberry Entertainment, 1701News. In case you haven't been frequenting the new site as much as you should, here's what you missed this week on 1701News: Magneto Marries Capt. Picard ... For Real Well, in reality, Ian McKellen -- who played Magneto in the X-Men films -- officiated the wedding of his good friend Patrick Stewart (Professor X) and jazz singer Sunny Ozell. Stewart and Ozell have been dating since 2009, but decided recently to make it official, enlisting McKellen -- who recently received a doctorate of divinity -- to help. This is Stewart's third marriage, first spending 24 years with Sheila Falconer before marrying former "Star Trek: The ...

Sir Patrick Stewart has embarked upon a new Enterprise: marriage! Stewart, 73, married his longtime girlfriend, Brooklyn singer and songwriter Sunny Ozell, 35, his rep confirms to People. "Yes, married," the actor, best known for traveling the galaxy as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, wrote alongside a Twitpic of himself and his new bride having a ball, their bodies submerged up to their heads in a ball pit. And who officiated the nuptials but Sir Ian McKellan, Stewart's friend and costar in the X-Men franchise? "I did my part," McKellan, 74, posted on his Facebook page, alongside a...

X-Men star Patrick Stewart and his wife have separated after 10 years of marriage. The 63-year-old actor and his producer spouse Wendy Neuss Stewart, 45, have filed for legal separation, but have yet to announce divorce proceedings. The couple met when Neuss served as a producer on his hit TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. British-born Stewart has two adult children from his 34-year marriage to his first wife Sheila Falconer.