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31 Dec 2009, 2:18 am

LONDON - There’s an especially starry knight in Britain’s latest round of royal honors.

Patrick Stewart — “Star Trek: The Next Generation’s” Capt. Jean-Luc Picard — becomes Sir Patrick in Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year honors list, which also includes a knighthood for theater and film director Nicholas Hytner.

“This is an honor that embraces those actors, directors and creative teams who have in these recent years helped fill my life with inspiration, companionship and sheer fun,” said 69-year-old Stewart, who recently returned to the British stage following a long career in Hollywood that included playing Professor Charles Xavier in three “X-Men” films.

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31 Dec 2009, 2:41 am

That's great.

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31 Dec 2009, 6:09 am

I loved ST: TNG in my younger years, and still like going back to it once in a while. Cool that he's getting knighted.

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31 Dec 2009, 6:10 am

Live long and prosper Jean-Luc.

Picard was always my favorite Star Trek captain.

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31 Dec 2009, 7:09 am

Very cool. Congratualations Patrick Stewart!

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31 Dec 2009, 11:20 am

So, Patrick Stewart is now a knight?

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31 Dec 2009, 3:32 pm

Sir Patrick will always be Emperor Uriel Septim VII to me.

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31 Dec 2009, 4:41 pm

He portrayed a very convincing Sejanus in the PBS Masterpiece Theater series "I, Claudius".

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31 Dec 2009, 5:12 pm

To baldly go topic

I will always remember when he became part of the Borg Continuum.

And now he is a Dark Knight!

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31 Dec 2009, 7:43 pm

Nyce. Love Patrick Stewart. There's just something about him, so composed yet friendly..

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01 Jan 2010, 4:17 am

sartresue wrote:

To baldly go topic

I find myself appreciating your little topic openers, more and more. :wink:

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01 Jan 2010, 4:25 pm

That's excellent, and well deserved. I'll raise my cup of "tea, Earl Grey, hot" to that.

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01 Jan 2010, 5:06 pm

I wonder if he will ever play Picard again on Star Trek?

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01 Jan 2010, 5:14 pm

Make it so, number one!! !

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02 Jan 2010, 12:26 am

Hmm...I remember him as a knight in 'Excalibur', and a Atraedies in the first Dune.

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02 Jan 2010, 3:12 am

I remember him as Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk that schemed and plotted to get his daughter, Lady Jane Grey as Queen of England.

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