Picard's ready room "Annotated Shakespeare, vol. I" (seen on the set since mid season 1) is opened to double page 354-355 ("As You Like It, Act II, Scene IV) for the first time in this episode. It features a photo from the 1968 Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play with Patrick Stewart playing the fool Touchstone. 2/6
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I am 100% sure that this was done on purpose by the set decorator or somebody else behind the scenes, as the same double page from the book appears both in the ready room and Picard's quarters in "Qpid". At this point in #StarTrekTNG, volume II (not volume I) of "Annotated Shakespeare" is usually seen in Picard's quarters, so someone had fun with this, moving the prop from one set to another! 3/6
In universe, this was absolutely Q's doing, of course! This exact double page not only appears in season 4's "Qpid" (pic 1+2) but also in his very next appearance on #StarTrekTNG, in season 6's "True Q" (pic 3+4, better shot in next post). Q had a little fun with the curious likeness between the actor and "son capitaine"...😅 4/6
Apart from #StarTrekTNG's "Qpid"↖️ and "True Q"↙️, this double page is seen in two more episodes, "Silicon Avatar"↗️ and "Descent I"↘️. In both cases, Picard has an argument of sorts with a strong female character, Dr. Kila Marr and Admiral Alyssa Nechayev in t ready room while the book is on display. I was interviewed about this find some while ago: 5/6
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/proof-that-patrick-stewart-exists-in-the-star-trek-universe/
I will relate the of story how I found out about all of this (it's a rather long story) at a later time. In the meantime: we gotta let Dame Janet Suzman and Rowena Cooper know that they are canon in the #StarTrek universe! Were have you last seen them on TV? 6/6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Suzman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowena_Cooper
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