Episode Guest Characters

TREKCORE > TNG > EPISODES > DESCENT, PART I > Guest Characters
 
 ISAAC NEWTON

PLAYED BY: John Neville
SPECIES: Hologram

Earth theorist and mathematician (1642-1727) whose work became the foundation of modern science, thanks to hints provided by Quinn of the Q Continuum. A holographic Newton played poker with Data in 2369.
 

   
 ALBERT EINSTEIN

PLAYED BY: Jim Norton
SPECIES: Hologram

The holographic Einstein was enlisted by Data in a customized holodeck program that allowed him to play poker with such scientific luminaries as Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, and Professor Stephen Hawking.

   
 PROFESSOR STEVEN HAWKING

PLAYED BY: Professor Steven Hawking
SPECIES: Hologram

Considered one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of 20th-century Earth. Hawking developed a quantum theory of gravity in which he sought to link the two major theories of physics: quantum mechanics and relativity. Commander Data devised a holodeck program that allowed him to play poker with Dr. Hawking, Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton.

   
 ADMIRAL ALYNNA NECHAYEV

PLAYED BY: Natalie Nogulich
SPECIES: Human Female

By-the-book Starfleet commander who is oil to Picard's water. Nechayev has been at the center of Cardassian, Borg and Maquis policy-making and serves Starfleet and Federation interests to her utmost.

   
 CROSIS

PLAYED BY: Brian Cousins
SPECIES: Borg

A Borg who was part of a rogue group of drones that gained individuality and fanatical emotion by following an entity called "The One," which in actuality was the evil android Lore, Data's twin.