{"id":51496,"date":"2019-09-19T11:49:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T18:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=51496"},"modified":"2019-09-19T11:51:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T18:51:08","slug":"stewart-a-different-picard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2019\/09\/stewart-a-different-picard\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart: A Different Picard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While visiting the University of Huddersfield, <strong>Sir Patrick Stewart<\/strong>, an Emeritus Chancellor of the university, spoke briefly about his new <em>Star Trek:Picard<\/em> show.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who turned down the new series twice, was persuaded when he realized that the series would be something new, not just a <em>The Next Generation<\/em> reunion. &#8220;I don&#8217;t regard it as going back,&#8221; he said. &#8220;In fact, we are definitely moving the series forward and that&#8217;s what made the difference for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the new series, Picard is a man who has &#8220;undergone disappointment, trauma and serious loss and, at first, is not remotely the same man as he was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are looking at a new world with new objectives, problems and issues that could not have been raised when we were making <em>The Next Generation<\/em> and I found that very exciting,&#8221; 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