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People, I think we can safely conclude that Sir Patrick was jesting with his remark about calling his lawyer. But, if he had called a lawyer, he probably would have suffered supreme embarrassment. I suspect the Red Dwarf episode he saw was Thanks for the Memory, first aired 29 September 1988. Its plot is VERY similar to the ST TNG episode Clues, first aired 11 February 1991. Notice the air date for each episode. Usually, the alleged plagiarist is the one who “creates” his/her work second. Messrs Grant and Naylor, call your lawyers.

Why would Patrick Stewart phone his lawyer - he doesn't own any rights to Star Trek TNG.

I can understand him being caught out temporarily. The first time I saw 'The Office', and I started part way through, I was lured into thinking it was genuine documentary to start with, until at one point I thought, "Eh?? What kind of company is this??" and a couple of minutes later it dawned on me.

Red Dwarf aired before TNG and had total immersion video simulations as a plot device from the start. Yes he's joking, but the lawyers for RD should have had an easier ride.

Pat mate, there is zero similarities between next gen and red dwarf.

I always thought star trek the next generation wasc rip off of Red Dwarf?

Unfortunately i have no trouble believing Dtewart really is this anal. These are the same over privileged "superstars" who seriously thought of suing the creaters of The Orville". Such arrogance. Star Trek: Next Generation is to science fiction what Bold and the Beautiful is to Shakespeare. More of a futuristic soap opera.

What he doesn't say is that it was the BBC news he was watching...

so turns out Patrick was really a karen-type but then watched for a few more seconds and red dwarf de-karenized him 😂

0:35 what a pretentious bell end.

Not Patrick Stewart, but I could definitely imagine Kirk saying "Scotty, fetch my smeg hammer..."

Reaching for the phone to call his lawyer? What a smeghead 😒

What's interesting is season 1 of Red Dwarf would've started and finished airing about half way through Star Trek The Next Generation's series 1 broadcast. I'm not totally clued in on the logistics of what went into the set building or even the makeup of Red Dwarf (beyond Rimmer's iconic "H") but if they genuinely intended to parody TNG they must've done it bloody fast!

Now Star Trek has a sitcom with Lower Decks and while animated...Its cannon.

Kryten meets Data would be pretty funny!

According to what I read, he thought that Gunmen of the Apocalypse was ripping of TNG's A Fistful of Datas.

It's nice to see such a serious actor has a sense of humor about his work and parodies of it.

Would love to know what episode he caught

It's absolutely nothing like TNG other than it's sci fi set in space

I thought he was going to say he realized that it was "Next Generation" that had stolen from "Red Dwarf."

With all respect sir Stewart , Read Dwarf is ripoff of star trek as much as Spaceballs is ripoff Star Wars 🙄🙄

I assume he is in talks with his lawyers again after The Orville. Never knew he personally owned the patent on any TV show set in space, he must be rich.

I remember that on the evening that Red Dwarf premiered, I saw what was yet another SciFi based program and didn't watch because I thought it would be another rip-off. I did watch the second episode and was completely hooked. I was only sorry that I missed Norman Lovett's 'Dead Dave' speech.

The thing was that Brent Spiner was 'the comedian' of the TNG crew. Only they edited out all the pranks that Brent pulled on his fellow actors because they were trying to be serious. There's a story told that when the actors first got together they were a rowdy lot with lots of humor and joking about on set. So much so that they didn't think that an acclaimed Shakespearean actor like Sir Patrick would think that they were taking the job seriously. It turned out that he enjoyed the comedic aspect of the work and bonded with his crewmates exceptionally well. I still believe that the close family relationship of the TNG actors was the reason that the show has such longevity, much as Babylon 5 and Stargate SG1 did too.

That’s hilarious, since Next Generation is nothing but a ripoff of Star Trek! 😂

What a nerd! "I was already reaching for the telephone!" 🤓👆

1:19 In the recent season of Star Trek: Picard, there was a scene with Picard and Riker sharing a bunk which reminded me of the bunk scenes with Rimmer and Lister😄

I wish I knew what scene it was.

What he didn't tell us was that his lawyer is the king of the potato people

Computer, formulate a theoretical vector that might explain how repeated exposure to this Red Dwarf programme might cause the tensing of facial muscles, higher endorphin levels and involuntary bouts of that strange repeated sound emanating from the mouth, and what measures can one take to avoid such symptoms?

"Aha, you thought I was outraged, didn't you? ACTING."

My dad introduced me to Red Dwarf. I have watched every single episode (including of the newer series that came out a while back), more than 10 times each. I still remember me and him sitting down with some pizza and drinks and binging it together. Good times.

Guys, you do realise he's referring to 'Galaxy Quest' and not 'Red Dwarf', yes? This is well known video footage of his reaction.

There is nobody that looks as good as cat on star trek

Patrick Stewart is far too serious even for Star Trek. Sorry but he's up his own arse and I love Star Trek

It is a real rip-off of Star Trek ha ha ha!!! 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Red Dwarf is the anti-Star Trek.

Wow, call your lawyer is your response...

That's what spending time in America will do to a person, that reflexive call to your lawyer.

It wasnt a rip off... it was a rip on. and a great one at that.

imagine if Avery Brooks had came upon the Queeg episode and said to himself, "that reminds me of Hawk!"

I'm waiting for the Tardis to appear on the Red Dwarf.

Why does this look like it's being played on a Sega CD?

Lower Decks got there eventually.

Smeghead!

Hope nobody shows him the Orville.

TNG + Red Dwarf's sense of humour is pretty much Lower Decks, so Patrick got his wish!

I've heard a lot made about this, but I'm pretty sure that Stewart was exaggerating when he said he was literally reaching for a phone to call his lawyer. He may have thought the show was a ripoff for a split-second or so, but I imagine the show broke any illusion of that sooner than it would have taken for him to seriously consider legal action. I agree with people who think he probably saw a Kryten scene, his parallels with Data are the closest thing that Red Dwarf has to anything resembling TNG. I imagine that the character Kryten ended up becoming was probably inspired by Data to some degree, but it definitely falls in the realm of parody more than mere imitation if so.

The two things I love, humour and science fiction mixed together. They also spoofed Alien in one episode, and I think if you look carefully, Robocop and the many "B" movies which came out in the '80s.

I would love for Patrick Stewart to play a simulant waking up, looks at himself in a mirror as he goes by, and says, "Oh, not this crap again... "