Andrew Marr and Boris Johnson rile sci-fi fans by suggesting Patrick Stewart was in Star Wars
The internet was NOT happy about it
Nerds of the internet exploded into a collective wail of frustration on Sunday morning after Andrew Marr and Boris Johnson mistakenly referred to Patrick Stewart as an alum of Star Wars rather than Star Trek.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnd51_-zEU&list=PLbs-Pk9dtKb8KLpCkZgG28EseOIVIzG4i
On BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, the host introduced his guest – who was on the show as a spokesperson for the People's Vote, a group campaigning for a public vote on the final Brexit deal when it is agreed by the government – as "Sir Patrick Stewart, known for X-Men and Star Wars".
However, as we know, Stewart is best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. And, subsequently, for several Picard-based memes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlU2bFKoOp0
And that wasn't the end of it – later on, Marr's second guest, Boris Johnson, referred to Stewart as having "something to do with Star Wars". As Stewart's segment was pre-recorded, he wasn't in-studio to correct the error, but there were plenty of fans on Twitter who were quite keen to do so.
https://twitter.com/AdamPhoenixx/status/985404630678102017
https://twitter.com/stixson/status/985464307512217600
https://twitter.com/iSimonFiction/status/985403873899831296
https://twitter.com/SiBanksy/status/985606249600503809
https://twitter.com/flinger_of_flan/status/985404097233866752
https://twitter.com/DewickNikola/status/985454648420159489
https://twitter.com/DarranSF/status/985445384846761984
https://twitter.com/davidshoare/status/985442382400360448
Let this be a lesson to any broadcasters planning on interviewing Stewart during his current political campaign: hell hath no fury like a sci-fi fan scorned.
The Andrew Marr Show airs Sundays on BBC1