Star Trek’s Wil Wheaton Teaches Peter Capaldi How to Pilot U.S.S Enterprise

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I’m not sure how often Ensign Crusher was left to pilot the Enterprise D on his own, but actor and pro-geek Wil Wheaton recently gave Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi a public demonstration of what is involved…

Angling for TARDIS flight tips, Wheaton explained his rationale on how the Star Trek: The Next Generation vessel could be piloted. “I have the graphics laid out in front of me. I have two keypads down here separated by a T-shape thing that I treated as sliders and the I have the final button to engage over here, which is the L-card system that powers the Enterprise, and adapts to what needs to be done. So, my panel could be used to send the Enterprise into warp speed or into orbit, or I could use it to do research.”

Geeked out yet? There’s more.

“I would use this hand to type in the first set of coordinates and then make the mark, and then type in the second set of co, move my hand up or down, depending on the speed the captain told me to go, and then hit the big button down on the side to engage.”

It’s good to see Capaldi’s reaction, however; he’s having none of it.

“I can’t tell you how to drive the TARDIS.”

We suspect he may be lying…

 

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