Robert Picardo says there are “absolutely no plans” for him to appear in Star Trek: Picard season 2

Robert Picardo holds a picture of Brent Spiner in his parody music video, “Spent My Life An Actor”

The actor who played Star Trek: Voyager’s Emergency Medical Hologram, Robert Picardo, has slammed the door on a rumor that’s been making the rounds since last year. Picardo recently produced a parody music video decrying the fact that he isn’t Brent Spiner (few of us are), and he was speaking to ComicBook.com about it, when he addressed whether he might one day make an appearance in Star Trek: Picard.

It was last July when Picardo told The Trekkie Girls that CBS had reached out to his agent to talk about reprising his role as the Doctor, but the 66-year old actor said this time, concretely, that nothing is happening - yet. “Well, I can say this: as of now, there are absolutely no plans and there is nothing in the works,” Picardo told ComicBook.com. He added, “I admire the show. I think everything is possible. I also know that the fans are a great driver, often, of what is done in Star Trek. We have not been driven to that particular point, so I’m not saying it couldn’t happen in the future, but there are zero plans for it happening now.”

Picardo did say that he watched the first season of Star Trek: Picard, and he had nothing but praise for the inclusion of his Voyager co-star, Jeri Ryan, in her role as Seven of Nine. “I feel that the writers very intelligently took Seven of Nine [...] and brought her forward,” Picardo said. “I thought it was very, very well-done. Jeri, her performance is great in it. I thought that the writers were very savvy in what they did.” Picardo also praised the appearances of Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis as Will Riker and Deanna Troi.

Picardo’s parody music video, made in response to Spiner’s viral video from back in May, is well worth a watch, and is available on YouTube. And of course, you can also watch old episodes of Voyager or the first season of Star Trek: Picard, both of which are available to stream on CBS All Access.