Q is warping back to the final frontier. The all-powerful villain from âStar Trek: The Next Generationâ will return to torment Patrick Stewart once again in the second season of âStar Trek: Picard,â it was announced Monday. John de Lancie is reprising the role on the series which streams on Paramount+ (formerly known as CBS All Access). He becomes the latest in a string of Trek veterans making a return to the franchise in the popular spin-off series that premiered in 2020. âI am totally delighted and really looking forward to it,â de Lancie said of his return. The 73-year-old actor did voice a cartoon-version of Q for a very brief cameo appearance in an episode of the animated series, âStar Trek: Lower Decks.â But insists he was surprised when he was contacted by the âPicardâ producers.