One time junior reporter and full-time Shakespearean stage legend Patrick Stewart is to be knighted for his services to acting according to the Mirror. Or, as the Huddersfield Examiner puts it: "Mirfield-born actor Patrick Stewart to be knighted?" - you've got to love the local angle.
But for all his Mirfield upbringing, King Lear-this, Hamlet-that and Godot-the other, not to mention the definitive Ebenezer Scrooge (right...for tenuous Christmas angle), he will perhaps be best known by many as the Captain of the Starship Enterprise. That, or X-Men.
So to bring some festive cheer to The Media Blog we're asking you to suggest one of the many headlines we'll inevitably see on this story. Post your suggestions below. (Originally this was a competition, which is now closed, but feel free to post just for fun).
Jean Luc's Royal Engage-ment
Posted by: James | Dec 22, 2009 at 10:39
Captain becomes a Knight
Posted by: James | Dec 22, 2009 at 11:00
Hope the local papers in Newcastle go with 'Make It Sir'
Posted by: Drivelcast | Dec 22, 2009 at 11:02
Make it Sir.
Posted by: Jen | Dec 22, 2009 at 11:02
Queen me up Scotty!
Posted by: Rich P. | Dec 22, 2009 at 11:03
Now that's a medal to Klingon to!
Posted by: Steve | Dec 22, 2009 at 11:06
Patrick Stewart To Baldly Go For Knighthood
Posted by: ___ellie | Dec 22, 2009 at 11:12
Friends say Shatner 'furious'
Posted by: devolute | Dec 22, 2009 at 11:14
'Meeting an old Queen? I worked with McKellen don't you know'
Posted by: ReallyHopeThisDoesn'tSoundTooUn-PC | Dec 22, 2009 at 11:23
Statship Ent-arise
Posted by: Joe | Dec 22, 2009 at 11:28
To boldy go where OBE has gone before
Posted by: tef | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:03
I don't count this as an entry - as I'm clearly stealing other people's ideas - but surely the best yet would be to combine some of the above:
'Make it Sir: Jean-Luc baldly goes where OBE has gone before'
Posted by: Anon | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:13
Don't forget to (Klingons on the starboard) bow
Posted by: Anon | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:16
Star Trek: The next veneration
Posted by: Dom | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:27
This is a suggestion for an alternative headline of this blog post:
New Year Honours: Set phrases on pun
Shame on you for not thinking of it.
Posted by: Jon | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:28
Order of the British Empire Strikes Back.
Posted by: Someone who doesn't know the difference between Trek and Wars | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:30
Stewart gets to have a Jean-Luc around Queen's gaff
Posted by: BadPun | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:40
What the Dickens: Scrooge visited by honour from the Queen
Posted by: BadPun | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:43
Jean-Luc lands the Enter-prize
Posted by: Colin | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:48
"Captain's log, stardate 221209: got knighthood... which was nice"
Posted by: SwissTony | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:50
Make it snow!
(*requires tenuous link to weather)
Posted by: Tim Ireland | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:50
Queen's Sword on Paddy Back, Give Picard a Throne
Posted by: David Wiles | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:51
"Careful Captain, she's got a sword"
Posted by: Bleeding Obvious | Dec 22, 2009 at 12:56
Come and have a gong if you think you're Picard enough
Posted by: Jimbo | Dec 22, 2009 at 13:00
To baldly gong
Posted by: Joseph | Dec 22, 2009 at 15:02
'Sir' Patrick Wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Posted by: Adam Toms | Dec 22, 2009 at 15:20
Stewart Gets Klingong
Posted by: robbo | Dec 22, 2009 at 15:24
Tribble at the top: Picard proves he's no Klingon as career takes a turn for the Betazoid
Posted by: Jon | Dec 22, 2009 at 15:26
Star Trek's First Knight 'Set to Stun' Sir Patrick
Posted by: Adam Toms | Dec 22, 2009 at 16:22