The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock and roll band whose lineup included John Lennon . By 2256 , one Beatles cover band included Paul Stamets ' uncle Everett . That year , Stamets pointed out to Michael Burnham the obvious fact that , even though Everett performed in a Beatles cover band , it didn ' t mean he was John Lennon . ( ) Appendices . Background information . In canon , this band has been mentioned only by the common shortening " Beatles " . In reality , The Beatles , which were led by primary songwriters John Lennon and Paul McCartney , have been referenced multiple times in behind - the - scenes documentation about " Star Trek " . Using an allegory for how the relationship between TOS and TNG might be perceived , TNG writer Tracy Tormé stated , " " To some people , The Beatles are just Paul McCartney ' s band before . " " ( " " , p . 53 ) The Beatles and " Star Trek " became popular at much the same time as each other ; as novelist Mark Garland noted , " " There was The Beatles , and " Star Trek . " ( " Voyages of Imagination " , p . 243 ) Or as Roberto Orci put it , " " You know , " Star Trek " and The Beatles were products of the sixties . " " ( " " , p . 761 ) In the final draft script of , Jahn was initially described as " " perched on an elaborate kid - sized bandstand , complete with the equipment for a Beatles - type trio . " " Making a bracketed comment seemingly criticizing The Beatles indirectly , the teleplay then stated , " " Grandmother s apparently were both indulgent and hard - of - hearing on Earth Two , also . " " The script additionally characterized Jahn himself as being " " dressed as a sort of Beatle , complete with a wig , " " and pointed out that this was intentional on his part . The Beatles were also an influence on deciding the look of Pavel Chekov , when he was introduced into at the start of its second season . In a memo he sent Casting Director Joseph D ' Agosta ( dated ) , " Star Trek " creator Gene Roddenberry advised , " " Keeping our teenage audience in mind , also keeping aware of current trends , let ' s watch for a young , irreverent , English - accent ' Beatle ' type to try on the show . " " Later , before casting Walter Koenig as Chekov , Roddenberry ensured that a Beatle - type hairstyle would work on Koenig . ( " " , p . 343 ) Explained Spock actor Leonard Nimoy , " " At the same time , The Beatles were a big deal and they had these interesting hair cuts and someone said , ' Maybe we will pick up a bit of The Beatles ' audience . We should put a Beatle wig on him . ' So Walter came in with his excellent Russian accent and a Beatle wig . " " In a letter Gene Roddenberry sent NBC President Herbert Schlosser ( dated ) , Roddenberry made a comparison between the popularity of Spock and that of The Beatles , noting , " " Spock is the hottest item since The Beatles first hit this country . " " Marc Cushman , writer of several " Star Trek " reference books , likened TOS Season 3 to an altered version of The Beatles , as that season had a reduced budget and its production staff didn ' t include TOS mainstay writing staffers Gene Roddenberry , D . C . Fontana , Robert Justman , and Gene L . Coon . " " When you take them out of the mix , it ' s like having The Beatles and taking away John Lennon and Paul McCartney , " " observed Cushman . " " Okay , we still have and . We ' re still The Beatles . ' No , you ' re not . You ' re still good , but not as good , and that ' s what you have with the third season . " " ( " " ) TNG and DS9 episode writer Morgan Gendel attempted to name the TNG episodes he wrote after songs by The Beatles , as an in - joke . Whereas he was prevented from giving the Beatles - inspired title " " ( owing to the existence of the TNG episode title ) , he finally got his wish with the episode title , named after by The Beatles . ( " " , p . 248 ) An homage closely related to The Beatles was suggested by Michael Piller and originally written into the anti - time past setting of TNG series finale . The first draft script of that episode at first involved a character called " Sutcliffe " , a conn officer who was upset at the perverseness of Captain Jean - Luc Picard in that era , and finally requested a transfer off the ship . This was an in - joke referring to a " fifth " member of The Beatles – Stuart Sutcliffe , who likewise left his group on the eve of its greatness . ( " " , 3rd ed . , p . 301 ) A musical progression intended to be featured in the film was likely to have been by The Beatles ; at least according to the script for that film , John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote a musical progression which had to guess the composer s of , while in a skill dome on . In the finished movie , this reference seems at least inaudible among many voices in the scene , or might have been cut entirely . The duo of Lennon and McCartney was also cited as an inspiration for the - Spock relationship by the film ' s writers , Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci . According to Orci , this was an allusion to the fact that both " Star Trek " and The Beatles originated in the 1960s . ( " " , p . 761 ) In , Sarek actor James Frain described Sarek ' s hairstyle as " a Beatles cut " from circa 1963 . The quote on the dedication plaque of the is " " There will be an answer , let it be . . . " " , a line from the Beatles song " Let it Be " .