Details of Next Season of 'The Big Bang Theory'

[Brian Damage]

CBS’ The Big Bang Theory made quite a bang at the close of its Friday panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, awarding one of the fans who asked the cast a question a bona fide trip into space.

Initially, the out-of-this-world offer was made by astronaut Richard Searfoss to cast member Simon Helberg, who plays unlikely space case Howard “Froot Lops” Wolowitz, but he amusingly begged off. “Altitudes give me a lot of gas,” he explained. “Plus I’m just a picky eater, the dehydrated food thing….”
Instead, Helberg raffled off the trip — aboard the Link Suborbital Space Plane — to one of the attendees.

Other scooplets shared during the panel discussion, which featured Jim Parsons beamed in via satellite and was sans Johnny Galecki (whose flight didn’t arrive in time):

RAJ ROMANCE | “We have a romance planed for Raj,” series boss Chuck Lorre announced. “Wait ’til you see it.” Kunal Nayyar, however, isn’t too concerned about his alter-ego finding love. “It’s gonna be OK,” he joked. “After falling in love with [his iPhone's] Siri, I don’t know how far down that rope he can go.”
OF GEEKS AND MENNNNNNN | Might one of CBS’ Two and a Half Men appear on BBT, now that the hitcoms are Thursday-night neighbors? There’s nothing to confirm just yet, but Lorre does think “it would be great to have one of the gang tutor Jake, because he’s such a knucklehead.”

WHAT’S IN A NAME? | Will we ever learn Penny’s last name? “At this point, we’re a little superstitious about it,” Lorre confessed. As for unveiling it in the series-ending episode, he laughed: “Worst. Series. Finale. Reveal — ‘Penny Jones.’”

SPOCKTACULAR | Months later, the gang is still gushing about working with Leonard Nimoy. “I shared a bathroom with him, so… just sayin’,” Melissa Rauch joked. And apparently all professionalism went out the door in Spock’s presence — at least for one EP. “I can tell you that Bill Prady lost his mind,” producer Steven Molaro shared.

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