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Few Star Trek characters are more beloved than Montgomery Scott. With his immense engineering skills and propensity for jury-rigged solutions, he spent much of The Original Series at the heart of the action, and even took command of the Enterprise when Kirk and Spock were busy on some planet's surface. And while it was never used in precisely those terms, the phrase "beam me up Scotty" became one of Star Trek's first tag lines: referring to his uncanny operation of the ship's transporters.

Along the line, he experienced multiple reboots and updates, and like his fellow OG characters, he's always a welcome presence regardless of the project. He served as inspiration for subsequent Star Trek engineers -- notably Miles O'Brien from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -- and yet his in-universe origins remain surprisingly murky. His arrival on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds may change that, in addition to generating renewed interest in the character and his rich Star Trek history.

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Scotty's Origins

The character's origins lie with actor James Doohan, who played him for over 30 years and who remains more closely associated with Scotty than any other. According to David Gerrod's 1973 reference guide The World of Star Trek , Doohan played a huge role in the character's creation. He delivered a variety of accents while auditioning for the show's second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before." When asked which accent he himself would use, the actor suggested Scottish because Scots were "renowned for having great engineering skills." That established the core of the character more or less on the spot.

Doohan always played Scotty as utterly devoted to the ship, to the point of considering it his property. That was often played for laughs: notably in Season 2, Episode 14, "The Trouble with Tribbles," when he started a bar fight with a group of Klingons after they disparaged the Enterprise's honor. He could solve any problem with the warp drive -- or any other part of the ship's systems -- which gave the show a natural ticking clock whenever it needed one. Scotty would invariably fix the malfunction with seconds to spare, allowing the Enterprise to escape by the skin of its teeth.

Scotty in The Original Star Trek

Scotty appeared in 65 of The Original Series' 79 episodes, as well as the first seven Star Trek movies and all but one entry in Star Trek: The Animated Series . That established his modus operandi: diligent, plain-spoken, and given to simple but accurate assessment of the problem du jour. It also cemented his unwavering loyalty to Captain Kirk, and his steadfast ability to hold the line in the face of trouble. That arose most often during his stints in the captain's chair, which helped define the character alongside his last-minute repairs and timely use of the transporter.

The Star Trek movies largely relegated him to support duties, though they found quiet ways to develop his character. A cut subplot from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan introduced his nephew among the Enterprise's new cadets, who's killed in Khan's first sneak attack. The brief sequences further connected Scotty to the ship's redshirts, as well as shedding light on his family and background. He played a more lightweight role in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock when he sabotaged the Excelsior in anticipation of the crew's theft of the Enterprise. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home similarly let him flash his comedic chops, notably while dealing with a 1980s-era personal computer.

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Scotty in Later Star Trek

Doohan made a memorable cameo as Scotty in The Next Generation Season 6, Episode 4, "Relics," which also revealed details about his final years. After becoming a captain in The Search for Spock he remained the Enterprise's Chief Engineer until the end of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered County . One year later, he embarked on the U.S.S. Jenolan en route to retirement in the Federation colony of Norpin. The ship crashed on a colossal alien structure called a Dyson Sphere, and he survived in the transporter's pattern buffer until the Enterprise-D revived him a century later. Picard gave him one of the ship's shuttlecraft, and he departed for points unknown. That presumably marks the end of the character's life, at least as far as canon is concerned.

A holographic version of the character also appeared in Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1, Episode 6, "Kobayashi." He was one of multiple classic figures recreated by Dal aboard to holodeck to assist him with his Kobayashi Maru test . The production used dialogue previously recorded by Doohan to bring him back for the episode. (Doohan himself passed away in 2005 at the age of 85.)

Scotty in The Kelvinverse

2009's Star Trek movie entailed a massive reboot, resulting in a new alternate timeline dubbed "The Kelvinverse" by fans. Scotty was memorably played by comic actor Simon Pegg, who revised the role in the next two Kelvinverse films. The changes in continuity resulted in a slightly different version of the character: relegated to a remote outpost before joining the Enterprise crew mid-emergency. In practical terms, it allowed Pegg to pursue his own take on Scotty without altering Doohan's. (Pegg has always expressed the highest respect for his predecessor.)

Besides playing up the character's funnier side, Pegg infused him with slightly wilder qualities: making him more willing to take risks than Doohan's version. The actor also developed a non-canon backstory for his Scotty, which shifted his birthplace to Glasgow among other things. (Dialogue in The Original Series Season 2, Episode 7, "A Wolf in the Fold" implied that he was from Aberdeen.) The Kelvinverse also gave Scotty a sidekick: the diminutive alien Keenser, played by Deep Roy. It gave him someone to play off of, further enhancing his status as the series' comic relief.

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Scotty in Strange New Worlds

Pegg's background for the character is unofficial, and relegated to the Kelvinverse timeline regardless. The history of Doohan's "prime" version is very much a mystery prior to his position onboard the Enterprise. Strange New Worlds looks to change that by introducing a younger version of Scotty played by Martin Quinn in Season 2, Episode 10, "Hegemony." (Quinn has the distinction of being the first Scottish actor to play the part.) Christopher Pike's Enterprise crew finds him among the survivors of a Gorn attack. Before that, he served aboard a solar research vessel called the Stardiver. The Gorn wiped the vessel out, leaving Scotty the only survivor. The episode ends on a cliffhanger, to be resolved in the Season 3 premiere (unreleased as of this writing).

Quinn's version of the character is very likely to join the Strange New Worlds crew full-time. The series' first engineer, Hemmer, was killed at the end of Season 1. His replacement, Commander Pelia, isn't expected to remain onboard, and with Scotty destined for the position regardless, the move makes a lot of narrative sense. Strange New Worlds has an opportunity to fill in his early years much the same way it has for Uhura, Jim Kirk, and Mr. Spock . Regardless of its plans for him, it ensures that he will remain firmly a part of Star Trek 's future as well as its past.

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“Star Trek” as a concept has voyaged far beyond science fiction and into the safe waters of space opera, but that doesn’t amaze me. The Gene Roddenberry years, when stories might play with questions of science, ideals or philosophy, have been replaced by stories reduced to loud and colorful action. Like so many franchises, it’s more concerned with repeating a successful formula than going boldly where no “Star Trek” has gone before.

The 2009 “Star Trek” film goes back eagerly to where “Star Trek” began, using time travel to explain a cast of mostly the same characters, only at a younger point in their lives, sailing the Starship Enterprise. As a story idea, this is sort of brilliant and saves on invention, because young Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Scotty and the rest channel their later selves. The child is father to the man, or the Vulcan, and all that.

Don’t get me wrong. This is fun. And when Leonard Nimoy himself returns as the aged Spock, encountering another Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) as a young man, I was kind of delighted, although as is customary in many sci-fi films, nobody is as astonished as they should be. Holy moly! Time travel exists, and this may be me! It’s more like a little ambiguous dialogue is exchanged, and they’re off to battle the evil Romulan Capt. Nero ( Eric Bana ).

Time travel as we all know, is impossible in the sense it happens here, but many things are possible in this film. Anyone with the slightest notion of what a black hole is, or how it behaves, will find the black holes in “Star Trek” hilarious. The logic is also a little puzzling when Scotty can beam people into another ship in outer space, but they have to physically parachute to land on a platform in the air from which the Romulans are drilling a hole to the Earth’s core. After they land there, they fight with two Romulan guards, using ... fists and swords? The platform is suspended from Arthur C. Clark’s “space elevator,” but instead of fullerenes, the cable is made of metallic chunks the size of refrigerators.

But stop me before I get started. I mention these details only to demonstrate that the movie raises its yo-yo finger to the science, while embracing the fiction. Apart from details from the youths of the characters and the Spock reunion, it consists mostly of encounters between the Enterprise and the incomparably larger and much better armed Romulan spaceship from the future. It’s encouraging to learn that not even explosions and fires can quickly damage a starship. Also that lifeboats can save the crew, despite the vast distance from home base.

That would be because of warp speed, which for present purposes consists of looking through an unnecessary window at bright lights zapping past. This method of transportation prevents any sense of wonder at the immensity of outer space and is a convenience not only for the starship but also for the screenwriters, who can push a button and zap to the next scene. The concept of using warp speed to escape the clutches of a black hole seems like a recycling of the ancient dilemma of the rock and the hard place.

But there are affecting character moments. Young Spock is deliberately taunted in hopes he will, as a Vulcan, betray emotion. Because Zachary Quinto plays him as a bit of a self-righteous prig, it’s satisfying to see him lose it. Does poor young Spock realize he faces a lifetime of people trying to get a rise out of him? Nimoy, as the elderly Spock, must have benefitted, because he is the most human character in the film.

Chris Pine , as James Tiberius Kirk, appears first as a hot-rodding rebel who has found a Corvette in the 23rd century and drives it into the Grand Canyon. A few years after he’s put on suspension by the Academy and smuggled on board the Enterprise by Bones McCoy ( Karl Urban ), he becomes the ship’s captain. There are times when the command deck looks like Bring Your Child to School Day, with the kid sitting in daddy’s chair.

Uhura ( Zoe Saldana ) seems to have traveled through time to the pre-feminist 1960s, where she found her miniskirt and go-go boots. She seems wise and gentle and unsuited to her costume. Scotty ( Simon Pegg ) seems to have begun life as a character in a Scots sitcom. Eric Bana’s Nero destroys whole planets on the basis of faulty intelligence, but the character is played straight and is effective.

The special effects are slam-bam. Spatial relationships between spaceships are unclear because the Romulan ship and the Enterprise have such widely unmatched scales. Battles consist primarily of jump-suited crew members running down corridors in advance of smoke, sparks and flames. Lots of verbal commands seem implausibly slow. Consider, at light warp speeds, how imprecise it would be to say “At my command ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...” Between “2” and “1,” you could jump a million galaxies.

I thought about these things during “Star Trek” because I could not help myself. I understand the Star Trek science has never been intended as plausible. I understand this is not science fiction but an Ark movie using a starship. I understand that the character types are as familiar as your favorite slippers. But the franchise has become much of a muchness. The new movie essentially intends to reboot the franchise with younger characters and carry on as before. The movie deals with narrative housekeeping. Perhaps the next one will engage these characters in a more challenging and devious story, one more about testing their personalities than re-establishing them. In the meantime, you want space opera, you got it.

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The Wit and Wisdom of Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

The Enterprise's chief engineer is always at your service with his words of wisdom and Scottish charm.

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Montgomery "Scotty" Scott , known as "the miracle worker" to his longtime comrades James T. Kirk and crew, was the chief engineer aboard the original  U.S.S. Enterprise  and its successor craft. Bullish on his Scottish ancestry, Scotty wears ceremonial kilts with his dress uniform, plays the bagpipes, and is renowned for his love of Scotch and his beverage collection from all parts of the galaxy.

To celebrate the arrival of Scotty on  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , we're reflecting on the wit and wisdom of our favorite chief engineer.

Star Trek : The Original Series

"The Naked Time"

Diplomats! The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank!

A Taste of Armageddon

A cranky transporter's a mighty finicky piece of machinery to be gambling your life on, sir.

The Doomsday Machine

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon - that's hard.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Don't you worry, captain. We'll beat those Klingon devils, even if I have to get out and push!

Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Relics"

Starship captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. The secret is to give them what they need, not what they want.

Star Trek  (2009)

Star Trek (2009)

The notion of transwarp beaming is like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet, whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse.

Star Trek Into Darkness

Do you have any idea how ridiculous it is to hide a starship on the bottom of the ocean?

Star Trek Beyond

You're part of something bigger now, lassie. Right? Don't give up on that. Cause we'll sure as hell never give up on you. That is what being part of a crew is all about.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

"Hegemony"

I'm an engineer, not a miracle worker, Mr. Spock.

Alternate Montgomery Scott, "A Quality of Mercy"

First, I jury-rigged the engines to increase their capacity. And secondly, well, I figured out how to hide in plain sight. When an armada of human-eating lizards come my way, I can get quite, uh, creative.

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Scotty Quotes in Star Trek (2009)

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Scotty : I like this ship! You know, it's exciting!

Spock Prime : What if I told you that your transwarp theory was correct, that is is indeed possible to beam onto a ship that is traveling at warp speed?

Scotty : I think if that equation had been discovered, I'd have heard about it.

Spock Prime : The reason you haven't heard of it, Mr. Scott, is because you haven't discovered it yet.

Scotty : I'm s... Wha... It... Are you from the future?

James T. Kirk : Yeah, he is. I'm not.

Scotty : Well, that's brilliant. Do they still have sandwiches there?

Spock Prime : You are, in fact, the Mr. Scott who postulated the theory of transwarp beaming?

Scotty : That's what I'm talking about! How do you think I wound up here? Had a little debate with my instructor on relativistic physics and how it pertains to subspace travel. He seemed to think that the range of transporting something like a... like a grapefruit was limited to about 100 miles. I told him that I could not only beam a grapefruit from one planet to the adjacent planet in the same system - which is easy, by the way - I could do it with a life form. So, I tested it out on Admiral Archer's prized beagle.

James T. Kirk : Wait, I know that dog. What happened to it?

Scotty : I'll tell you when it reappears. Ahem. I don't know, I do feel guilty about that.

Scotty : Except, the thing is, even if I believed you, right, where you're from, what I've done - which I don't, by the way - you're still talking about beaming aboard the Enterprise while she's traveling faster than light, without a proper receiving pad.

Scotty : [ to Keenser ] Get off there! It's not a climbing frame!

Scotty : [ back to Spock Prime ] The notion of transwarp beaming is like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse.

[ Spock writes on a paper ]

Scotty : What's that?

Spock Prime : Your equation for achieving transwarp beaming.

Scotty : [ to himself ] He's out of it

Scotty : [ reads the equation ] Imagine that! It never occurred to me to think of SPACE as the thing that was moving!

[ the U.S.S. Enterprise is being sucked into a black hole, seconds away from doom ]

Scotty : I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!

[ the bridge ceiling begins to crack as the ship's drawn closer ]

James T. Kirk : All she's got isn't good enough! What else ya got?

Scotty : Um... Okay, if we eject the core and detonate, the blast could be enough to push us away! I cannae promise anything, though!

[ the viewing window starts to rupture ]

James T. Kirk : DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!

Spock : We are traveling at warp speed. How did you manage to beam aboard this ship?

James T. Kirk : Hey, you're the genius. You figure it out.

Spock : As acting captain of this vessel, I order you to answer the question.

James T. Kirk : Well, I'm not telling, "Acting Captain." What, did...?

[ Kirk smiles ]

James T. Kirk : What, now, that doesn't frustrate you, does it? My lack of cooperation? That-that doesn't make you angry...

Spock : [ Spock turns to Scotty ] Are you a member of Starfleet?

Scotty : I, um, yes. Can I get a towel, please?

Spock : Under penalty of court martial, I order you to explain to me how you were able to beam aboard this ship while moving at warp.

Scotty : Well...

James T. Kirk : Don't answer him.

Spock : You will answer me.

Scotty : [ pause ] I'd rather not take sides.

[ Spock Prime and Kirk arrive at a derelict Starfleet outpost, and discover... ]

Scotty : You realize how unacceptable this is?

Spock Prime : Fascinating!

Scotty : Okay, I'm sure you're just doing your job, but could you not have come a wee bit sooner? Six months I've been here, living off Starfleet protein nibs and the promise of a good meal! And I know exactly what's going on here, okay? Punishment, isn't it? Ongoing! For something that was clearly an accident!

Spock Prime : [ pleased ] You are Montgomery Scott.

James T. Kirk : You know him?

Scotty : Aye, that's me. You're in the right place. Unless there's another hardworking, equally starved Starfleet officer around.

Keenser : Me.

Scotty : Get aff! Shut up! You don't eat anything! You can eat, like, a bean, and you're done. I'm talking about food. REAL food!

Scotty : I've never beamed three people from two targets onto one pad before!

Scotty : So, the Enterprise has had its maiden voyage, has it? She is one well-endowed lady. I'd like to get my hands on her "ample nacelles," if you pardon the engineering parlance.

James T. Kirk : Scotty, how we doin'?

Scotty : Dilithium chamber at maximum, Captain.

Scotty : [ noticing Keenser straddling a console ] GET DOWN!

Scotty : If it isn't Captain James Tiberius Perfect-Hair!

[ to Keenser ]

Scotty : Did you hear that? I called him "Perfect-Hair".

James T. Kirk : Where are you?

Scotty : Where are you?

James T. Kirk : Are you drunk?

Scotty : What I do on my private time is my business, Jim.

Scotty : Wait. Jim, if we go in there, we'll die! Do you hear me? The radiation will kill us! Will you listen to me? Look, what the hell are you doing?

James T. Kirk : I'm opening the door. I'm going in.

Scotty : The door's there to stop us from getting irradiated! We'd be dead before making the climb!

James T. Kirk : [ quietly ] You're not making the climb.

[ Kirk knocks out Scotty and enters the chamber ]

Scotty : [ Kirk and Bones return to the Enterprise on Nibiru ] Do you have any idea how ridiculous it is to hide a starship on the bottom of the ocean?

James T. Kirk : [ asking Scotty to investigate the coordinates Khan gave him ] I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for, but I have a feeling you'll know it when you see it. You may have been right about those torpedoes.

Scotty : [ surprised at Jim's admission ] I will consider that an apology. And I will consider that apology.

Scotty : Welcome aboard.

James T. Kirk : It's good to see you too, Scotty.

Scotty : [ to Khan ] Are you crazy? Whoever you are.

James T. Kirk : Just listen to him, Scotty. It's gonna be alright.

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Scotty : The ship's dead, sir! She's gone!

James T. Kirk : No, she's not...

Scotty : [ gesturing to the warp core ] Do you know what this is, Captain?

James T. Kirk : I don't have time for a lecture, Scotty!

Scotty : [ more forcefully ] Do you know what this is?

James T. Kirk : [ sighs ] It's a warp core.

Scotty : It's a radioactive catastrophe waiting to happen. A subtle shift in magnetic output from, say, firing one or more of six dozen torpedoes with an unknown payload could set of a chain reaction which would kill every living thing on this ship, letting these torpedoes on the Enterprise is the last straw!

James T. Kirk : What was the first straw?

Scotty : What was the...

Scotty : -there are plenty of straws, how about Starfleet confiscating my transwarp equation, and now some madman is using it to hop across the galaxy! Where'd you think he got it from!

James T. Kirk : We have our orders, Scotty.

Scotty : That's what scares me... this is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Cause I thought we were explorers. I thought we...

James T. Kirk : Sign for the torpedoes. That's an order.

Scotty : Right. Well you leave me no choice but to resign my duties.

James T. Kirk : Oh come on, Scotty.

Scotty : You're giving me no choice, sir!

James T. Kirk : You're not giving me much of a choice!

Scotty : I will not stand by and...

James T. Kirk : You're just making exceptions, sign for the...

Scotty : [ forcefully ] Do you accept my resignation or not?

James T. Kirk : I DO!... I do. You are relieved Mr. Scott.

Scotty : [ after a long pause ] Jim... for the love of God, do not use those torpedoes.

[ hands Kirk his PADD and walks away, Keenser does the same ]

Scotty : No! I'm not signing anything! Now get these bloody things off my ship!

[ sees Kirk ]

Scotty : Captain!

James T. Kirk : Is there a problem, Mr. Scott?

Scotty : Aye, sir! I was just explaining to this gentlemen that I cannae authorize any weapons on board this ship without knowing what's inside them!

Spock : Mr. Scott raises yet another point that le...

James T. Kirk : Report to the bridge.

Spock : Captain.

[ leaves the engineering room ]

James T. Kirk : Mr. Scott, I understand your concerns but we need these torpedoes on board!

Scotty : Due respect, sir, but photo torpedoes run on fuel, now I cannae detect the type of fuel that's in the compartments on these torpedoes because it's shielded. Now I asked for the specifications but he says...

[ gestures to Torpedo Security ]

Torpedo Security : It's classified.

Scotty : [ repeating exasperatedly ] It's classified. So I said; no specs, no signature!

Sulu : [ from deck above ] Captain, flight checks complete, we're good to go, sir.

James T. Kirk : Thank you, Mr. Sulu.

Sulu : Yes, sir.

Scotty : Now if you'll excuse me, sir, I have a warp core to prime.

[ walks away ]

Scotty : [ to Keenser ] Get down!

Bones : Jim, your vitals are way off...

James T. Kirk : Report to the medbay.

[ follows Scotty to the warp core ]

James T. Kirk : Scotty! I need you to approve those weapons.

Scotty : It's been upgraded to a 10.9 by the guys at Harvard.

Adrian Helmsley : What does Caltech have to say?

Professor West : The whole city of Pasadena was wiped out just a few minutes ago.

Ark Communications Officer : The capital's been hit by a 9.4.

Ark Communications Officer : We've lost communication with the White House, sir.

Adrian Helmsley : Where's it centered?

Scotty : North Chesapeake Bay.

McCoy : [ Kirk runs in to the engine room and sees Spock inside the reactor compartment. He rushes over but McCoy and Scotty hold him back ] No! You'll flood the whole compartment!

Kirk : He'll die!

Scotty : Sir! He's dead already.

McCoy : It's too late.

[ They let go and Kirk walks to the glass and pushes the intercom button ]

Kirk : Spock!

[ Spock slowly walks over to the glass and pushes the intercom ]

Spock : The ship... out of danger?

Kirk : Yes.

Spock : Do not grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many, outweigh...

Kirk : The needs of the few.

Spock : Or the one. I never took the Kobayashi Maru test until now. What do you think of my solution?

Kirk : Spock.

[ Spock sits down ]

Spock : [ Gasping ] I have been... and always shall be... your friend.

[ he places a Vulcan salute on the glass ]

Spock : [ Gasping ] Live long... and prosper.

[ Spock dies ]

Scotty : The energizer's bypassed like a Christmas tree, so don't give me too many bumps.

Preston : I believe you'll find everything ship-shape, Admiral.

Kirk : Oh, do you? Do you have any idea, Midshipman Preston, how many times I have had to listen to Mr. Scott on the comm, telling me his trouble? Do you have any idea of the ribbing I've had to endure in the officers' mess... to the effect that the Enterprise is a flying death trap?

Preston : Oh, no sir! Wha... this is the finest engine room in the whole Starfleet! If the Admiral can't see the facts for himself, then, with all due respect, he's as blind as a Tiberian bat!

Scotty : Ahem!

Preston : Sir!

Kirk : Midshipman, you're a tiger.

Scotty : My sister's youngest, Admiral. Crazy to get to space.

Kirk : Every young man's fantasy. Seem to remember it myself.

[ Kirk is invited to give a command to the new Enterprise-B ]

Kirk : Take us out.

Chekov : Very good, sir.

Scotty : Brought a tear to my eye.

Kirk : Oh, be quiet.

Scotty : Finding retirement a little lonely, are we?

Kirk : You know, I'm glad you're an engineer. With tact like that, you'd make a lousy psychiatrist.

Scotty : Loser.

Lou : Cat person.

Kirk : What are we all doing here?

McCoy : Maybe they're throwing us a retirement party.

Scotty : That suits me. I just bought a boat.

Uhuru : This had better be good. I'm supposed to be chairing a seminar at the Academy.

Chekov : Captain, isn't this just for top brass?

McCoy : If we're all here, where's Sulu?

Kirk : *Captain* Sulu, on assignment. Where's Spock?

[ their first look at the USS Excelsior ]

Uhura : Would you look at that.

Kirk : My friends, the great experiment: The Excelsior. Ready for trial runs.

Sulu : She's supposed to have transwarp drive.

Scotty : Aye. And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon.

Kirk : Come, come, Mr. Scott. Young minds, fresh ideas. Be tolerant.

Kirk : How much refit time before we can take her out again?

Scotty : Eight weeks, sir. But ye don't have eight weeks, so I'll do it for ye in two.

Kirk : Mr. Scott. Have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?

Scotty : Certainly, sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?

Kirk : [ over the intercom ] Your reputation is secure, Scotty.

Kirk : Scotty, you're as good as your word.

Scotty : Aye, sir. The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.

[ giving McCoy a handful of computer chips ]

Scotty : Here, Doctor, souvenirs from one surgeon to another. I took them out of her main transwarp computer drive.

McCoy : Nice of you to tell me in advance.

Kirk : That's what you get for missing staff meetings, Doctor. Gentlemen, your work today has been outstanding and I intend to recommend you all for promotion... in whatever fleet we end up serving.

Scotty : All systems automated and ready. A chimpanzee and two trainees could run her.

Kirk : Thank you, Mr. Scott. I'll try not to take that personally.

Captain Styles : Ah, Mr. Scott. Calling it a night?

Scotty : Uh, yes sir.

Captain Styles : Turning in myself, looking forward to breaking some of the Enterprise's speed records tomorrow.

Scotty : Ah, yes sir.

[ behind his back, frowning ]

Scotty : Good night.

Elevator voice : Level, please.

Scotty : Transporter room.

Elevator voice : Thank you.

Scotty : [ under breath ] Up your shaft.

Scotty : [ studying the Klingon Bird-of-Prey's helm ] Where's the damn antimatter inducer?

Chekov : This?... no, *this*!

Scotty : That or nothing.

Sulu : If I read this right, sir, we have full power.

Kirk : [ exasperated ] Go, Sulu!

[ the Enterprise is approaching the closed Spacedock doors ]

Kirk : And... *now*, Mr. Scott.

Scotty : Sir?

Kirk : The doors, Mr. Scott!

Scotty : Aye, sir, I'm working on it!

Elevator voice : Level please.

Scotty : Up your shaft.

Kirk : Mr. Scott, you're amazing!

Scotty : There's nothing amazing about it. I know this ship like the back of my hand.

[ walks into low-hanging beam, knocks himself out cold ]

Kirk : Stand by to execute emergency landing plan... "B."

[ a brief pause ]

Chekov : What's emergency landing plan "B?"

Scotty : I don't have a clue.

Kirk : [ on Comm system ] "B" as in Barricade.

Scotty : He can't be serious.

Scotty : [ to Kirk about ship status ] Ah. All I can say is they don't make them like they used to.

Kirk : You told me you could get this ship operational in two weeks, I gave you three, what happened?

Scotty : I think you gave me too much time, Captain.

Kirk : Very well, Mr Scott. Carry on.

Scotty : Aye, sir.

[ Spots a junior engineer nearby ]

Scotty : How many times do I have to tell you, the right tool for the right job!

McCoy : [ laughs ] I don't think I've ever seen him happier.

[ They enter the turbolift ]

Computer : Le-le-level?

Kirk : Bridge... I hope. I could use a shower.

Spock : [ looks at Kirk ] Yes.

Kirk : [ responds to a tapping within the wall ] What's that noise?

Spock : [ tapping continues ] I believe it is a primitive form of communication known as morse Code.

Kirk : You're right. I'm out of practice.

[ tapping ]

Kirk : That's an "S".

Spock : "T".

Kirk : "A"... "N"... "D", end of word.

McCoy : "Stand".

Kirk : New word... "B"... "A"...

Spock : "C"... "K".

McCoy : "Back". "Stand back".

Kirk ,  Spock ,  McCoy : "Stand back"?

[ the wall explodes ]

Scotty : [ on the other side of the wall ] What are you standing around for? Do you not know a jailbreak when you see one?

[ Chief Engineer Scott making a log entry ]

Scotty : USS Enterprise, shakedown crew's report. I think this new ship was put together by monkeys. Oh, she's got a fine engine, but half the doors won't open, and guess whose job it is to make it right.

Scotty : [ cursing, on his back trying to fix a computer console ] "Let's see what she's got," said the captain. And then we found out, didn't we?

Uhura : [ walking in ] I know you'll whip her into shape, Scotty, you always do.

Scotty : [ getting up ] Uhura, I thought you were on leave.

Uhura : And I thought we were supposed to be going together.

Scotty : Oh, I can't leave her now when she needs me the most.

Uhura : [ stroking Scotty's cheek ] I had a feeling you would say something like that, so I brought us...

[ whipping up two packages ]

Uhura : dinner.

Scotty : [ grabbing a package ] Oh, lassie. You're the most understanding woman I know.

Starfleet Officer : [ transmission on a malfunctioning computer ] Red-Red-Red Alert. Red Alert. Red-Red-Red Alert.

Scotty : I just fixed that damn thing! Turn it off, will you?

McCoy : Jim... if you ask me, and you haven't, I think this is a terrible idea. We're bound to bump into the Klingons, and they don't exactly like you.

Kirk : The feeling's mutual. Engine room.

Scotty : [ over the intercom ] Scotty here.

Kirk : We'll need all the power you can muster, mister.

Scotty : Don't you worry, Captain. We'll beat those Klingon devils, even if I have to get out and push.

Kirk : I hope it won't come to that, Mr. Scott.

Captain Doyle : Cappuccino? Espresso?

[ tries to dispense some, but the coffee machine flies sparks ]

Captain Doyle : Hey Scotty, can you get this machine to work?

Scotty : I'm givin' it all she's got, Captain! If I push it any farther, the whole thing'll blow!

Scotty : The aerodynamics work! He's breaking wind at 90!

[ faced with a 20th century computer ]

Scotty : Computer! Computer?

[ He's handed a mouse, and he speaks into it ]

Scotty : Hello, computer.

Dr. Nichols : Just use the keyboard.

Scotty : Keyboard. How quaint.

[ Kirk has just spoken very abruptly to Mr. Scott ]

Scotty : He's in a wee bit of a snit, isn't he?

Spock : He is a man of deep feelings.

Scotty : Aye, what else is new?

Scotty : Admiral, there be whales here!

McCoy : You, ah, realize of course that if we give him the formula we're altering the future.

Scotty : Why? How do we know he didn't invent the thing?

[ the crew is on a shuttlecraft pondering what their new starship will be ]

Sulu : ...I'm counting on the *Excelsior*.

Scotty : The *Excelsior*? Why in God's name would you want that bucket of bolts?

Kirk : A ship is a ship.

Scotty : Whatever you say so.

Scotty : Thy will be done.

[ the new starship USS *Enterprise* 1701-A emerges into view ]

Kirk : My friends.

Kirk : We've come home.

Scotty : Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon - that's hard.

[ Kirk is pacing back and forth, considering a below-decks room in the Klingon ship for possible whale transport ]

Kirk : Scotty, how long is this bay?

Scotty : About sixty feet, Admiral.

Kirk : Can you enclose it to hold water?

Scotty : [ laughs ] I suppose I could. You planning to take a swim?

McCoy : [ sourly ] Off the deep end, Mr. Scott!

Kirk : We got to find some humpbacks.

Scotty : Humpbacked... people?

Kirk : Whales, Mr. Scott, whales!

Scotty : [ over the intercom ] I'm ready, Spock! Let's go find George and Gracie!

Soren : Good heavens!

[ as he enters the dorm room ]

Soren : I thought you had to be convicted of a crime before you lived somewhere like this.

Eddie : Well it's not that bad. Plus, we haven't seen the rest of it yet.

[ opens closet door ]

Soren : Apparently, this is the rest of it.

Eddie : Well I like it. And I'll even let you have first choice of the beds.

Soren : Ooo, heavens, which stained mattress shall I choose?

Scotty : [ enters, coughing, sniffling, and clearing throat ] You the new guys? I'm Scotty. All right, all my food's labeled, so I'll know if you ate anything. I'm allergic to dairy, shellfish, red meat, melon, nuts, and kiwi, so don't bring any of that stuff around here.

[ sits down at computer ]

Scotty : The X-box is off limits. If you screw up any of my high scores, I'll blind you with my laser pointer.

Soren : [ Eddie enters the dormroom where Soren is hooked playing the XBox ] Whoa.

Scotty : [ to Eddie ] He's been like this since I got here yesterday.

Soren : Whoa.

Scotty : [ jumps to take back the console ] Give it back!

Soren : Back off Clearisil!

[ Scotty jumps backs to where he was ]

Scotty : [ Soren slaps Scotty's hand which was directing toward Soren's last royally-paid-for breakfast ] Hey, you cheap Swede!

Scotty : [ Scotty just realizing that Paige is present in the dormroom who has been there for a minute or so ] Dude. Dude, there's a chick in our room!

Paige : Where's Eddie?

Scotty : Oh, you mean, prince-who-ate-my-triscuits-and-didn't-replace-them?

Ens. Frank Pulver : You mean after everything I've told you, you think I *could* be a doctor?

Scotty : By rights, you should be a good one. You have more people to prove yourself to than anyone I ever heard of. You should cash in on that. My family's in business. They say the big trick is to turn liabilities into assets.

Bea : If I were a man, I wouldn't be a lapdog tied to any woman's apron strings.

Scotty : I might surprise you.

Bea : You probably won't.

Scotty : You're gonna realise, marriage is an idea whose time has come and gone.

Blu : [ Watching Belinda on tape ] What about her?

Scotty : For the inside man?

Blu : For you, she'd be perfect.

Scotty : Perfect? She only has nine fingers.

Scotty : [ Finds footage of Belinda stepping out of her dress ] Look what I found.

Ellie : You can't watch this.

Blu : Au contrare, it's our duty to watch this.

Scotty : This is evidence of a crime.

Ellie : It's a crime alright.

Blu : She'd be a nice girl for you.

Scotty : I'm not going out with any girl you've seen naked.

Blu : She's not naked.

Scotty : She will be in a minute.

Blu : [ Watching Chester Robb on tape ] What's with Barn here?

Scotty : He's lost in thought.

Blu : That's a place where he'd be lost.

Scotty : I'm a fuggin' idiot. I'm a fuggin' idiot. Fuggin' idiot, fuggin' idiot, fuggin' idiot...

Scotty : Leroy, did you know this is Chance Wayne... the famous Hollywood and Broadway celebrity?

Leroy : Really?

Bud : Sure. All bartenders become movie stars. Right, Chance?

Chance Wayne : Oh, well. What he's trying to say is that I had your job for too long.

Scotty : [ everyone is looking into the cellar after it flies open ] An animal? An animal? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Scotty : [ Taunting Cheryl by whispering ] Dead bodies in the cellar. Dead bodies in the...

Cheryl : Will you stop it!

Ash : Linda's still asleep. I don't know what else to do for her. It'll be dawn in a few hours so...

Scotty : I can't wait. I'm getting out of here... now!

Ash : Scotty, we can't take Linda anywhere with her leg like that. We don't even know if there is any other way back besides the bridge.

Scotty : Well... maybe there's an old road or a hiking trail or something. I mean, there must be another away around the cliff.

Ash : Listen to me. Linda cannot walk with her leg like that. She can't even stand up.

Scotty : So, we'll leave her here until we can send somebody back.

Ash : What, are you crazy? I'm not...

Scotty : [ interupting ] Look, I'm getting out of here! I don't care what happens to her! She's your girlfriend, you take care of her!

[ first lines ]

Scotty : Hey, Ash, where are we?

Ash : Well we just crossed the Tennessee border...

Scotty : I'm gonna break your face!

[ to Ash, after picking up a ceremonial dagger adorned with skulls ]

Scotty : This kinda looks like your old girlfriend! Ha ha ha.

Billy Buvanny : Scotty, you don't understand. I'm in love.

Scotty : Oh, you're in love.

Billy Buvanny : Yes, Scotty, I'm in love.

Scotty : Well, kiss me.

Billy Buvanny : Oh, shut up.

Scotty : Hey, listen, all dames are alike. There's no difference in any of 'em.

Billy Buvanny : Yeah, well Dee is different.

Scotty : Oh, yeah? Well, what's different about Dee?

Billy Buvanny : I'll tell ya. In the first place, she doesn't drink. And in the second place, she doesn't smoke.

Scotty : Oh, I see, she's like an old fashioned lamp. She don't smoke or drink, but, she goes out at nights.

Billy Buvanny : You think you're a wise guy.

Dave : Hey, Scotty, you're not Scotch, are you?

Scotty : No.

Dave : Then, why do they call you Scotty?

[ Scotty thinks ]

Scotty : Cause I'm Irish.

Scotty : Room?

Ross Haney : The best you got.

Scotty : Take your pick - there'll all bad.

Scotty : You know, I've only had three close friends in my day.

Ross Haney : Oh? Who were they?

Scotty : Two guns and a horse.

Scotty : Payne and Reynolds ran all the little ranchers off the range and they kept 'em off with lead. What do you plan to use for ammunition?

Ross Haney : Water.

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Star Trek (film)

A cataclysm in the 24th century throws two ships back in time to the 23rd century, altering the course of history. With a different life where he never knew his father, James T. Kirk becomes a brilliant yet cynical misfit who is finally convinced to join Starfleet by Captain Christopher Pike in 2255. Three years later, Kirk, Vulcan First Officer Spock, and the young crew of the new USS Enterprise , with guidance from Spock's future self, must figure out a way to work together to prevent the one responsible for the death of Kirk's father, the future Romulan known as Nero, from destroying the Federation in a mad quest for vengeance.

• 1.1 Prologue
• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 2 Log entries
• 3 Memorable quotes
• 4.1 Development
• 4.2 Story and script
• 4.3.2 Props
• 4.3.3 Costumes
• 4.3.4 Makeup
• 4.4.1 Rumors and gossip
• 4.4.2 Shatner controversy
• 4.5.1 Crew notes
• 4.5.2 Secrecy and security
• 4.5.3 Sets and locations
• 4.6.1 Music
• 4.7 Continuity
• 4.8 Deleted and expanded scenes
• 4.9 Apocrypha
• 5.1 Release delay
• 5.2 Premieres
• 5.3 General
• 5.4 Reception
• 5.5 Box office
• 6 Awards and honors
• 8.1 Posters
• 8.2 USB card wallpapers
• 8.3 Websites and viral marketing
• 8.4 Promotional images
• 8.5 Teaser trailer
• 8.6 Theatrical trailers
• 8.7 Super Bowl spot
• 8.8.1 Merchandise gallery
• 9.1.3 Star Trek Avionics
• 9.1.4 Second Unit
• 9.2 Unconfirmed cast and crew
• 9.3 Companies
• 9.4 Uncredited companies
• 9.5 Unconfirmed companies
• 9.7.1 Other references
• 9.7.2 Meta references
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• 9.8 See also
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Summary [ ]

Prologue [ ].

The Narada emerges after passing through a black hole

In the year 2233 , the Federation starship USS Kelvin investigates a " lightning storm" near Klingon space , which they soon realize to be a black hole . Suddenly, the massive warship Narada emerges and immediately opens fire on the Kelvin , inflicting heavy damage on the vessel. The Narada ceases fire, and its first officer , Ayel , hails the outmatched Kelvin .

Speaking for its captain , Nero , Ayel demands that the Kelvin 's commanding officer, Richard Robau , come aboard the Narada via shuttlecraft . He states the captain's refusal to do so would be "unwise." Captain Robau agrees and hands command of the ship to his first officer, George Kirk . He orders Kirk to wait fifteen minutes for his signal or else evacuate the ship, telling him he is now captain.

Lieutenant George Kirk aboard the ill-fated USS Kelvin

Upon arriving aboard the Narada , Robau is taken to Nero, while the crew of the Kelvin monitors his life signs . While Nero remains silent, Ayel interrogates him first about a particular ship , which Robau does not recognize, and then about the whereabouts of Ambassador Spock , with whom Robau is also unfamiliar.

Robau reveals the stardate; the Romulans have ended up 150 Earth years in the past. Realizing that they will not get the answers they want out of Robau, he is killed by Nero himself and the Narada recommences its attack on the Kelvin . Kirk orders the Kelvin to return fire but as the situation worsens and he realizes that the damage to the Kelvin is compromising the lives and safety of everyone on board, he orders the crew to proceed to the escape pods and shuttles, including his wife Winona , who is just about to give birth.

Winona Kirk with Jim, moments after his birth

Kirk tries to plot a collision course with the Narada , but the ship's autopilot navigation is offline. The commander comes to the sad realization that he will need to control the Kelvin himself. He orders his wife to leave on the shuttle without him. She protests, but Kirk knows that he has no choice but to stay behind and continue the attack in order to protect his wife and child and the others. On the shuttlecraft, Winona Kirk gives birth to a baby boy.

As the Kelvin destroys the missiles aimed at the shuttles, Kirk can hear his newborn's cries, realizing that he will never meet his son. Just before the Kelvin is about to collide with the Romulan vessel, Kirk asks Winona what they should name their son. She suggests naming him after George's father , but he laughs the suggestion off, saying that "Tiberius" isn't much of a first name. They decide to name him "Jim", after Winona's father . Communication is cut off as the Kelvin smashes into the Narada , temporarily crippling it and giving the shuttles time to escape.

Act One [ ]

" My name is James Tiberius Kirk! "

Approximately ten years later, around the early to mid- 2240s , a young boy is seen racing down the road in an antique Corvette across the open Iowa landscape, blasting 20th century music . Soon, a policeman on a flying motorbike chases him, ordering the boy to stop the car. Evading the officer, the boy heads for a quarry and jumps out of the car, moments before it speeds over the edge and crashes on the canyon floor below. The policeman apprehends the boy, who defiantly identifies himself as " James Tiberius Kirk ".

Spock as a child on Vulcan

Around the same time on Vulcan , a young Spock is being tormented by his peers about his mixed heritage. The boys call his father a traitor for marrying a Human "whore". The three have previously failed 34 times to invoke an emotional response in Spock, but this time they take it too far and Spock knocks one of the older boys into a skill dome and beats him in an emotional rage.

He is later gently admonished by his father, Sarek , who is disappointed at his son's lack of emotional control. Spock suggests that his father wants him to be fully Vulcan, and yet Sarek married a Human woman. Sarek coldly replies that it was the logical choice, as his duties as ambassador to Earth required him to understand and observe Human behavior. Sarek then tells his son, " Spock, you are fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face is: which path will you choose? This is something only you can decide. "

Many years later, Spock is conflicted about whether to participate in the kolinahr , the Vulcan ritual aimed at purging all vestigial emotions. He talks to his mother, Amanda Grayson , who tells him that she will always be proud of him, no matter what he decides.

Spock defies the Vulcan elders

Later, Spock stands before a committee on Vulcan. The committee informs him of his acceptance into the Vulcan Science Academy and commends his accomplishments despite his "disadvantage" of being half-Human. In response to yet another underhanded insult to his heritage, Spock declines the offer of admission, stating that he has decided to enter Starfleet Academy instead. The committee expresses shock, as the offer of admission to the Vulcan Science Academy is one that no Vulcan has ever turned down – to which Spock replies that, as he isn't a real Vulcan, that statement is still accurate. Spock thanks the council and with a tinge of anger in his voice, tells the committee to " live long and prosper. "

In 2255 , in a bar in Iowa, a young Academy cadet named Uhura meets up with some friends, and while ordering drinks, a brash and intoxicated James Kirk introduces himself to her and offers to buy her a drink. His attempts at flirting with her are unsuccessful, however, and the situation escalates when three Starfleet recruits led by Hendorff intervene and end up in a fight during which Kirk is badly beaten. Fortunately, Captain Christopher Pike steps in and ends the fight, ordering all cadets inside the bar to step outside.

Pike tries to recruit Kirk in an Iowa bar

Pike, who is very familiar with Kirk's tragic past and the accomplishment of his father, having written his Academy dissertation about the Kelvin , sits down with him, trying to talk some sense into the rebellious young man by trying to persuade him to join Starfleet. Pike firmly believes that with his aptitude, Kirk can do more with himself than get into bar fights and be "the only genius-level repeat offender in the Midwest." Kirk doesn't want to hear it and laughs at the idea of joining Starfleet. Pike ends the conversation with a reminder that Kirk's father saved eight hundred lives in the course of just twelve minutes of command and challenges Kirk to do better.

Kirk looks on as the Enterprise takes shape

Early the next day, Kirk heads to Riverside Shipyard on his motorcycle , where the USS Enterprise is under construction. Pike is surprised to see Kirk turn up to join the new recruits. Before boarding the shuttle Bardeen , Kirk gives away his motorcycle and smugly tells Pike that he'll graduate in three years instead of four. On the recruit shuttle, he meets Leonard McCoy – a recently divorced , disgruntled recruit who dismisses Starfleet technology with smug pessimism. The two share a drink as the shuttlecraft leaves for the Academy in San Francisco .

Three years later, the Narada is waiting at an unknown part of space. Nero is called to the bridge by Ayel. Suddenly, a black hole temporal disturbance appears and a small starship flies out of the anomaly. Nero recognizes and welcomes the appearance of Ambassador Spock, and orders the ship to be captured.

Kirk has an encounter with Gaila

Meanwhile, at Starfleet Academy, Kirk is telling McCoy that he is taking the Kobayashi Maru test again the next day, and is certain he will pass it. McCoy is shocked at Kirk's confidence, as no one has ever passed the test, much less repeated it. However, Kirk is convinced that he will nail it and leaves to "study", which for him means an assignation with an Orion cadet named Gaila in her dorm room. Suddenly, Gaila's roommate enters and Kirk is forced to hide under the bed. He is mortified to find that the roommate is Uhura. Undressing down to her underwear, she describes to Gaila decoding Klingon transmissions about 47 battle cruisers destroyed near a prison planet . She hears him breathing however, and eventually discovers him and angrily kicks him out.

"Captain" Kirk in command during the Kobayashi Maru test

The next day, Kirk, McCoy, Uhura, and a few other Starfleet recruits are in the Kobayashi Maru simulation test on Kirk's third attempt. Kirk takes a comically casual approach to the test, including eating an apple . Everything goes as planned when, unexpectedly, the power systems momentarily fail, and then the attacking Klingon ships' shields go down and the ships are promptly destroyed. From above the simulator room, a technician asks how Kirk was able to beat this test. Spock, who is in the observation room, is equally puzzled.

Spock at Kirk's hearing at Starfleet Academy

During an official inquiry, the Starfleet Academy brass, namely Admiral Richard Barnett , informs Kirk that they have received evidence that Kirk entered a subroutine into the computer making it possible for him to win in the simulation, and accuse him of cheating. While Kirk faces his accuser, Spock, and tries to defend himself, the hearing is suddenly interrupted when the committee is informed that the Federation has received a distress call from Vulcan. With the primary fleet occupied in the Laurentian system , Starfleet is forced to commission the Academy cadets and dispatch ships immediately to begin a rescue mission.

Act Two [ ]

Starfleet cadets assemble at Hangar 1 for assignment

Cadets are assigned to ships based on their aptitude, with the most capable cadets assigned to the USS Enterprise , a ship completed so recently that it hasn't even been christened yet. Uhura is originally assigned to the USS Farragut , but complains directly to Spock, citing her numerous commendations and recommendations, insisting she had earned an assignment to the Enterprise .

Spock quickly corrects that oversight. Kirk has been grounded pending a ruling on his inquiry and is not allowed to board the shuttles to join the mission. However, McCoy takes him to the medical bay , where he injects him with a vaccine against Melvaran mud fleas temporarily making him ill so that, as a doctor refusing to abandon his patient, he has an official reason to take him along on the mission.

The Enterprise is ready for her maiden voyage

The Enterprise leaves Starbase 1 for Vulcan, after a slight delay caused by the backup helmsman, Hikaru Sulu , forgetting to disengage the " parking brake " before jumping the Enterprise to warp . Pike orders the Enterprise 's very young navigator , Ensign Pavel Chekov , to make a ship-wide mission broadcast. Chekov announces that the crew's orders are to investigate seismic disturbances and aid in evacuation of the planet if necessary.

After hearing Chekov's announcement, Kirk suddenly realizes that the "lightning storm" is exactly the same occurrence the Kelvin encountered two decades earlier. Realizing that they are running straight into a trap, Kirk rushes through the ship to Uhura despite suffering a bad reaction to the vaccine McCoy gave him. Despite his initial difficulty to communicate coherently, he finally manages to ask her about the Klingon distress call she had deciphered earlier and she confirms that the attackers were Romulan.

The massive Narada looms over the Enterprise above Vulcan

At Vulcan, the Narada has lowered a drilling platform, which is boring into the planet. Ayel notifies Nero that seven Starfleet vessels are approaching. Kirk rushes to the bridge to inform Captain Pike. Pike and Spock, though initially quite skeptical, are convinced after Uhura confirms Kirk's suspicion. As they disengage warp drive, the Enterprise finds itself in a debris field of the other seven Starfleet ships which arrived shortly before they did.

At the direction of Pike, Sulu is able to navigate his way through the debris with minimal damage. As they clear the debris, they come upon the Narada , drilling above Vulcan's atmosphere . The Narada attacks the Enterprise , which takes heavy damage. But just as they are about to fire again, Nero realizes which ship he is firing at and orders a cease-fire.

" Hi, Christopher. I'm Nero. "

He hails the Enterprise and casually identifies himself. Pike, seeing a Romulan, accuses him of an act of war and offers to reach a settlement, but Nero states he stands apart from the Romulan Star Empire . He openly greets a confused Spock, and orders Pike to come aboard via shuttlecraft. Pike asks if there are any advanced hand-to-hand combat -trained officers on the bridge, and gathers Sulu, Spock, and Kirk for the away mission.

Pike promotes Spock to captain and puts him in charge of the Enterprise . He also commissions Kirk as first officer , much to Spock's chagrin. Pike outlines his plan to do two things at once: on the shuttle en route to the Narada he will drop Kirk, Sulu, and Chief Engineer Olson into an orbital skydive . They will land on Narada 's drill platform and disable it in order to contact Starfleet, since the drill has disabled communications and transporter capabilities.

Sulu sword-fights on the Romulan drill platform

Pike arrives on the Narada as the three begin their descent and, despite the immediate death of Olson, Kirk and Sulu eventually manage to fire on the drill and disable it.

A Narada crewman reports the drill's incapacitation, but tells Nero that the drill reached Vulcan's core before going offline. Nero orders the launch of the " red matter ", which is dropped from the ship down the hole and explodes at the planet's core. Chekov discovers what the "red matter" is doing: creating a black hole in the middle of the planet. Vulcan will be destroyed in a matter of minutes. Spock leaps up from his chair, ordering the Enterprise to signal an evacuation of the entire planet, while he himself hurries to the transporter room to beam down and evacuate the Vulcan Council , which includes his parents.

Spock attempts to save the Vulcan elders and his parents

Kirk signals the Enterprise to beam him and Sulu back at the same the moment when Nero orders the Narada to retract the drill and leave orbit. The jolt causes Sulu to fall off the drill platform without a chute. Kirk leaps from the platform into a controlled dive and grabs Sulu before releasing his own chute. Unfortunately, the drag is too powerful and Kirk's harness tears loose. Kirk frantically signals the Enterprise to beam them up, but the transport chief cannot lock on to them while they are moving too fast. Chekov, however, can, and rushes to the transporter room, creating a pinpoint beam that snatches Kirk and Sulu aboard mere moments before they hit the surface.

Uhura comforts Spock after the loss of Vulcan and his mother

Right after Kirk and Sulu are beamed back aboard, Spock tells Kirk that he is beaming down to save the Vulcan Council , which includes Spock's parents. Kirk tries to stop him, but he ignores Kirk and orders the transporter chief to beam him down immediately. The council members were taking refuge in the katric ark , a chamber within Mount Seleya , which they could not simply beam through.

Two of the elders in the council are killed by falling rocks and statues, but Spock is able to get five of them outside, including his parents. As the transporter is about to pick them up, the rock his mother is standing on collapses, causing the transporter to miss her. As they re-materialize on board the Enterprise , Spock stands on the transporter pad in shock, having lost his mother, with his hand still reached out to her. The Enterprise crew retreats and watches in horror as Vulcan implodes into oblivion.

The beginning of the end for Vulcan

Kirk, Sulu, and the few Vulcans who were able to be brought aboard the Enterprise are brought to sickbay for treatment. Soon after, Spock leaves the bridge, and he is followed into the turbolift by Uhura who tries to comfort him.

Captain Pike held captive aboard the Narada

Nero asks Pike for the security codes to defense systems around Earth , but Pike refuses to give them to him, disgusted by Nero's act of genocide on Vulcan. Nero speaks about how the Narada , in his time, was a mining ship, and he was laboring to support his wife, who was expecting his child, before they were killed when Romulus was destroyed.

He placed blame on the Federation for doing nothing, and accused Spock of betraying them, promising himself retribution. Pike pleads that Romulus still exists, but Nero only knows that his world – the Romulus of the future – was destroyed, and he intends to destroy every world of the Federation, starting with Earth, so that others will know his pain. Forcing a Centaurian slug down Pike's throat, which will help coerce Pike to give out the security codes, Nero orders the Narada to continue to Earth.

" Whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. "

On the bridge of the Enterprise , Spock reasons that the Narada must have traveled back in time from the future. He states that they must regroup with the fleet, but Kirk says that in order to stop Nero they must go after him first. This culminates in an argument which ends in Spock ordering Kirk's removal from the bridge. When Kirk physically protests, Spock incapacitates Kirk with a Vulcan nerve pinch , orders him placed in an escape pod and jettisons him off the ship. Kirk awakens to find himself on the snow-covered world of Delta Vega , another planet in Vulcan's system. Picking up his gear, Kirk heads for the Starfleet station fourteen kilometers away.

Kirk is marooned on Delta Vega

He is chased down by a " drakoulias " which is in turn attacked by an even larger insectoid animal . It chases Kirk into a cave, and when it finally attaches a tendril to catch him, trying to consume him, it is spooked off by an elderly Vulcan man wielding a lit torch. Before he can thank his savior, the old man, who had recognized Kirk on sight, reveals himself to be Spock, Kirk's old friend, but the latter is skeptical – until the former identifies Nero as Pike's captor. Spock melds with Kirk so that he can understand why he is here.

Spock and Kirk share a mind meld

Spock explains that 129 years in the future, in the year 2387 , an impending supernova threatened to destroy the home worlds of the Romulan Star Empire and, potentially, the rest of the galaxy as well. Spock developed a stockpile of "red matter", a substance that can be ignited to form a singularity .

However, the star exploded while he was en route, and Romulus was destroyed. Spock launched the red matter from his ship, the Jellyfish , to prevent further damage. Immediately, Spock was confronted by a surviving Romulan mining vessel, the Narada , captained by Nero. Spock tried to escape, but the resultant black hole captured both the Jellyfish and the Narada , creating a disturbance in the space-time continuum sending both ships into the past.

A vision of the destruction of Romulus in the 24th century

The Narada exited over one hundred and fifty years in the past, where it confronted the Kelvin . Spock's ship entered moments later, but what appeared seconds to him was twenty-five years to Nero and the Narada . He explains that Nero captured his ship, but kept him alive, marooning him on Delta Vega, so that he could witness the destruction of his own home planet, Vulcan, just as he had to witness the destruction of Romulus.

Kirk explains he was left on the planet by the Spock he knows, who is currently in command of the Enterprise . The elder Spock is surprised, knowing that Kirk should be in command of the ship. It is then that Spock realizes that when Nero exited the black hole and confronted the Kelvin , he altered history and created an alternate reality , which changed everything, especially Kirk's life. Kirk asks Spock whether his father lived in the original timeline. Spock confirms that George Kirk proudly saw his son take command of the Enterprise , and often spoke of him as his inspiration to join Starfleet. Spock leads Kirk to the Starfleet base.

" Do you realize how completely unacceptable this is? "

Kirk and the elder Spock are met by a short alien officer, Keenser , who leads them inside, where they meet this timeline's Montgomery Scott . A transporter genius, Scott was "exiled" to Delta Vega after beaming Admiral Archer 's prized beagle to an unknown location during a failed experiment in " transwarp beaming ". Spock informs Kirk that he must relieve the Vulcan's younger self of command by provoking him and showing everyone that Spock is too personally and emotionally compromised to lead the mission and captain the ship.

Kirk saves Scotty from drowning

Giving Scott the formula for "transwarp beaming" – an operation originally devised by the Scott he knew – Spock, who had responded to Kirk's suggestion that he was now "cheating" by recalling the " old friend " who had taught him how to cheat, sends Kirk and Scott back to the Enterprise . Not too long after they are transported to the Enterprise (Scott had materialized in a water tank and nearly drowned), the two are spotted and eventually captured by security personnel – led by Hendorff, the very cadet who had started the bar brawl which led to Kirk joining Starfleet.

Spock attacks Kirk

They are taken to the bridge where an astounded Spock attempts to find out how the two were able to transport on board the ship while it was in warp. Kirk refuses to answer and recommends Scott do the same, and then proceeds to ask why Spock doesn't feel any anger or have any emotion over the destruction of his planet and the murder of his mother. He keeps pushing and provoking Spock, claiming he never loved his mother. Upon hearing this accusation, Spock finally snaps and lunges after Kirk, ruthlessly beating and strangling him to the point of nearly killing him, before Sarek begs Spock to stop. Realizing how far he has gone, Spock relieves himself of duty and leaves the bridge. Kirk assumes command and orders an immediate pursuit of the Narada .

Act Three [ ]

The Enterprise crew regards Spock when he returns to the bridge

Following his outburst, Spock returns to the transporter room, where Sarek tries to get Spock to open up to him. Spock admits to feeling conflicted and feels a rage he cannot control towards Nero over the death of his mother. Sarek offers that his mother would have said not to bother controlling it, and, recalling what he had said years before after another outburst of his son's Human side, sadly admits to his son that he married Amanda because he loved her.

Meanwhile, on the bridge, Chekov figures out a plan to get the Enterprise close to the Narada without them noticing: they can follow the Narada and stop at Titan 's orbit, remaining undetected by hiding in its magnetic field. Soon after, a cooled-off Spock returns to the bridge, confirms the logic of Chekov's plan, and offers to beam over to the Narada to get the "black hole device" and save Earth, the only home he has left. Kirk says he will go as well, to rescue Pike. Spock mentions regulations against the captain and first officer going on such a mission, but chooses not to cite something he knows Kirk will ignore. Kirk quips that they are finally getting to know each other and gives Spock a friendly slap on the shoulder.

The Enterprise rises from Titan's atmosphere

The Narada has already arrived at Earth and deployed its drilling rig directly over San Francisco. Warping into Titan's atmosphere, the Enterprise remains undetected by the Narada . Before stepping onto the transporter pad, Kirk calls the bridge, telling Sulu that, if he believes the Enterprise can destroy the Narada , even if Kirk, Spock, and Pike are still aboard, he should not hesitate to take the opportunity. Sulu reluctantly acknowledges Kirk's order.

Before they beam over, Uhura kisses Spock and tells him that he better come back. In his reply, he calls her "Nyota." Kirk, who overheard, then asks Spock if that's the first name he had tried and failed to learn since the first time he met her; Spock coyly cuts him off, stating his refusal to comment on the matter. Right after they are beamed aboard, the Narada begins to drill its hole near the Golden Gate Bridge , cutting the ship off from the Enterprise and disabling transporter functions.

The Narada drills into San Francisco Bay

Scott thought he could beam Kirk and Spock to the Narada 's cargo bay without being seen, but it turns out to be a heavily occupied portion of the ship. After a brief firefight, Spock uncovers the location of the black hole device and Captain Pike by melding with an unconscious Romulan. When they board the Jellyfish , it recognizes Spock as its captain (at which Kirk sarcastically expresses surprise), and the Vulcan finally figures out what is going on, as the ship's computer confirms its origin stardate as 2387, constructed by the Vulcan Science Academy.

Spock confronts Kirk about withholding information from him, but Kirk dodges the question by asking Spock if he can fly the spacecraft, a question he is fairly confident Kirk already knows the answer to. For the first time, Spock calls Kirk, "Jim" and informs him that their chances of success are grim by citing his calculation of their odds, but Kirk assures him that their plan will work.

Kirk leaps away from Ayel on the Narada

Spock commandeers the Jellyfish and blasts out of the Narada . Spock uses the ships guns to destroy the drill's tether, plunging the platform into San Francisco Bay. Kirk runs into more trouble as he finds the Romulans' "bridge", where Nero and Ayel are waiting. Kirk is confronted by Nero, who has recognized him from Earth's history, and after a brief scuffle, Nero pins Kirk and tells him that, while he was a decorated officer and went on to captain the starship Enterprise , that was another life, and that he plans to deprive him of the same life his father once had.

Before he can finish Kirk off, however, Nero is informed that the Jellyfish has been stolen and the drill has been destroyed. Furious above all else, Nero storms off, leaving Kirk to Ayel while he plans to kill Spock. Ayel promptly grabs Kirk by the throat and lifts him in the air, surprised at how "weak" Humans appear to be. Seeing his prey attempting to talk, Ayel offers Kirk the chance to say something – and the Human replies that he is in possession of the Romulan's disruptor pistol . Kirk fires and kills Ayel as he plunges into the depths of the Romulan vessel. He then heads off to rescue Pike.

Kirk and Spock discuss Nero's fate

On the bridge, Nero hails Spock, declaring that he should have killed him when he had the chance. In reply, Spock taunts Nero by "ordering" him to surrender. Nero orders the Jellyfish destroyed, even though the ship still has "red matter" on it; with his plan for revenge ruined, now he only wants to kill Spock. The Jellyfish evades the missiles, then goes into warp, with Nero and the Narada in hot pursuit, leaving Earth behind.

When the ships drop out of warp, the Jellyfish turns to intercept and collide with the Narada , seeking to ignite the red matter and create a hole that will envelop both ships. Nero panics and orders all weapons fired, but the Enterprise arrives on the scene and destroys the missiles with a fierce volley of its phasers , allowing Spock to carry through with his plan to ram the Narada .

Inside the Narada , Kirk finds Pike, alive but injured due to his earlier torture. Pike is quite surprised, but Kirk reminds him of his previous order to "come and get me", and when two Romulan soldiers walk in and find Kirk, effectively defenseless while freeing Pike from the chamber, the captain returns the favor, grabbing the gun on Kirk's belt and killing the intruders before his rescuer even realizes what happened. Scott successfully beams back Kirk, Pike, and Spock, right before the Jellyfish collides with the Narada .

The Narada is pulled into a black hole and obliterated

The explosion of the Jellyfish ignites the entire stockpile of "red matter" on board, creating a black hole, which begins to swallow up the Narada . To Spock's surprise, Kirk offers to rescue the surviving crew, arguing that this might improve long-term relations between the Romulans and the Federation, and is thus only "logical."

Spock, mindful that Nero is the man who destroyed his planet and murdered his mother, coolly suggests that they dispense with logic in this case. Their debate is ended when Nero, belligerent to the last, says he prefers to die in agony than accept help from them. Kirk obliges and orders Sulu to fire all weapons, blowing the ship apart with phasers and photon torpedoes .

Escaping the black hole

The Narada is finally destroyed, but the gravitational pull of the black hole begins tugging on the Enterprise , keeping it from escaping, even with its engines running at warp speed. The pressure is heavily damaging the ship as Kirk orders Scott to get them out of there at all cost. Scott ejects the Enterprise 's multiple warp cores and detonates them near the black hole, propelling the Enterprise to safety on the resultant shockwave.

Back on Earth, the elder Spock meets with his younger counterpart, who presumed the former to be his/their father. Young Spock is confused as to why his older self didn't simply come with Kirk and explain the situation. The older Spock states that he implied there may be universe-destroying paradoxes if Kirk told him the truth so that they would have to rely on each other, thus ensuring "a friendship that will define you both, in ways you can not yet realize."

Spock salutes his older self from the Prime timeline

Young Spock asks if he was making a gambit; older Spock states that he made "an act of faith" to his old friend, which he hopes that he will show again in the future. However, younger Spock expresses his decision to resign from Starfleet to help rebuild the Vulcan race; older Spock points out that he can be in two places at once. He also advises his younger self, in this case, to put aside logic and do what feels right. The older Spock then raises his hand in the familiar Vulcan salute , and, feeling it would be inappropriate to say "live long and prosper" to himself, simply wishes his younger self "good luck."

Spock Prime watches Kirk's promotion ceremony

Kirk is commended by Starfleet Command , promoted to captain, and given permanent command of the Enterprise . He relieves Pike, who has been promoted to admiral and is now recovering in a wheelchair . A proud Pike shakes his successor's hand and notes that his father, too, would be very proud of Kirk.

As the older Spock leaves to help the remaining Vulcans establish a colony , Kirk, now dressed in the gold uniform of a captain, walks on to the Enterprise bridge. After he tells McCoy to "buckle up", and receives assurances from Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, and Scott (who has barely finished talking to Kirk when he finds Keenser – now a member of his engineering staff – having climbed atop a console and orders him down) that their sections are ready to depart, the younger Spock returns to the Enterprise and asks Captain Kirk if he can be his first officer, offering to provide "character references". Kirk says it would be his honor.

Captain James T. Kirk officially takes command of the Enterprise

The Enterprise departs for deep space

As the Enterprise begins its journey, the voice of the elder Spock intones the famous motto that other starships named Enterprise have voyaged forward from:

Log entries [ ]

• " Acting Captain's Log , Stardate 2258.42. We have had no word from Captain Pike. I therefore classified him as a hostage of the war criminal known as Nero. Nero, who has destroyed my home planet and most of its six billion inhabitants. While the essence of our culture has been saved in the elders who now reside upon this ship, I estimate that no more than ten thousand [Vulcans] have survived. I am now a member of an endangered species. "
• " Stardate 2258.42… four uh, four, whatever. Acting Captain Spock has marooned me on Delta Vega, in what I believe is a violation of Security Protocol 49.09 governing the treatment of prisoners on board a starship. "

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Citizen, what is your name? " " My name is James Tiberius Kirk. "

" I must decline. " " No Vulcan has ever declined admission to this academy ! " " Then, as I am half Human, your record remains untarnished. "

" I'm impressed. For a moment there, I thought you were just a dumb hick who only had sex with farm animals. " " Well… not only. "

" Oh relax, cupcake – it was a joke. " " Hey, farmboy! Maybe you can't count, but there are four of us and one of you! " " So get some more guys, and then it'll be an even fight. "

" You know, your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved eight hundred lives, including your mother's – and yours. I dare you to do better. "

" Space is disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence. " " Well, I hate to break it to you, but Starfleet operates in space." " Yeah, well, I got nowhere else to go. The ex-wife got the whole damn planet in the divorce – all I got left is my bones. "

" I don't believe in no-win scenarios. "

" Who was that pointy-eared bastard? " " I don't know – but I like him. "

" You call this a favor?! " " Yeah, you owe me one. "

" No, I'm assigned to the Enterprise . " " … Yes, I believe you are. "

" Is the parking brake on? "

" The complexity of Human pranks escapes me. " " It's not a prank, Spock. And I'm not the captain – you are. "

" Move, move, move! I can do that! I can do that! "

" I am now a member of an endangered species. "

" Dammit, man! I'm a doctor, not a physicist! Are you actually suggesting they're from the future?! "

" If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains – however improbable – must be the truth. "

" I have been, and always shall be, your friend. "

" I don't know you. " " I… am Spock. " "Bullshit."

" Are you out of your Vulcan mind? Are you making a logical choice sending Kirk away? Probably. But the right one? You know, back home we have a saying: If you're gonna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don't leave your prize stallion in the stable. " " A curious metaphor, doctor, as a stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential. "

" Dr. Puri, report. " " It's McCoy. Dr. Puri was on deck six. He's dead. " " Then you have just inherited his duties as chief medical officer. " " Yeah, tell me something I don`t know! "

" Green-blooded hobgoblin! "

" Are you from the future? " " Yeah, he is – I'm not. " " Well that's brilliant! Do they still have sandwiches there? "

" So, the Enterprise has had its maiden voyage, has it? She is one well-endowed lady! I'd like to get my hands on her ample nacelles, if you'll pardon the engineering parlance. "

" You know, coming back in time, changing history… that's cheating. " " A trick I learned from an old friend . "

" Come with me… Cupcake!"

" Are you afraid or aren't you? " " I will not allow you to lecture me on the merits of emotion. " " Then why don't you stop me? "

" I like this ship! You know, it's exciting! "

" Well, congratulations, Jim – now we've got no captain and no goddamn first officer to replace him! " " Yeah, we do. " " What?! " " Pike made him first officer. " " You gotta to be kidding me! "

" I sure hope you know what you're doing… captain." " So do I. "

" My mother was Human – which makes Earth the only home I have left. "

" I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it. " " See? We are getting to know each other! "

" So her first name's Nyota? " " I have no comment on the matter. "

" You'll be able to fly this thing, right? " " Something tells me I already have. "

" James T. Kirk was considered to be a great man. He went on to captain the USS Enterprise , but that was another life. A life I will deprive you of, just like I did your father! "

" You can't even speak… What? " " I got your gun! "

" What're you doing here? " " Just following orders. "

" It's logic, Spock – I thought you'd like that. " " No, not really. Not this time. "

" I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times. I would rather die in agony than accept assistance from you. " " You got it. Arm phasers – fire everything we've got. "

" Thrusters on full. "

" Bones! Buckle up! "

" Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise . Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lifeforms and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before. "

Background information [ ]

Development [ ].

The first poster , designed by J.J. Abrams

Development on Star Trek began in 2005 when Paramount contacted Roberto Orci (who was working with J.J. Abrams and Alex Kurtzman on the studio's Mission: Impossible III at the time), asking for ideas on how to revive the franchise. [1] Former Star Trek franchise head Rick Berman , though, shortly before he was let go from Paramount, has credited Abrams with presenting the idea of revisiting Star Trek to the studio when the latter was signed for a five-movie deal in early 2006 . ( Star Trek Magazine  issue 129 )

Daily Variety reported, on 20 April 2006 , that an eleventh Star Trek film was being developed by J.J. Abrams, having the story revolve around the iconic characters of James T. Kirk and Spock during their days at Starfleet Academy . [2] Several days later, Abrams confirmed some parts of the report while denouncing others, stating that the announcement was an unofficial leak and was "not entirely accurate." He also stated that, while he was given the option to direct the film, he had not decided to do so at that time. [3] [4] (X) Abrams declined to accept the director's position until the script was complete and he was sure he was the man for the job. He worked with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci on the story throughout 2006 and early 2007 and finally signed on to direct on 23 February 2007 , when he also publicly announced his decision to direct the film. Abrams was convinced to do so by his wife, Katie McGrath, who felt the film had strong female characters, and by acclaimed director Steven Spielberg , who was a friend of Abrams and was impressed by the script. [5] According to The Wrap , before Abrams signed up to direct the film, Paramount offered the position to Sam Raimi , the director of the Evil Dead and Spider-Man films. [6]

Fans got an official look at the movie's direction when Paramount released a poster for the new film on 22 July 2006 : the teaser bore the Enterprise crew uniform insignia from the original series, against a background half command gold and half science blue . It hinted at a film to be set in the 23rd century which might feature the Enterprise itself. The poster was designed by the film's director/producer, J.J. Abrams. [7]

The film was greenlit in late February, at which time pre-production officially began. [8] Paramount issued a press release on 27 February 2007 , which confirmed that production was under way, with Abrams directing, for a target premiere date of 25 December 2008 . [9] (X)

By 3 May 2007 , some of the art department – still being filled by Production Designer Scott Chambliss – were already working, mostly from home; offices on the Paramount lot weren't finished before mid-May. [10] [11]

Sound stage set construction began in September. Most design work was complete by 12 October 2007 . The budget was estimated between US$120 to $150 million, higher than any prior Star Trek film. [12]

Story and script [ ]

The original treatment for the film (the initial story outline) was completed in August. By the 24th of that month, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman had begun working on a first draft of the screenplay, which was completed by 12 December 2006. [13] A second final draft was complete by 8 October 2007. [14] [15] In total, the script took approximately four months to write. The final script was about 128 pages long. [16]

In an interview posted 8 March 2007 , the writers stated that the "intended title" for the film was always simply Star Trek , without any colons or subtitles. [17] This was to encourage newcomers that they didn't have to watch any other film before it. [18]

This is the first Star Trek movie since Star Trek Generations to feature characters from the original series and to feature scenes set in the 23rd century . It is also the first in the film series to be set before the other films.

Co-writer Alex Kurtzman said the script draws inspiration from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . He and Roberto Orci hoped to recapture the spirit of The Wrath of Khan for this particular film. [19] Other inspirations for the film include the novels Prime Directive and Spock's World , as well as the TOS episode " Balance of Terror ", the TNG episode " Yesterday's Enterprise ", [20] , and the TAS episode " Yesteryear ". ( citation needed • edit )

The writers said that their goal was for the film to appeal not just to Trek fans, but to new audiences as well. [21] [22] They hoped to bring the feel of the original Star Wars trilogy into the movie, since Abrams has often said he's more a fan of Star Wars than Star Trek . [23]

Scenes featuring Kirk's former CO , Garrovick , and Kirk's service under Garrovick aboard the USS Farragut are not in the film as first reported. These elements, which were included in early drafts of the script, were removed in rewrites. [24] The character of Carol Marcus was also included in early drafts of the script, but she did not make it into the shooting script, either. [25]

Rumors that the film's story involved the Guardian of Forever from the classic episode " The City on the Edge of Forever " prompted the episode's writer, Harlan Ellison , to demand compensation if elements from his story were used in the film. [26] [27] The rumors ultimately turned out to be false. The script does, however, reference several elements from the original series episode " Journey to Babel " among these Spock's mother recalling when he was taunted by Vulcan boys during his youth, Sarek's recollection of how Spock turned down appointment to the Vulcan Science Academy, and Spock's conversation with Sarek at the end of the episode discussing why Sarek married Amanda (Sarek replying " At the time it seemed the logical thing to do ").

According to Roberto Orci, the most difficult characters to write for were the film's villain (Nero) and James T. Kirk. [28] One resource which Orci and Kurtzman utilized during the entire writing process was this website, Memory Alpha . The writers also occasionally referenced Memory Alpha during the film's production. [29]

Even though this film takes place in an alternate timeline , Orci has stated that any canon changes made in this timeline will not affect the former timeline, arguing that the scientific theory of quantum mechanics permits the existence of parallel timelines and universes, invoking the thousands of Enterprise s from various universes seen in TNG : " Parallels " to back up this theory. He also believes that this theory allows for the continuance of a timeline even after a change is effected and an alternate timeline is created. In addition, he argues that, although the timeline has changed, the true nature of the characters does not change and that Kirk and company are the same people they are in the original timeline. [30]

The film's production was designed by Scott Chambliss. Ryan Church was the primary designer of the USS Enterprise and other starships, while Trek veteran John Eaves designed the various shuttlecraft . Excepting the Industrial Light & Magic staffers, who had previously worked on the Star Trek franchise and were still in the employment of the company at the time, Eaves was the only regular production staffer who had worked on Star Trek productions, set in the prime universe, to be officially hired and credited for the re-imagined movie as conceptual illustrator (though there were a few uncredited others such as Graphic Designer Geoffrey Mandel ). While Abrams steered clear from hiring any former Star Trek staffers in order to be as unencumbered as possible for his take on the franchise, he was aware that some consistency needed to be observed, or as Chambliss has put it, " I brought John in because he knew the story and lore, what should and shouldn't be done. The ships in the Starfleet Armada to go to Vulcan were influenced by John's knowledge. " ( Star Trek - The Art of the Film , p. 58)

J.J. Abrams stated the difficulty of depicting the future was that much of modern technology was inspired by the original series, making it seem outdated. As such, the production design had to be consistent with the television series while also feeling more advanced than the real world technology developed after it. [31] Specifically, he felt that the original series had a "kitschy quality" to it which had to be abandoned for the sake of realism. [32]

According to production designer Scott Chambliss, redesigning the Enterprise and especially the main bridge began with laying out a framework of ground rules: the sets had to reflect the optimism of the original series, while also having a real functionality to them. " There was a strong, sleek, modernist vision at play in the 1960s when the television series began, " says Chambliss. " That was something we wanted to infuse in our look. " As such, the Enterprise draws inspiration from the work of Pierre Cardin and the sets from the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey . ( Production notes )

Chambliss maintained the layout of the bridge from the original series, but added more consoles and glass data displays to increase its functionality and make it more "busy." He also altered it aesthetically, with brighter lights and colors. The main viewscreen was turned into a window that could have images projected on it to make the space environment palpable. The bridge set was built on gimbals so the ship's rocking motions when it was attacked or when it accelerated to warp were more realistic. More railings were added to the bridge set to make it appear safer. [33] [34]

The Romulan ship, the Narada , was designed as purely practical with visible mechanics, as the Romulans were on a very specific mission, unlike the Enterprise crew, who give a respectable presentation on behalf of the Federation. [35] In designing the Narada , Chambliss was heavily influenced by the architecture of Antoni Gaudí , who created buildings that appeared to be inside out: by making the ship's exposed wires appear like bones or ligaments, it would create a foreboding atmosphere. The ship's interior was made of six pieces that could be rearranged to create a different room, thus allowing the production to utilize a single stage for the set. ( Production notes )

Different art directors were responsible for the sets of each ship: Dennis Bradford was responsible for the Federation starship sets (the Enterprise and the Kelvin ); Gary Kosko handled all the Vulcan-related sets; and Curt Beech oversaw the shuttlecraft sets. They were all supervised by Keith P. Cunningham , who ensured everything was organized and running properly. ( Production notes )

The props seen on the original Star Trek series were redesigned, as well, including the communicator , the tricorder , and the phaser . All props were the responsibility of property master Russell Bobbitt .

Bobbitt collaborated with engineers at Nokia to redesign the original communicator, creating a US$50,000 prototype. For the tricorder, Bobbitt brought the original prop to the set, but the actors found it too large to carry when filming action scenes. Bobbitt then approached technical advisor Doug Brody , who redesigned a smaller version of the prop. [36] The phaser props maintained the basic shape of the original props, but were designed with spring-triggered barrels that revolve and glow blue and red as the setting switches from "stun" to "kill".

A tribble can be seen in the film, sitting in a cage on Scott's desk in the Delta Vega outpost . [37] The production made use of the Aptera Typ-1 , a prototype electric vehicle. The Aptera was used on location at the CSUN campus, which was standing in as part of Starfleet Academy. [38] [39] [40]

Costumes [ ]

Abrams selected Michael Kaplan to design the costumes because Kaplan had not seen any of the films, meaning he would approach the costumes with a new angle. For Abrams, " The costumes were a microcosm of the entire project, which was how to take something that's kind of silly and make it feel real. But how do you make legitimate those near-primary color costumes? " [41]

Kaplan used the Star Trek Encyclopedia to get a sense of the evolution of the Starfleet uniforms and to look for repeated motifs. ( Production notes ) For the Enterprise uniforms, Kaplan followed color coding used on the original series. The uniforms were comprised of dark gray (almost black) undershirts and pants and colored overshirts showing each crew member's position. Kaplan wanted the shirts to be more sophisticated than the originals and decided to have the Starfleet emblem patterned on them. [42]

When designing the uniforms for the crew of the USS Kelvin , Kaplan drew inspiration from the retro-futuristic designs of 1940s and 1950s science fiction films. For the Romulans on the Narada , Kaplan wanted worn and rugged clothes because of their mining backgrounds. He found some aged, greasy-looking fabrics at a flea market, and commissioned the makers of the clothes (who were based in Bali) to create his designs using their fabrics. For the Vulcans, Kaplan designed costumes which shared the eloquent and austere qualities of the Vulcans themselves, while creating a new, corseted shape for the Vulcan women. ( Production notes )

The Vulcan and Romulan makeup was created by Joel Harlow , while Barney Burman designed and created the prosthetic makeup for other alien characters. Mindy Hall was the head of the makeup department. Both digital and physical makeup was used for aliens.

Burman and his team had to rush to create many of the aliens. Originally, the majority of the aliens were to feature in one scene towards the end of filming. However, Abrams deemed the scene too similar to the cantina sequence in Star Wars and decided to pepper aliens throughout the entire film, requiring Burman and his crew to design the aliens earlier than anticipated. [43]

The Romulan characters in the film were all bald to better distinguish them from the Vulcans, and their heads and faces are covered with tattoos. They lack the forehead ridges that were seen on Star Trek: Enterprise and in the TNG -era series and films. The Romulan actors spent two and a half to four hours getting their makeup done; the actors had three prosthetics applied to their ears and foreheads, while Eric Bana had a fourth prosthetic for the bite mark on his ear that extends to the back of his character's head. [44] [45]

Casting [ ]

This is the first of any Star Trek production to re-cast the regular characters of a Trek series and both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy were given consultation rights for the recasting of their roles. [46] Casting for the film began as early as October 2006 . [47]

The only actors to participate in both this film and the first Star Trek film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture , were Majel Barrett and Leonard Nimoy . In The Motion Picture , Barrett played Dr. Christine Chapel and she voiced the Enterprise computer in Star Trek , while in both films, Nimoy played Spock.

Star Trek has Leonard Nimoy portraying his iconic role of Spock for the first time since 1991 . He came out of retirement to assume the role, having given up acting in favor of photography in 2000. He later gave three explicit reasons for doing this project: the fact that it is Star Trek , his admiration for Abrams, and an "essential" and "interesting Spock role". [48] Abrams has stated that the casting of Nimoy is "critical if we're going to look at reintroducing these characters", noting that, to make this a "great film", it must "both please the fans and those who have never seen Star Trek … having Leonard in the film shows that this film exists in a continuum of Trek history, as opposed to an absolute, page 1 reinvention." [49]

The first actor cast in the new film was Heroes star Zachary Quinto , who plays the younger Spock. His casting, and that of Nimoy, was officially announced at San Diego's Comic-Con International on 26 July 2007 . Quinto also signed up to play Spock in any potential sequels to this film. [50] The last recast member of the original series crew to sign on was Karl Urban as Leonard McCoy. [51] Rehearsals were held week of 19 October 2007. [52]

On 10 December 2008, Variety announced that Majel Barrett-Roddenberry reprised her role as the voice of the Enterprise computer. [53] [54] This announcement came just eight days before Barrett's death at the age of 76.

April Webster and Alyssa Weisberg oversaw the casting of the principal actors. Hollywood Operating System (Hollywood OS) and Headquarters Casting (HQC) were the agencies working in conjunction to hire extras for the film. They held an open casting call for extras on 10 November 2007, an event which hundreds attended, numbers that haven't been seen since Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. [55]

In November 2009, Wil Wheaton , who played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation , confirmed that he provided the voice for the minor Romulan characters who spoke in the movie. His dialogue was altered to make him sound different each time, with one exception: the Romulan towards the end of the film who tries to warn Nero about igniting the red matter aboard Spock's ship had Wheaton's normal voice. [56] [57]

Rumors and gossip [ ]

As the buzz around the film was building and word spread that the characters of the original Star Trek series were to be recast, rumors as to who would play the younger versions of these iconic characters also arose while a number of actors reportedly expressed interest in participating in the film.

• J.J. Abrams' childhood friend Greg Grunberg expressed interest in playing a Klingon, Scott, or a Vulcan. [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] Although he was to have appeared in the film, Grunberg bowed out to star in, produce, and co-write another film. [63] However, he did visit the set of this movie while it was in production. ( Empire , issue 287, p. 79) Grunberg also managed to acquire a role in the film during post-production, as the voice of James Kirk's step-father.
• Actor Matt Damon was rumored as Captain Kirk, even soliciting William Shatner's aid in signing him up. [64] Damon himself denied having been approached for the role, [65] although he later told Sci-fi Wire that he would be interested in playing a young Captain Kirk if the script met with his satisfaction. [66] In March 2007, Kurtzman, although not confirming that Damon will play Kirk, stated that he was " the hugest Matt Damon fan. If he became [Kirk], great. " [67] In a subsequent interview with IGN, Damon stated that the filmmakers were looking for someone younger than Damon (who in 2007, was merely two years older than William Shatner was in 1966). [68] In an interview with Entertainment Tonight , J.J. Abrams said he had approached Damon to play Kirk's father, but ultimately it didn't work out. [69]
• Mike Vogel was a contender for the role of Kirk before the role went to Chris Pine. [70] [71]
• Actors Ryan Gosling and Sam Rockwell also showed interest in portraying Jim Kirk. [72] [73]
• Adrien Brody was rumored to be in talks to play Spock. Brody later confirmed that he had indeed had a discussion with J.J. Abrams about the role. [74] [75]
• Oscar-nominated actor Gary Sinise ( Forrest Gump , CSI: NY ) was rumored to be in talks to play the role of Dr. McCoy. [76] Sinise subsequently denied the rumor. [77]
• During a short phone interview with J.J. Abrams on his show, The Colbert Report , Stephen Colbert jokingly expressed that he felt he was perfect for the role of Dr. McCoy.
• Alias star Kevin Weisman expressed interest in portraying Scott. [78]
• Scottish actor James McAvoy was rumored as being sought to play Scott, which McAvoy's publicist subsequently denied. [79] [80]
• Scottish actors Greg Hemphill and Martin Compston were also reportedly up for the role of Scott. [81] [82]
• Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise guest actor and Lost star Daniel Dae Kim was named as a contender for the role of Sulu . [83]
• Heroes actor James Kyson Lee expressed interest in playing Sulu. [84]
• Sources reported that Academy Award-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman may have a role in the film, possibly as a doctor (but not "Bones" McCoy). [85]
• There was a rumor that the new James Bond, Daniel Craig , was interested in a role. [86]
• Actress Jennifer Garner , who starred in Abrams' Alias television series, said she would "absolutely" sign up to appear in Star Trek if she were asked. [87] Garner later expressed interest in showing up as a Klingon, even if it was just a quick walk-on role. [88]
• Abrams thought it would "be awesome" if he were able to cast his Felicity and Mission: Impossible III actress Keri Russell as a Klingon. [89] Russell later told IESB that she had indeed been in talks for a role in Star Trek but that she and Abrams had decided not to go through with it. [90]
• Actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier auditioned for a role in the film, [91] possibly Uhura. [92]
• Ben Affleck was rumored to have been approached for a role in the film. [93]
• Abrams' Mission: Impossible III star and producer, Tom Cruise , was frequently rumored to have a cameo in the film. He was even rumored to be appearing in the film as Captain Christopher Pike. Both Cruise and his publicist have denied any involvement in the film. [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101]
• It was reported that Paramount was attempting to sign up Oscar-winner Russell Crowe to play the film's villain. [102] Crowe said he was "apparently" up for the role, but that he had yet to read anything and could not make a decision until he did. [103] Eric Bana ultimately won the role.
• Actor Josh Lucas was being considered for the role of Pike, although he was never the leading candidate. [104] [105] The role ultimately went to Bruce Greenwood .
• Starburst Magazine reported, in its 356th issue, that George Takei would be appearing in the film, reprising his role as Sulu in "a flash forward sequence" opposite Leonard Nimoy. This was later found to be incorrect. [106] (X) [107]
• Star Trek: Enterprise star Dominic Keating auditioned for the role of Jim Kirk's stepfather, but he did not get the part. [108]
• TOS actress Nichelle Nichols stated that she and J.J. Abrams discussed the possibility of Nichols making an appearance in the new film, perhaps as the grandmother of Uhura (the character she originated on TOS). Due to the writers' strike, however, her inclusion into the script was not possible. [109]
• While filming the Star Trek:New Voyages fan film "World Enough and Time" as old Sulu, George Takei met the actor playing TOS-era Sulu, John Lim, and was impressed to the point that he thought Lim would do a good job in the 2009 film. [110]

Shatner controversy [ ]

Yet another actor who expressed interest in a role was William Shatner himself. [111] In an interview with Time magazine, Shatner claimed to have been approached by Abrams for a role in Star Trek . [112] Shatner even reported several times his belief that Abrams was planning for both him and Leonard Nimoy to appear in the film, although they would have to be meaningful roles. [113] [114]

Shatner learned he did not have a role in the film while discussing the script with Leonard Nimoy over the phone. [115] According to Nimoy, although Shatner did not have a role the film, Shatner was not "furious" about it as some reported. [116] The film's writers stated their wish for Shatner to be a part of the film's shoot, and the filmmakers were looking for a way to include Shatner in the film. [117] [118] [119] [120] It was implied by Nimoy that the reason Shatner did not have a role in the script was due to the events of Star Trek Generations , which featured the death of Captain Kirk. [121] This suggested that Nimoy's scenes as Spock might have taken place in the 24th century . As it turned out, the backstory for the movie did indeed start in the late 24th century in the year 2387 . Kirk's appearance and subsequent death in the 24th century occurred in the year 2371 , sixteen years prior. While Shatner could theoretically have appeared as a James T. Kirk circa 2387 (as depicted in the "Shatnerverse" novels), it would have been confusing to the audience that might only know of his last screen adventure and not the subsequent ones in the novels since the novels are not canon.

In an interview with then-executive producer Stratton Leopold , the Savannah Morning News stated that "studio executives still hope to convince William Shatner to suit up as Captain Kirk one more time. " [122] This contradicted previous reports stating that Shatner was the one attempting to convince Abrams and crew to find a way to put him in the movie. It is possible that the Savannah report was merely mistaken or that the line was taken out of context.

The fact that Nimoy had a role in the film and Shatner did not, disappointed Shatner. The fact also caused an uproar from some fans on forums and discussion boards. Shatner explained in later interviews that the writers had been looking for ways to include Kirk in the story, but couldn't find a way to do it without compromising the script or making his appearance feel "forced".

In an interview with IGN , J.J. Abrams finally put an end to the rumors by stating that William Shatner was not in the movie at all and Leonard Nimoy is the only actor from the original series who was. [123]

In another interview with AMC , Abrams admitted there was a scene written for Shatner, but he and the writers decided not to use it because "it didn't feel right" and they still had to respect canon. In addition, Shatner was vocal in his unwillingness to be involved unless he had a substantial role in the film. [124] Abrams called the omitted scene a "flashback", although co-writer Roberto Orci later stated that wasn't a technically accurate term. [125]

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman eventually said that Shatner's scene was in the movie and then was written out in a later draft. It would have been at the very end of the movie when Spock Prime meets the younger Spock and speaks to him about the long and enduring friendship that Spock and Kirk needed to form. Spock Prime would have said " Don't take my word for it " and produced a small holographic device that would have projected a message from the elder Kirk. [126]

Production [ ]

A moment from the filming of this movie

Principal photography began 7 November 2007 [127] and wrapped 141 shoot days later on 27 March 2008 . Second unit and VFX plate shots continued until 17 April 2008 , under the direction of Visual Effects Supervisor Roger Guyett . Since it was the principal photography that had been reportedly scheduled to wrap in April, writer and executive producer Roberto Orci stated:

Shooting was once set to start summer 2007 [129] before the filmmakers made clear it could actually begin in April. [130] Shooting would have started on 5 November but was postponed two days. [131]

This was the first film in the Star Trek franchise which Paramount Pictures made in collaboration with a production partner, let alone two ( Bad Robot Productions and Spyglass Entertainment ). This was also the first Star Trek project which writer/director Rick Berman has not been involved with in over twenty years, and the first Trek film since Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country made without his involvement. In addition, this was the first film since Star Trek Generations that the soundtrack was not composed by Jerry Goldsmith , who passed away in 2004 .

Crew notes [ ]

Many of the crew members whom Abrams selected to work on this film are those he had worked with in the past, most notably writers/executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, producer Damon Lindelof , executive producer Bryan Burk , composer Michael Giacchino , cinematographer Dan Mindel , production designer Scott Chambliss , editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey , and casting directors April Webster and Alyssa Weisberg .

Stratton Leopold , a collaborator of Abrams' on Mission: Impossible III , was initially unit production manager and an executive producer for the film. [132] Before filming began, however, Leopold left the production and was replaced as executive producer by Jeffrey Chernov [133] and as unit production manager by David Witz . [134]

Originally, Vic Armstrong was to coordinate the stunts for Star Trek . He was looking forward to working with Abrams again, having served as stunt coordinator on Mission: Impossible III (2006), but Joey Box was ultimately given the job. (source: Vic Armstrong)

The first three months of shooting on Star Trek took place during the 2007 writers' strike . None of the filmmakers could make any changes to the film's script during the strike period, meaning the common practice of revising the script during production was not possible. Although Abrams complained about not being able to add new dialogue, the strike for the most part did not affect the film's production. Since it was one of the studio's "high priority" films, Paramount strove to help it despite the writing stoppage. [135] [136] Writers Kurtzman and Orci were able to stay on set without strikebreaking as they were also executive producers on the film. While they could not change any lines themselves, they could "make funny eyes and faces at the actors whenever they had a problem with the line and sort of nod when they had something better." [137]

Secrecy and security [ ]

Security on the set was very tight in order to keep aspects of the production a secret from the general public. Cast and crew members on location were not allowed to leave the set for cigarette breaks, [138] and actors could not walk in public in their costume – they were driven to and from set in golf carts, hidden behind black canvas. [139] Some actors, including Jennifer Morrison and Sonita Henry , were only given the part of the script containing their scenes, which they had to return at the end of the day. [140] [141] The script was also protected with members of the main cast, including Simon Pegg , who had to read the script with a security guard nearby. [142]

During its production process, the film was codenamed "Corporate Headquarters". [143] This was the official fake title chosen by Bad Robot, although various other fake titles were also used throughout the production. Each of the Key Assistant Location Managers was allowed to choose an additional fake title for paperwork, permits, and signage in an effort to thwart paparazzi and to protect the secrecy of the movie: Kathy McCurdy named the movie "Untitled Walter Lace Project" after her grandfather; Rob Swenson used "Christa & Christan's Big Adventure" after his twin step-daughters; Scott Trimble used "The Ernest Castelhun Chronicles" after his great-granduncle who drowned in beer at the Anheuser-Busch factory in 1937; and Steve Woroniecki named it "Untitled Blake Allen Project" after his son.

TOS stars Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig , TNG star Jonathan Frakes , and veteran Trek writer and producer Ronald D. Moore were among the few who were permitted to visit the Star Trek set. Other celebrities who visited the set include Tom Cruise , Ben Stiller , Harrison Ford , Michelle Monaghan , and Steven Spielberg . Ford dropped by the set during the last week of shooting; Spielberg was on set during filming on the Enterprise and assisted Abrams with the action of one of the scenes. [144] [145] (Abrams states that Koenig came when filming the space dive – since Pine and Cho had actually been standing on a mirror on top of a building, Koenig thought the film would be a flop.)

The wrap party was held on 18 April 2008 at Hangar 8 at the Santa Monica Airport between 7:00 pm and midnight. The invitation featured the note, " Please note that due to heightened security, you must R.S.V.P. in order to have your name placed on the guest list. Your photo I.D. will be required at the entrance. " (Source: Jon Donahue via Facebook)

Sets and locations [ ]

The production used a total of eleven sound stages. [146] Most filming took place on the studio lot, specifically on stages 8 , 9 , 11 , 14 , 15 , and 18 . These are stages where Star Trek has filmed in the past. Plans also reportedly included use of a Universal Studios stage for "planetary" shots needing more room, [147] but that location was never used.

A source told TrekMovie.com that more ship interiors were created for this film than any other Trek film. There was also a minimal amount of redressing used. [148]

Abrams has stated that his goal with this film is to make Star Trek "real." As such, he used live sets and location shooting rather than green- and blue-screen sets wherever possible. [149] The first days of shooting occurred on location in a Long Beach building. [150] California's Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park was used for a birthing scene involving a number of Vulcans. Vasquez Rocks has appeared in past Trek shoots, including the original series episode " Arena ". [151] )

Approximately four weeks out of the twenty weeks of shooting took place on the bridge of the USS Enterprise . [152] The last day of shooting on the set of the Enterprise bridge was 25 January 2008 . Scenes filmed included the intended final scene of the movie. During filming on that day, TrekMovie.com hosted a live chat in which J.J. Abrams, other crewmembers, and some of the cast answered fan-submitted questions from the bridge set. A transcript of this chat included a brief glimpse of the set – the first such on-set image – showing Abrams using his laptop at one of the stations. [153]

In addition to the bridge, other areas aboard the Enterprise seen in the movie are sickbay , crew quarters , corridors , engineering , and the transporter room . All of these sets were built at Paramount Studios, with the exception of engineering, which was done on a redressed industrial location. [154] That location was later revealed to be the Budweiser beer plant in Van Nuys, California. (Production notes at StarTrekMovie.com )

The bridge of the USS Kelvin reflects an earlier design than the Enterprise and is described as "a lot busier." This bridge set was redressed for use as the mock-up starship bridge in a scene depicting the Kobayashi Maru scenario . [155] Other areas we see on the Kelvin include sickbay, engineering, and some corridors. The Romulan ship, the Narada , utilizes an interior design that is different from previously seen Romulan ships and is described as "surreal." Scenes were also filmed on sets built to represent a medical shuttle and a transport shuttle. [156]

Some scenes were shot in a large Orange County hangar. Production later returned to Long Beach for scenes at its city hall. Filming there wrapped on 14 December 2007 , with several city staffers invited to the shoot, all of whom signed nondisclosure pacts. [157] [158]

During the week of 18 March 2008 , parts of the film were shot at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), with the university's Oviatt Library standing in as the lower levels of Starfleet Academy. Although blue screens were placed on the sides of the lawn, light fixtures were modified, and banners sporting the Starfleet emblem were hung on streetlights, little else was modified for the film. [159] Although it never appeared in the film, the lobby of the library was dressed with NASA and other space-related images and the main doors were emblazoned with the Starfleet emblem. There was also a "futuristic kiosk" placed in the lawn. Photos of the filming at CSUN feature dozens of extras dressed in red cadet uniforms (as well as some in more militaristic gray uniforms) as well as a futuristic-looking, functional vehicle called the Aptera . [160]

Also in March 2008, filming took place at the Pastoria Energy Facility to the east of Interstate 5 at the bottom of "the grapevine," a stretch of Interstate 5 that drops out of the mountains north of Lebec, California, and south of Bakersfield. This location served as the Riverside Shipyards where the starship Enterprise was being constructed. This is where James T. Kirk rode his motorcycle into the shipyards, gave his bike to a shipyard worker, and boarded the shuttle headed to Starfleet Academy.

Four of the filmmakers, including production designer Scott Chambliss , first assistant director Tommy Gormley , then executive producer Stratton Leopold , and eventual second unit director Roger Guyett , scouted locations in Iceland during early Summer 2007. Despite some reports, J.J. Abrams never actually visited Iceland himself. Companies such as Pegasus-Panarctica Pictures (run by Snorri Þórisson), Sagafilm (Kjartan Thor Thordarson), Labrador (Pétur Hafsteinn Bjarnason), and Truenorth Productions (Leifur B. Dagfinnsson) vied for the opportunity to provide local production services. This would have been the first time a Star Trek movie was filmed outside of the United States. The plan was that two weeks of filming would take place there during Spring 2008, but, as it turned out, no filming whatsoever was ever done in Iceland. A location scout was also sent to British Columbia, Canada, but, in the end, the movie was filmed entirely in the United States. [161] [162] [163]

Many of the scenes featuring interior locations on Vulcan were filmed at the SkyRose Chapel in Whittier, California. These included the conversation between young Spock and Sarek, as well as Spock's confrontation with the Vulcan committee. [164] [165]

In early April, some second unit work took place on location in Bakersfield, California, which stood in for Iowa (the birthplace of James T. Kirk). While shooting in Bakersfield – near Highway 119 – on 8 April 2008 , an automobile accident occurred in front of the set in which a car being driven by the location's site manager (a local official in charge of the site) crashed head-on into a truck. A passenger in the car and the driver of the truck were injured but survived, and the crash did not disrupt filming. [166] [167]

Post-production [ ]

Industrial Light & Magic provided the special visual effects for the film. This was the company's seventh film project for the Star Trek franchise, the last being 1996's Star Trek: First Contact . Santa Barbara Studios did the VFX for Star Trek: Insurrection and Digital Domain provided the effects for Star Trek Nemesis . Visual Effects Supervisor Roger Guyett anticipated that Star Trek would use about 1,000 visual effects shots, [168] though the number had increased to over 1,300 by August. [169]

The first cut of the film was completed in July 2008. This cut was screened for studio executives at Paramount Pictures sometime in the last week of July and received a very positive response. [170]

Post-production on Star Trek was completed on 23 December 2008 . The film spent just under nine months in the post-production process, the second longest in the franchise behind Star Trek: The Motion Picture . The final step in the process was sound editing, provided by Academy Award-winning sound designer Ben Burtt (best known for his work on the Star Wars films) and supervising sound editor Mark Stoeckinger . [171]

The film's score was written by Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino . He created a new version of the original theme by Alexander Courage in the score, along with new themes he created for the film. The original theme made a comeback for the ending credits. Giacchino admitted personal pressure in scoring the film, stating " I grew up listening to all of that great [ Trek ] music, and that's part of what inspired me to do what I'm doing… You just go in scared. You just hope you do your best. It's one of those things where the film will tell me what to do. " [172] [173] [174]

Finding a new musical direction for Star Trek proved challenging. " I wrote maybe 20 or so versions of the main theme and all of them sounded like Star Trek music – like big space opera music. And every time JJ and I would sit and listen to it JJ would say 'it just doesn't sound like our movie.' " Lindelof suggested Giacchino concentrate more on Kirk and Spock's friendship, and the main theme, specifically the Kirk/ Enterprise theme came out of that. Spock's theme developed out of a variation of the main theme that the producers liked. [175]

The score was recorded at the Sony Pictures Scoring Stage in Culver City, California. The scoring session was comprised of a 107-piece orchestra and forty-person choir. Giacchino composed new themes for the film, some of which were stylistically created as subtle homages to past Star Trek composers, Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner . An erhu was used to create Spock's theme; the same instrument was used for the Romulans, except in their case, the sound was processed and distorted. Several members of the music department wore clothing resembling Starfleet uniforms during the scoring session. [176] The score was released by Varèse Sarabande Records on 5 May 2009 .

Continuity [ ]

• This is the second movie, the first being Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , to begin on James T. Kirk's birthday, in this case the actual day of his birth.
• Aspects of Spock's life, like Sarek explaining his marriage to Amanda as "the logical thing to do", young Spock being bullied by Vulcan kids for having a Human mother, and later turning down the Vulcan Science Academy to Sarek's disappointment, were first mentioned in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " Journey to Babel " and the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode " Yesteryear ".
• Hikaru Sulu reveals that his advanced combat training is in fencing . Sulu was first seen fencing in the original series episode " The Naked Time ". Abrams later states he thought it a good idea to turn out that Sulu was in fact "a ninja". ( Star Trek DVD commentary)
• Delta Vega in the film is a reference to an unrelated planet from the TOS episode " Where No Man Has Gone Before ". In an interview with TrekMovie.com, writer Roberto Orci said, " We moved the planet to suit our purposes. The familiarity of the name seemed more important as an Easter egg, than a new name with no importance. " [177]
• When Kirk and McCoy first see the Enterprise in space the scene resembles the scene from Star Trek: The Motion Picture when the Enterprise refit is shown for the first time or the similar scene in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home with the new USS Enterprise -A . This was the general idea in Abrams' view. ( Star Trek DVD commentary)
• When the cadets are assigned to the various ships prior to the destruction of Vulcan , one cadet, Fugeman , is assigned to Regula I , a station seen prominently in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .
• There is an established relationship between Spock and Uhura in this film. There have previously been hints of flirtation between the two characters. In " Charlie X ", Uhura sings a teasing song about Spock while he plays accompanying music on the Vulcan lyre , eliciting a rare smile from him. In " The Man Trap ", Uhura makes an attempt to get Spock to flirt with her, asking him to tell her she's an "… attractive young lady." The famous interracial kiss was originally to be between Uhura and Spock. [178] However, according to scriptwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, they only noticed these moments after coming up with the relationship for the film. [179]
• At the end of the film, Admiral Christopher Pike is in a wheelchair . This is an allusion to Fleet Captain Christopher Pike from the original timeline who was crippled by delta radiation when a baffle plate had ruptured and then confined to an advanced wheelchair. [180] However, unlike in the Original Series , Pike isn't scarred or mute and in the next film is seen walking without the wheelchair, albeit with a cane .
• Nero's statement that the Federation had done nothing as Romulus was destroyed by the supernova makes it look as though the Federation simply held still while their (former) enemies faced destruction. However, Jean-Luc Picard 's statements in PIC : " Remembrance " elaborate on that and make Nero's anger much more understandable: In fact, the Federation had initially agreed to mount a large-scale evacuation to help the Romulans who were threatened by the supernova, but deliberately chose to abandon it.
• The sequence where Nero forces the Centaurian slug down Captain Pike's throat is a tribute to the Ceti eel sequence from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , even including similar dialogue. [181]
• While taking the Kobayashi Maru test, Kirk's comic nonchalance extends to him casually munching on an apple as the Klingons attack. In the Genesis cave in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , Kirk eats an apple while explaining to Saavik how he beat the Kobayashi Maru test. (In the DVD commentary on the film, it is noted that this was a coincidence.)
• Dr. McCoy refers to Spock as a "green-blooded hobgoblin." In " Bread and Circuses ", McCoy referred to Spock as a "pointed-ear hobgoblin." McCoy also frequently referred to Spock as "green-blooded" throughout the classic series and the films.
• Spock Prime tells Kirk " I have been, and always shall be, your friend ", which were his dying words to an older Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , and, recalling that conversation, his first words after his fal-tor-pan in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock .
• In order to bring Kirk aboard the Enterprise as a patient, McCoy injects a vaccine to protect against viral infection from Melvaran mud fleas . The fleas were previously mentioned in " Canamar ".
• On Delta Vega, Montgomery Scott mentions that he had used "Admiral Archer's prized beagle" to test his long-distance transporter theories, though the beagle had yet to turn up as of his meeting with Kirk and Spock Prime (which he speculated led to his "exile"). Writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have confirmed that this Admiral Archer was indeed Jonathan Archer . [182] [183] Jonathan Archer would be 145 years old at the time of Scotty's exile, but Humans are long-lived in Star Trek ; Orci noted the appearance of Leonard McCoy in " Encounter at Farpoint ". However, it is unlikely that Porthos would still be alive at that time. J.J. Abrams intends the dog to reappear upon his leaving the Star Trek films. ( Star Trek DVD commentary)
• When Nero discovers Spock commandeering the Jellyfish , he yells, "SPOOOOOCK!" This is likely a nod to the scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan where Kirk yells Khan's name in a similar fashion.
• When the younger Spock approaches the pilot's seat in the Jellyfish , the location's design is that of the IDIC , a symbol of the Vulcan people. Also, in reaction to the ship's controls, Spock says " Fascinating… "
• Chief Engineer Olson , who dies almost instantly on an away mission, is conspicuously dressed in a red space jump suit, a nod to the original series phenomenon of a hitherto unknown ensign dressed in red always being the first to die in any away mission. ( Star Trek Special Edition DVD ) Greg Ellis , who played Olson, had previously appeared on Star Trek , in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine finale " What You Leave Behind ", as Ekoor , one of the few Cardassians to survive the Dominion massacre.
• Uhura orders a Klabnian fire tea , three Budweiser Classics , two Cardassian sunrises , a Slusho , and a Jack Daniel's at the Shipyard Bar . J.J. Abrams has previously used Slusho in the film Cloverfield and the television series Alias . Uhura's drink order is the first reference to the Cardassians in a Star Trek production set in the 23rd century. The Cardassians debuted in the 24th century Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " The Wounded ", and were mentioned in the 22nd century Star Trek: Enterprise by the Organians in " Observer Effect " and one was seen at a repair station Enterprise NX-01 visited in " Dead Stop ". The mention of Budweiser is a nod to the shooting location for engineering – a Budweiser plant.
• As Kirk climbs out of the shuttle on Delta Vega, his backpack reads "NCC-1701-D." The USS Enterprise -D , commanded by Captain Picard , had this registry number.
• At one point, Doctor McCoy tells Kirk that " A little suffering is good for the soul. " In " The Corbomite Maneuver " Kirk asks McCoy " Aren't you the one who always says a little suffering is good for the soul? " and McCoy dryly replies " I never say that ".
• McCoy has a beard in civilian life, just as he did in Star Trek: The Motion Picture .
• While trying to decipher the origins of Nero and his ship and crew, Spock says " Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. " In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , Spock says the same thing while investigating the mysteries surrounding Chancellor Gorkon 's assassination . The line ultimately derives from the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , and was also quoted by Data in " Data's Day ".
• When Kirk first meets Scott on Delta Vega, a tribble can be seen and heard on his desk.
• Kirk emotionally compromises Spock in order to gain command of the Enterprise as he did in " This Side of Paradise ".
• At the end of the film, right after Spock Prime says " To boldly go where no man has gone before… ", the Enterprise goes into warp, similar to the Star Trek: The Next Generation series opening sequence.
• This is the last Star Trek film to use the 2002-2012 Paramount Pictures logo.

Deleted and expanded scenes [ ]

Several scenes appear in the shooting script that are absent from the theatrical release. [184] Some have appeared on the Star Trek DVD releases.

• A scene prior to the film's opening sequence shows Spock's birth and a conversation between Amanda Grayson and Sarek.
• When the Narada is disabled by the Kelvin 's attack, several Klingon warbirds decloak and surround Nero's ship.
• Preceding his joyride in a Corvette, scenes establish the child James T. Kirk residing with his older brother George and their uncle Frank while Winona Kirk is away. James is forced to wash the Corvette (which had in fact belonged to their late father) in a subsequent scene when, upon opening the visor above the drivers' seat, the keys fall into his lap, and he decides to steal it.

The unfinished Narada surrounded by Klingon ships in a deleted scene

• Several scenes establish that Nero and his crew were taken to Rura Penthe and had been held there for several years. It is suggested that Nero formulated his plan for destroying the Federation while imprisoned. Klingons – as all are masked, it is unclear whether or not they bear the effects of the augment virus – interrogate Nero (at one point, having realized he was from the future, theorized that he likely knows about Federation defenses, and that they might be able to work together) and torture him with a Centaurian slug (in the hopes of getting red matter technology for themselves), a tactic Nero uses later in the film. Nero attempts to endure the torture by focusing on memories of his wife. A later scene shows Nero escaping the prison planet to resume his plan (the scene used in the trailer where Nero says " The wait is over " comes as he frees Ayel). Interviews with J.J. Abrams and the Star Trek DVD commentary indicates that they didn't want to address whether the Klingons in this film would look like they did in the original series, affected by the augment virus, or appear with forehead ridges as they did in the films and subsequent series although the helmets have the ridges on them, which is a nod toward the later look of the Klingons. Two images from this plot line were in fact included in the final film – the last shot of the Centaurian slug sequence, looking straight down at Nero, was used to show Nero aboard the Narada when Ayel comes in and informs him that the Jellyfish is about to emerge from the black hole, while the image of a shirtless Nero at work on Rura Penthe appears during Spock Prime's mind-meld with Kirk.
• The Gaila/Uhura dorm room scene and Kobayashi Maru scenario is slightly expanded to show how Kirk reprogrammed the test. After Kirk responded to " I love you " with " That's so weird ", he explains that it's because he has written her a note, its contents too hard to say in person, that he needs her to open at precisely 3 pm the next day. At the appointed time, Gaila – a technician on the test – opens the letter, which reads " Gaila – I'm sorry. Jim ", before downloading a virus which reprograms the scenario. (In the DVD commentary it was stated that this is why Gaila has her arms crossed during the entirety of Kirk's subsequent hearing.) Another scene includes Kirk running into and attempting to apologize to an Orion woman within the Enterprise corridors that he thought was Gaila.
• In one scene, Ayel expresses the Narada crew's desire to return to Romulus following the destruction of Vulcan and suggests to Nero that the plan for destroying the Federation be abandoned. Nero declines the suggestion and kills Ayel for displaying signs of mutiny. This is noted as being a significant difference from the theatrical release, since Ayel is involved in the film's final scenes.
• As Spock Prime leaves the hangar following the conversation with his younger self, he passes Sarek, whose bewildered look (similar to the one his son had upon apparently seeing Kirk aboard the Enterprise ) is captured by the cameras.

Apocrypha [ ]

The novelization of Star Trek , written by Alan Dean Foster , shows several expanded sequences including some deleted scenes. In the novel, Winona is given an inhibitor that would help delay the birth of James until the Kelvin 's return to Earth. However, the impacts to the ship by the Narada 's attack cause her to go into early labor. For the scenes where she's off-planet, Kirk's Uncle Frank from a deleted scene and his step-father from the final cut are merged, as "Frank" is, in fact, his step-father. In several instances after Kirk is commissioned by Captain Pike, Kirk is referred to as "Lieutenant Kirk." The novel also further details Nero's motivations for attacking the Federation.

After the elder Spock is informed by young Kirk that Chekov, Sulu, and Uhura all serving aboard the Enterprise – at this point not even bothering to ask if McCoy is as well – he suggests that their meeting on Delta Vega and various other coincidences regarding the Enterprise crew are the result of the timeline attempting to mend itself – as for the one person not yet aboard the ship, Spock had been well aware of Scotty's presence at the outpost, but had deliberately kept his distance, until the arrival of Kirk made it absolutely clear that their being on the same world was no accident. After the young Spock resigns command and leaves the bridge, Uhura and Sulu demand to know how Kirk got aboard the Enterprise ; Kirk reveals to the bridge crew about the future Spock and what he told Kirk about Nero and how the past had been changed in an attempt to gain their trust. Kirk also tells them about how they cannot tell their Spock about the elder Spock's presence and the bridge crew agrees not to do so. At the end of the book, when the elder Spock speaks to his younger counterpart (who, upon hearing how his older self convinced Kirk to keep his secret, suggests that the would-be paradoxes were not outright impossible, but the displacement would have to have taken place far earlier for there to be any concern), the young Spock asks Spock Prime if he might call on him occasionally for advice and Spock Prime agrees, saying " Who better to consult with you than yourself? " The first mission under Kirk also includes a new passenger: Archer's dog rematerializes in the Enterprise 's transporter room just as the ship warps away from the Solar System.

The novel also makes a number of small quotes and passing mentions regarding certain figures and connecting the main characters to their prime selves:

• During the skill dome sequence, young Spock identifies the authors of a piece of 20th century Earth music as John Lennon and Paul McCartney , on whom Orci and Kurtzman based the Kirk-Spock relationship.
• Running for his life on Delta Vega, Kirk mutters under his breath that the drakoulias resembles the "bastard offspring" of a polar bear and a gorilla, the two Earth animals which the monster was modeled after.
• Noting Kirk's unfamiliarity with Regulation 619, Spock admits that he had forgotten how unimportant such things had been to "his" Kirk.
• During the bridge discussion after Kirk takes command, Sulu mentions having a doctorate in astrophysics , the field of study his counterpart was in during his first Trek appearance, " Where No Man Has Gone Before ".
• In the midst of their battle with the Narada crew – largely a fistfight rather than a firefight – Kirk, noting that Spock displayed great logic even in combat (defeating the strongest Romulans first before moving on to the weaker ones until there were none left), concludes that he must play a "mean game" of three-dimensional chess , which Spock was in fact so skilled at that he would use the game to save Kirk's career .
• The transport of Kirk, Spock, and Pike from the Narada back to the Enterprise , shown almost entirely from inside the transporter room and implied to be more difficult than the film suggests, is viewed by McCoy and Uhura, allowing a mention of the doctor's well-known feelings toward the device .

Foster initially refused to do the novelization. The producers flew him to Hollywood to meet with them, the cast, and the director. After having many conversations, Foster accepted the project, rushed to meet deadlines, and had the novel ready for a December 2008 release. Star Trek writers Howard Weinstein and Robert Greenberger mentioned this at the 2009 FarPoint Convention. The novelization also appears to have been written with either a first draft or very early version of the script. Many sequences and dialogues are out of order, missing, or otherwise inconsistent with the film.

Release [ ]

Release delay [ ].

At the time production began, Star Trek was set for a worldwide theatrical release on 25 December 2008 . Later, Paramount was reportedly considering bumping up the film's release date one or two days or moving it to 19 December 2008. [185] On 13 February 2008 , however, Variety magazine reported that the film's release would be put back, from 2008 to 8 May 2009 , in order to take advantage of the summer movie season. [186]

Around the time the delay was announced, a Paramount spokesperson stressed that the change in release date had nothing to do with the film's production or its script. The spokesman stated that the decision was all about box-office potential and the spokesman said that Star Trek is in the same league as such past summer blockbusters as Spider-Man , Shrek , Transformers , and the Star Wars prequels. [187] (X) Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore revealed to Entertainment Weekly that another reason the movie was pushed back was so they could "educate people that this is a whole new franchise." [188]

Premieres [ ]

The gala world premiere of Star Trek took place on 7 April 2009 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. The film's cast and crew were in attendance. [189] This was followed by a number of additional premiere events around the world – Austria; Belgium; France; Germany; Japan; Korea; the Netherlands; New Zealand; Russia; Spain; London, UK: 20 April 2009 [190] ; Los Angeles, USA.

A few hours prior to the official premiere in Sydney, fans in Austin, Texas were given a surprise screening of the film. The event had been announced as a ten-minute preview following a showing of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , hosted by writers Roberto Orci , Alex Kurtzman , and Damon Lindelof . However, after two minutes the film of The Wrath of Khan appeared to melt. Orci, Kurtzman, and Lindelof proceeded to vamp for a few minutes but were interrupted by a surprise appearance of Leonard Nimoy , who asked the audience if they would like to watch the new film instead. [191]

The official American premiere was held at the famous Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on 30 April 2009 . Attending the event were J.J. Abrams, most of the film crew, and nearly the entire cast. [192]

General [ ]

Although the United States release date was set for 8 May 2009 , advance screenings of the film began at 7 pm on 7 May 2009 . [193] However, the first worldwide release was in France, Belgium, and the French-speaking parts of Switzerland on 6 May 2009 . [194]

For the first time, a Star Trek film was released in IMAX as well as conventional theaters. Although the film was not shot with IMAX cameras, the film was able to be converted to the 70 mm IMAX format. This was the first Trek project since the abandoned Star Trek: IMAX to be considered for the medium. [195] [196]

Star Trek , released in May 2009, was the first Star Trek film released in the summer months since 1989's Star Trek V: The Final Frontier .

Reception [ ]

Star Trek has received nearly universal acclaim from film critics. Star Trek currently has a 95% "certified fresh" rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 278 reviews, with an average critic's rating of 8.1 on a scale of 10. [197] Based on the findings of Rotten Tomatoes, Star Trek is currently the second-best reviewed mainstream film of 2009, after Up . [198] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, Star Trek has a metascore of 83 out of 100, based on 37 critics' reviews. [199]

Based on listings tracked by Metacritic, twenty-three critics from twelve different publications ranked Star Trek as one of the ten best films of 2009. Among the publications whose critics praised Star Trek as such were Boston Globe , Empire Magazine , The Hollywood Reporter , Miami Herald , New York Daily News , The New Yorker , and the Washington Post . [200]

Bryan Burk recalled, " In general with Star Trek , a lot of people came out saying they really liked it and it wasn't what they thought it was going to be. For me, that was the biggest win. " ( SFX , issue 270, p. 71)

Despite the praise, some reviews criticized the lack of a classical Star Trek allegory. In Empire 's 4/5 review, Colin Kennedy noted the themes " primarily relate to the nature of friendship and teamwork, which is all very well, […] but in a time when the United States is engaged in two wars, the failure to even acknowledge the issues arising from space imperialism and the Prime Directive is to flinch from battle. Harsher critics may even deem it a dereliction of duty. " [201]

In a 2013 article about J.J. Abrams, Empire characterized the introduction of Kirk in this film as a prime example of how Abrams juxtaposes the everyday with the extraordinary to create "relatable spectacle," tonally similar to Steven Spielberg's film-making. ( Empire , issue 287, p. 77) In 2014, Empire readers ranked Star Trek at #188 in a poll to determine the 301 greatest movies of all time. [202]

In a 2016 interview, Brannon Braga commented, " I thought Star Trek was fantastic. It was beautifully directed and took Trek to a whole other level in terms of action. They had quadruple the budget when we did ours. But the casting was perfect and it was almost an impossible task. " Braga also prefers this film to Star Trek Into Darkness . ( SFX , issue 270, p. 68)

Jonathan Frakes is disappointed that, despite visiting the set of this film, he wasn't permitted to participate in the making of it. Nonetheless, he approved of this movie. ( SFX , issue 270, p. 63)

Box office [ ]

Star Trek topped the North American box office in its opening weekend, grossing US$75.2 million from Friday through Sunday. It also earned an estimated US$4 million from its Thursday night advance screenings, for a total of US$79.2 million over its first three and a quarter days. [203] It marked the highest opening weekend box office gross of any film in the franchise, surpassing Star Trek: First Contact 's opening weekend of US$30.7 million (approximately US$50 million when adjusted for inflation). [204] Star Trek had the sixth highest opening weekend of 2009, following The Twilight Saga: New Moon , Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , X-Men Origins: Wolverine , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , and Avatar . [205]

Included in Star Trek 's opening weekend gross was US$8.5 million from 138 IMAX venues, setting a new weekend record for IMAX. It surpassed the previous benchmark set by The Dark Knight , which earned US$6.3 million from IMAX screenings in its first weekend. ( Star Trek 's IMAX record was subsequently beaten by Avatar .) In addition, Star Trek yielded the most-attended start ever for a movie debuting in the second weekend of May, topping 1996's Twister . [206] Star Trek also managed to top many overseas box office charts in its first weekend, grossing US$35.5 million from 54 international markets. [207]

Star Trek ended its domestic theatrical run on 1 October 2009 with a total gross of US$257,730,019, making it the seventh highest grossing film of 2009 in North America. [208] It was the year's highest-grossing film in the United States from Wednesday, 27 May, though Saturday, 27 June, a total of 31 days, after which it was overtaken by Disney/Pixar's Up (which, coincidentally, was also composed by Michael Giacchino ). Star Trek has also done good business internationally, earning more from foreign markets than any previous Star Trek films (with the possible exception of Star Trek: The Motion Picture ). Star Trek 's international gross is US$127,950,428, bringing its total worldwide gross to US$385,680,447. [209]

Awards and honors [ ]

Star Trek is the first film of the franchise to have won an Academy Award , the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup. It also received three more Academy Award nominations. The National Board of Review named Star Trek one of the Ten Best Films of 2009.

Star Trek received the following awards and honors:

On 30 March 2009, it was announced that Paramount was moving forward with a sequel to Star Trek . Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have again been hired to write the screenplay, along with the first film's producer, Damon Lindelof. J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk will again be producing via Bad Robot, along with Orci and Kurtzman. [210]

At his panel during the Supernova Convention, Perth 2009 in Australia, Karl Urban unofficially announced that he had seen a work in progress version of the script for a sequel, expected in 2011, or later.

Advertising and marketing [ ]

Posters [ ].

As of July 2008 , Paramount has distributed several teaser posters at various conventions to promote awareness and hype about the film. The first, as stated above, was released on 22 July 2007 (see early discussion and speculation above). A second teaser poster for the new film was introduced at the Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, on 27 July 2007 . This poster features a white background with the words Star Trek written in the TOS-style font and comprised of a star field backdrop seen throughout the original television series.

In August 2007 , a third teaser poster, this one containing the title inside the arrowhead-shaped Starfleet insignia , was created especially for distribution to the attendees at the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention. As with the second teaser poster, the Vegas poster features the film's release date hyped as "Stardate 12.25.08".

A fourth teaser poster was given away to attendees at the San Francisco Wondercon on the weekend of 24 February 2008 , sporting the new official logo, the tagline "Under Construction", and a date of "Summer 2009".

Four teaser posters, each featuring an image of a cast member from the film ( Eric Bana , Zoe Saldana , Chris Pine , and Zachary Quinto ), were distributed at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con from 24 through 27 July 2008. When combined, the four posters form the delta shield emblem of the USS Enterprise (and later of all Starfleet). There is also a single one-sheet version of the poster available via mail order from Comic-Con in conjunction with the Intel Corporation . [211] Four similar posters featuring John Cho , Simon Pegg , Anton Yelchin , and Karl Urban were distributed at the Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas the following month. [212]

On 10 November 2008, Paramount released the first teaser posters for the films designed for display in theaters, one featuring Pine as Kirk and the other featuring Quinto as Spock. Both posters were black and white, bearing nothing else save for the release date, the official site address, the production company logos for Paramount and Bad Robot, and the Starfleet delta shield emblem. [213]

A cardboard standup promoting the film was also made for display in theaters. The standup consists of the title in large cut-out letters, with each letter featuring the face of a different character from the film (Kirk on the "S", Nero on the "K", etc.) The title is placed upon a dais which contains the tagline ("The Future Begins"), the release date, and an orbital view of Earth. [214]

On 26 March 2009, European posters for Star Trek were posted online. [215] A day later, the US poster for the film was also revealed on MySpace Movies. The poster features the USS Enterprise within a warp effect against a white background, with the tagline "The future begins." [216]

USB card wallpapers [ ]

A set of nine exclusive wallpapers were released on Star Trek -themed USB cards, with three images per card.

Websites and viral marketing [ ]

The mysterious corridor that appears briefly on NCC-1701.com

A promotional website dedicated to the new film went live at 8:05pm EST on 16 January 2008 and can be found at paramount.com/startrek . The site introduced the new official logo for the film, which was also seen in the teaser trailer. [217] Paramount also set up a page for the movie on the social-networking website Facebook where fans may congregate. [218] [219]

Following the launch of the film's teaser trailer, the official website contained a hidden link to NCC-1701.com , a viral promotional site supposedly containing "surveillance footage" of the Enterprise under construction. The site features four screens, each for a different "surveillance camera", but only three are active at a time. The inactive camera, however, will sometimes come online and, for a brief instant, reveal an image of a dark corridor. [220] The corridor actually belonged to the USS Kelvin , seen very briefly during George Kirk's brief command of the ship.

Originally located on a subdomain of Paramount.com, the official site moved on 19 February 2008 , its address becoming StarTrekMovie.com . On 18 July 2008 , the site was updated with wallpapers and icons depicting the images from the Comic-Con Star Trek posters in addition to an overall redesign of the site. [221]

Promotional images [ ]

The first official promotional images from the film were released on 15 October 2008 , at six separate movie websites. The images showed Pine, Quinto, Urban, Pegg, Saldana, and Yelchin in costume on the Enterprise bridge; Quinto and Pine; Bana in makeup as Nero; Pine on an icy planet; the USS Kelvin engaged in combat; and a view of the Enterprise bridge. [222]

On 16 October 2008 , TrekMovie.com released two new images, another of the Kelvin in action, and one of Cho in his role as Sulu. [223]

Yet another load of images were released on 17 October 2008 , when Entertainment Weekly put up more promotional pictures of Pine, Quinto, Cho, Bana, and Pine and Urban. [224]

Teaser trailer [ ]

A first look at the new USS Enterprise

The film's teaser trailer was completed by 30 November 2007. [225] It debuted in theaters on 18 January 2008 , attached to Paramount's Cloverfield which, like Star Trek , is produced by J.J. Abrams. [226]

On 21 January 2008 , the teaser was made available for viewing at the official site and at Yahoo! Movies . Empire Online uploaded the United Kingdom's version of the teaser that same day. Paramount made the teaser available on a wider basis on 22 January. [227]

The teaser trailer features a glimpse of the remodeled USS Enterprise as it is being constructed, with the construction taking place in a drydock on Earth. Several sound bites recorded during the space race of the 1960s can be heard in the background leading up to a new recording of Leonard Nimoy reciting the famous line, " Space… the final frontier. " The opening notes of the original Star Trek series theme music begin playing during Nimoy's voiceover and the unveiling of the Enterprise 's saucer section , followed by the sound effect of the original series transporter as the lines "Under Construction" and "Christmas 2008" appear on-screen.

The teaser was shot in October, prior to the start of principal photography on the film. It was filmed on Paramount Stage 25 and also used a part of the Paramount back lot. Half of the stage was enveloped by greenscreen and greenfloor for the insertion of CGI effects, and a giant greenscreen was utilized in the back lot. The shoot involved real welding and the handling of actual welding equipment, so experienced welders were required.

The first welder seen in the teaser was played by Anthony Vitale . Vitale's scene was shot by the film's director, J.J. Abrams. This is unusual since scenes for trailers are generally directed by assistant directors. The rest of the teaser was directed by First Assistant Director Tommy Gormley , however. [228]

According to co-writer Roberto Orci, the message of the teaser is that the future as presented in Star Trek is not as far off as it once was. He also explained the logic of having the Enterprise being built on Earth rather than in space, noting that components of the ship can be built on Earth and assembled anywhere and that the Enterprise is not " some flimsy yacht that has to be delicately treated and assembled. " He also feels that it makes more sense to construct the ship within a natural gravity well rather than an area that will require an artificial gravity field. In addition, Orci states that the term "Under Construction" used in the teaser is to convey both a "literal interpretation" that the movie is currently being put together and to convey the idea that the future of Star Trek may be coming soon. [229]

Theatrical trailers [ ]

The production team was to begin working on the first theatrical trailer in January 2008 with the hopes to have it complete and in theaters by early or mid-summer, [230] however these plans changed once the film's release was pushed back to May 2009.

Editing on the first theatrical trailer was reportedly completed by 4 August 2008, although the visual effects to be seen in the trailer had not yet been finalized. [231] The trailer was enclosed with Quantum of Solace , the latest James Bond film, which opened in the US on 14 November 2008 . [232] [233] It became available for viewing in high definition on the official movie site on 17 November 2008 at 10 am PST. [234]

An alternate version of the first theatrical trailer was made available for view at Ain't It Cool News on 25 November 2008. This version is the same as the original for the most part, except that the final shot of Eric Bana's Nero proclaiming " The wait is over " is placed earlier in the trailer and in its place is a shot of Leonard Nimoy as the elder Spock, giving the Vulcan salute and proclaiming the famous line " Live long and prosper. " [235]

The incidental music used in the first theatrical trailer was a re-orchestration of Brian Tyler 's score from Children of Dune , created by Two Steps From Hell , and titled "Down With the Enterprise". [236] The use of Tyler's score in the trailer came about from its use as a temporary scoring track in early post-production on the movie. [237]

A second theatrical trailer for Star Trek was released on 6 March 2009 in front of select screenings of the film Watchmen . It was originally intended to premiere online the Monday after its release on Apple's Star Trek page , but, after an international version was released ahead of schedule, the online release was made on the same day. As with the first theatrical trailer, incidental music was provided by Two Steps from Hell, being a modified version of the track "Freedom Fighters" from their album Legend . [238] [239]

In a press release, Paramount announced that the second theatrical trailer broke all existing download records at Apple.com . The HD version of the trailer had more than 1.8 million downloads during its first 24 hours on Apple.com and had over five million downloads in its first five days. This makes the Star Trek trailer the most popular HD download in the history of the site. [240]

Super Bowl spot [ ]

A thirty-second trailer for the film aired during Super Bowl XLIII on 1 February 2009. It showed footage from the film not previously seen in the earlier trailers. Star Trek is the first film in the franchise to be given a Super Bowl spot, emphasizing the studio's attempts to draw in a larger audience.

Merchandising and promotional partners [ ]

The film's merchandising campaign was expected to be the biggest since Star Trek: The Motion Picture back in 1979 . [241]

A toy license was awarded to Playmates Toys , which produced action figures for the film, as well as prop toys, playsets and ship models. [242] [243] Corgi 's current Star Trek license covers the film, primarily for its Master Replicas brand of collectibles. [244] The company will be producing replicas of the USS Enterprise and a hand phaser . [245]

Quantum Mechanix announced in May 2009 they had secured some merchandising rights as well. The company has developed studio-scale models and 10" replicas of the ships seen in the movie, starting with the USS Enterprise . [246] They had previously been responsible for the construction of models used in the marketing campaign known as "The Enterprise Project". [247]

A novelization of the film written by Alan Dean Foster was published by Pocket Books . Comic book publisher IDW Publishing released a prequel series entitled Star Trek: Countdown from January through April 2009; an adaptation of the movie was released in January 2010 , and two follow-up series, Star Trek: Spock: Reflections and Star Trek: Nero have been produced. Rittenhouse Archives produced collectible cards for the movie. T-shirts marketing the film were created and distributed by Junk Food . A video game, Star Trek D-A-C was released by Naked Sky Entertainment . The motion picture soundtrack was released by Varèse Sarabande Records on 5 May 2009 . At least one reference book , Star Trek - The Art of the Film , has been licensed.

Burger King promoted a kids meal tie-in for this film, marking the first time Burger King has promoted a Star Trek film. [248] It was also the first time either one of the big two major fast food chains (Burger King or McDonald's ) had marketed Trek since the first film's release in 1979. [249] It was revealed in 2009 that the Burger King Star Trek commercials were shot on the set of the Enterprise . Dan Mindel, the cinematographer for Star Trek , also directed photography for the commercials. [250] Alex Beh is an actor who appeared in the Burger King television commercial. [251]

Besides the Burger King deal, Paramount also signed up Kellogg's as a promotional partner to bring Star Trek movie-branded products to grocery stores. A number of Kellogg's brand products offered Star Trek merchandise and memorabilia either by mail or included within the package. Specially-marked boxes of Kellogg's cereals contained a "Beam-Up Badge", of which there are five different designs. Boxes of Frosted Krispies offered a red or blue Starfleet tee by mail, while boxes of Frosted Flakes and packages of Keebler cookies feature offered for a Star Trek 1GB flash drive wristband. Kellogg's various Eggo waffle products offered a 3D Warp Speed Plate by mail, and boxes of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts offered a free pass to see the film. A varying amount of tokens were needed for each mail-order product. [252]

In addition, Paramount promoted the film in collaboration with auto insurance company Esurance , communications companies Nokia and Verizon Wireless , and computer technology companies Lenovo and the Intel Corporation . All of these companies held Star Trek -related contests and sweepstakes and all included pages on their sites containing Star Trek -related content. [253] [254] [255] Esurance Star Trek commercials also played on television and on public radio.

Merchandise gallery [ ]

Links and references [ ]

Credits [ ].

John Cho Ben Cross Bruce Greenwood Simon Pegg Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Winona Ryder Zoë Saldana Karl Urban Anton Yelchin With Eric Bana And Leonard Nimoy Chris Hemsworth Jennifer Morrison Clifton Collins, Jr. Faran Tahir Rachel Nichols Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present

A Bad Robot Production

• Jeffrey Chernov
• Stratton P. Leopold
• Tommy Gormley
• Thomas Harper
• David E. Waters
• Heather Grierson
• Kirk - Chris Pine
• Spock - Zachary Quinto
• Spock Prime - Leonard Nimoy
• Nero - Eric Bana
• Pike - Bruce Greenwood
• Bones - Karl Urban
• Uhura - Zoë Saldana
• Scotty - Simon Pegg
• Sulu - John Cho
• Chekov - Anton Yelchin
• Sarek - Ben Cross
• Amanda Grayson - Winona Ryder
• George Kirk - Chris Hemsworth
• Winona Kirk - Jennifer Morrison
• Captain Robau - Faran Tahir
• Gaila - Rachel Nichols
• Ayel - Clifton Collins, Jr.
• Officer Pitts - Antonio Elias
• Tactical Officer - Sean Gerace
• Kelvin Crew Member - Randy Pausch
• Kelvin Engineer - Tim Griffin
• Kelvin Helmsman - Freda Foh Shen
• Kelvin Alien - Katarzyna Kowalczyk
• Romulan Helmsman - Jason Brooks
• Kelvin Doctor - Sonita Henry
• Kelvin Yu ( Medical Technician 1 )
• Marta Martin ( Medical Technician 2 )
• Tavarus Conley ( Kelvin Crew Member 1 )
• Jeff Castle ( Kelvin Crew Member 2 )
• Med Evac Pilot - Billy Brown
• Young James T. Kirk - Jimmy Bennett
• Stepdad - Greg Grunberg
• Johnny - Spencer Daniels
• Iowa Cop - Jeremy Fitzgerald
• Zoe Chernov ( Vulcan Student 1 )
• Max Chernov ( Vulcan Student 2 )
• Young Spock - Jacob Kogan
• James Henrie ( Vulcan Bully 1 )
• Colby Paul ( Vulcan Bully 2 )
• Cody Klop ( Vulcan Bully 3 )
• Akiva Goldsman ( Vulcan Council Member 1 )
• Anna Katarina ( Vulcan Council Member 2 )
• Long Face Bar Alien - Douglas Tait
• Lew the Bartender - Tony Guma
• Gerald W. Abrams ( Barfly 1 )
• James McGrath, Jr. ( Barfly 2 )
• Jason Matthew Smith ( Burley Cadet 1 )
• Marcus Young ( Burly Cadet 2 )
• Shipyard Worker - Robert Clendenin
• Flight Officer - Darlena Tejeiro
• Reggie Lee ( Test Administrator 1 )
• Jeffrey Byron ( Test Administrator 2 )
• Simulator Tactical Officer - Jonathan Dixon
• Admiral Richard Barnett - Tyler Perry
• Admiral James Komack - Ben Binswagner
• College Council Stenographer - Margot Farley
• Barracks Leader - Paul McGillion
• Barracks Officer - Lisa Vidal
• Shuttle Officer - Alex Nevil
• Kimberly Arland ( Cadet Alien 1 )
• Sufe M. Bradshaw ( Cadet Alien 2 )
• Jeff Chase ( Cadet Alien 3 )
• Charlie Haugk ( Enterprise Crew Member 1 )
• Nana Hill ( Enterprise Crew Member 2 )
• Michael Saglimbeni ( Enterprise Crew Member 3 )
• John Blackman (Enterprise Crew Member 4 )
• Jack Millard ( Enterprise Crew Member 5 )
• Shaela Luter ( Enterprise Crew Member 6 )
• Sabrina Morris ( Enterprise Crew Member 7 )
• Michelle Parylak ( Enterprise Crew Member 8 )
• Enterprise Communications Officer - Oz Perkins
• Hannity - Amanda Foreman
• Romulan Tactical Officer - Michael Berry, Jr.
• Romulan Communications Officer - Lucia Rijker
• Romulan Commander - Pasha Lychnikoff
• Matthew Beisner ( Romulan Crew Member 1 )
• Neville Page ( Romulan Crew Member 2 )
• Jesper Inglis ( Romulan Crew Member 3 )
• Chief Engineer Olson - Greg Ellis
• Transporter Chief - Marlene Forte
• Leonard O. Turner ( Vulcan Elder 1 )
• Mark Bramhall ( Vulcan Elder 2 )
• Ronald F. Hoiseck ( Vulcan Elder 3 )
• Irene Roseen ( Vulcan Elder 4 )
• Jeff O'Haco ( Vulcan Elder 5 )
• Nero's Wife - Scottie Thompson
• Keenser - Deep Roy
• Starfleet Computer - Majel Barrett Roddenberry
• Robert Alonzo
• Ilram Choi ( Enterprise security officer / Stunt double for John Cho )
• Paul Lacovara ( Stunt double for Eric Bana and Chris Pine )
• Daniel Arrias
• Dennis Scott
• Craig Jensen
• Kofi Yiadom
• Victor Paguia ( USS Kelvin bridge crewmember )
• Kimberly Murphy
• Jim Palmer ( USS Kelvin bridge crewmember )
• Edward Perez
• Chris Palermo ( Enterprise security officer )
• Jon Braver ( Stunt double for Faran Tahir )
• Dennis Keiffer
• Dorenda Moore ( Stunt double for Winona Ryder )
• Christina Weathersby ( USS Kelvin bridge crewmember )
• Zach Duhame ( Burly Cadet #3 / Stunt double for Simon Pegg )
• Rob Mars ( Burly Cadet #2 )
• Brian Oerly ( Stunt double for Jason Matthew Smith )
• Marcus Young ( Burly Cadet #1 )
• Steve Blalock
• Heidi Moneymaker ( USS Kelvin crewmember )
• Mike Gunther ( Stunt double for Chris Pine )
• Mike Massa ( Stunt double for Chris Pine )
• Susan Purkhiser ( Stunt double for Jimmy Bennett )
• Peter Epstein
• Mike Snyder
• Courtney Munch
• Mark Chadwick
• Michael Mukatis
• Austin Priester
• Joe Quinto ( Romulan crewman / Stunt double for Zachary Quinto )
• Sala Baker ( Romulan guard )
• Damion Poitier ( Romulan guard )
• Chris Torres ( Romulan crewman )
• Russell Earl
• Paul Kavanagh
• Jill Brooks
• Debbi Bossi
• Kathleen A. Petty
• Keith P. Cunningham
• Dennis Bradford
• Luke Freeborn
• Beat Frutiger
• Ryan Church
• James Clyne
• Paul Ozzimo
• Clint Schultz
• C. Scott Baker
• Kevin Cross
• Andrea Dopaso
• Scott Herbertson
• Joseph Hiura
• Billy Hunter
• Dawn Brown Manser
• Anne Porter
• Andrew Reeder
• Christine Youngstrom
• Amy Lamendola
• Richard Bennett
• Neville Page
• Karen Manthey
• Amanda Moss Serino
• Scott Bobbitt
• Sara Gardner-Gail
• Hector M. Gonzalez
• Courtney J. Andersen
• Richard Andrade
• Antonio Andraus
• Marcus Aurelius Epps
• Chris Larsen
• Merdyce McClaran
• Eric Ramirez
• Robert Sica
• Ronald Sica
• Ryan Steffen
• Darlene Salinas
• Dawn Gilliam
• Colin Anderson
• John T. Connor
• Phil Carr-Forester
• Wally Sweeterman
• Brad Peterman
• Matt F. Kennedy
• Greg J. Schmidt
• Brian McPherson
• Craig M. Bauer
• Peter J. Devlin
• Michael Piotrowski
• David Fiske Raymond
• Daniel P. Moore
• Peter Taylor
• Julian Smirke
• Lucyna Wojciechowski
• Kerry J. Blackman
• Martin Allan Kloner
• Elana Livneh Lessem
• Daniela Catherine Ovi
• Christopher Prampin
• Chris Weigand
• Jimmy Ellis
• Jimmy Harritos
• Daniel P. Hawking
• Douglas Kieffer
• Billy Streit
• Hootly Weedn
• David Slodki
• Joshua Thatcher
• Bryan Booth
• John Manocchia
• Edward J. Cox
• Richard M. Burkus, Jr.
• Craig Campbell
• James M. Cox
• John Jack Davies
• Gomidas Demerjian
• Brad Thomas Emmons III
• Sean Emmons
• Earl D. Gayer
• John Gutierrez
• Steve Hastings
• Ken Longballa
• Dickinson Luke
• Richard Maldonado
• Marc Marino
• Victor Mendoza
• David H. Neale
• Joel A. Ruiz
• Stephen Saunders
• Anthony Van Dyk
• Mike Visencio
• Jesse Mather
• Jason Talbert
• Larry Sweet
• Michael Wahl
• Bob Nice Arredondo
• Jack Chouchanian
• Tommy Donald
• Joseph Macaluso
• Philippe O. Meyer
• David Salamone
• Michael Salamone
• Sean Slattery
• Hilary Klym
• Danny Andres
• Albert F. Bagley
• James Degeeter
• Jared Dewitt
• Jason W. Erler
• William Gilleran
• Jaime Heintz
• Rick Johnson
• George Kallimanis
• Gary Louzon
• Philip Noble
• Nolan Pratt
• Rick N. Pratt
• Ignacio Woolfolk
• Russell Bobbitt
• Jim Stubblefield
• Earl V. Thielen
• Stephen McCumby
• Eric Spencer Kagan
• Jeff Khachadoorian
• Robert Raineri
• Brian Barnhart
• Darryl B. Dodson
• Jack Jennings
• Paul J. Preshaw II
• Jason Rosene
• Brian Thoman
• Paul O. Wright
• Burt Dalton
• Dale Ettema
• William Aldridge
• David F. Greene
• Albert Delgado
• Terry P. Chapman
• Danny Cangemi
• Jeff Jarvis
• Steve Cremin
• Greg Curtis
• David P. Kelsey
• Clay Pinney
• Arnold Peterson
• Rich Ratliff
• Jeremiah Cooke
• Curtis Decker
• Jon Djanrelian
• Eric Dressor
• Dennis E. Drozdokiski
• Joseph Judd
• Edward Kennedy
• Jesse Orozco
• Jeff Pepiot
• Bryan Phillips
• Jonathan Tang
• Tony Vandeneccker
• Becky Brake
• Kyle Oliver
• Kathy McCurdy , LMGA
• Scott Trimble
• Rob Swenson
• Brooks Bonstin
• Shelly Spinks
• Steve Woroniecki
• Gavin Glennon
• Linda Matthews
• Stacy Caballero
• Leslie Sungail
• Hilary Niederer
• Carrie Yoko Arakaki
• Adrienne Greshock
• Bega Metzner
• Amelia Buhrman
• Bernadine Morgan
• Myron Baker
• Shelli Nishino
• Brenda M. Ware
• Mustapha Mimis
• Stacia Lang
• Bill Traetta
• Joseph Richard Collins
• Kacy Treadway
• Deborah Ambrosino
• Maurice Polinski
• Valfor D'Ambershay
• David R. Roesler
• Bethan Land
• Phyllis Thurber-Moffitt
• Leticia Sandoval
• Natasha Paczkowski
• Dodson Elliott
• Nina Badrak
• Leslie Miller
• Esther B. Lopez
• Seda Tufenkjian
• Varsenik Antonyan
• Madline Hana
• Hasmig Karagiosian
• Hermine Keossian
• Mary Jegalian
• Antonina Grib
• Varsenik Korkhmazyan
• Elizabet Markosyan
• Karine Avakyan
• Fahima Atrouni
• Taylor Marie Cornell
• Samantha Johnston
• Brian Valenzuela
• Phillip Boutte, Jr.
• Debra S. Coleman
• Kimberly Felix-Burke
• Dave Snyder
• Terrell Baliel
• Lana Heying
• Jason Orion Green
• Jules Holdren
• Joel Harlow
• Barney Burman
• Richard Alonzo
• Mark Garbarino
• Dave Dupuis
• Richard Redlefsen
• Rebecca Alling
• Ned Neidhardt
• Ken Niederbaumer
• Margaret Prentice
• Jamie Kelman
• Andrew Clement
• Marianna Elias
• Bonita DeHaven
• Steve Buscaino
• Robert Freitas
• Scott Gamble
• Bonita G. Deneen
• Simone Chavoor
• Maryellen Aviano
• Carla Lewis
• Nicole Phillips
• Matthew Pitts
• Noreen O'Toole
• Leigh Kittay
• Adam Gaines
• Erin M. Davis
• Alex Katsnelson
• Carol Keith
• J. Elizabeth Ingram
• John Steckert
• Katherine Taylor
• Lauren Pasternack
• Nicole Treston Abranian
• Sean Gerace
• Cheryl Andryco
• Nathan A. Aronson
• Alex Betuel
• Dan B. Cone
• Michael P. Cone
• Barry Curtis
• Simon England
• Felisha Grice
• Micheal Edward King
• Cory Bennett Lewis
• Sebastian Mazzola
• Cory McNeill
• John Tyler Ott
• Jill K. Perno
• Melani Petrushkin
• William F. Reed
• Steve Rosolio
• Ryan Roundy
• Zach L. Smith
• Helga Wool-Smith
• Kelley L. Baker
• Joseph Borrelli
• Kristy Gomez
• Diana P. Mejia
• Dijana Camaj
• Robin Nicole Williams
• Sandra J. White
• Maggie Martin
• Carrie A.F. Carnevale
• Gabriela Gutentag
• Zade Rosenthal
• Michael Hird
• Mike McKean
• Chris Whitaker
• Paul Massey
• Anna Behlmer
• Andy Nelson
• David Giammarco
• Mark Stoeckinger
• Alan Rankin , MPSE
• Ann Scibelli , MPSE
• Tim Walston , MPSE
• Harry Cohen , MPSE
• Scott Gershin
• Geoff Rubay
• Kerry Williams
• Daniel Irwin , MPSE
• Thomas Small , MPSE
• Laura Harris
• Victor Ray Ennis
• Paul Flinchbaugh
• Branden Spencer
• David Barbee
• Ben Wilkins
• Mark Ormandy
• Charlie Campagna
• Sarah Monat
• Robin Harlan
• Randy Singer
• Robert Deschaine , CAS
• Charleen Richards-Steeves
• Caitlin McKenna
• 20th Century Fox
• Tim Gomillion
• Dennis Rogers
• Matt Patterson
• Paul Pavelka
• Stephen M. Davis
• Tim Simonec
• Michael Giacchino
• Peter Boyer
• Richard Bronskill
• Larry Kenton
• Chad Seiter
• Chris Tilton
• Booker White
• Reggie Wilson
• Andrea Datzman
• Streisand Scoring Stage , Sony Pictures Studio
• Eastwood Scoring Stage , Warner Bros. Studio
• George Drakoulias
• W. Kent Demaine
• David August
• Jorge Almeida
• Cygnet Video
• Cindy Jones
• Monte Swann
• Alfred Ainsworth
• Todd Fullerton
• Jared A. Rosen
• Arin Artounian
• For Stars Catering
• Michael Kehoe
• Chris Sweeney
• Mary M. King
• Sebastian Milito
• Dixwell Stillman
• Tony Wright
• Dale Gordon
• Sasha Madzar
• Scott Mizagaites
• Casey Morgan
• Steven M. Pacheco
• Richard W. Rose
• Charles Blackwell
• David Brenner
• Anthony Centonze
• Tony Chavez
• Lucky Hoerner
• Anthony R. Imperato
• Sergey A. Mazurov
• David H. McKlveen
• Edward A. Price
• Jeffrey J. Valdez
• Bobby L. Vaughn
• Mark A. Annis
• Stephen Getz
• William Mccarley
• Desmond P. O'Regan
• Johnny Barbera
• Mark Magraudy
• Mark Martucci
• Glenn V. Braun
• Lonnie Haspel
• John Marshall
• Bruce G. Smith
• Robert Papegaay
• Robert Campbell
• Scott P. Shordon
• Toby Swinehart
• Michael W. Volz
• Andy Flores
• Jared Trepepi
• Brian Richard Fernandez
• Matthew Fuchs
• Bryan A. McBrien
• Tommy Safron

Star Trek Avionics [ ]

• Gustavo Ferreyra
• John Ramsay
• Bruce Giddens
• Lynn Garrido
• Lee Ford Parker
• Jane Kilkenny
• Jamie Levin
• Gilbert Draper
• Jesse Gabriel Horowitz
• Walter S. Polan
• Michael Meade
• Vince Borgese
• David Gallion
• Anthony McNamara
• Salvador Ruiz
• Alex Rekrut
• Lucinda A. Foy
• Tommy Tancharoen
• Tom Whelpley
• Richard Maynes
• Lindsay Dougherty

Second Unit [ ]

• Roger Guyett
• Robert Bruce McCleery
• Terry Jackson
• Vickie M. Hsieh
• Julie Fay Ashborn
• David M. Atkinson
• Elizabeth Probst
• Hal Olofsson
• Danny Green
• David Berke
• Stephen P. Del Prete
• Andrew Rowlands
• Serge Rxtedi Nofield
• Brandon M. Cox
• Dale Myrand
• John R. Woodward
• Chris Garcia
• Anders Yarbrough
• Steven Constancio
• David Perrone
• Gilbert Zamorano
• Alexander Cruz
• Arnold Pena
• Sean Devine
• Josh Kuykendall
• Anthony Mollicone
• Anthony T. Marra II
• Joseph Bergman
• Nicole Rubio
• Adam Harrison
• Morty Peterson
• Troy D. Webb
• Jerry Gregoricka
• Anthony Gudino
• Jose O. Harb, Jr.
• Kyle Kovacs
• Jonathan Wiener
• Phillip W. Palmer , CAS
• Patrick Martens
• Jim Harling
• Gala Catering
• Peter Chase
• Aaron C. Fitzgerald
• Cosmos Kiindarius
• Gerard A. Facchini
• William Batsel
• Andrew Will
• Cliff Fleming
• Cory Fleming
• David B. Nowell , ASC
• Pete Romano
• Marc Okrand
• Carolyn Porco
• Brandon Fayette
• Tom Elder-Groebe
• Clayton M. Lyons
• Industrial Light & Magic , a Lucasfilm Ltd. Company, San Francisco, California
• Eddie Pasquarello
• Michael Dicomo
• Joakim Arnesson
• Thomas Fejes
• Hilmar Koch
• Nigel Sumner
• Alex Jaeger
• Chris Stoski
• Bruce Holcomb
• Giovanni Nakpil
• Ron Woodall
• James Tooley
• Karin Cooper
• Terry Chostner
• Beth D'Amato
• Richard Bluff
• Matt Brumit
• Grady Cofer
• Brian Connor
• Leandro Estebecorena
• Conny Fauser
• Gerald Gutschmidt
• Katrin Klaiber
• Francois Lambert
• Tory Mercer
• Mark Nettleton
• Daniel Pearson
• Jason Rosson
• Greg Salter
• Damian Steel
• Chad Taylor
• Todd Vaziri
• John Walker
• David Weitzberg
• Steve Aplin
• Colin Benoit
• Derrick Carlin
• Jessica Teach
• Yanick Dusseault
• Jon Alexander
• Okan Ataman
• Katharine Baird
• Christopher Balog
• Daniel Bayona
• Jill Berger
• Jason Billington
• Matthew Blackwell
• Jeremy Bloch
• Daniel Bornstein
• Amanda Braggs
• Steve Braggs
• James Brown
• Kela Cabrales
• Michaela Calanchini-Carter
• Owen Calouro
• Marshall Candland
• Tami Carter
• Lanny Cermak
• Kien Geay Chan
• Cheah Chin Chi
• Peter Chesloff
• Paul Churchill
• Michael Conte
• Michael Cordova
• Christopher Crowell
• Peter Demarest
• Eran Dinour
• Kalene Dunsmoor
• Selwyn Eddy III
• Katharine Evans
• Dan Feinstein
• Simon Fillat
• Shine Fitzner
• Jason Fleming
• Tim Fortenberry
• Christian Foucher
• David Fuhrer
• Robb Gardner
• Grantland Gears
• Angela Giannoni
• Timothy Gibbons
• Bill Gilman
• David Gottlieb
• Bryant Griffin
• David Gutman
• Christian Haley
• Craig Hammack
• Giles Hancock
• David Hanks
• Jeff Hatchel
• Wendy Hendrickson
• Neil Herzinger
• Shawn Hillier
• David Hirschfield
• David Hisanaga
• Sherry Hitch
• Ryan Hopkins
• Christopher Horvath
• Jiri Jacknowitz
• Danny Janevski
• Patrick Jarvis
• Jeff A. Johnson
• Stephen Kennedy
• Michael Kennen
• Drew Klausner
• Susan Klausner
• Justin Kosnikowski
• Matt Krentz
• Marshall Krasser
• Kimberly Lashbrook
• Asier Hernaez Lavina
• John Legrande
• Melissa Lin
• Noll Linsangan
• Michael Logan
• Jennifer Mackenzie
• Dev Mannemela
• Patrik Marek
• David Marsh
• Tia Marshall
• Marcel Martinez
• Didier Mathieu
• Regan McGee
• Vicky McCann
• Scott Mease
• Joseph Metten
• Christopher James Miller
• Jack Mongovan
• Carlos Monzon
• Katie Morris
• Michelle Motta
• Betsy Mueller
• Timothy Mueller
• Melissa Mullin
• Brett Northcutt
• Ben O'Brien
• Saro Orfali
• Akira Orikasa
• Scott Palleiko
• Frank Losasso Petterson
• Zoltan Pogonyi
• Jason Porter
• Scott Prior
• Ricardo Ramos
• Satish Ratakonda
• Michael Rich
• Anthony Rispoli
• Shane Roberts
• Matthew Robinson
• Elsa Rodriguez
• Barry Safley
• Jeff Saltzman
• Frederick Schmidt
• Eric Schweickert
• Misty Segura
• Paul Sharpe
• Amy Shepard
• John Sigurdson
• Ken Sjogren
• Sam Stewart
• Russ Sueyoshi
• David Sullivan
• Andre Surya
• Jeff Sutherland
• Masahiko Tani
• Stephanie Taubert
• Alan Travis
• Alex Tropiec
• Yusei Uesugi
• Bruce Vecchitto
• David Washburn
• Talmage Watson
• Ronnie Williams, Jr.
• Dan Wheaton
• John Whisnant
• Jeff Wozniak
• Mark Youngren
• Rita Zimmerman
• Michael Bomgat
• C. Michael Easton
• Jean-Denis Haas
• Geoff Hemphill
• Makoto Koyama
• Chris Mitchell
• Erik Morgansen
• Marla Newall
• Rick O'Connor
• Steve Rawlins
• Greg Towner
• Delio Tramontozzi
• Chi Chung Tse
• Leigh Barbier
• Tim Brakensiek
• Bradford De Caussin
• Brian Clark
• Rene Garcia
• Maurizio Giglioli
• Bridget Goodman
• John Goodson
• Greg Jonkajtys
• Greg Killmaster
• Robert Kosai
• Jean-Claude Langer
• James Orara
• Steve Sauers
• Renita Taylor
• Katherine Farrar
• Dale Taylor
• Chrysta Burton
• Stacy Bissell
• Joseph Bell
• Hui Ling Chang
• Melanie Cussac
• Cheng Peishan
• Terran Benveniste
• Cathleen Carden
• Marilyn Chan
• Benjamin Chua
• Jennifer Coronado
• Rachel Galbraith
• George Gambetta
• Christine Loo
• Alejandro Melendez
• Erik Pampel
• Nikita Patel
• Andrew Russell
• Michael Sanders
• Marci Velando
• Sean Bittinger
• Peter Bogatsky
• Leah Brooks
• Chantell Brown
• Brian Cantwell
• Jayesh Dalal
• Jason Griger
• Maura Hogan
• Mark Kayfez
• Charlie Ledogar
• Brian McGraw
• Elona Musha
• Selma Sabera
• Tommy Burnette
• Andre Mazzone
• Jennifer Suter
• Vivek Verma
• Gretchen Libby
• Chrissie England
• Lynwen Brennan
• Miles Perkins
• Janet Lewin
• Vicki Dobbs Beck
• Curt Miyashiro
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• Julian Levi
• Darren M. Poe
• Paul George Palop
• Michelle Jacobs
• Erik Gamache
• Steve Avoujageli
• Erik Zimmermann
• Charles Abou Aad
• Richard Grandy
• George Saavedra
• Melanie Okamura
• BJ Christian
• Raul Dominguez
• David S. Sanchez
• Bernard Obieta Ceguerra , PE
• Shaun Comly
• Kevin Sears
• David Niednagel
• Shelley Larocca Courte
• Alfredo Ramirez
• Dan Cobbett
• Steven Fagerquist
• Joe Farrell
• Scott Gastellu
• Aruna Inversin
• Paul Kulikowski
• Mike Ocoboc
• Olivier P. Sarda
• Craig A. Simms
• Florian Strobl
• Vanessa Cheung
• Cathy Morin
• Viviana Kim
• Ian A. Harris
• Janice Barlow Collier
• Kevin LaNeave
• Francisco Ramirez
• Christopher Savides
• Meagan Condito
• Brian Holligan
• Navjit Singh Gill
• Antonio Freire
• Shelby M. Ellis
• Terry Clotiaux
• Svengali FX
• Stefano Trivelli
• Jamie Venable
• Eric Withee
• Rocco Gioffre
• Michele Moen
• Nabil Schiantarelli
• Jan Cilliers
• Lawrence Littleton
• Marcus Levere
• Steve Norton
• Junko Schurgardt
• Laura Murillo
• Edson Williams
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• Clark Parkhurst
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• Brian J. Pohl
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• Kevin Aguirre
• Robert Rossoff
• Simon Halpern
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• The Third Floor
• Nicholas Markel
• Austin Bonang
• Dorian Bustamante
• Eric Carney
• Albert Cheng
• Mark Nelson
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• Stefan Sonnenfeld
• Nick Monton
• Rob Doolittle
• J. Cody Baker
• Missy Papageorge
• Mike Chiado
• Mark Van Horne
• Don Capoferri
• Katherine Kane
• Mary Nelson-Fraser
• Andrew Kramer
• Pacific Title and Art Studio
• Digital Vortechs
• Richard Massey
• MavroCine Pictures

Mind Meld Soundscape by Mark Mangini and Mark Binder

Soundtrack Album on Varèse Sarabande Records

"Theme from Star Trek TV Series" Written by Alexander Courage & Gene Roddenberry

" Sabotage " Written by Michael Diamond , Adam Horovitz & Adam Nathaniel Yauch Performed by Beastie Boys Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

" Awasoruk Jam " Written & Performed by Cyrano Jones Courtesy of Bad Robot Music and Video LLC

" Josh Greenstein " Written & Performed by Cyrano Jones Courtesy of Bad Robot Music and Video LLC

" Future Blues " Written & Performed by Doyle Bramhall II Courtesy of Doyle Bramhall II by arrangement with Bug

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In memory of Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry

• J.J. Abrams as Iowa Cop (voice)
• Alex as Starfleet cadet [256]
• Tansy Alexander as Alice Rawlings
• James Anderson as injured soldier
• Rico E. Anderson as councilmember
• Ladesha Ard as Starfleet cadet
• Richard Arnold as Romulan crewmembers
• Ewen Audrey as Starfleet cadet [257]
• Leslie Augustine as doctor
• Jonathan Baca as Starfleet cadet
• Corey Becker as Starfleet cadet
• Leonard Baligaya as Starfleet cadet
• Stefon Benson as Starfleet cadet
• Jeff Boehm as Starfleet cadet
• Anthony Bonaventura as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Bill T. Brown as Romulan crewmember
• Natishia Brown as medic
• Susse Budde as med tech
• Neil S. Bulk as Starfleet cadet
• Sawyer Burke as Vulcan student
• Anton Burman as Vulcan student
• James Cawley as Enterprise crewmember
• Jeff Chase as Romulan crewmember
• Olivia London Choate as alien cadet
• Mark E. Clason as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Tiffany Collie as Starfleet Academy cadet
• Jasmine Coussinat as Starfleet cadet
• Zachary Culbertson as Starfleet cadet
• Calvin Dean as security officer
• Joy Dever as Baby James T. Kirk
• Robert Dierx as Starfleet cadet
• Christopher Doohan as Enterprise transporter technician
• Robin Atkin Downes as ADR voices (Vulcan and Romulan chants and dialogue)
• Richard D. Durden as barracks officer
• Evan Dye as Vulcan student
• April Marie Eden as Shipyard Bar patron
• Owen Tanner Edinger as Starfleet cadet
• Ken Edling as doctor
• Yuri Elvin as Starfleet security officer
• Kristine Fong as Starfleet cadet
• Massi Furlan as Enterprise crewman
• Mary Grace as Shipyard Bar patron
• Wyatt Gray as Starfleet cadet
• Joshua Greene as James T. Kirk ( body double , cave scene)
• Jeff L. Green as security officer
• Nancy Guerriero as crew member
• Tania Gunadi as alien Enterprise crewmember
• Aaron Haedt as Starfleet doctor
• Justin Rodgers Hall as security officer
• Song Han as anesthetist
• Colleen Harris as Starfleet cadet
• Melanie Harrison as medical technician
• Arlo Hemphill as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Rachel Jean Howard as Starfleet cadet
• Ryan T. Husk as Enterprise crewmember
• Elizabeth Ingalls as Enterprise nurse
• Nikka Ischelle as Shipyard Bar patron
• Rick Ituarte as Starfleet Academy instructor
• James Jolly as Enterprise bridge crewmember
• Johnny as Starfleet cadet
• Jason Michael Johnson as alien cadet
• Jillian Johnston as Starfleet cadet
• Christopher Jude as Vulcan teacher
• Jolene Kay as Enterprise crewmember
• Barbara Keegan as Starfleet Academy instructor
• Sarah Klaren as Starfleet Academy cadets
• Makiko Konishi as Enterprise crewmember
• Richard Krzemien as Starfleet councilmember
• Joyce Lasley as Starfleet instructor
• Bryan Lee as Starfleet cadet
• Daniel D. Lee as Starfleet commander
• Dominie Lee ( two different background parts )
• Anne Marie Leighton as Starfleet officer
• Michelle Lenhardt as USS Kelvin crewmember
• Steve Luna as Starfleet Lieutenant
• Justin Malachi as Starfleet cadet
• Nav Mann as Romulan crewmember
• Taylor McCluskey as Kelvin alien (unconfirmed)
• Matthew McGregor as Starfleet cadet
• Andrew Mew as Starfleet officer
• Patrizia Milano as Erika Biordi
• Andres Perez-Molina as Romulan crew member
• Abe Molinares as Enterprise sciences division crewmember
• Kevin Moser as USS Enterprise crewmember
• Wednesday Mourning as Shipyard Bar patron
• David Narloch as Starfleet cadet
• Jonathan Newkerk as Starfleet cadet
• Jacob Newton as Starfleet cadet
• Westley Nguyen as Enterprise crewman
• Jim Nieb as Shipyard Bar alien
• Luke Novella as Starfleet cadet
• Craig Nystrom as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Jeffery Quinn as Vulcan scientist
• Mark Phelan as Romulan crewmember
• Paradox Pollack as Alien
• Woody Porter as councilmember
• Marc Primiani as Riverside construction worker
• Rahvaunia as Academy teacher
• Jessica Lauren Richmond as flirty cadette
• Renie Rivas as Starfleet cadet
• Bertrand Roberson, Jr. as Starfleet cadet
• David Rodriguez as Starfleet cadet
• Paul D. Rosa as USS Enterprise security chief
• Paul Sass as Starfleet administrator
• Roger Schueller as engineering officer
• Darth Schuhe as Enterprise crewmember
• Kyle Scudiere as Starfleet cadet
• Ramona Seymour as Starfleet cadet
• Eamon Sheehan as Romulan crew member
• Justin Shenkarow – background voice artist
• W. Morgan Sheppard as Vulcan Science Council minister
• Nicholas Guy Smith as Professor Freemon Richter
• Katie Soo as Starfleet Academy security guard
• Arne Starr as Enterprise engineer
• Joseph Steven as Romulan engineer
• Sufi as Starfleet cadet [258]
• Paul Sutherlin as Shipyard bar patron
• David Jean Thomas as Vulcan elder
• Sean Michael Tilghman as Vulcan student
• Paul Townsend as security officer
• Errik Tustenuggee as Starfleet councilmember
• Ravi Valleti as Starfleet cadet
• Jason Vaughn as Starfleet cadet
• Brian Vowell as Starfleet cadet
• Brian Waller as Vulcan council member
• Steve Wharton as Starfleet cadet
• Wil Wheaton as Romulan helmsman (voice)
• Jerry Wible as Riverside Shipyard worker
• Devin Williamson as Joe Fueller
• John Williamson as fleet mechanic
• Brianna Womick as Starfleet cadet
• Stuart Wong as security officer
• Lynnanne Zager as Jellyfish Computer Voice
• Nensi Chandra
• Christine Chapel (voice)
• alternate reality
• Mark Lenard
• Gretchen Lui
• Enterprise engineer
• Enterprise operations division crewmember
• Enterprise torpedo bay crewmember
• Enterprise security officer
• Female Shipyard Bar patron
• Kelvin sciences crewwoman
• Kelvin medical technician
• Narada crewman
• Vulcan council member
• Vulcan Science Council member
• Vulcan scientist
• Vulcan student
• Adam Absinthe as Rura Penthe prisoner
• Tad Atkinson as Rura Penthe prisoner
• Diora Baird as Orion Enterprise science officer
• John Alan Bartlebaugh as Klingon guard
• Fran Bennett as Vulcan midwife
• Troy Brenna as Klingon guard
• Paul A. Brown as Alien
• Jeff Chase as Klingon guard
• Terryl Daluz as Klingon guard
• Mark Casimir Dyniewicz as Klingon camp prisoner
• Victor Garber as Klingon interrogator
• Tommy Germanovich as Rura Penthe prisoner
• Brad William Henke as Uncle Frank
• Jill Lover as Vulcan midwife
• Michael Lovern as Rura Penthe prisoner
• Brandon Stacy as Klingon guard
• T.J. Storm as Klingon guard
• Logan Strand as Nero ( body double )
• Scott Trimble as Klingon guard
• Jenna Vaughn as Baby Spock
• James D. Weston II as Klingon guard
• Trace Cheramie – Stunts
• Shauna Duggins – Stunts
• Doc Duhame – Stunt actor: Romulan Prison Guard
• Derek Graf – Stunts
• Terry Jackson – Stunt double
• Jace Jeanes – Stunt double for Clifton Collins, Jr.
• Lauren Kim – Utility stunts: Kelvin crewmember
• Henry Kingi, Jr. – Utility stunts: Romulan crewmember
• James Lew – Utility stunts: Romulan crewmember
• Anthony Molinari – Stunt double for Greg Ellis
• Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom – Stunts
• Lin Oeding – Stunt double for John Cho
• Xuyen Valdivia – Stunts
• Webster Whinery, Jr. – Stunt double for Jimmy Bennett
• Peipei Yuan – Stunt double for Freda Foh Shen
• Stunt double for Jacob Kogan
• Stunt double for Colby Paul
• Alex Acuna – Drummer
• Patrick Albani – Camera Production Assistant: Teaser Unit
• Dave Archer – Artwork Provider: Paintings
• Tammy Ashmore – Makeup Artist
• Jennifer Aspinall – Makeup Artist: Romulans
• Chris Ayers – Character Designer
• Scott Bailey – Leadman
• Ramiro Belgardt – Music Editor
• Wayne Bergeron – Trumpeter
• Nick Bergthold – Additional Set Production Assistant
• Stephen Bettles – Prosthetic Make-Up Artist
• Jason Bonnell – Location Scout (New Mexico)
• J.D. Bowers – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Peter Boyer – Orchestrator
• Doug Brode – Props and Weapon Designer
• Arlene Brown – Grip
• Ryan Bruce – Makeup Lab Technician
• Belinda Bryant – Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Jessica Carpenter – Costumer
• Ian Chriss – Visual Effects Best Boy Electric: Kerner Optical
• Tom Cloutier – Visual Effects Key Grip: Kerner Optical
• Kit Conners – Production Assistant
• Larry Corbett – Cellist
• Dan Crawley – Key Technician: Film Illusions
• Jill Crosby – Key Hair Stylist
• Joan Cunningham – First Assistant Director: 2nd Unit
• Roxy D'Alonzo – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Ginger Damon – Hair Stylist
• Patricia Dehaney-Le May – Hair Stylist
• Natasha Delahunt – Extras Casting Assistant
• Bernie Demolski – Visual Effects Best Boy Grip: Kerner Optical
• Robert Kato DeStefan – Specialty Costumer: Quantum Creation FX
• Jon Donahue – stand-in for Chris Pine
• Jed Dornoff – Makeup Artist
• Dennis Drozdowski – Special Effects Technician
• Kathleen S. Dunn – Accent and Dialogue Coach for Chris Hemsworth
• Earl Ellis – Make-Up Artist
• Amber Erwin – Chorus singer
• Megan Flagg – Specialty Costume Crew: Film Illusions
• Tim Flattery – Concept Designer
• Nicole Frank – Hair Stylist
• Demitre Garza – Digital Artist
• Scott Martin Gershin – Sound Editor
• Casey Green – Computer/Video Engineer
• Fabian H. Gutierrez – Makeup/ Hair Artist
• Kevin Haggerty – First Assistant Camera Operator
• Samara Hagopian – Prop maker
• Greg Haines – stand-in : Ben Cross
• Kevin Haney – Background Make-Up Artist
• Clayton Haslop – Lead Violinist
• Cynthia Hernandez – Make-Up Artist
• Teressa Hill – Hair Stylist
• Bryan Hitch – Production design
• Kelly Hitman – photo double : Winona Ryder
• Robert Hoffmeister – Visual Effects Artist: Industrial Light & Magic
• John L. Jack – Executive Producer: Evil Eye Pictures
• Clark James – Special Effects Technician
• Rod M. Janusch – Visual Effects Gaffer: Kerner Optical
• Derek Johnson – stand-in for Karl Urban
• Petra Jorgensen – Second & Splinter Unit day-playing Script Supervisor
• Tex Kadonaga – Digital Set Designer
• Tina Kalliongis Hoffman – Make-Up Artist
• René Dashiell Kerby – Makeup Artist
• Erwin H. Kupitz – Wig Maker
• Colleen LaBaff – Hair Stylist
• Fabian Lacey – Concept Designer
• Toby Lamm – Special Make-Up Effects Artist
• Michelle Latham – Location Manager (Teaser Unit)
• Daniel D. Lee – photo double for John Cho
• Oleg Livits – Assistant to Producer
• Norman Ludwin – Musician: Bass
• Andreas Maaninka – Concept Modeler/Designer
• James MacKinnon – Prosthetic Make-Up Artist
• Geoffrey Mandel – Graphic Designer
• Stephan Martiniere – Conceptual Designer
• Rob McCabe – stand-in for Eric Bana
• Frank McEldowney – Greens Foreman
• Tracey McLean – Digital Artist: IMAX Version [259]
• Beth Melnick – Location Scout
• Ron Mendell – Concept Artist
• Bart Mixon – Special Make-Up Effects Artist
• Glenn T. Morgan – Sound Editor
• Spencer Mulcahy – Visual Effects Dolly Grip: Kerner Optical
• Christopher Allen Nelson – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Josh Neugass – Construction Welding Foreman
• William Allen Olsen – Propmaker
• Timothy Olyphant – Guest Conductor
• Rhonda O'Neal – Hair Stylist
• Leonardo Oregel – Production Assistant: Assistant Directors
• Lygia Orta – Make-Up Artist
• Garrik Palumbo – additional stand-in for Simon Pegg
• Dan Patterson – Character Animator: Digital Domain
• Cristina Patterson Ceret – Contact Lens Coordinator/Painter
• Tom Piedmont – Digital Plate Restoration
• Tom Pillifant – 2nd Assistant Camera Operator Alaska Unit
• Paradox Pollack – Alien Choreographer and Movement Coach
• Barbara Pollastrini – Food Stylist
• Bryant Powell – stand-in for Simon Pegg
• Alan D. Purwin – Helicopter Pilot
• Anthony Ragonese – Location Assistant
• Emil Richards – Percussionist
• Eugene P. Rizzardi – Prop Shop/Special Effects
• Benjamin D. Robertson – Set Dresser
• Walter Rodriguez – Drummer
• Ben Rosenblatt – Post-Production Executive
• Mike Ross – Make-Up Effects Lab Technician
• Geoffrey G. Rubay – Sound Editor
• Peter Sattler – Graphic Designer
• John Savedra – Lighting Electrician
• Evan Schiff – Assistant Editor (short-term, during second digital intermediate and mix) [260]
• Nathan Schroeder – Illustrator
• Bill Spradlin – Lighting Technical Director: Digital Domain
• Matthew D. Smith – Additional Second Assistant Director
• Mike Smithson – Makeup Artist: Romulan make-up
• Robert Snyder – Digital Compositor
• Charles Sowles – Costume Props
• Brandon Stacy – stand-in for Zachary Quinto
• Justin Stafford – Special Contact Lens Painter
• Martin P. Stankard – CG Artist
• Amanda Starr DeMille – Production Assistant
• Susan Stepanian – Makeup Artist (Hair and Hairpiece)
• Lon Strickland – Second Unit Production Assistant
• Victor Tang – Visual Effects Researcher
• Mike Tsucalas – Set Production Assistant
• Benton Ward – RF Technician: 2nd Unit (day play)
• Clinton Wayne – Special Makeup Effects Artist
• Mario West – Production Assistant
• Richard B. Wester – Set Dresser
• James D. Weston II – stand-in
• Gerald White – Singer
• Catherine J. Young – Make-Up Artist
• Crist Ballas – Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Christopher Bergschneider – Mold Maker
• Barney Burman – Prosthetic Makeup Designer
• Rob Burman – Moldshop Supervisor
• Aida Caefer – Hair Stylist Supervisor
• Brie Ford – Fabricator
• Jamie Grove – Prosthetic Painter
• Vincent J. Guastini – Additional Masks
• Rufus Hearn – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Russ Herpich – Makeup Lab Foreman
• Jennifer Jackson – Makeup Lab Assistant
• Don Lanning – Key Sculptor
• Sue La Prelle – Plasterer
• Jessica Nelson – Make-Up Effects Lab Technician
• Christopher Payne – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Jenn Rose – Key Mask Fabricator
• Thomas Sanders – Makeup Lab Assistant
• Ray Shaffer – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Miho Suzuki – Makeup Effects Lab Technician
• Vincent Van Dyke – Sculptor Lab Work
• Hugo Villasenor – Shop Foreman
• Hill Vinot – Mold Maker
• Daphne Yap – Concept Artist
• Clint Zoccoli – Sculptor

Unconfirmed cast and crew [ ]

• Leslie Alnes as Nurse
• Fallon Brooks as Starfleet cadet
• Brad Champagne as Starfleet cadet
• Sarah Abrams Char as Prisoner [261]
• Talon DeSoto' as Engineer
• Claire Doré as Enterprise crewman
• Aliza Finley as Hurried cadet with clipboard
• Ian Fisher as Shipyard worker #1
• Cole Fritch as Klingon prison guard
• Robert Grant as Starfleet officer
• Jarrell Hall
• Monte Hunter as Starfleet cadet
• Paul Kumar as Kelvin cadet
• Matthew Jennings
• Michelle Lang (day player)
• Anne Lockhart as voice of Kelvin computer
• Aaron Lynch as Flight Operational Air Safety Conductor
• Vadim Mantelzak as "Soldier Joe"
• Owen Martin as Alien cadet / Enterprise crewmember
• Jessica Mika as Enterprise bridgeport cadet
• Kristen Rakes
• Duane Ram as Starfleet cadet
• Shanequa Reed as Starfleet cadet
• Larramie Doc Shaw as War builder
• Joseph Stephens, Jr. as Starfleet cadet
• Renee Taglia
• Barron Toler
• Justin Riemer – Stunt Performer
• A.J. Verel – Stunt Performer: Enterprise crewmember
• Erik Aguirre – Assistant Construction Buyer
• Nigel Albermaniche – Sound
• Damon Allison – Propshop Foreman
• Michael Avallon – Driver
• P. Scott Bailey – Leadman
• William D. Barber – "C" Camera Operator
• Ted Basso – Production Van Driver Operator
• Daniel Beals – Production Assistant
• Matthew E. Bell – Look Development/Color & Lighting
• Michael Boggs – Scanning Manager
• Tony Bohorquez – Model Maker
• James Bolt – Additional Sound Mixer
• Dana Bonilla – Key Set Production Assistant: Kerner Optical
• Mateo Bourdieu – First Assistant Camera
• Lindsey Jayne Boyd – Production Assistant
• Tony Bridgers – Construction Foreman
• Margaret Bright-Ryan – Digital Artist
• Kieran Brown – Paint Gang Boss
• Alex E. Burns – Transportation
• Tony Capasso – Construction Gang Boss
• Mark Carlile – Lighting Technician
• Derek Casari – Sound Stage Engineer
• Lyle Christensen – Shotmaker Driver
• Carol Collini – Makeup Artist
• Greg Crawford – ADR Mixer (Atlanta)
• Mark Cueto – Electrician
• Val I. Deikov – Sculptor
• Doug Devine – Set Dresser
• Robin Atkin Downes – ADR Voice
• William Doyle – Location Consultant
• Jessica Drake – Dialect/Language Coach
• Scott Dropkin – Remote Camera Technician (Sparrow Head)
• Randy Eriksen – Second Unit Property Master
• Christian G. Ervin – Driver
• Anaïs Ganouna – Second Unit Camera Production Assistant
• Danny Gonzalez – Electrician
• Randy Haynie – Go Cam Rigger
• Courtney Harrell – Visual Effects Production Coordinator
• Kurt Herbel – Cable Video Assist
• Patrick Hoeschen – Electrician
• Tom Holzhauer – Production Assistant
• Spencer Jambor – Stand-in for Spencer Daniels
• Debra James – Production Manager
• Jim C. Johnson – Gang Boss
• Chris Jones – Special Effects Technician
• Simeon Jones – Production Assistant
• Kory Juul – Lighting Artist: Evil Eye Pictures
• Tex Kadonaga – Set Designer
• Jimmy Kaminsky – Driver
• Jason Kaufman – Prop Shop
• Rick Kelly – Second Unit Second Assistant Director
• Lawrence Kim – Art Department Researcher
• John Knox – Prop Shop
• Scott M. Leonard – Grip
• Frank Leasure – Propmaker
• Alex Lee – Additional Production Assistant
• Damon Liebowitz – Electrician
• Eric Lozano – Set Dresser
• Michelle Maloney – Additional Set Production Assistant
• Cory Mandel – Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Canyon Martens – Set Dresser
• Matt McDonald – Visual Effects Supervisor: Evil Eye Pictures
• Chuck McSorley – Second Unit Property Assistant
• Vanessa Meier – Second Unit Script Supervisor
• Michael R. Melamed – Second Unit Second Second Assistant Director
• Vicky Menke – Assistant Set Production Assistant
• David Mesloh – Special Effects Technician
• Ricky Dean Monsey – Production Assistant
• Melissa Montague – Costume Aging and Dying
• Glenn T. Morgan [262] – Sound Effects Editor
• Michael Mosher [263] – Makeup Artist
• Joe Murray – Production Assistant
• Dillon Neaman – Production Assistant
• Andrew Nelson – Costumer
• Mark Nelson – Pre-visualization Artist
• Timothy Oakley – Set Graphics
• Tony Oberstar – Production Assistant
• Bill O'Donnell – Production Assistant
• Jason Pomerantz – Digital Artist (IMAX version)
• Grace Pyke – Additional Costumer
• Paul Pytlik – Digital Artist (IMAX version)
• Norbert F. Quiban – Rigging Electrician
• Chris Quilty – Second Unit Boom Operator
• Justin Raleigh – Specialty Costume Supervisor: Quantum Creation FX
• Robert Razavi – Consulting Producer
• Michael Ray Reed – Stand-in for Anton Yelchin
• Greg G. Reeves – Rigging Electrician
• Graham Robertson – Set Dresser
• Erik Rogers – Senior Digital Intermediate Producer: Company 3
• Michael Roundy – Special Effects Technician
• Maury Ruiz [264] – Concept Artist
• Paul Samaniego – Underwater Camera Production Assistant
• Scott Schutzki – Set Dresser
• Paul Sinnott – Costume Assistant
• Greg Smith – Prop Shop
• Maciek Sokalski – Digital Compositor: Svengali FX
• Scott Solan – Sound Utility and Second Unit Sound
• Chad Stansbury – Sculptor
• Mike Steaheli – Unit Medic
• Christopher A. Suarez – Special Effects Technician
• Donna Tegan Set Production Assistant
• Thomas "Noe" Welch – Set Dresser
• C. Jerome Williams [265] – Rotoscope Artist: Lola Visual Effects
• Mark J. Williams Production Assistant
• Helen Wilson – Props
• Steve Wolfe – First Assistant Camera
• Chris Qi Yao – Matchstick Technical Director
• Dennis Yeager II – Special Effects Technician
• Ryan Young – Production Assistant

Companies [ ]

• Paramount Pictures – Distributor, Production Company
• Spyglass Entertainment – Production Company
• Bad Robot Productions – Production Company
• MavroCine Pictures – Production Company
• Industrial Light & Magic – Special Visual Effects
• Digital Domain – Additional Visual Effects
• Svengali Visual Effects – Additional Visual Effects
• Lola VFX – Additional Visual Effects
• Persistence of Vision Digital Entertainment – Previsualization Effects
• The Third Floor – Additional Previsualization Effects
• Kerner Optical – Models and Miniatures
• Company 3 – Digital Intermediate
• Pacific Title and Art Studio – End Titles & Opticals
• Digital Vortechs – Avid Editing Equipment
• For Stars Catering – Caterer
• Gala Catering – Catering: Second Unit
• Star Waggons – Cast Trailers

Uncredited companies [ ]

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc. – Camera Systems and Cranes
• Chef Robért Catering – Catering
• Evil Eye Pictures – Additional Visual Effects
• Film Illusions – Special Effects
• Harlow FX – Makeup Effects and Prosthetics
• Level 1 Entertainment – Former Production Company (replaced by Spyglass)
• Movie Movers – Hair & Makeup Trailers, Production Trailers
• Professional VisionCare Associates – Contact Lens company
• Prop Docs – Set Dressing Documents
• Quantum Creation FX – Specialty Costume and Prop Weapons
• Sessions Payroll Management – Extras Payroll Services
• SouthCoastHelicopters.com – aerial photography of Alaska
• Tinsley Transfers – Special Makeup Effects Tattoos
• Vital Distraction – Previsualization Effects (in collaboration with Persistence of Vision)

Unconfirmed companies [ ]

• Executive Assurance – Security
• Filmtools – Expendables
• MoviePlacement.com – Product Placement
• On Tour Productions – Transportation Services
• Panavision Remote Systems – Supertechno Cranes
• Transportation Resources – Transportation Equipment
• Star Trek (soundtrack)
• Star Trek (DVD)
• Star Trek (Special Edition DVD)
• Star Trek (single disc Blu-ray)
• Star Trek (three disc Blu-ray)
• Star Trek (4K Ultra HD)
• Star Trek (iTunes)

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Other references [ ]

Shipyard Bar menu: Chik burger ; Earth burger ; Fish and chips ; Hajjlaran surprise ; home base fries ; Jestral tea ; Mantickian paté ; Mareuvian tea ; Orion wing-slug ; Papalla juice ; Prometheus nectar ; prune juice ; SHM tofu bites ; Sinteel pasta ; space burger ; super combo

Meta references [ ]

47 ; Intertitle

Unreferenced material [ ]

book club ; cockaleekie soup ; cone ; Discount function ; Defiant , USS ; Endeavour , USS ; EM sensor ; Exponential discounting ; First contact protocol ; FC-3 procedure ; flo-yo ; fractal ; gastric stimulator ; gold rating ; Hawk-dove strategic interaction game ; hoverspeeder ; Hyperbolic discounter ; Jaxa ; Lennon, John ; Kyoto ; McCartney, Paul ; MIT ; mince and tatties ; narcissism ; Oxford invitational ; quantum cosmology ; piece and jam ; planetary security ; Power signature ; Prisoners' dilemma ; quark ; Quasi-hyperbolic discounter ; Spock ; Scalar discount ; slim-shot ; station chief ; Square root ; T'nag ; Universal greeting ; Vulcan creature ; Vulcana Regar

See also [ ]

• Star Trek: The Beginning , an earlier concept for an eleventh Star Trek film
• Undeveloped Star Trek projects , which includes a description of a discarded concept for the eleventh Trek film
• Star Trek: The First Adventure , an earlier concept for a prequel Star Trek film which was abandoned in favor of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

External links [ ]

• Star Trek at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Star Trek at Wikipedia
• Star Trek at the Internet Movie Database
• Star Trek script at IMSDb.com
• 1 Daniels (Crewman)

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• Scotty : So, the Enterprise has had its maiden voyage, has it? She is one well-endowed lady. I'd like to get my hands on her "ample nacelles," if you pardon the engineering parlance.
• Spock Prime : James T. Kirk!
• James T. Kirk : Excuse me?
• Spock Prime : How did you find me?
• James T. Kirk : Whoa... how do you know my name?
• Spock Prime : I have been and always shall be your friend.
• James T. Kirk : Wha...
• [ shakes head ]
• James T. Kirk : Uh... look... I-I don't know you.
• Spock Prime : I am Spock.
• James T. Kirk : Bullshit.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Are you actually suggesting they're from the future?
• Spock : If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : How poetic.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Permission to speak freely, sir?
• Spock : I welcome it.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Do you? OK, then. Are you out of your Vulcan mind? Are you making a logical choice, sending Kirk away? Probably. But, the right one? You know, back home we have a saying: "If you're gonna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don't leave your prize stallion in the stable."
• Spock : A curious metaphor, doctor, as a stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : My God, man, you could at least ACT like it was a hard decision.
• Spock : I intend to assist in the effort to reestablish communication with Starfleet. However, if crew morale is better served by my roaming the halls weeping, I will gladly defer to your medical expertise. Excuse me.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : [ as Spock leaves ] Green-blooded hobgoblin.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : How the hell did they do that, by the way? And where did the Romulans get that kind of weaponry?
• Spock : The engineering comprehension necessary to artificially create a black hole may suggest an answer. Such technology could theoretically be manipulated to create a tunnel through space-time.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Damn it man, I am a doctor, not a physicist!
• Spock Prime : What if I told you that your transwarp theory was correct, that is is indeed possible to beam onto a ship that is traveling at warp speed?
• Scotty : I think if that equation had been discovered, I'd have heard about it.
• Spock Prime : The reason you haven't heard of it, Mr. Scott, is because you haven't discovered it yet.
• Scotty : I'm s... Wha... It... Are you from the future?
• James T. Kirk : Yeah, he is. I'm not.
• Scotty : Well, that's brilliant. Do they still have sandwiches there?
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : I may throw up on ya.
• James T. Kirk : I think these things are pretty safe.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Don't pander to me, kid. One tiny crack in the hull and our blood boils in thirteen seconds. Solar flare might crop up, cook us in our seats. And wait'll you're sitting pretty with a case of Andorian shingles, see if you're still so relaxed when your eyeballs are bleeding. Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence.
• James T. Kirk : Well, I hate to break this to you, but Starfleet operates in space.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Yeah. Well, I got nowhere else to go. The ex-wife took the whole damn planet in the divorce. All I got left is my bones.
• Vulcan Council President : You have surpassed the expectations of your instructors. Your final record is flawless, with one exception: I see that you have applied to Starfleet as well.
• Spock : It was logical to cultivate multiple options.
• Vulcan Council President : Logical, but unnecessary. You are hereby accepted to the Vulcan Science Academy. It is truly remarkable, Spock, that you have achieved so much despite your disadvantage. All rise.
• [ the Vulcan Council stands in honor of Spock, who now looks slightly pissed ]
• Spock : If you would clarify, Minister: to what disadvantage are you referring?
• Vulcan Council President : Your human mother.
• Spock : Council... Ministers, I must decline.
• Vulcan Council President : No Vulcan has ever declined admission to this academy!
• Spock : Then, as I am half-human, your record remains untarnished.
• Sarek : Spock, you have made a commitment to honor the Vulcan way.
• Vulcan Council President : Why did you come before this council today? Was it to satisfy your emotional need to rebel?
• Spock : The only emotion I wish to convey is gratitude. Thank you, Ministers, for your consideration.
• [ In a tone reserved for telling someone to 'Go to Hell' ]
• Spock : Live long and prosper.
• [ Spock notices a elder Vulcan walking in the docking bay ]
• Spock : Father!
• [ the elder Vulcan turns and is revealed as Spock Prime ]
• Spock Prime : I am not our father.
• [ Young Spock, now recognizing who he is, approaches ]
• Spock Prime : There are so few Vulcans left, we cannot afford to ignore each other.
• Spock : Then why did you send Kirk aboard when you alone could have explained the truth?
• Spock Prime : Because you needed each other. I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize.
• Spock : How did you persuade him to keep your secret?
• Spock Prime : He inferred that universe-ending paradoxes would ensue should he break his promise.
• Spock : You lied.
• Spock Prime : Aww... I... I implied.
• Spock : A gamble.
• Spock Prime : An act of faith. One I hope that you will repeat in your future in Starfleet.
• Spock : In the face of extinction, it is only logical that I resign my Starfleet commission and help rebuild our race.
• Spock Prime : And, yet, you can be in two places at once. I urge you to remain in Starfleet. I have already located a suitable planet on which to establish a Vulcan colony. Spock, in this case, do yourself a favor: Put aside logic. Do what feels right.
• [ Spock Prime turns and leaves ]
• Spock Prime : Since my customary farewell would appear oddly self-serving, I shall simply say...
• [ Shows Vulcan hand salute ]
• Spock Prime : Good luck.
• Scotty : I like this ship! You know, it's exciting!
• Spock : I am as conflicted as I once was as a child.
• Sarek : You will always be a child of two worlds. I am grateful for this, and for you.
• Spock : I feel anger for the one who took Mother's life - an anger I *cannot* control.
• Sarek : I believe... that she would say, "Do not try to." You asked me once why I married your mother. I married her because I loved her.
• Spock Prime : To stop Nero, you alone must take command of your ship.
• James T. Kirk : How? Over your dead body?
• Spock Prime : Preferably not.
• [ last lines ]
• Spock Prime : [ closing monologue ] Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life-forms and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before.
• James T. Kirk : Your ship is compromised, too close to the singularity to survive without assistance, which we are willing to provide.
• Spock : [ speaking privately ] Captain, what are you doing?
• James T. Kirk : Showing them compassion may be the only way to earn peace with Romulus. It's logic, Spock. I thought you'd like that.
• Spock : No, not really. Not this time.
• Nero : [ replying to the offer of assistance ] I would rather suffer the end of Romulus a thousand times. I would rather die in agony than accept assistance from you.
• James T. Kirk : You got it! Arm phasers. Fire everything we've got!
• James T. Kirk : Now, what is it with you, Spock? Hm? Your planet was just destroyed, your mother murdered, and you're not even upset!
• Spock : If you are presuming that these experiences in any way impede my ability to command this ship, you are mistaken.
• James T. Kirk : And yet you were the one who said fear was necessary for command. I mean, did you see his ship? Did you see what he did?
• Spock : Yes, of course I did.
• James T. Kirk : So are you afraid or aren't you?
• Spock : I will not allow you to lecture me about the merits of emotion.
• James T. Kirk : Then why don't you stop me?
• Spock : Step away from me, Mister Kirk.
• James T. Kirk : What is it like not to feel anger... or heartbreak... or the need to stop at nothing to avenge the death of the woman who gave birth to you?
• Spock : Back away from me.
• James T. Kirk : You feel NOTHING! It must not even COMPUTE for you! You NEVER loved her!
• [ Spock snaps and attacks Kirk, nearly killing him ]
• Sarek : SPOCK!
• [ Spock regains control ]
• James T. Kirk : [ on Spock ] Who was that pointy-eared bastard?
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : I don't know, but I like him.
• Spock : [ standing across Lt. Uhura before he and Kirk are about to be beamed onto the Romulan warship ] I will be back.
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : [ leaning in ] You better be! I'll be monitoring your frequency.
• Spock : [ actually quite emotional ] Thank you, Nyota.
• James T. Kirk : [ after Uhura leaves ] So her first name's Nyota?
• Spock : I have no comment on the matter.
• Sarek : Speak your mind, Spock.
• Spock : That would be unwise.
• Sarek : What is necessary is never unwise.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Well, congratulations, Jim. We've got no captain and no god-damned first officer to replace him.
• Kirk : Yeah, we do.
• [ Kirk sits himself into the captain's chair ]
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : What?
• Hikaru Sulu : Pike made him first officer.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : You gotta be kidding me!
• Kirk : Thanks for the support.
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : I sure hope you know what you're doing...
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : [ sarcastically ] ... CAPTAIN.
• Kirk : So do I.
• Scotty : Except, the thing is, even if I believed you, right, where you're from, what I've done - which I don't, by the way - you're still talking about beaming aboard the Enterprise while she's traveling faster than light, without a proper receiving pad.
• Scotty : [ to Keenser ] Get off there! It's not a climbing frame!
• Scotty : [ back to Spock Prime ] The notion of transwarp beaming is like trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse.
• [ Spock writes on a paper ]
• Scotty : What's that?
• Spock Prime : Your equation for achieving transwarp beaming.
• Scotty : [ to himself ] He's out of it
• Scotty : [ reads the equation ] Imagine that! It never occurred to me to think of SPACE as the thing that was moving!
• Spock Prime : You are, in fact, the Mr. Scott who postulated the theory of transwarp beaming?
• Scotty : That's what I'm talking about! How do you think I wound up here? Had a little debate with my instructor on relativistic physics and how it pertains to subspace travel. He seemed to think that the range of transporting something like a... like a grapefruit was limited to about 100 miles. I told him that I could not only beam a grapefruit from one planet to the adjacent planet in the same system - which is easy, by the way - I could do it with a life form. So, I tested it out on Admiral Archer's prized beagle.
• James T. Kirk : Wait, I know that dog. What happened to it?
• Scotty : I'll tell you when it reappears. Ahem. I don't know, I do feel guilty about that.
• Spock : [ Kirk has been appointed captain, and the Enterprise is preparing to depart. Spock enters the bridge ] Permission to come aboard, Captain.
• James T. Kirk : Permission granted.
• Spock : As you have yet to select a first officer, respectfully, I would like to submit my candidacy. Should you desire, I can provide character references.
• James T. Kirk : It would be my honor, Commander.
• Spock : [ on intercom ] Dr Puri, report.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : It's McCoy. Dr. Puri was on Deck 6. He's dead.
• Spock : Then you have just inherited his responsibility as Chief Medical Officer.
• [ McCoy looks at a burning medical room full of casualties from the attack ]
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Yeah, tell me something I DON'T know!
• James T. Kirk : [ still suffering from the vaccine ] My mouth is itchy. Is that normal?
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Well, those symptoms won't last long. I'm going to give you a mild sedative.
• James T. Kirk : Oh, I wish I didn't know you.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Don't be such an infant.
• [ He jabs Kirk with a hypodermic needle ]
• James T. Kirk : OWW! How long's it supposed to...
• [ he suddenly collapses on the bed ]
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : [ Shaking his head ] Unbelievable.
• Spock : Acting Captain's Log, Stardate 2258.42. We have had no word from Captain Pike. I've therefore classified him a hostage of the war criminal known as Nero. Nero, who has destroyed my home planet and most of its six billion inhabitants. While the essence of our culture has been saved in the elders who now reside upon this ship, I estimate no more than 10,000 have survived. I am now a member of an endangered species.
• Spock : [ volunteering for what could be a suicide mission ] Romulans and Vulcans share a common ancestor. Our cultural similarities will make it easier for me to access the ship's computer to locate the device. Also, my mother was human, which makes Earth the only home I have left.
• James T. Kirk : I'm coming with you.
• Spock : I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
• James T. Kirk : See? We are getting to know each other.
• Christopher Pike : [ whistles to break up fight between cadets and Kirk ] Outside! All of you! Now!
• Christopher Pike : [ to Kirk ] You all right, son?
• Kirk : [ Looks at him upside down and stunned ] You can whistle really loud, you know that?
• James T. Kirk : You know, coming back in time, changing history... that's cheating.
• Spock Prime : A trick I learned from an old friend.
• [ With an uncharacteristic smile, he gives the Vulcan salute to Kirk ]
• Spock Prime : Live long and prosper.
• Spock : [ to Kirk ] Out of the chair.
• [ Kirk rushes onto the bridge, urging the ship to stop. Three-way arguing ensues between him, Spock, and Pike ]
• Spock : I can remove the cadet...
• James T. Kirk : Try it!
• Christopher Pike : Kirk!
• James T. Kirk : This cadet is trying to save the bridge!
• Spock : By recommending a full stop, mid-warp, during a rescue mission?
• James T. Kirk : It's not a rescue mission. Listen to me, it's an attack!
• Spock : Based on what facts?
• James T. Kirk : That same anomaly, a "lightning storm in space" that we saw today, also occurred on the day of my birth, shortly before a Romulan ship attacked the U.S.S. Kelvin. You know that, sir, I read your dissertation. That ship, which had formidable and advanced weaponry, was never seen or heard from again. The Kelvin attack took place at the edge of Klingon space, and at 2300 hours last night, there was an attack: forty-seven Klingon warbirds destroyed by Romulans, sir, and it was reported that the Romulans were in one ship, one massive ship.
• Christopher Pike : And you know of this Klingon attack how?
• [ Kirk glances at Uhura ]
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : Sir, I intercepted and translated the message myself. Kirk's report is accurate.
• James T. Kirk : We're warping into a trap, sir. The Romulans are waiting for us, I promise you that.
• [ Unsettled, Pike looks at Spock ]
• Spock : The cadet's logic is sound. And Lt. Uhura is unmatched in xenolinguistics, we would be wise to accept her conclusion.
• Christopher Pike : You know, I couldn't believe it when the bartender told me who you are.
• James T. Kirk : Who am I, Captain Pike?
• Christopher Pike : Your father's son.
• James T. Kirk : [ Turns toward the bar ] Can I get another one?
• Christopher Pike : For my dissertation, I was assigned the U.S.S. Kelvin. Something I admired about your Dad: he didn't believe in no-win scenarios
• James T. Kirk : Sure learned his lesson!
• Christopher Pike : Well, it depends on how you define winning. You're here, aren't you?
• James T. Kirk : [ as beer is brought to him ] Thanks.
• Christopher Pike : You know that instinct to leap without looking, that was his nature too. And in my opinion it's something Starfleet's lost.
• James T. Kirk : [ laughing ] Why are you talkin' to me, man?
• Christopher Pike : 'Cause I looked up your file while you were drooling on the floor. Your aptitude tests are off the charts, so what is it? You like being the only genius level repeat offender in the Midwest?
• James T. Kirk : Maybe I love it.
• Christopher Pike : Look, so your Dad dies. You can settle for a less than ordinary life, or do you feel like you were meant for something better? Something special? Enlist in Starfleet.
• James T. Kirk : [ scoffs ] Enlist!
• James T. Kirk : [ laughs ] You guys must be way down on your recruiting quota for the month!
• Christopher Pike : If you're half the man your father was, Jim, Starfleet could use you. You could be an officer in four years. You could have your own ship in eight. You understand what the Federation is, don't you? It's important. It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...
• James T. Kirk : Are we done?
• Christopher Pike : I'm done.
• Christopher Pike : [ Gets up ] Riverside Shipyard. Shuttle for new recruits leaves tomorrow morning, 0800.
• Christopher Pike : [ pause ] Now, your father was captain of a Starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mother's and yours. I dare you to do better.
• James T. Kirk : So what kind of combat training do you have?
• Hikaru Sulu : Fencing.
• James T. Kirk : [ hurling to his death with Sulu ] Kirk to Enterprise. We're falling without a chute. Beam us up!
• Transport Chief : I'm trying. I can't lock onto your signal.
• James T. Kirk : Beam us up!
• Transport Chief : You're moving too fast!
• Pavel Chekov : I can do zat! I can do zat!
• Christopher Pike : Russian whizkid, what's your name? Chanko? Cherpov?
• Pavel Chekov : Ensign Chekov, Pavel Andreievich, sir.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Wait a minute, kid. How old are you?
• Pavel Chekov : Seventeen, sir.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : Oh... oh, good, he's seventeen.
• Spock : Doctor... Mr. Chekov is correct.
• Spock : We are traveling at warp speed. How did you manage to beam aboard this ship?
• James T. Kirk : Hey, you're the genius. You figure it out.
• Spock : As acting captain of this vessel, I order you to answer the question.
• James T. Kirk : Well, I'm not telling, "Acting Captain." What, did...?
• [ Kirk smiles ]
• James T. Kirk : What, now, that doesn't frustrate you, does it? My lack of cooperation? That-that doesn't make you angry...
• Spock : [ Spock turns to Scotty ] Are you a member of Starfleet?
• Scotty : I, um, yes. Can I get a towel, please?
• Spock : Under penalty of court martial, I order you to explain to me how you were able to beam aboard this ship while moving at warp.
• Scotty : Well...
• James T. Kirk : Don't answer him.
• Spock : You will answer me.
• Scotty : [ pause ] I'd rather not take sides.
• Kirk : [ highly agitated and suffering side effects from McCoy hypospray ] Uhura! Uhura!
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : Kirk? What are you doing here?
• Kirk : The transmission from the Klingon prison planet. What exactly...
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : Oh, my God, what's wrong with your hands?
• Kirk : [ waves off the question with his bloated hands ] I-i-it's... Look, who is responsible for the attack...
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : What?
• Kirk : ...and was the ship walullaa?
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : And was the ship... WHAT?
• Kirk : [ to McCoy ] Whass happening to my mouth?
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : You got numb-tongue?
• Kirk : NUM-TUNG?
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : I can fix that!
• [ hurries off to find another hypospray ]
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : Was the ship what?
• Kirk : Womulan!
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : What? I...
• Kirk : WOMULAN!
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : Romulan?
• Kirk : Yeah!
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : Yes!
• Kirk : Yes?
• [ Bones injects him with another hypospray ]
• Kirk : ACK! ACK!
• [ trying to say 'stop it' ]
• Kirk : STAHHMIT!
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : [ During the Kobayashi Maru test ] We are receiving a distress signal from the U.S.S. Kobayashi Maru. The ship has lost power and is stranded. Starfleet Command has ordered us to rescue them.
• James T. Kirk : [ clearly enjoying himself ] "Starfleet Command has ordered us to rescue them... CAPTAIN."
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : [ rolls his eyes ] Two Klingon vessels have entered the Neutral Zone and are locking weapons on us.
• James T. Kirk : [ Smugly ] That's okay.
• Leonard 'Bones' McCoy : "That's okay?"
• James T. Kirk : Yeah, don't worry about it.
• Test Administrator : Did he say "Don't worry about it?"
• Test Administrator : Is he not taking the simulation seriously?
• Pavel Chekov : Ensign Authorization code: nine-five-wictor-wictor-two!
• [ Authorization is not recognized ]
• [ as the Narada pursues Spock, he suddenly whips the ship around and heads directly for it ]
• Nero : What's he doing?
• Spock's Ship's Computer : Ambassador Spock, you are on a collision course.
• Nero : [ panicking ] FIRE EVERYTHING!
• Admiral Richard Barnett : This is Commander Spock. He is one of our most distinguished graduates. He's programmed the Kobayashi Maru exam for the last four years. Commander?
• Spock : Cadet Kirk, you somehow managed to install and activate a subroutine in the programming code, thereby changing the conditions of the test.
• James T. Kirk : Your point being?
• Admiral Richard Barnett : In academic vernacular, you cheated.
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : I'm impressed. For a moment there, I thought you were just a dumb hick who only has sex with farm animals.
• James T. Kirk : Well, not only.
• Burly Cadet #1 : This townie isn't bothering you, right?
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : Oh, beyond belief, but it's nothing I can't handle.
• James T. Kirk : You could handle me, if that's an invitation.
• Burly Cadet #1 : Hey, you better mind your manners.
• James T. Kirk : Oh relax, cupcake, it was a joke.
• Burly Cadet #1 : Hey, farm-boy, maybe you can't count, but there are four of us and one of you.
• James T. Kirk : So go get some more guys and then it'll be an even fight.
• Hikaru Sulu : The fleet has cleared spacedock, Captain. All ships ready for warp.
• Christopher Pike : Set a course for Vulcan.
• Hikaru Sulu : Aye-Aye, Captain. Course laid in.
• Christopher Pike : Maximum warp. Punch it.
• [ One by one, the rest of the star fleet jumps into warp drive, leaving the Enterprise behind. Sulu frowns at the console, puzzled ]
• Christopher Pike : Lieutenant, where is Helmsman McKenna?
• Hikaru Sulu : He has lungworms, sir. He couldn't report to his post. I'm Hikaru Sulu.
• Christopher Pike : And you are a pilot, right?
• Hikaru Sulu : Very much so, sir.
• [ he trails off, hitting buttons ]
• Hikaru Sulu : I'm, uh, I'm not sure what's wrong here.
• Christopher Pike : Is the parking brake on?
• Hikaru Sulu : Uh, no. I'll figure it out. I'm just...
• Spock : Have you disengaged the external inertial dampener?
• Hikaru Sulu : [ Embarrassed. Without looking at anyone, he punches in the correct sequence ] Ready for warp, sir.
• Christopher Pike : Let's punch it.
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : [ Having just learned that she is assigned to the Farragut ] Commander, a word?
• Spock : Yes, Lieutenant?
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : Was I not one of your top students?
• Spock : Indeed you were.
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : [ the scene cuts to another location, where Uhura is still hounding Spock ] And did I not, on multiple occasions, demonstrate an exceptional aural sensitivity, and I quote, "an unparalleled ability to identify sonic anomalies in subspace transmissions tests?"
• Spock : Consistently, yes.
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : And while you are well aware of my own qualified desires to serve on the U.S.S. Enterprise, I'm assigned to the Farragut?
• Spock : It was an attempt to...
• [ he glances around, keeping his voice low ]
• Spock : ...avoid the appearance of favoritism.
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : [ Adamantly ] No. I'm assigned to the Enterprise.
• Spock : [ He adjusts his roster list ] Yes, I believe you are.
• Lt. Nyota Uhura : Thank you.
• James T. Kirk : [ to Spock ] The test itself is a cheat, isn't it? I mean, you programmed it to be unwinnable.
• Spock : Your argument precludes the possibility of a no-win scenario.
• James T. Kirk : I don't believe in no-win scenarios.
• Spock : Then not only did you violate the rules, you also failed to understand the principal lesson.
• James T. Kirk : Please enlighten me.
• Spock : You of all people should know, Cadet Kirk, a captain cannot cheat death.
• James T. Kirk : [ reminiscing ] I of all people...
• Spock : Your father, Lieutenant George Kirk, assumed command of his vessel before being killed in action, did he not?
• James T. Kirk : I don't think you like the fact that I beat your test.
• Spock : Furthermore, you have failed to divine the purpose of the test.
• James T. Kirk : Enlighten me again.
• Spock : The purpose is to experience fear, fear in the face of certain death, to accept that fear, and maintain control of oneself and one's crew. This is the quality expected in every Starfleet captain.
• James T. Kirk : [ Stepping aboard the bridge as its official captain ] Bones! Buckle up!
• [ the U.S.S. Enterprise is being sucked into a black hole, seconds away from doom ]
• Scotty : I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!
• [ the bridge ceiling begins to crack as the ship's drawn closer ]
• James T. Kirk : All she's got isn't good enough! What else ya got?
• Scotty : Um... Okay, if we eject the core and detonate, the blast could be enough to push us away! I cannae promise anything, though!
• [ the viewing window starts to rupture ]
• James T. Kirk : DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!
• James T. Kirk : Stardate: 2258.42... or, uh, 4... Whatever. Acting Captain Spock has marooned me on Delta Vega, in what I believe to be a violation of Security Protocol 49.09 governing the treatment of prisoners aboard a star...
• [ Kirk breaks off abruptly before completing the word starship as the howl of a predatory animal is heard, possibly heading his way ]
• James T. Kirk : I relieve you, sir.
• Christopher Pike : I am relieved.
• Young Spock : I presume you've prepared new insults for today.
• Vulcan Bully #1 : Affirmative.
• Young Spock : This is your thirty-fifth attempt to elicit an emotional response from me.
• Vulcan Bully #2 : You're neither human nor Vulcan, and therefore have no place in this universe.
• Vulcan Bully #1 : Look. He has human eyes. They look sad, don't they?
• Vulcan Bully #2 : Perhaps an emotional response requires physical stimuli.
• [ shoves Spock ]
• Vulcan Bully #2 : He's a traitor, you know, your father, for marrying her, that human whore.
• [ Spock beats up the bully ]
• [ through a mind meld with Kirk ]
• Spock Prime : Billions of lives lost because of me, Jim, because I failed.

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The Best Things Discovery Added to Star Trek Canon

Love it or hate it, Star Trek: Discovery changed Star Trek forever with these compelling additions to the franchise.

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This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers.

Star Trek: Discovery has always been about change. The series started with a bang in 2017, complete with radically-altered Klingons and a heretofore unseen adopted sister to Spock. From that audacious beginning, Discovery became something more like a standard Star Trek series, while also retaining its own unique (and much more emotional) approach to storytelling.

To be sure, Discovery isn’t for everyone. Its focus on single protagonist Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) and its emphasis on emotion over logic made it very different from most Trek series. But even the most traditional Trekkie can appreciate its best major additions to franchise lore.

Into the 32nd Century

It’s hard for Trekkies to avoid rolling our eyes when we read announcements about upcoming Trek projects . Another reboot, another prequel. Sure, Strange New Worlds has been wonderful, but that’s the exception. Too much of new Trek is focused on the era of The Original Series , ignoring anything after Star Trek: Nemesis until Lower Decks and Picard .

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For its first two seasons, Discovery followed suit, taking place approximately 10 years before TOS , following a secret science ship with experimental technology. But at the end of season two, the series jumped ahead 900 years into the future, further in the timeline than any other Trek series.

By going deep into the future, Discovery not only gave viewers new technologies and Starfleet uniforms, such as the updated naval duds Michael sports in the finale. But it also showed us how the Federation fares in the future and established new status quos for many of the franchise’s classic races, including Vulcan and Romulan reunification on Ni’Var.

Much of seasons three and four found the Discovery helping to rebuild the Federation, including dealing with a shortage of Dilithium. During these adventures, viewers saw again the value of the Federation’s ideals of understanding and cooperation for a new era.

Infinite Diversity on the Bridge

Diversity has always been a key part of Star Trek ‘s ethos, ever since creator Gene Roddenberry chose Majel Barrett to play the original first officer and chose Japanese American actor George Takei to play Sulu. But no series has embraced this principle like Discovery .

Discovery features the first Black female main character, who eventually becomes the Captain of the Discovery in season three. No queer couple in Trek has received as much attention as Culber and Stamets , whose romance played a key role throughout the series. Cubler and Stamets were also the adoptive parents of the non-binary character Adira Tal and Gray Tal, performed by the trans actor Ian Alexander.

Discovery also featured a crew that went far beyond humans. Bajorans, Saurians, and androids served on the ship, making the vessel feel like part of a large collection of races.

Discovery gave viewers one of the most compelling alien races in the Kelpiens. As played by the wonderful physical actor Doug Jones, the main Kelpien Saru was a gentle and wise presence on the Discovery bridge.

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Over its five seasons, Discovery further developed the Kelpiens, revealing them as a terrified species hunted by the nightmarish Ba’ul. With this shading, Saru and the Kelpiens became one of the more complicated races in Star Trek history, but one that embodies the franchise’s ideals of exploration and understanding.

Exploring the Secrets of the Breen and the Progenitors

In addition to giving Trek new aliens to work with, Discovery revisited some underdeveloped races from previous series.

The Breen gained their power from the mystery they presented. Introduced in the final seasons of Deep Space Nine , the Breen felt more like walking weapons than they did actual characters. In Discovery ‘s final season, the Breen removed their helmets to show their faces for the first time. They also revealed their rigid political system. Even if the show didn’t get to do as much with the Breen as some may have hoped, it ended with many ideas for others to explore.

The final season also picked up the trail of one of the most compelling episodes of The Next Generation , “ The Chase .” That episode introduced the Progenitors, a species only hinted at as the Preservers in The Original Series . The Progenitors may have created all life in the galaxy, something that Michael Burnham learns about as she searches for a missing Progenitor device.

By the end, the final season of Discovery raised more questions about the Progenitors than it answered, but that’s just more room for other writers to build upon.

A Hopeful Future for Cardassians and Bajorans

Speaking of building blocks from other writers, a supporting character from Discovery ‘s last two seasons picked up on a plot thread from TNG and Deep Space Nine .

Portrayed by Chelah Horsdal, President Rillak is part human, just like so many characters in Star Trek . But her father was a mixed race Cardassian and Bajoran, a product of two warring people in the 24th century. Rillak never goes into much detail about her heritage, but her commitment to cooperation between species gives us hope for a more peaceful future between the races.

Setting Up Strange New Worlds

Even the most committed hater of Discovery has to give the show credit for introducing a fantastic new version of Captain Pike. As first played by Jeffery Hunter, Captain Pike was a square-jawed and fairly standard hero in the first Star Trek pilot, and then a victim when the footage of that episode was reused for “The Cage.” In 2009, Bruce Greenwood played a fatherly, but distant version of Pike in the reboot movies.

But in the second season of Discovery , Anson Mount ‘s Pike took command of the Discovery , bringing with him Ethan Peck as Spock and Rebecca Romijn as Number One. Mount’s cool, laid-back dad version of Pike immediately won over fans, making the way for the brilliant Strange New Worlds .

Strange New Worlds has been an unequivocal delight, at once honoring Trek ‘s past while pushing its ideas forward. And it would not have happened without Discovery .

Personified Computer AI

The ship’s computer has always felt something like a real person, which is why Scotty tries to talk so nicely to one when he went back to 1984 in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home . Most often voiced by Majel Barrett, the computer has always been part of the texture of Trek , but never a fully-fleshed out character.

That changed in Discovery ‘s second season, which dealt with an evil AI called Control. Later, the show introduced Zora (voiced by Annabelle Wallis), Discovery ‘s ship AI that became a real character. She held debates about the nature of trauma and forgiveness, and she played a key role in making Michael find her way back home to the Discovery .

Even if some fans didn’t care for the show’s touchy-feely approach to computer intelligence, Discovery opened the door for some new ways of thinking about the ship’s computer going forward.

Personal Transporters

Most Trekkies know that beaming was an invention born of necessity. The low budgets of TOS made it impossible to shoot convincing images of a shuttle going from the Enterprise to whatever planet’s surface. Transporters provided a cost-effective way of getting the ill-fated red shirts off the ship and onto a planet.

Discovery upped that tech by introducing personal transporters. With personal transporters, characters can go to any location just by touching their com badges. While this change does put chiefs like Kyle and O’Brien out of a job, it does make for some very efficient storytelling.

Plus, we still haven’t seen how ion storms or orchids mess with personal transporters.

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Star Trek Stars: Then And Now

Posted: June 17, 2024 | Last updated: June 17, 2024

A Perfect Cast

When Star Trek  came out in 1966, the science fiction television show featured some of the most lovable characters, immortalizing its cast forever. Here are some of your favorite Star Trek stars: then and now.

William Shatner As Captain Kirk

Before landing his iconic role as Captain James T. Kirk, William Shatner had certainly put in the work. He was a seasoned actor, not only in movies and television but also on stage. But after starring in 79 Star Trek  episodes, the actor faced a harsh reality.

Star Trek  ended in 1969, and Shatner soon realized that the work available to him just couldn't measure up to the glory of playing the beloved Captain Kirk.

In 1975, Shatner tried to get back into the swing of things with the show Barbary Coast... but it only lasted a single season. He had no choice but to scrape the bottom of the barrel.

To make it through, Shatner did what he had to do. He starred in commercials, went on game shows, became a guest star, and even agreed to star in low-budget films. However, there was a silver lining.

Shatner made a real comeback in 1979 all thanks to Star Trek: The Motion Picture,  which was a smashing success. The franchise would feature the actor in another six films. But this was only the beginning.

To his credit, Shatner forged a delightful career for himself. In the 1980s, he played the lead role in T.J. Hooker and hosted Rescue 911. But he also did some things that his fans never saw coming.

Shatner released a series of books called TekWar,  which were ghostwritten. He even had these adapted into a television series in the 1990s and starred in it himself. 

In many ways, William Shatner is a modern renaissance man. He went on to perform on Broadway, starring in a one-man show. He also became the narrative voice behind many television specials and documentaries. Heck, he's even recorded multiple albums.  

However,  it wasn't until 2021 that Shatner made the most shocking move of all.

At 90 years old, William Shatner went to space  on the Blue Origin NS-18.  Star Trek  fans were undoubtedly thrilled by this news, as it seemed the actor had come full circle. However, for Shatner, this major experience shook him to his core.

At a convention, Shatner shared, “This was an immensely powerful awakening for me.  It filled me with sadness.  I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside. I did my share in popularizing the idea that space was the final frontier. But I had to get to space to understand that Earth is and will stay our only home. And that we have been ravaging it, relentlessly, making it uninhabitable.”

Nichelle Nichols as Nyota Uhura

Trying to make it in acting as a Black actress in the 1960s was a struggle—but Nichelle Nichols struck gold when she landed the part of Nyota Uhura on Star Trek. However, few know that  the actress almost quit the show after just one season.

It was actually Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who convinced Nichelle Nichols to continue playing Uhura. She stayed with Star Trek  all the way through, even starring in the six films. 

Thanks to the beloved role, she had the opportunity to work with NASA.

In a surprising twist, NASA and Nichols ended up working together, with the actress positively affecting recruitment for the space agency. She helped attract minorities and womesn. This included the first American female astronaut and the first Black astronaut.

Speaking about her working with the space agency, Nichols later said, “When I began, NASA had 1,500 applications.  Six months later, they had 8,000. I like to think some of those were encouraged by me. The aim was to find qualified people among women and minorities, then to convince them that the opportunity was real and that it also was a duty, because this was historic. I really had this sense of purpose about it myself.”

Nichelle Nichols went on to do some iconic voice acting on The Simpsons  and  Futurama.   She also played on television series like Heroes  and The Young and the Restless.  However, she did a ton of work off  screen.

Turns out, Nichelle Nichols had a lovely voice, and she recorded a few albums. She also tried her hand at writing and penned two science fiction novels , Saturn's Child  and Saturna's Quest.

Sadly, in 2015, the actress's health took a scary turn when she had a minor stroke. Then, just three years later, she received a diagnosis of dementia.

On July 30, 2022, the incomparable Nichelle Nichols passed away from heart failure at the age of 89.

Leonard Nimoy As Spock

Nobody else could have play Mr. Spock like Leonard Nimoy. But though he may be best known for his role in Star Trek,  the actor went on to have one of the most successful careers compared to the rest of his cast mates.

Unlike William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy didn't struggle to get roles after Stark Trek.  In fact, he simply moved on to his next major project, Mission: Impossible,  taking on the role of Paris. The show was a resounding success and ran for 49 episodes. However, Nimoy did so much more than television.

Nimoy was a master of the stage. After finishing his run on Mission: Impossible  in 1972, he went on to play the lead in Fiddler on the Roof  for the national touring company. But that was just the tip of the iceberg.

The actor took on many other stage roles such as Sherlock Holmes and Vincent Van Gogh. He even ended up in Broadway's Equus.  But little did Spock fans know,  Nimoy would one day reprise his role as Spock.

The end of the Star Trek  series was not  the nail in the coffin. Leonard Nimoy would go on to play Spock in six Star Trek  films alongside the original cast members. Then, in 2009, J.J. Abrams decided to make a film adaptation, and to the delight of many, Leonary Nimoy was cast as Spock Prime.

Throughout his 83 years, Nimoy did so  much. In addition to acting, he gave directing a shot. For instance, he directed 1984's Star Trek III  and 1986's Star Trek IV.  However,  few realize that the actor and director was also a writer and photographer.

Leonary Nimoy wrote two biographies and seven books of poetry. He also has two photography books. 

Sadly, Leonard Niimoy received a chilling diagnosis in 2014: He had COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The actor blamed it on a the smoking addiction he once had. However, Nimoy's end was far more tragic than we thought possible.

Leonard Nimoy's son, Adam Nimoy, later revealed that his father underwent a change as he approached the end of his life: "he mellowed out. He made his family a priority and his career became secondary."

Only days before his passing,  Nimoy shared a heart-wrenching, final tweet:  "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP".

On February 27, 2015, he passed at the age of 83.

George Takei as Sulu

Following his unforgettable performance as Sulu on Star Trek,  George Takei's career truly reflected the phrase, "the sky is the limit."

Takei went on to star in a number of television shows like The Six Million Dollar Man  and  Kung Fu.   In 1979, he also helped write the science fiction novel Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe. 

In Los Angeles, the actor even became involved in politics. But the projects didn't end there.

On top of maintaining his acting career,  Takei also made time for a passion project —a musical titled Allegiance. It was based on the research he'd done on the Japanese American internment of WWII, as well as his personal experiences. It first premiered in San Diego in 2012, and then had a run on Broadway in 2015.

Takei also shared his family's experience of internment through a graphic novel that he co-wrote: They Called Us Enemy.  Then he went on to share his own life story, releasing an autobiography. 

However, the actor continued to be full of surprises.

In 2005, George Takei proudly came out as gay , revealing that he'd been in 18-year relationship with his partner Brad Altman. Three years later, they became the very first gay couple to marry in West Hollywood. 

Today, he continues to advocate for gay rights.

DeForest Kelley As Dr. Leonard McCoy

De Forest Kelley played Dr. Leonard McCoy, or "Bones"—a character that often functioned Captain Kirk's conscience. But ironically, Kelley's career began with him playing villainous characters on television and in Westerns.

However, after the end of Star Trek,  De Forest Kelley ran into a classic problem—typecasting. The roles available to him were... limited.  In 1972, he acted in a film about massive, blood-thirsty bunnies called Night of the Lepus.

Despite appearing in a few television and film projects, included some Star Trek  features, the end of Star Trek was truly the end of De Forest Kelley's career. His final film? In 1998, he was a voice actor in The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.

DeForest Kelley lived until the age of 79, passing away from stomach cancer on June 11, 1999.

James Doohan as Montgomery Scott

Before taking on the role of Scotty in Star Trek,  James Doohan personally estimated that he'd already performed on 450 television shows and 4,000 radio programs.

Like many of his co-stars, he starred in the six Star Trek  films after the series finished, but he also continued making movies.

Doohan starred in films like 1971's   Pretty Maids All in a Row  alongside Rock Hudson , as well as Man in the Wilderness —but the highlight of his career was undoubtedly Star Trek. 

He ended up doing many conventions, and even wrote an autobiography, Beam Me Up, Scotty: Star Trek's "Scotty" in His Own Words.

On July 20, 2005, James Doohan passed away at the age of 85 from complications associated with  pulmonary fibrosis.

Walter Koenig as Chekov

Following his two-season run on Star Trek  as Chekov ,  Walter Koenig continued his career in the world of television, including a recurring role in Babylon 5.  He also returned to the Star Trek  universe for seven of the films. 

At UCLA, the actor taught acting and directing classes.

Koenig also began writing for primetime television; for instance, he wrote scripts for single episodes of What Really Happened to the Class of '64?  and Land of the Lost.  He has also written multiple one-act plays.

The actor's writing talents also trickled down into his own set of memoirs, a sci-fi novel, and  the comic books Walter Koenig's Things to Come and Raver.

Sadly,  there has been some tragedy in Koenig's life  as his son Andrew passed away in 2010. But that wasn't all. Married to his wife Judy since 1965, the actor suffered her loss in 2022. 

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 Filming Set For 2025; Anson Mount Thanks Fans For Patience

| May 29, 2024 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 26 comments so far

Star Trek: Discovery may be coming to an end tomorrow, but Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will live on, for years to come. The new anchor show for Star Trek on Paramount+ wrapped up production on its third season last week. Now we have the first indication as to when the crew will be returning to Toronto for season 4.

Beaming back to Canada in spring 2025

Strange New Worlds star Anson Mount is back in the USA after finishing up over five months of work on season 3, which is filmed at CBS Stages Canada in Mississauga, Ontario. On Tuesday Mount posted a message on Instagram praising Canada, thanking the country for its hospitality. He added, “We’ll see you again in the spring when ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ goes back into production for season 4!”

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Paramount officially announced they had ordered a fourth season of the series last month. It looks like the soonest cameras will start rolling on again on Captain Pike’s USS Enterprise would be late March 2025, the official beginning of next spring. While ten months may seem like a long hiatus, that is the same amount of time between the end of production on season 2 in July 2022 and the originally planned start of production on season 3 in May 2023. However, the double strikes of 2023 extended the hiatus until December.

Mount thanks fans for their patience

Speaking of that extra-long hiatus between seasons 2 and 3, Anson Mount has a message for the fans. After our report that filming on season 3 was going to wrap up at the end of last week, Anson Mount took to Instagram to make it official. He filmed himself exiting the studio, announcing “That is a wrap on season 3.” As he tried to keep “stuff going on” out of the shot to avoid spoilers, the actor thanked fans for being patient following the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, saying, “Thank you for sticking with us and understanding our need to fight.” He talked about how he is also a fan and was thankful he gets to live out his dreams.

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I’m sorry it will be so long before they start filming Season 4, but I guess the writers need time to think and write, and of course Paramount isn’t in great financial shape at the moment.

To the cast, writers, directors, costumers, prop people, set makers, lighting folks, camera operators and all the rest — thanks for all your hard work, folks; we fans surely do appreciate it!

I’m curious why it takes so long for season 4 to start production. Any thoughts? Is another production using their sets?

The new Academy series would be my guess. It’s a working studio so I would guess they don’t just leave the sets standing. they break them down and store them so the stages are available for other work or even rented out (hey, it’s money.)

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. There was a reason why they brought that old-ass ISS Enterprise to the futue. LOL

So confused by the financialization of this situation. The strikes pushed them into being a 2023-2024 preproduction/production/wrap show. And now they’re going to wait until 2025, indeed, nearly an entire calendar year, to start this all up again? Surely, it’s cheaper to film 20 episodes in a 12-month span and pay for storage, wrap, and setup just once? I guess this is a cash flow issue. Paramount has the $ for a season at a time? Seems inefficient to an absurd degree. Then again, given the parties involved, far from surprising.

Yeah, I’s sure they had another 10 completed scripts (and all the cash/financing available) to just start right up. I mean writing a good script doesn’t take time – it just springs into existence fully realized…

Oh, wait…actual film production doesn’t work like that…

True, but the timeline is a bit wonky there. Were they not all set to begin filming one year ago but everything stopped because of the two strikes? It really takes 20-ish months (May 2023 to early 2025) to write ten more episodes? Yet the NCIS or Chicago franchises can crank out 50-ish in that same amount of time? I suspect there is more going on here than we’re being told.

Renewal for season 4 was only announced publically a few weeks ago. It’s possible that work on season 4 didn’t start before the producers knew they would actually get another season (although they may have learned before the public announcement)

While filming these episodes they could’ve been writing the next batch of 10. Have fun watching your dunk attempt fly off the backboard, redshirt.

No, it’s clearly a sign of financial limitations. In the past, 26 episodes were written and filmed within a 12-month period. They ran a tight and efficient ship (no pun intended). Modern showrunners and studios just don’t seem to have the same level of financial level-headedness.

I’m glad for the upcoming seasons of SNW. Mount is a solid Captain Pike and seems like a genuinely smart, humble, friendly guy.

I just hope we do actually get season 4 and it isn’t scrapped due to business shenanigans after the impending sale of Paramount, whenever that happens.

I imagine movies and TV are still handled quite differently, but we’ve had 8 years of promise after promise, announcement after announcement, change after change with plans for the movie franchise—and nothing to show for it.

We thought for sure we were getting a season 2 of Prodigy on Paramount+ and, welp. (Thankfully the show itself lives on.)

There is absolutely no need for all these announcements so far in advance that significant things can change, as in ‘oh sorry, that thing we talked about is not actually happening.’ Doesn’t Paramount realize this undermines trust and hurts their brand rather than helping increase streaming subscriptions? Then again—it’s a failing company, so… we’ve not had the brightest officers at the helm of Paramount Global, one assumes.

Anyway, we’re being well trained not to count our Trek chickens before they hatch. I’ll believe it when I can stream it.

sadly anson is a zionist propaganda spewer and beliver and he was called out for it on twitter by most snw fans and alor odf general trek fans and started blocking fans for even trying to show him the facts that the zionist propaganda was all lies by the israilie government and that they were infact commiting genocide and war crimes

Wow that’s allowed to be posted, and when I mock Kurtzman it is banned.

It is truly a pleasure to read your entries. :)

Five misspellings, at least seven incorrect capitalizations, and no punctuation. Or as michelle might write: 5 mispelings, at least Seven incorrect capitalizations and no punctuation

what ever grammar nazi

i type with one hand my left hand and generally on my refurbished early 2015 model MacBook Air so no autocorrect and i am generally watching something while i type or i am pacing around my house while typing so plus my mind runs fast so i have to type out quickly so i do not loose what i want to say

so at least you can read it well enough to get the gist of what i saying

I for one am relieved that the time table suggests a more “regular” interval between seasons (just hoping that SNW will run for more than five seasons). Some seven to ten months to write all the scripts and begin pre-production doesn’t seem exaggerated, even though it would be kinda nice to have SOMEWHAT longer seaons – 12 episodes maybe… but that’s just wishful thinking.

5 seasons and its done.

I think I figured out the Mount hair thing — he is trying to subtly suggest himself for The David Lynch Story.

That’s funny (and true), Kev! :)

My hair tends to fly up in the front too, but since it’s thinning fast, it reveals my shiny head under the white hair! If you remember my dad, my pate looks a lot like his! Now where’s my baseball cap? ;)

His hair is turning into its own Star Base.

i lost all respect for mount and anything he says when he started spewing zionist propaganda that the israilie goverment and military were not comming genocide and other war crimes on Palestinian civilians in gaza and when snw fans and general trek fans called him out on it and tried to show him that what he was beliving and saying was lies and that there were war crimes and genocides being done by the isailie military and goverment he just blocked the fans

well now i have another actor i will be replacing the name of with the character’s name in the opening titles and ending credit much like i have to do with andromeda and the lead actor who is a maga nutjob blacklisted hasbeen

Thanks for sharing

I hope there is a time jump between season 3 and 4 and season 4 opens up with pike now fleet captain stationed at Starfleet head quarters on earth with just a video call to una in the first episode and that is for the rest of the series and una is now captain of the enterprise with James t Kirk as her first officer and the new assistant chief medical officer is Leonard McCoy and the replacement for Sam Kirk is a ensign sulu and then another time jump between seasons 4 and 5 and we see Kirk take over the enterprise from una and McCoy becomes kirks cmo and Spock his first officer and Scotty his chief engineer and the second episode of season five is a remake of the second pilot and the 3rd episode has a newly promoted to lt sulu take over helm officer and uhura is also promoted to full lt and then new episodes for the rest of the season and that leads to snw being retooled into a much needed visually updated remake of tos and the episode prior to the menagerie will have a mid credits scene of pike being burned and crippled by radiation and being placed in his chair

Season 4 and 5 will be the last. They better stretch it out. LOL

I miss the days of TV seasons that started in the fall. Back then, a show either got cancelled or renewed between seasons, but if it got renewed you pretty much knew it would premier in the fall. Oh well, times change.

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It's a huge sigh of relief when a spinoff of a classic like the original Star Trek (which ran from 1966 to 1969) is well done, polished, and gripping. Especially when that show stands out in a franchise with twelve - yes, you read that right - twelve corresponding series. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , which serves as a prequel to the original (and iconic) Star Trek series, follows Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount ) as he leads his crew through the galaxy aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. The show, which premiered in 2022, was met with high critical acclaim from the beginning and continues to find fans with each new season - an impressive feat in a time when so many shows get lost in the streaming shuffle. Now renewed for a third season right after its Season 2 finale, here's everything we know so far about the next chapter in the epic space adventure.

With Season 2's finale leaving fans wanting more, it's only natural to be itching for Season 3 to come as soon as possible. While episodes are expected to return in 2024, the production window was from December 2023 to June 2024 for Season 3 , so we may have to wait a bit before we get the answers we're craving .

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds follows Captain Christopher Pike (played by Anson Mount) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in the 23rd century as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy in the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series.

While Strange New Worlds premiered its first two episodes on CBS in 2022, all episodes are now streaming on Paramount+. It can be assumed that the third season of the show will also premiere on the CBS-affiliated streaming service. Subscriptions to Paramount+ are available in two tiers: Paramount+ Essential (with commercials, $5.99/month) and Paramount+ with SHOWTIME (commercial-free, $11.99/month).

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With production recently ending, there is still no official footage from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3. That said, we hope to get our first look at the new season sometime later this year. Stay tuned to Collider as we await more info.

Leading the charge is fan-favorite Captain Pike , played by Anson Mount. Mount is no stranger to the Star Trek world, as he also appeared in Star Trek: Discovery in 2019. His other credits include films like Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the Britney Spears -led 2002 drama Crossroads . Ethan Peck 's Spock is another character who appeared in Discovery alongside Mount. Peck also worked on shows like Madam Secretary and 10 Things I Hate About You . The astute La'an is played by Christina Chong , whose credits include Johnny English Reborn and Tom and Jerry .

Erica Ortegas is played by Melissa Navia , whose guest roles include Bull , Homeland , and Billions . Rebecca Romjin plays Una-Chin Riley, Pike's Number One. While Romjin is known for films like X-Men and Austin Powers , perhaps her most unforgettable role was as Cheryl, the gorgeous girl with the disgusting apartment in Season 4 of Friends . Rounding out Pike's crew are Babs Olusanmokun ( Dune ) as Dr. M'Benga, Celia Rose Gooding ( Foul Play ) as Nyota Uhura, and Jess Bush ( Playing For Keeps ) as Nurse Christine Chapel. Arguably, one of the best parts of the Season 2 finale was the appearance of Lieutenant Montgomery Scott ( Martin Quinn ), of the infamous - and incorrect - quote from the OG series: "Beam me up, Scotty!"

Strange New Worlds is produced by CBS Studios , Secret Hideout, and Roddenberry Entertainment, and distributed by Paramount+. The show was created by Akiva Goldsman , Alex Kurtzman , and Jenny Lumet , with Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers serving as co-showrunners . Kurtzman, Goldsman, Lumet, and Myers are executive producers on the series, alongside Aaron Baiers, Heather Kadin , Frank Siracusa , John Weber , Rod Roddenberry , and Trevor Roth .

The series was originally set to film early in 2023 but due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the series was delayed by several months. Thankfully, they recently wrapped up filming in Canada earlier this year. Anson Mount took to Instagram to celebrate the conclusion of filming.

Mount also wrote a heartfelt message to fans after concluding production, saying:

“So that’s it guys, that is a wrap on season 3, at least from me, there’s still a little bit of work to be done. I feel like I could sleep for a week, but I still have many travels and many things ahead of me to do, and I’m trying to keep spoilers out of the shots here. Thank you for your patience, especially during the strikes, it wasn’t anyone’s intention for us to be delayed to that extent. Thank you for sticking with us, thank you to our lifelong Star Trek fans, I am one of you and it’s because of people like you that I get to live out my dreams like this and I’ll never stop thanking you for having me in your house.”

With many unanswered questions in the Season 2 finale, there are lots of possibilities for where Season 3 could take Captain Pike and his crew. After the fun and games of the previous musical episode , things switched back to danger mode very quickly, and viewers were ultimately left with a cliffhanger. With the re-appearance of the Gorn (the reptilian-humanoid extraterrestrials first seen in Star Trek in the 1960s), Pike was faced with a decision: heed the commands of the Enterprise not to engage with the Gorn, or do whatever he can to save his people. Pike, being the always-optimistic hero that he is, decides he must try and save his crew. And, when he sees young Gorn working together, his hunch that the species may be able to communicate leads him to want to try and save his crew without violence. While it's unclear how big a role the Gorn will play in Season 3, perhaps Pike's interest in their ability to communicate will be an important factor in not having this happen again.

To add (gross) insult to injury, it is revealed that Gorn eggs have been planted in Pike's love interest, Captain Batel, and she may have to sacrifice herself in order to save everyone else. This is also not resolved in the finale, adding another layer to what Season 3 might bring. Will she survive? And if so, what happens to the Gorn eggs? Additionally, diehard Star Trek fans were no doubt thrilled to see Montgomery Scott appear in the Season 2 finale. While the character first appeared in the 1960s, as portrayed by James Doohan , this is his first time on Strange New Worlds. The re-introduction of this iconic character leaves a lot of potential for Season 3.

There are still many more stories to be told and strange new worlds to explore. In a surprise to no one, Paramount+ has already renewed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for a fourth season. Mount took to Instagram , saying:

"We’ll see you again in the spring when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds goes back into production for Season 4!"

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