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Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country 1991 Film

On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.

Gene Roddenberry , Nicholas Meyer , Denny Martin Flinn , Leonard Nimoy , and Mark Rosenthal

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Paramount Pictures

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact (Draft Version)
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Episode 1-2: “Emissary”
Episode 3: “A Man Alone”
Episode 4: “Past Prologue”
Episode 5: “Babel”
Episode 6: “Captive Pursuit”
Episode 7: “Q-Less”
Episode 8: “Dax”
Episode 9: “The Passenger”
Episode 10: “Move Along Home”
Episode 11: “The Nagus”
Episode 12: “Vortex”
Episode 13: “Battle Lines”
Episode 14: “The Storyteller”
Episode 15: “Progress”
Episode 16: “If Wishes Were Horses”
Episode 17: “The Forsaken”
Episode 18: “Dramatis Personae”
Episode 19: “Duet”
Episode 20: “In the Hands of the Prophets”
Episode 21: “The Homecoming”
Episode 22: “The Circle”
Episode 23: “The Siege”
Episode 24: “Invasive Procedures”
Episode 25: “Cardassians”
Episode 26: “Melora”
Episode 27: “Rules of Acquisition”
Episode 28: “Necessary Evil”
Episode 29: “Second Sight”
Episode 30: “Sanctuary”
Episode 31: “Rivals”
Episode 32: “The Alternate”
Episode 33: “Armageddon Game”
Episode 34: “Whispers”
Episode 35: “Paradise”
Episode 36: “Shadowplay”
Episode 37: “Playing God”
Episode 38: “Profit and Loss”
Episode 39: “Blood Oath”
Episode 40: “The Maquis, Part I”
Episode 41: “The Maquis, Part II”
Episode 42: “The Wire”
Episode 43: “Crossover”
Episode 44: “The Collaborator”
Episode 45: “Tribunal”
Episode 46: “The Jem’Hadar”
Episode 47: “The Search, Part I”
Episode 48: “The Search, Part II”
Episode 49: “The House of Quark”
Episode 50: “Equilibrium”
Episode 51: “Second Skin”
Episode 52: “The Abandoned”
Episode 53: “Civil Defense”
Episode 54: “Meridian”
Episode 55: “ Defiant ”
Episode 56: “Fascination”
Episode 57: “Past Tense, Part I”
Episode 58: “Past Tense, Part II”
Episode 59: “Life Support”
Episode 60: “Heart of Stone”
Episode 61: “Destiny”
Episode 62: “Prophet Motive”
Episode 63: “Visionary”
Episode 64: “Distant Voices”
Episode 65: “Through the Looking Glass”
Episode 66: “Improbable Cause”
Episode 67: “The Die Is Cast”
Episode 68: “Explorers”
Episode 69: “Family Business”
Episode 70: “Shakaar”
Episode 71: “Facets”
Episode 72: “The Adversary”
Episode 73-74: “The Way of the Warrior”
Episode 75: “The Visitor”
Episode 76: “Hippocratic Oath”
Episode 77: “Indiscretion”
Episode 78: “Rejoined”
Episode 79: “Starship Down”
Episode 80: “Little Green Men”
Episode 81: “The Sword of Kahless”
Episode 82: “Our Man Bashir”
Episode 83: “Homefront”
Episode 84: “Paradise Lost”
Episode 85: “Crossfire”
Episode 86: “Return to Grace”
Episode 87: “Sons of Mogh”
Episode 88: “The Bar Association”
Episode 89: “Accession”
Episode 90: “Rules of Engagement”
Episode 91: “Hard Time”
Episode 92: “Shattered Mirror”
Episode 93: “The Muse”
Episode 94: “For the Cause”
Episode 95: “The Quickening”
Episode 96: “To the Death”
Episode 97: “Body Parts”
Episode 98: “Broken Link”
Episode 99: “Apocalypse Rising”
Episode 100: “The Ship”
Episode 101: “Looking For par’Mach in All the Wrong Places”
Episode 102: “...Nor the Battle to the Strong”
Episode 103: “The Assignment”
Episode 104: “Trials and Tribble-ations”
Episode 105: “Let He Who Is Without Sin...”
Episode 106: “Things Past”
Episode 107: “The Ascent”
Episode 108: “Rapture”
Episode 109: “The Darkness and the Light”
Episode 110: “The Begotten”
Episode 111: “For the Uniform”
Episode 112: “In Purgatory’s Shadow”
Episode 113: “By Inferno’s Light”
Episode 114: “Doctor Bashir, I Presume?”
Episode 115: “A Simple Investigation”
Episode 116: “Business as Usual”
Episode 117: “Ties of Blood and Water”
Episode 118: “Ferengi Love Songs”
Episode 119: “Soldiers of the Empire”
Episode 120: “Children of Time”
Episode 121: “Blaze of Glory”
Episode 122: “Empok Nor”
Episode 123: “In the Cards”
Episode 124: “Call to Arms”
Episode 125: “A Time to Stand”
Episode 126: “Rocks and Shoals”
Episode 127: “Sons and Daughters”
Episode 128: “Behind the Lines”
Episode 129: “Favor the Bold”
Episode 130: “The Sacrifice of Angels”
Episode 131: “You Are Cordially Invited...”
Episode 132: “Resurrection”
Episode 133: “Statistical Probabilities”
Episode 134: “The Magnificent Ferengi”
Episode 135: “Waltz”
Episode 136: “Who Mourns for Morn”
Episode 137: “Far Beyond the Stars”
Episode 138: “One Little Ship”
Episode 139: “Honor Among Thieves”
Episode 140: “Change of Heart”
Episode 141: “Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night”
Episode 142: “Inquisition”
Episode 143: “In the Pale Moonlight”
Episode 144: “His Way”
Episode 145: “The Reckoning”
Episode 146: “ Valiant ”
Episode 147: “Profit and Lace”
Episode 148: “Time’s Orphan”
Episode 149: “The Sound of Her Voice”
Episode 150: “Tears of the Prophets”
Episode 151: “Image in the Sand”
Episode 152: “Shadows and Symbols”
Episode 153: “Afterimage”
Episode 154: “Take Me Out to the Holosuite”
Episode 155: “Chrysalis”
Episode 156: “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River”
Episode 157: “Once More Unto the Breach”
Episode 158: “The Siege of AR-558”
Episode 159: “Covenant”
Episode 160: “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
Episode 161: “Prodigal Daughter”
Episode 162: “The Emperor’s New Cloak”
Episode 163: “Field of Fire”
Episode 164: “Chimera”
Episode 165: “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang”
Episode 166: “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges”
Episode 167: “Penumbra”
Episode 168: “‘Til Death Do Us Part”
Episode 169: “Strange Bedfellows”
Episode 170: “The Changing Face of Evil”
Episode 171: “When It Rains...”
Episode 172: “Tacking Into the Wind”
Episode 173: “Extreme Measures”
Episode 174: “The Dogs of War”
Episode 175-176: “What You Leave Behind”

Star Trek: Enterprise

Episode 1: “Broken Bow” (Draft Version)
Episode 69: “Azati Prime”
Episode 76: “Zero Hour”

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

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An interstellar cataclysm cripples the Klingon Empire's homeworld, leading to their Chancellor seeking peace with the Federation. But covert acts attempt to thwart the peace process with the assassination of the Klingon Chancellor. With Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy as the prime suspects, the Starships Enterprise -A and Excelsior must attempt to uncover the truth before the conspirators can plunge the Federation and Klingon Empire into fullscale war!

1.1 Prelude
1.2 Act I – The Mission and Catastrophe
1.3 Act II – The Trial and Spock's Investigation
1.4 Act III – The Rescue and Revelation
1.5 Act IV – Realizations and Confrontations
1.6 Epilogue
2 Log entries
3.1.1 Hamlet
3.1.2 Julius Caesar
3.1.3 King Henry IV, Part II
3.1.4 King Henry V
3.1.5 The Merchant of Venice
3.1.6 Richard II
3.1.7 Romeo and Juliet
3.1.8 The Tempest
3.2 General quotes
4.1 Landmarks
4.3 Story and production
4.4 Sets, props, and costumes
4.5 Miscellaneous
4.7.1 Concept art
4.7.2 Production gallery
4.8 Merchandise gallery
4.9 Production history
4.10 Different versions
4.11 Apocrypha
5 Awards and honors
6.1.1 Opening credits
6.1.2.1 Second Unit Photography
6.1.3.1 Library computer references
6.1.3.2 Unused Material
6.1.3.3 Unreferenced material
6.1.4 Timeline
6.2 External links

Summary [ ]

Prelude [ ].

" I cannot confirm the existence of Praxis. "

An explosion erupts, creating a massive subspace shock wave .

Aboard the USS Excelsior , Captain Hikaru Sulu takes a sip of tea , reads a report handed to him by his science officer Dimitri Valtane , and records his log :

Excelsior emerges from the shockwave

Suddenly, red alert klaxons sound on the bridge as the subspace shockwave reaches the Excelsior , throwing Sulu and his crew to the deck. Sulu orders helmsman Lojur to turn Excelsior into the wave and the ship clears the disturbance. At his post, Valtane locates the origin of the shockwave – Praxis , a Klingon moon , which Sulu notes is the Empire 's key energy production facility. Sulu orders communications officer Janice Rand to hail the moon and offer their assistance, then asks Valtane for more data. Valtane, perplexed, says that he can confirm Praxis's location... but not its existence. An image appears on the viewscreen: Praxis, or rather barely half of it, ripped in two by some catastrophe, to the disbelieving horror of Sulu and the rest of the bridge crew. Rand reports that she has intercepted a message from Praxis and puts it up: the viewscreen is filled with the grisly image of a Klingon officer , standing on a deck heaving beneath his feet and surrounded by flames, shouting desperately at the pickup. The message abruptly cuts off and is replaced by an official transmission from Klingon Brigadier General Kerla , speaking for the Klingon High Command . Kerla explains that there has been an "incident" on Praxis, but that everything is under control and Federation assistance is not required, warning the Excelsior to obey treaty stipulations and remain outside the Neutral Zone .

Rand asks Sulu if they should notify Starfleet and Sulu simply replies: " Are you kidding?! "

Act I – The Mission and Catastrophe [ ]

" Ladies and gentlemen, the C-in-C. "

Two months later on Earth , the senior crew of the USS Enterprise -A assembles for a meeting at Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco . The C-in-C of Starfleet opens the meeting, bluntly stating that the Klingon Empire has only fifty years of life left in it. Federation Special Envoy Spock announces that the destruction of Praxis has polluted the Klingon homeworld 's ozone so badly that the planet has only fifty years remaining without diverting resources from its significant military expenditures. At the behest of Vulcan ambassador Sarek , Spock has opened a dialogue with Klingon Chancellor Gorkon , who wishes to end all hostilities between the Empire and Starfleet, proposing the dismantling of all starbases in and around the Neutral Zone. The Military aide asked Bill that are they talking mothballing the Starfleet, but Bill said that their "exploration and scientific programs would be unaffected." Admiral Cartwright interrupts, vehemently objecting, saying the Klingons must not be offered safe haven in Federation space, suggesting Starfleet use military force in order to dictate terms from a superior position. Captain Kirk agrees that giving the Klingons free reign in Federation space is a "terrifying idea." However, Spock counters, arguing that they must act now to support the Gorkon initiative before conservative elements in the Klingon Empire can seize control and try to fight to the death.

Spock has volunteered the Enterprise and its crew to welcome Gorkon and his aides aboard and escort their ship to a peace meeting on Earth. Kirk protests that he is hardly the man for the job but is overruled and commanded to extend full diplomatic courtesy. Verbally sending the Enterprise on its way, the commander in chief thanks the assembled Starfleet officers and reminds them the meeting they've just had is classified, dismissing them too.

At this point, Kirk is left alone with Spock, who reminds him of an old Vulcan proverb that " only Nixon could go to China . " Kirk is angry that Spock would volunteer the Enterprise without consulting him. Spock states that his father requested he open the negotiations with the Klingons. Though Kirk knows that Spock's father is the Vulcan ambassador, Kirk is furious at Spock for forcing him to treat the Klingon "animals" like honored guests after what they did to his son ; Spock knows how he feels about the Klingons, but reminds Kirk they are dying. Kirk snaps, " Let them die! " Upon Spock's somewhat startled reaction, Kirk asks Spock if he has realized that the Enterprise crew is due to stand down in just three months time, saying that they have all done their "bit for king and country" and Kirk says that Spock should have trusted him. They stand in the conference hall in silence, looking at each other from opposite ends of the long conference table.

" Regulations specify thrusters only while in spacedock. "

Soon after, Captain Kirk and party are ferried to the Spacedock One aboard SD-103 and board the Enterprise . Upon arriving at the bridge, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy meet Lieutenant Valeris , a young Vulcan female and the first Vulcan to graduate at the top of her class at Starfleet Academy , who is volunteering as helmsman. " Let's get this over with. Departure stations, " Kirk announces to his crew. After an awkward moment when Kirk orders Valeris to depart Spacedock at one quarter impulse power despite regulations specifying thrusters only, the Enterprise departs Spacedock and the Sol system to rendezvous with Gorkon's battle cruiser , Kronos One .

A photo of Kirk's son David Marcus

Valeris then interrupts Kirk in his quarters. She informs him that the Enterprise is almost upon arrival at the rendezvous point. Valeris then tells Kirk how much of an honor it is to serve with him. Kirk tells her she piloted well out of Spacedock and Valeris tells him she has always wanted to try it.

" History is replete with turning points, lieutenant. You must have faith. "

Later, Valeris discusses logic and philosophy with Spock in his quarters in terms of their current mission. Spock says history is replete with turning points and she must have faith that the universe will ultimately unfold as it should. When Valeris begins to ask if that is logical, Spock points out a simple fact that has taken him a lifetime to learn; logic is only the beginning of wisdom and not the end. Spock is soon to retire, with this being his last voyage on the Enterprise as a member of the crew and he intends for Valeris to replace him. Valeris states that she could only succeed Spock. Upon this, an announcement is made through the ship's intercom that all hands are to report to duty stations as a Klingon battlecruiser has arrived off the Enterprise 's port bow.

Upon rendezvous with Gorkon, Captain Kirk reluctantly, but formally, invites the Chancellor and his staff to have dinner aboard the Enterprise at 1930 hours as guests of the Federation. Valeris then suggests opening up the supply of Romulan ale that is aboard, thinking it may help the evening progress more smoothly. Kirk compliments her thinking and leaves the bridge. " Guess who's coming to dinner? ", Commander Chekov quietly says.

Later, in the transporter room , Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Scott are on hand to greet Gorkon and his party. All behave cordially on the surface. Gorkon introduces his daughter, Azetbur , his military adviser, Brigadier General Kerla , and General Chang , his chief of staff . While Gorkon is dignified and gracious, offering Spock his sincere gratitude for his actions towards peace, Chang, who has an especially smug, obnoxious demeanor, tells Kirk that he has so wanted to meet the great Captain Kirk, " warrior to warrior " out of admiration. " Right, " Kirk coldly replies. He leads the Klingon delegation out of the room, thinking they might enjoy a brief tour of the vessel.

" I offer a toast – the undiscovered country – the future. "

Shortly afterward, both Kirk and Gorkon's staff dine together. Gorkon gives a toast to "the undiscovered country – the future". Spock recognizes the line from Hamlet , specifically from act III, scene I, and Gorkon tells Spock that one has never read Shakespeare properly until reading the text in "the original Klingon." McCoy diplomatically offers a toast to Gorkon, calling him " one of the architects of our future. " The dinner proceeds with surface pleasantries gradually melting to reveal angry hostility. In particular, Chekov says the Federation believes all worlds have the sovereign claim to inalienable Human rights and Azetbur points out that this statement is racist and that the Federation is little better than a homo sapiens only club, " present company excepted, of course, " Chang adds. Chang tells Kirk that they all need breathing room, which Kirk points out is the same thing Hitler said in 1938 , which offends Chang. Thinly masking his disappointment, Gorkon simply quips that they have a long way to go.

As the Klingons prepare to leave, Kirk sarcastically jokes that they must do this again sometime. Gorkon says he knows Kirk doesn't trust him, and offers that " if there is to be a brave, new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it. " Chang walks up to Kirk before leaving, telling him " parting is such sweet sorrow, " and steps onto the transporter platform while Kirk shakes his head. Once the Klingons are safely beamed off the ship, the entire senior staff relaxes, observing that the Klingons exhibited poor manners; Spock notes that they were little better. " I'm going to sleep this off. Please let me know if there's some other way we can screw up tonight, " Kirk says before leaving. McCoy announces he is going to find a pot of black coffee . Spock raises his eyebrow.

" We're hit…! "

Lying down to sleep, and nursing a terrible hangover, Kirk is summoned to the bridge by Spock. Sensors are picking up an enormous amount of neutron radiation which appears to be emanating from Enterprise (which an equally hungover Chekov painfully jokes that it is only the size of his head). A photon torpedo shoots out and strikes Kronos One . The entire bridge crew immediately jumps into action, as a second photon torpedo knocks out the gravity. Kirk asks Scotty if Enterprise actually fired and Scotty denies it as according to the inventory the ship still has her entire complement of torpedoes.

As the Klingons begin floating helplessly about, a transporter beam engages and two men in Starfleet uniforms with closed helmets and gravity boots begin walking through the corridors, shooting every Klingon they come in contact with, including Gorkon.

" Why that cunning little Vulcan. "

When auxiliary gravity is restored on Kronos One , Gorkon is discovered, mortally wounded. A furious Chang accuses Kirk of defiling the peace they're striving to work for, and saying that he'll blow them out of the stars. Kirk denies that they fired, although the ship's data banks say they did according to Spock. Kirk orders that the Enterprise surrender, much to the surprise of the bridge crew. He prepares to board Kronos One leaving Spock in command – where he'll be able to get Kirk out of trouble. Spock subtly slaps a small black patch on Kirk's back. McCoy decides to go too in case they need a doctor. " Uhura, tell them we're coming and tell them we're unarmed! ", Kirk says.

When they materialize on Kronos One , Kerla asks if Kirk has "lost his mind." Kirk swears they genuinely do not know what has happened and that they only want to help. Kerla reluctantly allows them to follow him to Gorkon, who is badly wounded. Chang tells him about the torpedoes, the gravity, and the assassins. McCoy tries to save Gorkon but fails due to his lack of knowledge of Klingon anatomy. Before dying, Gorkon reaches up to Kirk, grasping the back of his head, and begs him not to let it end this way. General Chang has Kirk and McCoy arrested for murder under article 184 of Interstellar Law .

Act II – The Trial and Spock's Investigation [ ]

On the Enterprise Uhura relays the news of their arrest. Spock then formally assumes command of the ship and begins a full-scale investigation. When Chekov asks what will happen if they cannot piece together what transpired, Spock says then " in that case, Mr. Chekov, it resides in the purview of the diplomats. "

" This President is not above the law! "

On Earth, the Klingon Ambassador is speaking with the Federation President in his office in Paris , defending his government's decision to arrest Kirk and McCoy for the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon. The president has ordered a full-scale investigation too, but the Klingon ambassador says that by the articles of interstellar law Kirk and McCoy must stand trial in a Klingon court. Sarek and Romulan ambassador Nanclus concur. As the Klingon Ambassador leaves, the commander-in-chief, Admiral Cartwright, and Colonel West enter. They propose a plan they call Operation Retrieve , to rescue Kirk and McCoy, West states that they could go in and get Kirk and McCoy in less than 24 hours with acceptable losses in manpower and equipment. The president asks what would happen then if they precipitate a full scale war and West frankly states " Then Mr. President, we can clean their chronometers. " Nanclus tells the president that the Klingons are vulnerable and there would never be a better time to strike them. Cartwright says that the longer they wait, the less accessible the hostages become. The president then dismisses everyone saying he'll keep all this in mind. Everyone except for Sarek leaves the president alone. At the door, the C in C stops and reminds the president that Kirk and McCoy have literally saved the planet . The president knows this and tells the C in C that they are now going to save it again… by standing trial.

Uhura receives a message from Starfleet Command ordering them to return to Earth immediately. Both she and Chekov agree they cannot abandon the captain and Dr. McCoy. Valeris tells the both of them how 400 years ago on the planet Earth, when workers felt threatened by automation, they flung their wooden shoes called sabots into the machines to stop them, thus coining the word " sabotage ." Uhura comes up with a response that Enterprise 's backup systems are all inoperative. " Excellent. I-I-I mean, too bad, " Chekov says.

Azetbur, now Klingon Chancellor, communicates with the President. She says in one week she will attend a peace conference at a neutral, secret site on the condition that they will not extradite Kirk and McCoy and that the Federation will make no attempts at a military extraction. If they do so, the Klingons will consider it an act of war.

" War is… obsolete. As we are in danger of becoming. "

After ending the transmission to the Federation President, Azetbur's advisors (including Kerla) suggest attacking the Federation now while they still can, or else the Federation will take advantage of Praxis' destruction and enslave them. Azetbur stands up to them, saying that war is obsolete, as they are in danger of becoming. One of her advisors sneers, "better to die on our feet than live on our knees!" Azetbur firmly says that her father wanted peace, and Chang, standing aside in the corner, speaks for the first time, reminding her gently that her father's wishes got him killed. Azetbur stands her ground, saying the peace process will go forward, but adds, with resolve, that Kirk will pay for her father's death.

Spock's investigation is proceeding. The computer says that Enterprise fired and the torpedo inventory says they didn't, so they'll have to inspect each torpedo visually.

" If the gravitational field was not functioning, how could these men be walking? "

The trial begins, with Chang as prosecutor and Colonel Worf as Kirk and McCoy's defense attorney. In a Klingon trial on Qo'noS, the prosecution and defense question witnesses at the same time. The first witness says the murderers were wearing magnetic boots, a fact which, while viewing the trial back on the bridge of the Enterprise gets Spock to thinking. Chang then begins questioning McCoy, starting with McCoy's current medical status, to which McCoy jokes " other than a touch of arthritis, I'd say, pretty good! " Chang tries to impugn McCoy's medical competence and questions whether he really tried his best to save Gorkon. McCoy says he desperately tried to save Gorkon as he was the last best hope for peace. The judge then excuses him.

Chang then turns to Kirk and calls him "the architect of this tragic affair." Chang accuses Kirk of plotting to kill Gorkon as revenge for the death of his son, a charge Kirk denies. Worf objects, stating Kirk has not been identified as the assassin. Chang enters into the record an excerpt from Kirk's personal log:

Kirk admits that he did indeed say this. Chang uses a number of examples from Kirk's record to show that it's possible he arranged for Gorkon's murder, such as his demotion from admiral to captain for insubordination. Kirk is maneuvered into stating that of course he is responsible for the actions of every member of his crew. The judge finds both guilty as charged, which carries a death penalty. Worf argues that the bulk of the evidence against his clients is circumstantial and begs the court to consider this upon sentencing. The judge agrees then commutes their death sentences to life without parole on the penal asteroid of Rura Penthe , known throughout the galaxy as the aliens' graveyard .

On Excelsior , where Sulu and his crew have also been watching the trial, the captain directs that a message be sent to Enterprise , telling them that Sulu and the crew of Excelsior stand ready to assist them.

With the trial concluded, Spock asks Valeris to replay the footage of the torpedo launch. Scott insists that all the Enterprise torpedoes have been visually accounted for, and there is no way the ship could have fired. Spock repeats a maxim of one of his ancestors: " once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. " If Enterprise could not have fired, it must have come from a cloaked ship, probably a Bird-of-Prey , hiding underneath Enterprise . Scotty objects that a Bird-of-Prey cannot fire its weapons while cloaked, but Spock rejoins that apparently this one can. Unfortunately, they have no evidence, only a theory which happens to fit the facts available. Chekov argues that if there was a cloaked ship, the assassins must have beamed onto Gorkon's ship from there, not Enterprise , but Spock reminds him that someone was responsible for firing the torpedoes or making the false entry in the ship's data banks; either way, the person or persons responsible are aboard Enterprise . Spock puts Valeris in charge of a search for two pairs of gravity boots.

" … only a magnetic shield prevents beaming. "

Kirk and McCoy are taken from Qo'noS, along with a group of other prisoners, to the frozen wasteland of Rura Penthe, an appropriately harsh place protected only by a magnetic shield. On arrival at the prison, they are greeted by the warden, who warns them that escape is quite impossible, and that anyone who is disobedient or fails to work hard enough will be punished via exile from prison to the surface where nothing can survive; a fact which is graphically demonstrated when a naked prisoner is dragged out and thrown into the snowy wastes to rapidly freeze to death. Inside the prison, Kirk almost immediately has an altercation with a large alien, but is rescued by an exotic looking woman, Martia .

In the galley, Spock and Valeris observe the search going on. When Chekov asks Valeris why the assassins didn't simply vaporize the boots, she pulls a phaser out from a weapons locker and vaporizes a nearby pot. An alarm goes off and she deactivates it, explaining to Chekov that you cannot fire an unauthorized phaser set to vaporize aboard a starship. Scotty and Uhura come in wanting to know who triggered the alarm by firing the phaser. They continue to stall for time by claiming malfunctioning equipment. Uhura reminds Spock that they have lost all contact with Kirk and McCoy. Spock notes this but says that if he knows Kirk well, by this time he is deep into planning his escape.

" Not everyone keeps their genitals in the same place. "

Meanwhile, Kirk is engaged in hand-to-hand combat with another alien, and is surprised when he wins. Kirk informs McCoy and Martia that he was lucky the brute had knees. Martia tells Kirk that that was not his knee, noting that not all species have their genitals in the same place. Martia offers to help Kirk and McCoy escape. That night in their bunks, Kirk admits he'd gotten so used to hating Klingons and that it never even occurred to him to take Gorkon at his word. Martia comes in, gives Kirk a big kiss and tells him where to meet her to plan an escape.

Act III – The Rescue and Revelation [ ]

Aboard Excelsior , Sulu's officer tells him that Starfleet wants to know what has happened to the Enterprise . Sulu states that he nor the Excelsior personnel know anything about the Enterprise and dismisses the officer. Now Sulu is getting really worried.

" If the shoe fits, wear it! "

In the transporter room, Chekov finds some small dried remains on the transporter platform and takes a sample of it to Spock, who discovers that it is Klingon blood, which must have been floating through the Klingon ship and got tracked back to Enterprise by the assassins walking through it. Spock notes this as the first piece of evidence to corroborate their theory and therefore expands the search to include all uniforms aboard ship. Valeris eventually finds the magnetic boots; however, they are in the locker of a crewman whose feet are shaped differently from Humans'; the boots couldn't possibly be his much to Chekov's surprise.

Martia as the Brute: " They don't take girls. "

Martia, appearing as a small Human girl

Kirk and McCoy get into a lift for mining duty and discover that Martia is a shapeshifter. She changes bodies several times in the course of leading them out of the range of the magnetic shield. Uhura and Spock have noted Kirk's exit from the beaming shield as well. Spock orders the ship to Rura Penthe. It seems that what he put on Kirk's back was a viridium patch which enabled him to track the captain.

" We is condemning food… things and… supplies to Rura Penthe… over… "

The Enterprise passes into Klingon space and gets the attention of a Klingon listening post. If they respond while using the universal translator , the sentries would pick it up. In badly broken Klingon , Uhura identifies her ship as a freighter, IKS Ursva , headed to Rura Penthe to "condemn" food, supplies and "things." The Klingons at the listening post are fooled and end up making a Klingon joke, in which the Klingons and the Enterprise crew forcibly laugh at.

" Not me, you idiot, him!"

As Martia produces warm clothes and other supplies and lights a flare for heat, Kirk realizes that Martia is setting him and McCoy up to be killed. She's spoken previously of a huge reward to the person who gets them, and the flare is a dead giveaway. Martia changes into a duplicate Kirk and they fight, rolling all over the snow before being stopped by a jackal mastiff , Klingon guards, and the warden. Kirk and Martia (still appearing as Kirk) stand next to each other. Kirk convinces the warden to shoot Martia, since they don't want any witnesses. Kirk then asks who wanted them killed. Just before the warden can identify the culprit, Kirk and McCoy are beamed out of the cave – with Kirk swearing the whole way up.

Materializing on the transporter pad, Kirk asks Spock if he couldn't have waited just two more seconds, as the warden was about to explain the whole thing. When Chekov sheepishly asks if they want to go back, McCoy answers " Absolutely not! " Kirk adds, " It's cold. " Chang finds out about this from the commandant and prepares to intercept the Enterprise .

Sitting in the Enterprise 's officers' mess , Scott discovers two sets of uniforms with Klingon blood on them. Scott runs up to Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Chekov in a corridor and they subsequently find Yeomen Burke and Samno , both dead, killed by a phaser stun at close range. They were the ones on guard in the transporter room when Gorkon and party first beamed aboard the Enterprise . To lure out the assassin, an announcement is made over the ship's intercom ordering the court reporter to sickbay and that statements will be taken from Burke and Samno, as if they are merely injured. Someone walks into the darkened sickbay with phaser in hand – it is revealed to be Valeris. Valeris is stunned to see Kirk and her mentor Spock in the bio-beds instead of the dead crewmen. Hurt and angry over her betrayal, Spock challenges Valeris to shoot him (while Kirk prefers she doesn't), and violently slaps the phaser out of her hand. McCoy emerges from the shadows and informs her that the operation is over.

On the bridge, Valeris claims that as she did not fire the crew has no proof against her, but Kirk does. He reminds her that his personal log was used as evidence against him at the trial; she must have recorded him talking on his personal log that night when Valeris was standing outside his doorway. Valeris dodges the accusation by accusing Kirk and the entire ship of betraying Starfleet. When McCoy calls her on it and asks her what she thinks she's been doing, she says she's been working to save Starfleet. She doesn't believe Klingons can ever be trusted, and reminds Kirk that they killed his son and how he said to " let them die " rather than help, and Kirk can't help but feel ashamed that he made such a statement. She reveals that some Klingons conspired with Starfleet officers to kill their own Chancellor – how trustworthy can they be? McCoy ponders the concept of peace between the Klingons and Federation being so unacceptable to members of both sides that they worked together to prevent it (while implying the irony that the conspiracy actually proves that Humans and Klingons actually can coexist and work together). Kirk demands the names of her co-conspirators, and Valeris claims she does not remember. " A lie? ", Spock asks. " A choice, " she replies.

"Names , lieutenant! "

Spock slowly walks up to Valeris near the viewscreen and forces her into a mind meld , discovering that the conspirators include Admiral Cartwright, General Chang, and the Romulan Ambassador, Nanclus. Kirk asks where the peace conference will be held, so Spock looks further into her mind to the point it causes her physical pain, but Valeris ultimately does not know where the peace conference is. The Enterprise contacts the Excelsior and Sulu tells Kirk that the conference will be held at Camp Khitomer , beginning later that day.

Act IV – Realizations and Confrontations [ ]

Later, in Spock's quarters, Kirk admits that he couldn't get past the death of his son and that it took Gorkon's death to get him to realize how prejudiced he was. Spock admits he was prejudiced by Valeris's accomplishments as a Vulcan and speculates that he and Kirk – with their inflexible thinking – are obsolete.

The Khitomer conference begins, as Enterprise drops out of warp and races towards the planet at impulse. If Chang's ship is there, it's cloaked, and the only means of detecting it would be the same surge of neutron radiation that occurred when Gorkon's ship was fired upon. Tension mounts on board the ship as they get ever closer to transporter range. With just over 40 seconds to go, Chang contacts Kirk over subspace and asks him, " warrior to warrior ," to admit that Kirk prefers for the Federation and Klingons to remain enemies, and continue slaughtering each other in glorious combat: " Once more unto the breach, dear friends… "

Then, with another quote of "to be or not to be…" in Klingon, Chang signals his gunner, and the Bird-of-Prey opens fire with photon torpedoes . With the cloak in place, Enterprise's shields take a pounding, but they cannot return fire. Although Chang continues to taunt Kirk, Uhura tries but fails to locate the source of his transmissions.

Excelsior is hurtling to Khitomer at maximum warp. Aboard the bridge, which is trembling with the force of acceleration, helmsman Lojur warns, " She'll fly apart! " Sulu retorts, " Fly her apart then! "

On Khitomer, Azetbur's speech has begun and a Klingon stands up and walks out carrying a briefcase. Admiral Cartwright nervously watches, sweat dripping down his face.

" Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war! "

In space, Enterprise continues to take heavy damage, and Scott warns their shields are collapsing. A minor explosion on the bridge prompts Kirk to order auxiliary power, but Spock reports that the auxiliary circuits have been destroyed. Watching Enterprise attempting to evade, Chang quotes The Merchant of Venice :

Spock realizes that even with her cloak in place, the Bird-of-Prey's impulse engines will still vent plasma exhaust ; Uhura suggests using the equipment they have on-board to catalog gaseous anomalies as a guidance system. Spock asks McCoy to help him "perform surgery" on a photon torpedo to enable it to do so. " Fascinating! ", the physician says. Kirk continues to order evasive maneuvers in an attempt to mitigate the torpedo impacts across the hull.

Enterprise continues to suffer heavy damage, but before she can be crippled, Sulu arrives with Excelsior , taking some of the pressure off Enterprise as Chang chooses to divide his attacks between opponents. However, Chang has merely been slowed down: with his ability to fire while cloaked, Chang is still running circles around both ships.

At Khitomer, the Klingon who left has found a vantage point on an upper level and is cutting a small hole in one of the glass panes to aim a weapon at the President.

Chang relentlessly fires Shakespeare quotations such as:

and continues firing torpedoes, weakening Enterprise 's shields to the point that it takes a direct hit on the ventral-port side of the saucer section that ruptures the hull. Spock and McCoy complete their modifications to the photon torpedo, and with a great deal of satisfaction, Kirk gives the order to fire. It homes in on the cloaked Bird-of-Prey and lands a direct hit, but not before Chang gives his last Shakespeare quote from Hamlet :

Enterprise and Excelsior then target the location of the explosion, unleashing a barrage of torpedoes that destroy Chang's now decloaked (and shield-less) ship.

" It's Colonel West! "

The Enterprise crew beams down just in time for Kirk to knock the president out of the way of the would-be assassin's phaser rifle blast. He identifies himself to the dazed president. Cartwright orders them arrested and Spock retorts "Arrest yourself!" displaying a handcuffed Valeris. McCoy says that they have a full confession just as the Klingon assassin is about to shoot Valeris. At that moment, Scott kicks in the door to the assassin's hiding place, and shoots him just before he can kill Valeris. He falls through the glass pane to the floor. The Commander In Chief and Colonel Worf rush to the body and find out that it's not a Klingon; it's Colonel West. Cartwright takes advantage of the ruckus and tries to flee but is thwarted when Sulu, armed and accompanied by two security guards, transports from Excelsior and holds him there.

The Khitomer Conference saved

A confused and angry Azetbur demands to know what is going on. Kirk tells her this is all about the future and that history has not ended quite yet. Thinking of Gorkon's reference to the future as "the undiscovered country," Kirk notes that people can be very frightened of change. Azetbur tells Kirk he's restored her father's faith and Kirk tells her she's restored his son's. At that moment, the room breaks out into applause as the remaining Enterprise officers (including Sulu) walk up and join Kirk on the platform.

Epilogue [ ]

As Enterprise and Excelsior rendezvous above Khitomer , Kirk and crew reenter the bridge and exchange pleasantries with Captain Sulu. " Nice to see you in action one more time, Captain Kirk. Take care, " Sulu says as Excelsior moves away from the Enterprise , departing Khitomer. " By God, that's a big ship, " McCoy says. " Not so big as her captain, I think, " Scott adds. Chekov muses, " So… this is good-bye. "

The last flight of the Enterprise

" I think it's about time we got underway ourselves, " Kirk mentions. Uhura then tells Kirk that they've received direct orders from Starfleet Command to return Enterprise to Spacedock for decommissioning. The crew looks around at each other, emotional that their time together as a crew is now coming to an end.

Spock contemplates that for a moment and then remarks, " If I were Human, I believe my response would be 'Go to Hell .' If I were Human. " When Chekov asks for a course heading, Kirk tells him " Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning. "

Uhura steps over near Scott and everyone watches as Enterprise heads off toward the stars on one final voyage.

Log entries [ ]

Sulu: " Stardate 9521.6, Captain's log, USS Excelsior , Hikaru Sulu commanding. After three years , I have concluded my first assignment as master of this vessel, cataloging gaseous planetary anomalies in Beta Quadrant . We're heading home under full impulse power. I'm pleased to report that ship and crew have functioned well. "
Kirk: " Captain's log , stardate 9522.6. I've never trusted Klingons, and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my boy. It seems to me our mission to escort the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council to a peace summit is problematic at best. Spock says this could be an historic occasion, and I'd like to believe him, but how on Earth can history get past people like me? "
Kirk: " The Enterprise hosted Chancellor Gorkon and party to dinner last night; our manners weren't exactly Emily Post. Oh, note to the galley: Romulan ale no longer to be served at diplomatic functions. "
Kirk:" Captain's log, stardate 9529.1. This is the final cruise of the starship Enterprise under my command. This ship and her history will shortly become the care of another crew ; to them and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man – where no one – has gone before. "

Memorable quotes [ ]

Shakespeare [ ].

" I thought I would assume a pleasing shape. " (Act II, Scene II)

" The undiscovered country. " (Act III, Scene I)

" To be, or not to be. " (Act III, Scene I)

Julius Caesar [ ]

" Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war! " (Act III, Scene I)

" I am constant as the northern star. " (Act III, Scene I)

King Henry IV, Part II [ ]

" Have we not heard the chimes at midnight? " (Act III, Scene II)

King Henry V [ ]

" Once more unto the breach, dear friends. " (Act III, Scene I)

" The game's afoot. " (Act III, Scene I)

The Merchant of Venice [ ]

" Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge? " (Act III, Scene I)

Richard II [ ]

" Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings. " (Act III, Scene II)

Romeo and Juliet [ ]

" Parting is such sweet sorrow. " (Act II, Scene II)

The Tempest [ ]

" Our revels now are ended. " (Act IV, Scene I)

General quotes [ ]

" Do we report this, sir? " " Are you kidding? "

" I must protest. To offer Klingons safe haven within Federation space is suicide. Klingons would become the alien trash of the galaxy. "

" I don't know whether to congratulate you or not, Jim. " " I wouldn't. "

" There is an old Vulcan proverb. Only Nixon could go to China. "

" Don't believe them! Don't trust them! " " They're dying. " " Let them die! "

" You must be very proud. " " I don't believe so, sir. " " She's a Vulcan all right. "

" I've never trusted Klingons and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my boy . "

" History is replete with turning points, Lieutenant. "

" Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end. "

" Guess who's coming to dinner? "

" I offer a toast. The undiscovered country … The future. "

" In space, all warriors are cold warriors. "

" Human rights. Why the very name is racist. The Federation is no more than a homo sapiens only club. "

" We need breathing room. " " Earth, Hitler, 1938. " " I beg your pardon. "

" If there is to be a brave new world, our generation is going to have the hardest time living in it. "

" Did you see the way they ate?! " " Terrible table manners! " " I doubt that our own behavior will distinguish us in the annals of diplomacy."

" Valeris, do you know anything about a radiation surge? " " Sir? " " Chekov? " " Only the size of my head. " " I know what you mean. "

" We come in peace and you BLATANTLY defile that peace! And for that, I shall blow you out of the stars! " " We haven't fired! " " Captain, according to our databanks we have. Twice. "

" Don't let it end this way, Captain. "

" This president is not above the law. "

" Then, quite frankly, Mister President, we can clean their chronometers. "

" Sir… Those men have literally saved this planet. " " Yes, Bill, I know that. And now they're going to save it again. By standing trial. "

" I'll bet that Klingon bitch killed her father! "

" Doctor McCoy, would you be so good as to tell me your current medical status? " " Aside from a touch of arthritis, I'd say pretty good! "

" James Tiberius Kirk… What would your favorite author say, Captain? Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings. Tell us your sad story Kirk, Tell us how you planned to take revenge for the death of your son. " " That's not true. " " Objection! Captain Kirk has not been identified as the assassin! " " Sustained. "

" Do you deny being demoted by these charges?! Don't wait for the translation!! Answer me now!! " " I cannot deny it. " " You were demoted? " " Yes. " " For insubordination? " " On occasion, I have disobeyed orders. "

" An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. "

" This is the gulag Rura Penthe. There is no stockade. No guard tower. No electronic frontier. Only a magnetic shield prevents beaming. Punishment means exile from prison to the surface. On the surface, nothing can survive. Work well, and you will be treated well. Work badly, and you will die. "

" If my surmise is correct, those boots will cling to the killers' necks like a pair of Tiberian bats. "

" I'm Martia. You're Kirk and McCoy, I presume. " " How did you know that? " " We don't get many presidential assassins. "

" I was lucky that thing had knees. " " That was not his knee. Not everybody keeps their genitals in the same place, Captain. "

" What is it with you, anyway? " " Still think we're finished? " " More than ever. "

" Perhaps you know Russian epic of Cinderella? If the shoe fits, wear it! "

" Mr. Scott, start your engines. " " Aye, aye sir. "

" Leave me. I'm finished. " " No! Bones, I'm wearing a viridium patch on my back. Spock slapped it there just before we went on Gorkon's ship. " " Why, that cunning little Vulcan. "

" An accident wasn't good enough. " " Good enough for one. Two would've looked suspicious. Killed while attempting escape … now that's convincing for both. "

" I can't believe I kissed you. " " Must have been your lifelong ambition. "

" Isn't it about time you became something else? " " I like it here. "

" Kill him! He's the one! " " Not me, you idiot! HIM! "

" Who? Who wanted us killed? " " Since you're all going to die, anyway, why not tell you? His name is…! "

" Couldn't you have waited just two more seconds!? " " Captain? " " He was just about to explain the whole thing! " " You want to go back!? " " Absolutely not!! " " It's cold! "

" First rule of assassination. Kill the assassins. "

" You have betrayed the Federation. All of you. " " And what have you been doing? " " Saving Starfleet! "

" Then we're dead. " " I've been dead before . "

" Thank you, Captain Sulu. " " Don't mention it, Captain Kirk. "

" You were right. It was arrogant presumption on my part that got us into this… situation. You and the Doctor might have been killed. " " The night is young. "

" You're a great one for logic. I'm a great one for rushing in where angels fear to tread. "

" Is it possible that we two, you and I, have grown so old and so inflexible that we have outlived our usefulness? "

" Do you want to know something? Everybody's Human. " " I find that remark… insulting. "

" Let us redefine progress to mean that just because we can do a thing it does not necessarily follow that we must do that thing. "

" I can see you, Kirk. " " Chang. " " Can you see me? Oh, now be honest, Captain, warrior to warrior. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be? No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends. "

" Come on. Come on! " " She'll fly apart. " " Fly her apart, then! "

" Doctor, would you care to assist me in performing surgery on a torpedo? " " Fascinating! "

" I'd give real money if he'd shut up. "

" We've got a heartbeat! "

" Where's that damn torpedo? " " It's ready, Jim. Lock and load! "

" Some people think the future means the end of history. Well, we haven't run out of history quite yet. "

" You've restored my father's faith. " " And you've restored my son's. "

" Once again we've saved civilization as we know it. " " And the good news is, they're not going to prosecute. "

" Nice to see you in action one more time, Captain Kirk. Take care. "

" So… this is goodbye. "

" Captain, I have orders from Starfleet Command. We're to be put back into Spacedock immediately. To be decommissioned. " " If I were Human , I believe my response would be: Go to hell! If I were Human. "

" Course heading, Captain? " " Second star to the right. And straight on 'til morning. "

Background information [ ]

Landmarks [ ].

This is the second of two Star Trek productions (the other being Star Trek V: The Final Frontier ) between 1986 and 2005 to be produced without any involvement from Rick Berman .
Although this is the final Star Trek film to feature the entire Star Trek: The Original Series cast together, only Nichelle Nichols ( Uhura ) and DeForest Kelley ( McCoy ) make their final official Star Trek appearances in this film (Kelley's appearance as an admiral in TNG: "Encounter At Farpoint" the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation had occurred four years previously). James Doohan ( Scotty ) would appear in TNG : " Relics ", and then with William Shatner ( James T. Kirk ), and Walter Koenig ( Pavel Chekov ) in Star Trek Generations . George Takei ( Hikaru Sulu ) appeared in VOY : " Flashback " and Leonard Nimoy ( Spock ) appeared in TNG : " Unification I " , " Unification II ", Star Trek , and Star Trek Into Darkness .
Chronologically, McCoy, Spock and Scotty appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation long after the events of this film.
This movie is the first canon instance of Sulu's first name, Hikaru (Japanese for "shining"), being stated. Prior to the film, it was commonly used in the novels (and reportedly approved by Gene Roddenberry and George Takei ( citation needed • edit ) ), but had never been made official.
This is currently the only Star Trek movie shot in Super 35 format instead of anamorphic . ( citation needed • edit )
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards . It was nominated for "Makeup" and "Sound Effects Editing." It was also nominated for the Hugo Award for "Best Dramatic Presentation" and five Saturn Awards , winning for "Best Science Fiction Film."
Leonard Nimoy co-wrote the story for this final outing of the TOS cast. Likewise, the final outing of the TNG cast ( Star Trek Nemesis ) was co-written by one of its cast members, Brent Spiner .
The film confirms Kirk's middle name, which had previously been established in the animated series episode " Bem " as "Tiberius," for the first time in live action production.
Finally, just before the closing titles roll, the signatures of the seven main cast members from The Original Series are displayed one by one, writing themselves on the starfield.

Members of the film's cast with Nick Meyer

Rene Auberjonois ' role as Colonel West was cut from the theatrical release, as Gene Roddenberry was uncomfortable with ideas that were presented in his scenes. ( citation needed • edit ) The scenes were later restored for the VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD release, but the BluRay release contains the theatrical cut. Auberjonois later played Constable Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
Michael Dorn only found out he had a role in this film as Worf's grandfather when Nicholas Meyer and Herman Zimmerman were walking past the soundstages for Star Trek: The Next Generation and informed him about it. [1]
The only actors, aside from the original cast, to appear in both this film and in Star Trek: The Motion Picture are Grace Lee Whitney ( Janice Rand ) and Mark Lenard . In both films, Whitney appeared as Janice Rand, whereas Lenard appeared as Sarek in The Undiscovered Country and a Klingon captain in The Motion Picture . This was the penultimate appearance of Rand, who went on to appear in the Star Trek: Voyager episode " Flashback ". She is a lieutenant jg in this film, although "Flashback" incorrectly depicts her as a lieutenant commander at the time of the film's setting. Some of the comics set around the time of Sulu taking command of Excelsior not only support her lieutenant commander rank, but imply that she was also the Excelsior 's first officer.
Rand was supposed to be the character that wakes up Sulu to inform him that Starfleet was looking for the Enterprise instead of Christian Slater 's character. Slater was a huge fan of the show and his mother – Mary Jo Slater , the movie's casting director – petitioned heavily to get him a part. ( citation needed • edit )
Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn and Kurtwood Smith would later star together in the Deep Space Nine fifth season episode " Things Past ", where Auberjonois plays Odo, Dorn plays Worf and Smith plays Thrax .
This is Rene Auberjonois and John Schuck 's fourth film together. The first was MASH , followed by Brewster McCloud , and McCabe & Mrs. Miller .
Merritt Butrick appears posthumously as David Marcus , via a photo in Kirk's quarters.

Story and production [ ]

The Undiscovered Country was almost never made as a Star Trek film, not only due to the dismal box office receipts of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , but also for an unbroken string of, for Paramount Pictures , disappointing yet very expensive film releases as well, leaving the studio deeply in the red, only aggravated by a worldwide recession . However as seen on the Star Trek VI DVD set and also according to William Shatner 's Star Trek Movie Memories , Paramount, specifically its president Frank Mancuso, Sr. – who had been intimately involved with Star Trek ever since Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – , did not really want to end the Original Crew run on The Final Frontier low note, especially with the 25th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise coming up, and wanted one more film, but found himself seriously hampered by the strictest of budget limitation: under NO conceivable circumstance was a potential new film to exceed the budget of The Final Frontier , not even by one dollar. It was at this point that Harve Bennett proposed his Starfleet Academy prequel , featuring a brand new, and thus far cheaper, cast, and was green lighted by Mancuso to go into pre-production, and proceeded as such, until Gene Roddenberry vehemently objected, and with him the fanbase and the secondary cast. But it was only when the (at the time) head of Paramount Communications (formerly Gulf+Western, owner of Paramount Pictures), Martin Davis , found out about the Academy concept and furiously demanding an Original Crew film be made, that Bennett's project was scrapped on the spot. Because nobody had thought of informing the highest boss, nearly eighteen months of valuable pre-production time had been lost. Because he wanted to do the prequel, and Mancuso no longer dared to continue, Harve Bennett left Star Trek after a decade with the franchise. ( Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 347-348; Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, pp. 24-30)
Earlier, a revised draft of Bennett's script featured a scene in which Kirk flashed back to his days at Starfleet Academy , allowing William Shatner and others to reprise their Original Crew roles as cameos – Bennett's effort to appease Roddenberry's ( et al. ) criticisms, before his project was scrapped altogether. ( Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 343-345)
Thoroughly chastized by his boss Davis, Mancuso subsequently turned to Leonard Nimoy in May 1990 to get a completely new film, featuring the entire Original Crew , started. It was during this meeting that Nimoy suggested the contemporary real world Gorbachev / Perestroika / Glasnost events as an allegory for the Federation and the Klingon Empire as basic story line, which was enthusiastically embraced by Mancuso. Informed that Bennett had gone, Nimoy requested to return Nicholas Meyer into the fold as co-writer and director, which was also embraced by Mancuso. In the early summer Nimoy and Meyer had an extended meeting at his holiday address in Cape Cod where they essentially hammered out the details as eventually featured in the film, though they became seriously hampered by studio politics through trying to burden the pair with the woefully inadequate dilettante Konner / Rosenthal "writing" duo. ( Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 349-363) As the upper studio echelons were at the time, for the aforementioned reasons, embroiled in a tumultuous and very messy power struggle, derisively called the "The Studio Shuffle" in the contemporary press, the executive sponsors, Sid Ganis and Teddy Zee , of the Konner/Rosenthal duo were a short time later kicked out, and so were they, without having made a single noteworthy contribution whatsoever – according to both Nimoy and Meyer, what little they did turn in, immediately and literally trashed by (other) executives upon reading, was blatant plagiarism of their own story outlines. Yet Nimoy and Meyer (their relationship having actually become strained because of executives playing the one against the other in this matter, as it only became later apparent to both men) were too premature in their relief of being rid of the interloping duo, as the latter, near the end of the production, started legal procedures against both men for writing credits, partially succeeding, and nearly stripping Nimoy of any and all creative credit. ( see below ) Incidentally, Paramount veteran of 31 years Mancuso was also gone less than a month after he had approached Nimoy, unceremoniously fired over the telephone by Davis. [2] (X)
When Nimoy was reaching out to Meyer, the latter was working in London, UK, working as writer/director on the MGM film Company Business (featuring Kurtwood Smith , he to subsequently play the President of the United Federation of Planets in The Undiscovered Country ), which ironically, had a similar glasnost theme. However, Meyer felt that the producers had "butchered" the film, and being vocal about it, it had at the time led in the industry grapevine to the rumor that it was this that led him to recycling the theme in The Undiscovered Country . For the remainder of the year Nimoy and Meyer, now reinforced by scriptwriter Denny Martin Flinn (he actually wanted, as it was Meyer who brought him in), communicated with each other by phone, fax and the early email, which however, made them susceptible to the studio politics as played by Ganis and Zee. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, pp. 28, 30; [3] ) Incidentally, before Nimoy even contacted Meyer at his holiday address, Meyer had already been informed by Davis and Mancuso, when the latter two were in London, that a "thirty million dollars" sixth Star Trek film was green-lighted. ( Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 354-358, )
When the Klingons return to their ship after the dinner on the Enterprise , Chang speaks a Klingon phrase into his communicator (without English subtitles). Chang says "daHmacheH" which, in English, means "Ready to return now." During the dinner, Azetbur says a unsubtitled Klingon phrase that, when translated to English, means "Daddy" or "Father."
Originally, a prologue was planned for the film, in which it was established that, before they all got the call to reassemble: Kirk was in a revitalized relationship with Carol Marcus ; McCoy was making a nuisance of himself by showing up drunk at medical celebrity events (as he despises the hypocrisy of it all); Spock's status was "classified;" Uhura had become a radio show hostess; Scotty was working as an engineering professor; Chekov was competing as a not altogether successful chess grandmaster (losing to Betazoids – which was another attempt to tie in the Original Crew franchise with that of Star Trek: The Next Generation ); and Sulu was working as a taxi driver on some backwater alien colony . A fully worked-out prologue sequence, approved for shooting, had already been scripted by Co-Script Writer Flinn. Last-minute mandatory budget limitations, however, forced the creative production team, much against their grain, to scrap the entire prologue sequence, leaving only the introductory Original Crew scene at Starfleet Command instead. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, p. 26; Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 376-378)

Element from a proposed scene from storyboard

An early storyboard draft featured HMS Bounty in spacedock being disassembled by Starfleet engineers, under the supervision of Professor of Engineering Scott, before he got the call to meet up with his fellow former crew-members. This actually was part of the above-mentioned planned prologue of the film.
It was originally intended for the Vulcan traitor to be Lt. Saavik , but the role was instead assigned to Lt. Valeris as a new character. According to William Shatner's Star Trek Movie Memories , this change was vehemently resisted by Gene Roddenberry , who felt that Saavik was too popular a character to be handled this way. Meyer (thoroughly fed up with the disruptive and incessant interlopings of Roddenberry, ever since he came aboard Star Trek , a decade earlier), could not care less what Roddenberry's thoughts on the matter were, rightfully claiming that the character was his creation, not Roddenberry's, and proceeded as planned. Yet, Meyer wanted only Kirstie Alley to reprise the role, but as she was at the peak of her popularity with Cheers at the time and her asking price was far too high. Only when Alley turned out to be unavailable, was it then decided to change the character, instead of casting yet another actress for the same part. Kim Cattrall initially refused the role as she was under the false impression that she had to portray Saavik, but jumped at the opportunity when she learned that that was not to be the case, as she considered Saavik "just a girl", whereas Valeris was a woman. Ironically, Cattrall had auditioned for the role of Saavik for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . To her big disappointment, Robin Curtis had never been considered to reprise the role of Saavik for this film. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, p. 31; Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 374-375) Other stories say that Kirstie Alley refused Nicholas Meyer's requests that she reprise the role, as she was uncomfortable about her weight, and that she did not want to look overweight onscreen in the form-fitting uniforms. ( citation needed • edit )
Many of General Chang's quotes and the subtitle, "The Undiscovered Country," come from Hamlet's " To be or not to be " soliloquy, by William Shakespeare . Chang also quotes or paraphrases Richard II , Julius Caesar , The Merchant of Venice , Henry IV, Part II , Henry V , and The Tempest .
Chang's demand, " Don't wait for the translation! Answer me now! " is a reference to Adlai Stevenson 's similar demand of Soviet Union representative Valerian Zorin at the United Nations during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. ( Star Trek Encyclopedia )
Nichelle Nichols objected to the scene in which the crew desperately searches through old printed Klingonese translation dictionaries in order to speak the language without the standard universal translator being used. It seemed more logical to her that Uhura, being the ship's chief communications officer, would know the language of the Federation's main enemy, or at least have the appropriate information in the computer. However, director Meyer bluntly overruled her. Chekov can be heard explaining at the beginning of the scene that " a universal translator would be recognized ". ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Special Edition) DVD -special feature, " text commentary ") In the alternate reality of Star Trek Into Darkness, Uhura — who may have had a different education from that of the Prime Uhura — does speak Klingonese (or as she and Captain Kirk refer to it, "Klingon").
Uhura originally had a line " Would you let your daughter marry one? " (that is, a Klingon), but the line had to be cut because Nichols absolutely refused to say it. Chekov's line " Guess who's coming to dinner? " was also originally Uhura's, but Nichols considered it also to be racist and declined to say it. The line was moved to Chekov. It was a reference to Guess Who's Coming to Dinner , the first major film to deal with interracial marriage, in which Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Sidney Poitier starred. ( Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 365-366; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Special Edition) DVD-special feature, "text commentary")
On the Special Edition release of Star Trek VI , it was revealed that Brock Peters ' scene in the council chamber had to be shot in numerous takes, as he was very uncomfortable with the racial undertones in his lines that the Federation take the opportunity to "bring them to their knees", which was itself, a reference to another film in which that line was said about African Americans.
The perceived racism toward the Klingons was of great concern to Roddenberry as well, as he felt there was no place for it in his Star Trek universe, but his considerations were entirely ignored by both Meyer and Nimoy. Aghast, he then summoned a meeting, even though Roddenberry had no formal say in the film whatsoever. Complete with heavy legal representation, a very charged meeting followed between the two sides, which quickly turned into a shouting match as Meyer finally unleashed his years of pent up frustration with Roddenberry in full. In later years Meyer came to regret his behavior. " He was not well, and maybe there were more tactful ways of dealing with it, because at the end of the day, I was going to go out and make the movie. I didn't have to take him on. Not my finest hour. ", a rueful Meyer recounted in 2011. Roddenberry died a few months later. ( [4] (X) ; Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 366-367) Meyer remained regretful of his behavior as he reiterated the incident as recent as 2016 when he retold the story in Roger Lay, Jr. 's 50th anniversary documentary Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen (Chapter 5: "End of an Era: Charting the Undiscovered Country") .
In December 1990 a finalized script draft was turned in to the studio, and this version was approved to go into production. Meyer, finished in London, relocates to Los Angels later that month. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, p. 30)
However, less than a month later in early January 1991, the original, immovable studio budget restriction decree reared its ugly head in full force, as David Kirkpatrick , who had replaced Teddy Zee as the Paramount Motion Picture Group President in another round of "The Studio Shuffle", demanded a detailed budget breakdown for the script as submitted. Somewhat falsely reassured by the remarks Davis and Mancuso made to him in London the previous spring, Meyer came back with a total figure of US$40 million dollar. Kirkpatrick's reply was short and to the point; It would not do. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, pp. 33-35)
A desperate scramble among the creative staff ensued to trim as much as possible of the budget as possible; the entire prologue was (albeit painfully) scrapped, scenes were trimmed, all planned set construction for new starship interiors was abandoned (though a new Kronos One corridor set did get build ultimately), the planned live-action shoots in Alaska for the Rura Penthe scenes were scrapped as were plans for new studio models and other visual effects elements. Starship sets were to be entirely recycled from Star Trek: The Next Generation , which was concurrently in production, but was slated for its summer hiatus, when filming of The Undiscovered Country was planned to start, and only existing studio models were to be used. Major cast and crew even agreed to deferred payment of (part of) their wages. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, pp. 35-36)
Co-Producer Steven-Charles Jaffe , a former Trekkie , was so desperate to see the film come to fruition that he even went as far to suggest dropping Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) as the visual effects vendor for the film, instead going for a cheaper company. However the Associates & Ferren visual effects debacle for the previous film was still very much fresh on the minds of his colleagues, and no one was willing to go that far. However, the planned 110 visual effects cuts were whittled down to just 51. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, p. 35)
With an absolute, rock-bottom downward revised budget of US$30 million dollar Meyer returned to Kirkpatrick & co. and vigorously and emotionally made a case for it. Kirkpatrick strictly adhered to the US$25 million dollar the previous film had originally been budgeted at, but was willing to up the budget with US$2.5 million to the total that film had actually cost, but not a penny more. Moved to tears, Meyer knew that the film could not be made for that amount and continued to make a passionate plea for it. After Kirkpatrick had deliberated with his colleagues, the verdict came back: The film was canceled. ( Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 368-371)
Yet, a few weeks later, with all activity on the film halted and production crews sent home, Meyer received a call from interim Paramount Pictures President Stanley R. Jaffe (not related to producer Jaffe), standing in for the released Mancuso, who had heard that the production was in trouble. Informed by Meyer that he could not make the film as he was shy of US$2.5 million dollars, Jaffe succinctly retorted, " Okay, you've got it, " effectively canceling Kirkpatrick's cancellation decision. Instead, it became Kirkpatrick who got "canceled" in April as a result of yet another round in "The Studio Shuffle". ( Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 371, 393)
One of the major reasons Meyer could not budge from his budget was that there was one of the most expensive sets that absolutely had to be built, and that there was no way around it: the refit- Enterprise bridge set . The original set had a few months earlier been temporarily stored on the outside studio parking lot, in order to make room for other sets. A freak weather event completely wrecked the set beyond salvation, save for some parts such as the two turbolifts . ( Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Special Edition) DVD-special feature, "text commentary") However, once rebuilt, the set had to do double duty as the USS Excelsior bridge as well by means of reshuffling the variable wall panels, as the original, more cavernous Excelsior bridge set had already been struck years earlier, shortly after its use in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . Ironically, the Excelsior bridge scenes were shot first, before it became the Enterprise bridge. ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Special Edition) DVD-special feature, "text commentary") Aside from his intimate familiarity with The Next Generation sets (which he had helped design and built), it was one of the most overriding reasons why Production Designer Herman Zimmerman was brought in, as he was the one who had been responsible for the bridge redesign as featured in The Final Frontier . In the process, it has also explained why The Next Generation 's USS Enterprise -D received a new battle bridge , as it had been the (heavily re-dressed) original refit-bridge that had stood in for it in the early seasons of the series. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, p. 35)
Trimming down the visual effects cuts to 51 turned out to be too ambitious, as 30 of the originally jettisoned effects sequences had to be produced by ILM and inserted after all, in order to make the film "cut" well. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, p. 35)
While the studio had no budget from new studio models, one was actually constructed as something of a labor of love by ILM staffers John Goodson and Bill George , the SD-103-type . The script had a scene featured which both men felt needed embellishment, and so, of their own volition, they constructed the model. ( Cinefex , issue 49, p. 48) The model went on to later become the Sydney -class . It has made The Undiscovered Country the feature in which the fewest new Star Trek starship designs were featured. George incidentally turned out to be a stickler for detail; As he was aware that the Excelsior now a new and smaller bridge, he made the effort to replace the originally larger bridge module on the Excelsior -class filming model with a smaller one, in order to reflect the change. ( American Cinematographer , January 1992, pp. 58-59)
Reportedly, William Shatner was champing at the bit to assume the director's role for the film in order to redeem himself for The Final Frontier , but as writer Flinn had dryly noted, " It's amazing what three million dollars will accomplish. " As Shatner had, already since Star Trek: The Original Series days, entered into a mutual "favored-nation clause" covenant with Nimoy which stipulated that, simply put, what the one got so did the other, this meant that Nimoy was to receive the same remuneration for his portrayal of Spock alone – and thereby discounting his writer's fee. However, it was also the reason why Nimoy, already being two for one in director's chores, declined the original offer by Mancuso to direct the film himself, instead opting for Meyer. It is not only for Star Trek that star cast salaries had habitually inflated exponentially with each sequel, and it had been one of the overriding reasons why Bennett's "Academy"-project was green-lighted originally, but also one of the reasons why Meyer could not give in any further to the budget demands of Kirkpatrick. ( Star Trek Movie Memories , 1995, pp. 244, 350; Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, p. 30)
Also on the DVD (and in his memoir Star Trek Movie Memories ), William Shatner stated that he was unhappy with the final cut of his interchange with Spock in the Council Chamber, as he felt that it made Kirk seem too cynical and bitter. He originally had done the scene in one take, adding a dismissive wave after his comment to " Let them die! " which was subsequently edited out of the final film despite Meyer promising Shatner that he wouldn't do that, according to Shatner.
The dinner scene in the officers' mess as scripted was originally longer, and filled with a bit more build up and escalating comments between the Federation and Klingon crews. The scene was originally to build almost to blows, when Gorkon says the line " It seems we have a long way to go. " [5] (X)
The first scene at Rura Penthe was heavily influenced by The Bridge On the River Kwai , where the commandant of the POW camp gives a similar speech to the new British prisoners.
According to Denny Martin Flinn in a 2003 audio commentary for The Undiscovered Country , Martia's alien language exclamation " Fendo pompsky " became a popular gag among the crew. Used in place of certain expletives, the line was even embroidered on the inside of the production crew jackets.
The romantic comedy Frankie and Johnny was filming at nearby soundstages on the Paramount Pictures lot during production. Director Garry Marshall arranged for William Shatner , Leonard Nimoy , and DeForest Kelley to appear in full Star Trek costume and makeup, out of camera shot, behind a door in one scene, to elicit genuine surprise from star Al Pacino when he opened it. [6]
The poster artwork for the film was designed by John Alvin , who took over from previous Trek poster artist Bob Peak . Alvin was asked to design the poster in the style of Peak's.
Co-producer Ralph Winter provided the film with a remarkable coda. Though understandably proud of what he and the creative team had achieved, he had second thoughts on Bennett's abandoned "Academy"-project, reasoning in hindsight that it would have instituted a long-term studio strategy for a sustainable Star Trek live-action production line, as opposed to the somewhat chaotic, spur-of-the-moment planning as hitherto employed. " With a long term plan you could milk this forever, " Winter mused. ( Cinefantastique , Vol 22 #5, p. 35) As it so happened, Winter got his wish sooner than even he could have foreseen, as David Kirkpatrick's immediate studio successor turned out to be Brandon Tartikoff . Brought in at the tail-end of the production of The Undiscovered Country , Brandikoff was yet to leave his mark on Star Trek by exactly doing that, what Winter had imagined.

Sets, props, and costumes [ ]

General Chang's eyepatch had the Klingon crest painted on the heads of each rivet. The makeup artist painted them on for fun and they were never intended to be seen. ( citation needed • edit )
Kirk and Spock 's quarters (Data's quarters, which were originally Kirk's quarters from Star Trek: The Motion Picture )
Transporter room ( Enterprise -D transporter room)
Sickbay ( Enterprise -D sickbay)
Laboratory ( Beverly Crusher 's office)
Officers' mess hall (the dining room, redress of Enterprise -D observation lounge )
Engineering (clear redress of the Enterprise -D engineering; they simply replaced the display graphics and repainted some surfaces)
Corridors (retouched with more metallic appearance)
Galley (redress of Counsellor Troi's Office, later the USS Sutherland bridge)
Captain Kirk's quarters featured two different maps of the Milky Way galaxy created for early TNG episodes ( TNG : " Conspiracy ", " The Emissary ")
Captain Sulu's coffee table was a bit more than a cute addition to the Excelsior bridge. Beneath it was the support for an apparatus used to shake the whole bridge set during the Praxis explosion. As a side note, you may also notice the coffee cup that broke had no markings on it like the one Sulu was drinking from moments earlier. It was such a nice cup, the prop department didn't want it damaged. A similar table, likely for the same reason, can also be seen on the Enterprise bridge as well, between the captain's chair and the helm/nav console. ( citation needed • edit )
Pfaltzgraff made the china used in the film, and sold 3,000 sets of reproductions. The company logo can be seen at the bottom of the aforementioned broken cup. [7]

Federation President's office in Paris

The office of the Federation President is a redress of Ten Forward . A viewscreen is located in place of the art ornament behind the bar counter, and the walls are painted with some shade of brown. ( Star Trek Encyclopedia (2nd ed., p. 502)) The doors for the set accidentally retained the TNG style insignia during filming, and this can clearly be seen in the film.
One of the models of the original USS Enterprise in Kirk's quarters was built by writer Ronald D. Moore when he was eleven.
The book used by Uhura while frantically searching for a linguistic reference of the Klingon language while entering Klingon territory is actually the 1951 catalog for the "Alloy Steel Products Company, Inc.". ( citation needed • edit ) Interestingly, the title of the modified book states Introduction to Klingon Grammer , in which "grammer" should be spelled as "grammar".
Several props and costumes from this movie were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including a Rura Penthe miner's mask [8] , a Vulcan Khitomer attendee's costume [9] , a Klingon court attendee lot [10] , a Klingon canteen [11] , and a Klingon uniform lot, partially worn by Scott Leva . [12] Also sold off was a desk lamp, which was featured during the Starfleet staff meeting. It was designed by F.A. Porsche and labeled as model "Jazz". [13]

Miscellaneous [ ]

Gene Roddenberry saw the movie two days before he died . According to William Shatner 's Star Trek Movie Memories (1995, p. 394), Roddenberry, after seeing the film, gave thumbs up all around, and then went back and phoned his lawyer, Leonard Maizlish , angrily demanding a full quarter-hour of the film's more militaristic moments be removed from the film, but Gene died before his lawyer could present his demands to the studio.
Originally, director Nicholas Meyer wanted to bring back composer James Horner , whom he worked with on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan to score The Undiscovered Country . However, Horner turned the offer down, saying his "career had moved past Star Trek ." Meyer then offered the film to composer Jerry Goldsmith , but he turned it down, citing the poor results of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , which he had also worked on. The film eventually went to composer Cliff Eidelman . According to the liner notes for the soundtrack album, Meyer's original concept for the score was to adapt Gustav Holst's The Planets , but getting the rights to the music proved too expensive. (Eidelman's score therefore pays homage to Holst, most notably in the opening credits where the score bears a close resemblance to "Mars," the first movement from The Planets .) An excerpt from The Planets was used a few years later in the trailer for Star Trek Generations . Eidelman was picked because of his extensive knowledge of Holst's "The Planets", having written his master's thesis on the complete suite.
This movie and Star Trek: The Motion Picture are the only Star Trek films released before the alternate reality films not to use the opening fanfare from the " Theme from Star Trek " in the main title music.
According to William Shatner's Star Trek Movie Memories , the original story credits for the film were to be " Story by Leonard Nimoy and Nicholas Meyer, Screenplay by Denny Martin Flynn " as nothing from the original submission by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal were used in the final film. According to Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, Konner and Rosenthal went to the Writers Guild of America for arbitration as they felt they should deserve story credit. The WGA spoke to Nimoy and he showed them his notes where he had initially come up with the story idea for the film and they initially sided with Nimoy. However Konner and Rosenthal appealed again and eventually the WGA changed the credits to " Story by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal , screenplay by Nicholas Meyer and Denny Martin Flynn, " leaving Nimoy out of the credits. An incensed Nimoy contacted his lawyer and said if this weren't resolved by the end of the upcoming weekend, he would immediately sue Paramount and the WGA over the matter. Nimoy's lawyer reportedly worked non-stop over the weekend, working with Meyer's attorney, with Konner and Rosenthal's attorney, until finally coming up with a credit which was acceptable to all: " Story by Leonard Nimoy and Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal, Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer & Denny Martin Flynn. "
The galley scene was quickly written into the movie just to demonstrate that you can't fire a phaser (set to kill) on board the ship without triggering an alarm. (This raises the question as to why a phaser locker is in the galley. The answer could be found as early as " The Corbomite Maneuver ". While the Enterprise is being towed by Balok 's ship, Yeoman Janice Rand brings hot coffee to the bridge. Dr. McCoy asks her how she made coffee when the "power was out" in the galley. Her pragmatic answer was, " I used a hand phaser and zap – hot coffee. ")

Is this worth $240?

The blue food at the dinner scene was so disgusting that actors had to be bribed to eat it. Each actor was offered twenty dollars for every bite. Shatner did it, and won $240, before throwing up. (According to Leonard Nimoy, it was chunks of squid treated with blue food coloring.) Reportedly, Shatner was the only member of the cast able to swallow any of it, and the first time Shatner ate the colored squid, he turned and looked right at Nick Meyer and said, " Where's my twenty? " Meyer called " cut! " and pulled out the twenty and gave it to Shatner. ( William Shatner's Star Trek Movie Memories )
Spock attributes the quote " If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth " to an ancestor. This quote (and numerous variations) derives from the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . Fans, noting the similarities between the characters of Spock and Holmes, have long speculated that Spock might be a descendant (on the side of his Human mother, Amanda Grayson ) either of the fictional Holmes or the historical Doyle; the first such speculation is found in a Ruth Berman article in Spockanalia in 1966. ( citation needed • edit ) Writer/director Nicholas Meyer, a Holmes fan, wrote the well-received Sherlock Holmes novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution and adapted it into an Academy Award-nominated screenplay.
During the search of all uniforms on board the Enterprise , a crewman takes off the cover of a power conduit. When he moves to put the cover down, you can see production markings on the back.
At the dining room, you can see paintings of many dignitaries, including Surak, founder of Vulcan philosophy and American President Abraham Lincoln . The Enterprise crew met recreations of both of them in TOS : " The Savage Curtain ". Another painting is of an unnamed Andorian dignitary.
After the first day of shooting, someone noticed that Valeris 's jacket was trimmed in Sciences division gray, not cadet and trainee red, to match her cadet red turtleneck undergarment. Since re-filming would have been too expensive, it was quickly decided to just let it pass. ( citation needed • edit )
Valeris also wears the incorrect rank insignia of lieutenant commander , although exclusively being referred to in both dialogue and credits as a lieutenant .
During the Battle at Khitomer, Uhura mentions that the Enterprise is carrying equipment to study gaseous anomalies. In the beginning of the film, Sulu states that the Excelsior is also on a mission to study gaseous anomalies. It is not clear whether this is done intentionally, as the Enterprise 's mission is strictly escort duty for the Chancellor's ship.
The sets for the Excelsior and Enterprise- A bridges were redresses of the same set, which were made up of modules to be rearranged, as needed.
In the final shot of the Enterprise bridge crew, the helmsman's chair is left empty, symbolizing that Sulu is not present.
In the credits at the end of the movie, Uhura is misspelled " Uhuru ."
The final scene also has the characters standing in a staged lineup. The producers wanted it known that it was the last movie.
The final captain's log was actually shot on the bridge of the Enterprise . This, however, was the last scene shot. Instead of using a dubbed log, they recorded it live. ( citation needed • edit )
The Khitomer hall was represented by the Brandeis-Bardin Institute , located in southern California.
The footage of the Enterprise -A in spacedock is actually modified footage from Star Trek IV (budgetary constraints, as well as the disappearance of the spacedock interior miniature from ILM's archives, dictated its use). This marks the second time that footage shot for a previous film was re-used for a second time (the other being the Genesis sequence from Star Trek II , which also appeared in Star Trek III and Star Trek IV ).
The Bird-of-Prey explosion from this film was later used in Star Trek Generations .
For some unknown reason, the art on the label for the special features disc of some editions of the Special Collector's Edition features an upside-down close-up image of the Enterprise -B while still in drydock from the film Star Trek Generations ; Paramount Home Entertainment later corrected this problem by reissuing it as a silver labeled DVD. A similar error occurs on the HD and Blu-ray editions of the film, with the Enterprise -B on the back cover.
During the dinner scene, Kirk says that having Romulan ale is " One of the advantages of being a thousand light years from Federation Headquarters . " Given that 78 years later, a faster and more advanced USS Voyager would expect to take seventy years to travel seventy thousand light years, one may infer that it would take far longer than a year for the Enterprise to reach the rendezvous point with Kronos One . It is more likely that Kirk was speaking metaphorically and not quoting an exact figure.
A scene in the script and novelization took place on Excelsior just after Sulu's conversation with Kirk, where Valtane was to have told Sulu, " Do you realize you've just committed treason, sir? " Sulu was supposed to reply something along the lines of " I always hoped that if I ever had to choose between betraying my country or betraying my friend, I'd have the courage to betray my country. " This exchange remained in the novelization.
The events of this film were later revisited in VOY : " Flashback ", in which it is established that Tuvok served as an ensign aboard the Excelsior . External footage of the Excelsior and the Praxis explosion wave were reused directly from the film, but all other scenes were specially re-shot, partly to include Kate Mulgrew and Tim Russ, who had not appeared in the film originally, but also because the movie's actors had aged significantly since the film was shot, meaning new footage of the actors filmed for the episode would not have matched any of the reused movie footage.
As with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , this film shows Spock having full command of the Enterprise . In fact, this is the only film in which Spock actually gives Kirk orders.
Spock references the events of this film during TNG : " Unification II ", citing his guilt over committing Kirk to be a negotiator in the Klingon peace talks and the consequences that followed.
After TOS : " Whom Gods Destroy " and TAS : " The Survivor ", this marks the third time that a shapeshifter has assumed the form of Captain Kirk.
A similarly extended, establishing prologue was later envisioned for the subsequent movie, Star Trek Generations , but it too, though partially filmed, was scrapped for budgetary reasons, as well as for running-time considerations.
NBC, Star Trek' s former network, fittingly premiered Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country on November 6, 1994, a good 12 days in advance of Star Trek Generations 's nationwide release. It was the first time any kind of Star Trek was seen on The Peacock Network since Star Trek: The Animated Series in 1973.

In Star Trek VI , during his trial, Bones says that he has been the ship's surgeon for 27 years. He took the post from Mark Piper at some point in 2265 , after " Where No Man Has Gone Before ", or in early 2266 , before " The Corbomite Maneuver ". This statement establishes a time frame for the film from 2292 to 2293 .

The film ends with the last voyage of the ship and crew. The prologue of Star Trek Generations is set more precisely in 2293, or 78 years before 2371 . In the prologue, a news reporter and Scotty talk with Kirk about how he has settled down into his retirement, suggesting that the retirement from the previous film is still a very recent thing for him.

StarTrek.com , Star Trek Chronology , and Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 691) use the year 2293. Memory Alpha uses this year as well.

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Production history [ ]

5th draft script: 28 December 1990
Start of principal photography: 11 April 1991
End of principal photography: 2 July 1991
Screening for Gene Roddenberry (2 days before his death): 22 October 1991
Hollywood, California premiere: 3 December 1991
US theatrical premiere: 6 December 1991
CD soundtrack : 10 December 1991
Comic adaptation : 1991
Australia theatrical premiere: 1 January 1992
Novelization : 1992
UK theatrical premiere: 14 February 1992
Japan theatrical premiere: 28 February 1992
Germany theatrical premiere: 5 March 1992
Hungary theatrical premiere: 1 May 1992
Netherlands theatrical premiere: 5 June 1992
Spain theatrical premiere: 19 June 1992
US LaserDisc: 25 June 1992
France theatrical premiere: 22 July 1992
Japan LaserDisc: 10 February 1993
VHS: 25 August 1993
UK network television premiere: 7 January 1995 on BBC1
UK LaserDisc: 1996
France LaserDisc: 1996
Widescreen VHS: 2 April 1997
Region 1 DVD: 26 January 1999
Special Edition Region 1 DVD: 27 January 2004
Special Edition Region 2 DVD: 1 March 2004
iTunes Store: 2006
Blu-Ray: September 2009

Different versions [ ]

Aspect ratios. The film was originally filmed and edited in Super 35 (4-perf). It was composed for multiple aspect ratios (meaning that all the important action had to be centered in a fairly small part of the frame). Every release is a reduction (croppings) from the original, never-released full frame using so-called "soft mattes". For theatrical release, the master was reduced to the usual 2.39:1 aspect ratio used for anamorphic 35mm projection (all the other Trek movies were filmed in this ratio, using anamorphic lenses instead of Super 35). A 2.20:1 version was also prepared for 70mm release (the same was done with all the previous Trek films). The film has never been commercially available in either theatrical aspect ratio, until the Blu-ray release. The non-widescreen television broadcasts and VHS releases were reduced to the 1.33:1 aspect ratio, thus easing up the matte on the top and bottom, but cropping some of the sides. Early widescreen VHS and laserdisc transfers and the first DVD release were opened up to yet another ratio, 2.00:1, and then centered high on the screen with space at the bottom for subtitles, but was non-anamorphic. The Special Edition DVD release was opened up to the same 2.00:1 ratio, but was anamorphicly enhanced for widescreen TVs. Which portion of the full frame is used varies from shot to shot, rather than being a purely mechanical reduction – and the choices are made differently in each release, including the two 2.00:1 releases. Apparently the 2.00:1 is the director's preferred aspect ratio. However, for the May 2009 Blu-ray release, the film was made available in its original theatrical ratio of 2.39:1 for the first time.
Extra scenes and edits. Until 2009 , the theatrical cut had never been released commercially in English (however has aired on TV a few times before then). The original 1992 home video release added back in the "Operation Retrieve" scenes (originally, the scene in the president's office ended with the line " This president is not above the law "), the scene between Spock, Scotty and Valeris directly before the trial, and the unmasking of Colonel West on Khitomer (just a few shots are added: Colonel Worf touching West's blood and saying " This is not Klingon blood " between Cartwright trying to escape and Sulu stopping him, the actual unmasking and the C-in-C and Worf looking at each other directly after). These scenes remained in all subsequent commercial releases until 2009 . The 2003 Special Edition DVD release re-edited the scene when Scotty is drinking coffee from a mug and drawing on a blueprint (using alternate shots) and added in flash frames of Cartwright, Chang, and Nanclus during Spock and Valeris' mind meld and slight alternate takes during her interrogation on the bridge. The original cut, albeit with the 2.00:1 aspect ratio, was present on the 1993 dubbed German VHS release. It was also released on iTunes, cut at 2.00:1 (640x320). The various releases of the movie on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2009 featured the original theatrical cut in its original aspect ratio.
The end credits had a different format for the theatrical version. It featured the Starfleet Insignia at the top and the screen split between a white background and dark lettering and the other side with a dark background with white lettering.

Apocrypha [ ]

Star Trek VI was adapted into novelization by Jeanne M. Dillard .
A comics adaptation was written by Peter David and drawn by Gordon Purcell and Arne Starr .
A novel and comic sequel to the events of this film, The Ashes of Eden , written by William Shatner and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens , depicts a plot created by a Klingon-Romulan alliance, staged in Chal, a homeworld populated by a race of genetically-engineered Klingon-Romulans. Kirk is called there by a native of the planet, Teilani, to help her people with this crisis.
The conference at Khitomer was explored again in the non-canon Star Trek novel Assignment: Eternity .
The novel Provenance of Shadows established that McCoy started doing research at Starfleet Medical and other novels have had McCoy as Chief of Starfleet Medical as well. " Encounter at Farpoint " clearly establishes that McCoy was an admiral at that point in time .
According to the novel The Star to Every Wandering , at the time of Star Trek Generations , Chekov was working a ground assignment on Earth waiting for an executive officer position to open up. It's likely he was assigned to Excelsior as executive officer shortly thereafter (according to the non-canon novel The Sundered , he took the post of executive officer on the Excelsior ), eventually commanding two starships on his own before becoming an admiral.
In the movie, Uhura said she was supposed to be chairing a seminar at the Academy, and The Lost Era novels established that she was going to do that very thing when she was recruited for Starfleet Intelligence and eventually rising to become an admiral and head of Intelligence by 2360 at the latest.
The Starfleet Corps of Engineers novels have established that Montgomery Scott eventually became the head of the Corps of Engineers and other books established Scott as having helped to design and work on building the USS Enterprise -E . In fact, the novel Ship of the Line , which dealt with the actual launch of the Enterprise -E, established that Scott was acting chief engineer for the ship's shakedown cruise with Geordi La Forge as his first assistant chief.

Awards and honors [ ]

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country received the following awards and honors.

Links and references [ ]

Credits [ ], opening credits [ ].

William Shatner
Leonard Nimoy
DeForest Kelley
James Doohan
Walter Koenig
Nichelle Nichols
George Takei
Mark Lenard
David Warner
Kim Cattrall
Rosana DeSoto
Christopher Plummer
Kurtwood Smith
Brock Peters
Paul Rossilli
John Schuck
Leon Russom
Michael Dorn
Mary Jo Slater , CSA
Cliff Eidelman
Marty Hornstein
Brooke Breton
Ronald Roose
Herman Zimmerman
Hiro Narita
Gene Roddenberry
Leonard Nimoy and Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal
Nicholas Meyer & Denny Martin Flinn
Ralph Winter and Steven-Charles Jaffe
Nicholas Meyer

Closing credits [ ]

Kirk – William Shatner
Spock – Leonard Nimoy
McCoy – DeForest Kelley
Scotty – James Doohan
Chekov – Walter Koenig
Uhuru [sic] – Nichelle Nichols
Sulu – George Takei
Lt. Valeris – Kim Cattrall
Sarek – Mark Lenard
Excelsior Communications Officer – Grace Lee Whitney
Admiral Cartwright – Brock Peters
Chief in Command – Leon Russom
Federation President – Kurtwood Smith
Chang – Christopher Plummer
Azetbur – Rosana DeSoto
Chancellor Gorkon – David Warner
Klingon Ambassador – John Schuck
Klingon Defense Attorney – Michael Dorn
Kerla – Paul Rossilli
Klingon Judge – Robert Easton
Klingon Officer – Clifford Shegog
Klingon Commander – W. Morgan Sheppard
General Stex – Brett Porter
Excelsior Officer – Jeremy Roberts
Excelsior Engineer – Michael Bofshever
Excelsior Navigator – Angelo Tiffe
Helmsman Lojur – Boris Lee Krutonog
Excelsior Communications Officer – Christian Slater
Martia – Iman
The Brute – Tom Morga
Klingon Translator – Todd Bryant
Behemoth Alien – John Bloom
First Klingon General – Jim Boeke
Munitions Man – Carlos Cestero
Young Crewman – Edward Clements
Martia as a child – Katie Jane Johnston
Prisoner at Rura Penthe – Douglas Engalla
Second Klingon General – Matthias Hues
Nanclus – Darryl Henriques
Sleepy Klingon – David Orange
Military Aide – Judy Levitt
ADC – Shakti
Crewman Dax – Michael Snyder
Donald R. Pike
Ed Anders (as Excelsior crewman in sleep wear )
Jeff Bornstein (as Excelsior crewman in sleep wear )
Eddie Braun (as Excelsior bridge crewman )
Charlie Brewer (as stunt double for Brett Porter )
Gary Baxley
Brett Davidson (as Excelsior crewman in sleep wear )
B.J. Davis (as Burke )
Dorothy Ching-Davis (as Excelsior crewman in sleep wear )
Maria Doest (as Excelsior crewman in sleep wear )
Joe Farago (as Excelsior bridge crewman )
Sandy Free (as Excelsior bridge crewman )
Joy Hooper (as Excelsior crewman in sleep wear )
Jeff Imada (as Stunt double for George Takei )
Jeffrey S. Jensen
Robert King
Scott Leva (as Excelsior bridge crewman / Klingon transporter officer )
Alan Marcus (as Samno )
Cole McKay (as Excelsior bridge alien crewman )
Eric Norris
Noon Orsatti (as Excelsior bridge crewman )
Deeana Pampena (as Stunt double for Grace Lee Whitney )
Gary T. Pike (as Gorkon's soldier / Klingon officer )
Donald B. Pulford (as Stunt double for William Shatner )
Joycelyn Robinson (as Excelsior bridge crewman / Stunt double for Iman )
Danny Rogers
Don Ruffin (as Excelsior bridge crewman / Chang's assistant / Klingon officer )
Spike Silver
Erik Stabenau (as Excelsior bridge crewman / Stunt double for Rene Auberjonois )
Douglas E. Wise
Katy E. Garretson
Nilo Rodis-Jamero
Dodie Shepard
Steven-Charles Jaffe
William Hoy
Scott Farrar
Michael J. Mills
Thomas R. Bryant
Mickey S. Michaels
Eugene C. Nollman
Alan S. Kaye
Louise Nielsen
Ron Wilkerson
Kirstin R. Glover
Robert Morey
Richard M. Stevens
Gregory Schwartz
John Beyers
Charles Lang
Keith Barber
John Cybulski
Ian Christenberry
Jeff Durling
Thom Embree
Michael Katz
Daniel Cook
Dennis Flanderka
Arnaud Peiny
Gene S. Cantamessa
Steve G. Cantamessa
Mark R. Jennings
Terry D. Frazee
Donald E. Myers
Donald Frazee
Logan Frazee
Eugene Crum
Scott Lingard
Joseph C. Sasgen
Brian McManus
Gilbert A. Mosko
Gerald Quist
Ron Walters
Edward French
Richard Snell Designs, Inc. ( Richard Snell )
Greg Cannom
Janice R. Alexander
Carol A. O'Connell
Don L. Hulett
Jamie Buckley
Richard Beck
Edward G. Fitzgerald
Elaine Maser
Christine Heinz
Joseph R. Markham
Robert M. Moore
Adrienne Childers
Daniel Candib
Scott Caldwell
Michael Hofacre
Richard Sellmer
George Watters II
F. Hudson Miller
R. J. Palmer
Frank Howard
Bruce E. Bell
Suhail F. Kafity
Thomas Fucci
Fred Stafford
Bobbi Banks
Victoria Martin
Matthew Harrison
Marva Fucci
Maggie Ostroff
Greg Thompson
Marcy Stoeven Gibbens
Jonathan Phillips
Alan Howarth
John Paul Fasal
David Lee Fein
Bunny Andrews
Robin K. Eidelman
Barbara Harris
Jeffery J. Haboush
Michael Herbick
Greg P. Russell , CAS
James Cavarretta
Gary Ritchie
Mark McKenzie
William Kidd
Carl Fortina
Bob Bornstein
Twentieth Century Fox
Armin Steiner
Rhonda Baer
David Trotti
Sheila Barnes
Laurie Gauger
Richard J. Bayard
Cliff Bergman
Mike Apperson
Gary A. Clark
Henry S. Coia
Jan Glaser , CSA
Wendy Engalla
Chuck Maytum
Michael McCusker
Rebeca R. Brookshire
Mary Beth Gentle
Deborah L. Krainin
Mary Jo Fernandez
Brent Lon Hershman
Brian Wensel
Mindy Sheldon
Debbie Tieman
Scott Russell
Michael H. Okuda
Bob Hoffman
Scott Benton
Roland Armstorff
R. Harrison Gibbs
Russell Alan Steele
Buffee Friedlich
Aaron M. Albucher
John Downer
Gerald L. "Jerry" Sater
Marc Okrand
Brian Wallace

Second Unit Photography [ ]

John V. Fante
Christopher T. Gerrity
Andrea Walzer
Frank Del Boccio
Frank Parrish
Bob Crockett
Clinton O. Johnson
Cinema Research Corporation

Negative Cutting

Theresa Repola Mohammed
David Oliver Pfeil
Industrial Light and Magic , a Division of LucasArts Entertainment Company Marin County, California
Peter Takeuchi
William George
Bradley Kuehn
Jil-Sheree Bergin
Michael McGovern
Peter Daulton
Patrick Sweeny
David Hanks
Katie O'Neill
Patrick Turner
Robert Hill
Scott Anderson
Eric Armstrong
John Berton
Richard Cohen
Joe Letteri
Jim Mitchell
Joe Pasquale
Alex Seiden
Gail Currey
Jon Alexander
Donald Clark
Jeffrey Doran
Selwyn Eddy III
Keith Johnson
Patrick Repola
Kenneth Smith
David Karpman
Jennifer Lee
Thomas Rosseter
John D. Whisnant
Debra Wolff
Michael Ellis
Robert Fernley
Nelson Hall
Lisa Vaughn
Bruce Walters
Charlie Clavadetscher
John Graves
Steven Reding
Eric Swenson
Thomas Bertino
Kathleen Beeler
Rebecca Petrulli-Heskes
Sandy Houston
Terry Molatore
Jack Monogovan
Ellen Mueller
Carolyn Rendu
Wes Ford Takahashi
Gordon Baker
Christopher Green
Peter Crosman
Shari Malyn
Joshua Pines
Randall K. Bean
George Gambetta
Timothy Greenwood
Preston Richards
Lawrence Tan
Jon Foreman
Brian Gernand
Jon Goodson, Jr.
Richard Miller
Alan Peterson
Eben Stromquist
Paul Theren
Wim Van Thillo
Charles Wiley
Richard Demolski
Robert Finley, Jr.
Ross Lorente
Craig Mohagen
David Morton
Charles Ray
Carol Lee Griswald
Alia Almeida Agha
Nancy Luckoff
Tina Matthies
Matte World – Marin County, California
Craig Barron
Michael Pangrazio
Krystyna Demkowicz
Paul Oehlke
Joel Hladecek
Wade Childress
Peter Kuran
Al Magliochetti
Kevin Kutchaver
Linda Henry
Tim Segulin
Rick Hannigan
David Tucker
Jacqueline Zietlow
Pacific Data Images
Les Dittert

Production Support

Karen Logan
Barbara Cimity
Cliff Boule
Nina Salerno
Randy Weeks
Craig Newman
Katie O'Hara
Pete Martinez
Monte Swann
Jeffrey Harstedt
WildFire, LA
Foam Tec, Inc.

Rear Screen Projection Compositing by

MCA Compact Discs and Cassettes
Music by Alexander Courage
Technicolor ®
Panavision ®
Alaska Film Commission
Alaska Helicopter Company
Dave Archer Studios
Pfaltzgraff
Durand International
David Keith Anderson as Enterprise -A crewmember
Rene Auberjonois as Colonel West
Lena Banks as Federation president's assistant
Terrence Beasor as Klingon voices
Robert Bruce as Klingon officer
Faith Burton as Starfleet flag officer
Eddie Caldwell as Romulan
Max Cervantes as Daz
Barron Christian as Klingon assistant to Commandant
Dragon Dronet as Klingon spectator
Andre Dukes as Klingon Rura Penthe guard
Douglas Dunning as Alien delegate
Joe Durrenberger as Klingon officer
Farrel as Klingon General
Mark Gonzaga as Vulcan delegate
Trent Christopher Ganino as Klingon judge
Clay Hodges as Klingon officer
Klingon officer
Klingon helmsman
Bruce Koski as Alien delegate
Tony Lawson as Klingon
Susan Lewis as Enterprise -A officer
Beau Lotterman as Romulan delegate
Daryl F. Mallett as Rura Penthe prisoner
James Mapes as Zelonite official
Marin as Enterprise -A crewman
Patrick Michael as Enterprise -A crewman
Claude Nemeth as Klingon Rura Penthe guard
Dennis Ott as Knee Jerk Alien
Jim Portnoy as Starfleet flag officer
Khitomer flag bearer
Klingon spectator
Evans Ricciardi as Starfleet flag officer
Denise Lynne Roberts as Enterprise -A crewmember
Richard Sarstedt as Romulan delegate
Eric A. Stillwell as Klingon spectator
Geraldine Sylvester-Bush as Vulcan delegate
Kevin G. Tracey as presidential adviser
Roma Lee Tracy as silver tube amazette alien dignitary
Guy Vardaman as Klingon officer
J.D. Walters as Klingon
Clint Zehner as Rura Penthe prisoner
Five Klingon Kronos One crewmen
Four presidential advisers
Three Klingon Rura Penthe guards
Klingon judge
Romulan delegate
Tellarite delegate
Zelonite ambassador
Zelonite official
Female USS Excelsior security officer
Male USS Excelsior security officer
Greg Gault as stunt double for David Warner
Dennis Madalone as a Klingon officer
Stunt double for Christopher Plummer
Patrick Michael as stand-in for Leonard Nimoy
Joycelyn Robinson as stand-in for Iman
Lita Stevens
Kenny Studer
Jim Thompson
Martin Valinsky
Philip Weyland as stand-in for William Shatner
David Abbott – Special Makeup Effects Artist
Aaron Albucher – Assistant Production Accountant
Dave Archer – Artwork Provider: Paintings
Margaret Bessara – Prosthetic Makeup Artist: David Warner , Kurtwood Smith , and Robert Easton
Tom Boyd – Musician: Oboe
Barney Burman – Special Makeup Effects Artist
Rob Burman – Special Makeup Effects Artist
Mary Burton – Makeup Artist: Iman
Cogswell Video Services, Inc. – Visual Effects Unit Video Assist Company
Danna Edwards – Costumer
Robert Fletcher – Costumes Design
Christopher Gilman and Dilligent Dwarves Effects Lab – Prop and Wardrobe Creator and Provider
Kristin R. Glover – Camera Operator
Nancy J. Hvasta Leonardi – Assistant Makeup Artist
Jeff Kleeman – Development and Production Executive for Paramount Pictures
Norman Ludwin – Musician: Bass
Iain McCaig – ILM Storyboard Artist
Mike McCarty (for Dilligent Dwarves Effects Lab ) – FX artist: Ran parts for Klingon costumes
Steve Neill – Special Makeup Effects Artist
Scott Schneider – Model Maker
Marlene Stoller – Hair Artist
Rick Stratton – Makeup Artist
Todd Tucker – Special Make-Up Effects Artist
Danny Valencia – Hair Stylist
Karen Westerfield – Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Philip Weyland – Dialogue Coach

References [ ]

19th century ; 1938 ; 2223 ; 2266 ; 2290 ; 2343 ; 24-hour clock ; Aamaarazan ; abduction ; accident ; act ; act of war ; Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise ; address ; admiral ; admiration ; advocate ; aft ; agenda ; aide-de-camp ; alarm ; alien ; Alpha Quadrant ; ambassador ; ambition ; amount ; anatomy ; ancestor ; annals ; answer ; architect ; arrest ; arthritis ; article ; artificial gravity ; ash ; assassin ; assassination ; automation ; attack ; author ; auxiliary circuit ; auxiliary gravity ; auxiliary power ; back ; back-up system ; battle cruiser, Klingon ; battle stations ; beaming ; beaming shield ; bearing ; behavior ; Beta Quadrant ; Beta Quadrant sector ; black ; blood ; " bloody "; boat ; boatswain's whistle ; " Bones "; bow ; bridge ; brigadier ; Brotherhood of Aliens ; bug ; Burke ; Camp Khitomer ; capital ; cardiac arrest ; career ; chairing ; chameloid ; chain of command ; Chancellor of the Klingon High Council ; Chang's Bird-of-Prey ; charge ; chief of staff ; chimes ; China ; choice ; Christ, Jesus ; chronometer ; Cinderella ; circuit A ; circumstantial evidence ; citizen ; citizenship ; civilization ; client ; cloaking device, Klingon ; close range ; club ; coat ; Code blue ; coffee ; cold warrior ; colleague ; colonel ; commander in chief ; commandant ; communications station ; commutation ; computer ; comrade ; Concise History of the Klingon Empire, A ; condolences ; conference ; confession ; confiscation ; conspiracy ; Constitution -class ; Constitution II -class ; control tower ; conversation ; Coon, G.L. ; coordinates ; course ; court ; court reporter ; creature ; crew quarters ; crewman ; cruise ; crime ; damage report ; data ; data banks ; daughter ; Davis ; day ; death ; death sentence ; decommissioning ; deflector shield ; degree ; demotion ; departure stations ; depiction ; dialogue ; dilithium ; dinner ; diplomacy ; diplomat ; diplomatic corps ; diplomatic function ; dockmaster ; doctor ; Earth ; Earth Cold War ; Earth year ; echo bar ; economy ; Efrosian ; electronic frontier ; energy production facility ; engine room ; Enterprise -A, USS ; epic ; error ; evening ; evidence ; Excelsior -class ; Excelsior , USS ; excerpt ; exile ; existence ; exoneration ; exploration ; exploration program ; explosion ; extradition ; extremist ; eyepatch ; fact ; faith ; father ; Federation ; Federation headquarters ; Federation members ; Federation President ; Federation-Klingon Cold War ; Federation space ; feeling ; feet ; first officer ; flag of truce ; flare ; flatbed shuttle ; forgery ; " for king and country "; France ; free will ; freighter ; friend ; fuel ; full ambassador ; future ; galley ; gang ; Garden of Eden ; gas ; gavel ; general ; generation ; genitals ; " give real money "; graveyard ; gravitational field ; gravity ; gravity boot ; ground ; guard tower ; guest ; guilt ; gulag ; hailing frequency ; Hamlet ; hand ; handcuffs ; head ; hearing ; heart ; heartbeat ; helm ; helmsman ; Henry IV, Part I ; Henry IV, Part II ; Hitler, Adolf ; Holmes, Sherlock ; hostage ; hostility ; hour ; Human ( homo sapiens ); Human rights ; idea ; idealism / idealist ; idiot ; "If you eliminate the impossible..." ; ignorance ; impulse power ; information ; insubordination ; intercept course ; interstellar law ; Introduction to Klingon Grammer ; jackal mastiff ; joke ; judgment ; Julius Caesar ; K't'inga -class ; key ; kiss ; Khitomer ; Khitomer Accords ; Khitomer Conference ; Khitomer conspiracy ; kill setting ; king ; Klingon Bird-of-Prey ; Klingon Empire ; Klingons ; Klingon High Command ; Klingon frontier ; Klingon history ; Klingon Neutral Zone ; Klingon Defense Force uniforms ; Klingon space ; Klingonese ; knee ; Kobayashi Maru scenario ; Kronos One ; laughter ; level ; Lincoln, Abraham ; " linguistic legerdemain "; light ; light year ; listening post ; listing ; livelihood ; location ; logic ; lunatic ; lying ( lie ); machine ; madam ; magnetic boots ( gravity boots ); Marcus, David ; master ; medical status ; medical tricorder ; meeting ; Megazoid ; Merchant of Venice, The ; meteor shower ; midnight ; Milky Way Galaxy ; military advisor ; military budget ( budget ); military operation ; mine ; mission ; mission of peace ; model ; money ; month ; moon ; mooring ; morning ; Morska ; mothballing ; motive ; multiple choice ; murderer ; mythology ; name ; NAR ; neck ; negotiation ; neutral zone ; neutron radiation ; news ; night ; Nixon, Richard M. ; Northern Star ; obedience ; objection ; officers' mess ; Okrand ; Okrand's Unabridged Klingon Dictionary ; olive branch ; Operation Retrieve ; opportunist ; order ; oxygen ; ozone ; pair ; pardon ; Paris ; parole ; patricide ; peace ; peace conference ; peace summit ; peace talks ; peace treaty ; penal asteroid ; penal colony ; permission ; personal log ; Pfaltzgraff ; phaser ; photon torpedo ; physics ; piano ; place ; plasma ( ionized gas ); plasma exhaust ; plate ; pollution ; port (facility); port (side of ship); port gate ; Post, Emily ; pot ; Praxis ; prejudice ; president ; prison ; prisoner ; progress ; problem ; prototype ; proverb ; pulse ; punishment ; Qo'noS ; question ; quarters ; rank ; reality ; refuse ; rendezvous ; report ; reprieve ; resource ; result ; retirement ; revenge ; reward ; risk ; Romulan ; Romulan ale ; Romulan government ; Romulan border ; rose ; rudder ; Rura Penthe ; Russian ; sabot ; sabotage ; Saboteurs ; safe haven ; safety precaution ; Salak ; Samno ; San Francisco ; saucer ; scene ; science station ; scientific program ; Scots language ; screaming ; SD-103 ; SD-103 type ; second ; secret ; sector ; Sector 70 ; seminar ; sensor ; sentence ; service record ; Shakespeare, William ; ship's bell ; ship's surgeon ; shoe ; shouting ; show trial ; sickbay ; silent running ; size ; slave ; smell ; smoking ; sniper rifle ; son ; sorrow ; space station ; Spacedock One ; special envoy ; species ; speculation ; Spoken Languages of the Klingon Empire ; sponsor ; starbase ; starboard ; Starfleet ; Starfleet Academy ; Starfleet Command ; Starfleet Command Intelligence Database ; Starfleet Headquarters ; Starfleet regulations ; state dinner ; statement ; stern ; stockade ; story ; stun setting ; subspace ; subspace channel ; subspace message ; subspace transmission ; subspace shock wave ; suicide ; surface ; surgeon ; surgery ; surrender ; table ; table manners ; tail pipe ; targ ; tear ; tear duct ; Tempest, The ; terrorism ; territory ; theory ; thing ; thousand ; three-year mission ; thruster ; Tiberian bat ; tickling ; toast ; torpedo bay ; torpedo launcher ; torpedo room ; touch ; tour ; translation ; transporter pad ; transporter range ; transporter room ; trash ; trial ; truth ; universal translator ; universe ; Ursva ; value ; vessel ; viridium patch ; volunteer ; Vulcan ; mind meld ; walking ; warp drive ; warrior ; weapons locker ; web ; week ; wisdom ; Wise, D. ; witness ; wood ; word ; worker ; wound ; year ; Z-axis ; Zelonite

Library computer references [ ]

Starship Mission Assignments : Ahwahnee , USS ; Challenger , USS ; Constellation , USS ; Eagle , USS ; Emden , USS ; Endeavour , USS ; Helin , USS ; John Muir , USS ; Kongo , USS ; Korolev , USS ; Lantree , USS ; Oberth , USS ; Potemkin , USS ; Republic , USS ; Scovill , USS ; Sector 21185 ; Sector 21186 ; Sector 21290 ; Sector 21399 ; Sector 21803 ; Sector 21835 ; Sector 21836 ; Sector 21837 ; Sector 22849 ; Sector 22858 ; Sector 22956 ; Sector 22958 ; Sector 23094 ; Springfield , USS ; Starbase 24 ; Starship Mission Assignments ; Whorfin , USS
Operation Retrieve star chart : Alpha Bayard ; Alpha Beaird ; Alpha Cooper ; Alpha Crum ; Alpha Glover ; Alpha Johnson ; Alpha McCusker ; Alpha Meyers ; Alpha Saunders ; Alpha Suhr ; Apperson's Asteroid ; Arnold's Planet ; Baber Nebula ; Barnes Nebula ; Barnett's Star ; Bergman's Planet ; Beta Christenberry ; Beta Cook ; Beta Flinn ; Beta Friedlich ; Beta Garretson ; Beta Gonzales ; Beta Lingard ; Beta Michaels ; Beta Penthe ; Beta Penthe I ; Beta Penthe II ; Beta Penthe III ; Beta Penthe IV ; Beta Penthe V ; Beta Penthe VII ; Beta Penthe system ; Beta Schwartz ; Beta Sternbach ; Breton's Planet ; Brookshire's Planet ; Buckley's Planet ; Cantamessa's Star ; Cole's Star ; Constitution II -class; Cybulski's Planet ; Delta Hart ; Downer's Star ; Excelsior -class ; Farrar's World ; Foster Nebula ; Frazee's Nova ; Friedlich Nebula ; Gamma Fitzgerald ; Gauger Star ; Gullory Nebula ; Harstedt's Planet ; Hershman's Star ; Hodges Nebula ; Jaffeworld ; Latonaworld ; Meyer's Star ; Molly's Star ; Moreyworld ; Narita's Planet ; Nimoy's Star ; Nollman's Planet ; Nuzzo Station ; Operation Retrieve star chart locations ; Okrand Colony ; Rao-Beyers ; Rooseworld ; Sasgen's Star ; Sector 21166 ; Sigma Trotti ; Stevens Nebula ; Theta Gentle ; Theta Hulett ; Wenselworld ; Winter's Nova ; Wise Nebula ; Zimmerman's Star
Federation star chart ("The Explored Galaxy") : Aldebaran ; Alfa 177 ; Alpha Carinae ; Alpha Centauri ; Alpha Majoris ; Altair VI ; Andor ; Ariannus ; Arret ; Babel ; Benecia ; Berengaria VII ; Beta Aurigae ; Beta Geminorum ; Beta Lyrae ; Beta Niobe ; Beta Portolan ; Camus II ; Canopus III ; Capella ; Daran V ; Delta Vega ; Deneb ; Eminiar ; Fabrini ; First Federation ; Gamma Canaris N ; Gamma Trianguli ; Holberg 917G ; Ingraham B ; Janus VI ; Kling ; Kzin ; Lactra VII ; Makus III ; Marcos XII ; Manark IV ; Memory Alpha ; Mudd ; Omega IV ; Omega Cygni ; Organia ; Orion ; Pallas 14 ; Phylos ; Pollux IV ; Psi 2000 ; Pyris VII ; Regulus ; Remus ; Rigel ; Romulan Neutral Zone ; Romulus ; Sarpeid ; Sirius ; Talos ; Tau Ceti ; Theta III ; Tholian Assembly ; Vulcan

Unused Material [ ]

democracy ; economics ; employment ; gunboat diplomacy ; prerogative

Unreferenced material [ ]

Arc ; Bayard, D. ; Brookshire, R. ; Cantemessa, G. ; Downer, J. ; Flinn, D.M. ; Garretson, K. ; Glover, K. ; Hulett, D. ; Jaffe, S.C. ; Michaels, M. ; Morey, R. ; Narita, H. ; Rodis, N. ; Sector 21185 ; Sector 21290 ; Sector 21399 ; Sector 21803 ; Sector 21835 ; Sector 21837 ; Sector 22849 ; Sector 22956 ; Sector 23006 ; Tathwell, D. ; Thomas, C. ; Wise, D. ; Zimmerman, H.

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External links [ ].

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country at StarTrek.com
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country at Wikipedia
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country at the Internet Movie Database
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country script at Star Trek Minutiae
" Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
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Online tool to conveniently search through the Star Trek transcripts

Discussion in ' Web Sites/Design ' started by dxdydxdy , Mar 29, 2015 .

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Christopher Writer Admiral

Re: Online tool to conveniently search through the Star Trek transcrip This is very handy. I often do a Google search of Chakoteya's transcripts for dialogue, but it can be inconvenient. This tool looks like it could be very useful. One glitch, though: It doesn't seem to list different series in chronological order relative to each other. When I looked up "Andorian," the series were listed in the order DS9, TNG, VOY, TOS, Movies, TAS, ENT. Looking up "James T. Kirk" spoken by Kirk also gives a list with the movies between TOS and TAS. Another potential issue that occurs to me is that the transcripts on Chakoteya's site tend to use British spellings, and sometimes don't use accurate spellings for alien terms or names. So some results will occasionally be missed because the searcher hasn't anticipated the site's spelling choices. I'm not sure there's a way to program the search engine to deal with those issues, though. (Do people still say "program?") There's also the fact that Chakoteya's page is missing an Into Darkness transcript, but I suppose that's something to take up with her.

Alidar Jarok Everything in moderation but moderation Moderator

Re: Online tool to conveniently search through the Star Trek transcrip Regarding order, if you go with TOS TNG DS9 VOY ENT, it'll both go with general familiarity and with series order (TOS and TNG might be interchangeable, but it wouldn't be controversial to list TOS first). Obviously, TAS is a bit more complicated. With familiarity, it's last. With chronology, it's second. The movies also complicate things. But I think that rough order for the main shows is the best way.

Re: Online tool to conveniently search through the Star Trek transcrip This recent article points out that, to the new generation of fans, all the Trek series are equally accessible through online streaming. Go to the Netflix page for, say, TOS, TNG, VGR, or ENT (though not DS9, for some reason), scroll down to the "More Like X" section at the bottom, and TAS is right there in plain view (even though TOS isn't!). TAS is also treated equally to the other series on Memory Alpha and on StarTrek.com's database. So I'm not sure that differential in familiarity is all that big an issue these days. The Internet has made all of Trek available at a moment's notice. Besides, "familiarity" is a subjective assessment. How do you measure it? Unless you've taken actual surveys to determine what series are more familiar with the general public, you're just imposing your own assumptions on the data. A chronological ordering would be more objective.

Re: Online tool to conveniently search through the Star Trek transcrip Equal accessibility and being treated as canon on a website don't mean they're all valued equally. I agree that chronological order (while having the TOS movies together before TNG) is ideal, though.

Re: Online tool to conveniently search through the Star Trek transcrip Alidar Jarok said: ↑ Equal accessibility and being treated as canon on a website don't mean they're all valued equally. Click to expand...

CaliburnCY Ensign Newbie

Re: Online tool to conveniently search through the Star Trek transcrip Awesome search tool. Nice work!

KiazisChildren Ensign Newbie

dxdydxdy said: ↑ Check it out at http://scriptsearch.dxdy.name In short, it allows you to search chakoteya.net's transcripts by lines, locations, speakers, the people present and much more! Why is this better than using a normal search engine? Only the results that precisely match what you’re looking for are displayed. The full line plus its immediate context is displayed, saving you the trouble of having to go on each and every page to find out how a sentence ends. Instead, you can simply have a look at the results and then decide to go to the relevant transcripts for further context. The results are displayed in the same order their episodes aired. That way, you won’t have to manually re-order them if you’re interested in how a character’s views developed over time. You can restrict your search to specific shows or episodes. So far, I've used it to research how a certain subject is portrayed, or how a character's view on a subject evolved over time. The ability to separate results by author also allows for a convenient analysis on how two character's takes on the same philosophy might differ. Also, it's handy to simply find long-forgotten scenes like that scene where Vash, Picard and Q were discussing in the ready room. Giving the tool that information will quickly point you to the scene in question. If you've got any suggestions for improvement, be sure to let me know. Click to expand...

dxdydxdy This tool you've created is outstanding, thank you so much. I was using it a few months ago, then it suddenly stopped. It fails to connect to the site or server, do you know why or how I can connect to use it again please?

Kor Fleet Admiral Admiral

KiazisChildren said: ↑ dxdydxdy This tool you've created is outstanding, thank you so much. I was using it a few months ago, then it suddenly stopped. It fails to connect to the site or server, do you know why or how I can connect to use it again please? Click to expand...

ChallengerHK Captain Captain

Is the tool still active? It won't load for me.

No, as @KiazisChildren notes above, it stopped working a few months ago. Maybe somebody could try contacting the webmaster via the info on the "about" page, still available through the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20191229234220/http://scriptsearch.dxdy.name/?page=about Kor

Email sent. I'll let you know if I get any response.

Response received. The site owner says that they're down for technological reasons and that it will return.

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Since dxdy's long time search engine is down, I thought I'd share my dump of Star Trek transcripts and some example commands for searching them: [Link Removed] Though actually searching those transcripts requires some command line familiarity, so it's far less accessible. I loved dxdy's online tool and am sad to see it's gone. Though I can empathize with the pains of maintaining a service like that for many years. I might try to put together a much easier to use web interface for Star Trek script searching in the future. Moderator Action - Link removed because it appears the work was obtained without permission

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@okonaisthefather I don't recall you asking if you could take all my Trek work and post it on GitHub for any one to download. Or perhaps you did but I don't know your name? At least dxdy approached me first for permission to use the site for his proof of concept.

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Just use google like this: "beam me up" site:chakoteya.net

Chakoteya said: ↑ @okonaisthefather I don't recall you asking if you could take all my Trek work and post it on GitHub for any one to download. Or perhaps you did but I don't know your name? At least dxdy approached me first for permission to use the site for his proof of concept. Click to expand...

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Alidar Jarok said: ↑ I removed the link based on this post. okonaisthefather , if you disagree with this action, please PM me. If you are not able to do that yet, please either post in this thread and I'll sort it out from there. Click to expand...

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SD-103, you are clear to deliver Captain Kirk and party to NCC-1701 Alpha. Over. Captain on the Bridge. -As you were, Lieutenant... -Valeris, sir. We were told that you needed a helmsman, so I volunteered. Lieutenant, it is agreeable to see you again. Lieutenant was the first Vulcan to be graduated -at the top of her class at the academy. -You must be very proud. I don't believe so, sir. She's a Vulcan, all right. Let's get this over with. Departure stations. -Scotty. -Aye, sir? Did you find the engine room? Right where I left it, sir. Standby. Uhura, get me the dockmaster. Control tower reading, sir. Control, this is Enterprise requesting permission to depart. This is Control, Enterprise. Permission to depart granted. Thirty seconds for port gates. Clear all moorings. Awaiting port gates from this mark. All moorings clear. Aft thrusters. Thank you, Lieutenant. One-quarter impulse power. Captain, may I remind you that regulations specify thrusters only while in spacedock? Jim? You heard the order, Lieutenant. Aye, sir. Captain's Log, Stardate 9522.6. I've never trusted Klingons, and I never will. I could never forgive them for the death of my boy. It seems to me our mission to escort the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council to a peace summit is problematic at best. Spock says this could be an historic occasion, and I'd like to believe him, but how on earth can history get past people like me? Sorry. You could have knocked. We are almost at the rendezvous, sir. I thought that you would like to know. Right. Permission to speak freely, sir. It is an honour to serve with you. You piloted well out of spacedock, Lieutenant. I've always wanted to try that, sir. You've done well, Valeris. As your sponsor at the academy, I have followed your career with satisfaction, and as a Vulcan, you've exceeded my expectations. I do not understand this representation. It is a depiction from ancient Earth mythology, the expulsion from Paradise. Why keep it in your quarters? It is a reminder to me that all things end. It is of endings that I wish to speak. Sir, I address you as a kindred intellect. Do you not recognise that a turning point has been reached in the affairs of the Federation? History is replete with turning points, Lieutenant. -You must have faith. -Faith? That the universe will unfold as it should. -But is that logical? Surely we must... -Logic, logic and logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end. This will be my final voyage onboard this vessel as a member of her crew. Nature abhors a vacuum. I intend you to replace me. Rate this script: 0.0 / 0 votes

Nicholas Meyer

Nicholas Meyer (born December 24, 1945) is an American writer and director, known for his best-selling novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, and for directing the films Time After Time, two of the Star Trek feature film series, and the 1983 television movie The Day After. Meyer was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), where he adapted his own novel into a screenplay. He has also been nominated for a Satellite Award, three Emmy Awards, and has won four Saturn Awards. He appeared as himself during the 2017 On Cinema spinoff series The Trial, during which he testified about Star Trek and San Francisco. more…

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ( Paramount Pictures , 1991 ) is the sixth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series . It is the last of the films based solely on Star Trek: The Original Series cast and it presents their final mission together.

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James T. Kirk [ edit ]

Captain's Log, Stardate 9522.6: I've never trusted Klingons, and I never will. I can never forgive them for the death of my boy. It seems to me our mission to escort the Chancellor of the Klingon High Council to a peace summit is problematic at best. Spock says this could be an historic occasion, and I'd like to believe him. But how on Earth can history get past people like me?
[last lines] Captain's Log, Stardate 9529.1: This is the final cruise of the Starship Enterprise under my command. This ship and her history will shortly become the care of another crew. To them and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man - where no one - has gone before.

General Chang [ edit ]

Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us...shall we not revenge?
[Paraphrased, The Merchant of Venice, Act III , Scene i.]
[at Kirk and McCoy's trial] Indeed, the record shows that Captain Kirk once held the rank of admiral, and that Admiral Kirk was broken for taking matters into his own hands in defiance of regulations of the law! Do you deny being demoted for these charges?! Don't wait for the translation! Answer me now!
[Similar words were originally spoken by Adlai Stevenson to Valerian Zorin in an emergency session of the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis .]

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Show Me a Hero Episode transcripts for the TV mini-series "Show Me a Hero". Aired: August 2015 to August 2015.* 6 Topics 6 Posts Last post 01x06 - Part 6 by bunniefuu 08/31/15 20:01
The Shrink Next Door Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Shrink Next Door". Aired: November 12, 2021.* 8 Topics 8 Posts Last post 01x08 - The Verdict by bunniefuu 03/29/22 15:00
Shrinking Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Shrinking". Aired: January 27, 2023 - present.* 10 Topics 10 Posts Last post 01x10 - Closure by bunniefuu 03/24/23 15:36
Shut Eye Episode transcripts for the TV show "Shut Eye". Aired: December 2016 to December 2017.* 20 Topics 20 Posts Last post 02x10 - There's No Place Like… by bunniefuu 11/14/21 13:18
Side Hustle Episode transcripts for the TV show "Side Hustle". Aired: November 7, 2020 - present.* 46 Topics 46 Posts Last post 02x20 - We Have a Bingo! by bunniefuu 07/13/22 18:59
Sidekick Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Sidekick". Aired: September 3, 2010 – September 14, 2013.* 52 Topics 52 Posts Last post 03x52 - Those Who Can't Teach… by bunniefuu 07/02/23 11:34
Sid the Science Kid Episode transcripts for the T.V. show, "Sid the Science Kid". Aired: September 1, 2008 - March 25, 2013.* 66 Topics 66 Posts Last post 03x25 - Sid Wings It! by bunniefuu 10/05/22 09:10
Sight Unseen Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Sight Unseen". Aired: January 21, 2024 – present.* 10 Topics 10 Posts Last post 01x10 - Razor's Edge by bunniefuu 03/27/24 00:07
Signed, Sealed, Delivered Episode transcripts for the 2014 TV show "Signed, Sealed, Delivered". Aired: April 2014 to June 2014.* 23 Topics 23 Posts Last post 02x12 - Signed, Sealed, Deliv… by bunniefuu 06/04/22 11:06
Significant Mother Episode transcripts for the 2015 TV show "Significant Mother". Aired: August 2015 to October 2015.* 9 Topics 9 Posts Last post 01x09 - Not About Bob by bunniefuu 10/06/15 14:15
Silent Witness Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Silent Witness". Aired: 21 February 1996 – present.* 248 Topics 248 Posts Last post 10x04 - Terminus 2 by bunniefuu 02/18/24 02:05
Silicon Valley Episode transcripts for the TV show "Silicon Valley". Aired: April 2014 to December 2019.* 55 Topics 55 Posts Last post 05x08 - Fifty-One Percent by bunniefuu 06/09/20 11:25
Silk Stalkings Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Silk Stalkings". Aired: November 7, 1991 – April 18, 1999.* 174 Topics 174 Posts Last post 08x22 - Noir (Part 2) by bunniefuu 10/08/23 11:30
Silo Episode transcripts for the TV series, "Silo". Aired: May 5, 2023 – present.* 10 Topics 10 Posts Last post 01x10 - Outside by bunniefuu 06/30/23 12:32
Silver Spoons Episode transcripts for the TV show "Silver Spoons". Aired: September 25, 1982 - May 11, 1986.* 108 Topics 108 Posts Last post 05x24 - Let It Snow, Let It S… by bunniefuu 10/19/23 11:22
Simon & Simon Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Simon & Simon". Aired: November 24, 1981 – September 16, 1989. 79 Topics 79 Posts Last post 01x13 - Tanks for the Memories by bunniefuu 01/11/24 21:42
The Simpsons Episode transcripts for the 1989 TV show "The Simpsons". Aired: December 1989 to present.* Moderator: SideshowBob 766 Topics 766 Posts Last post 35x14 - Night of the Living W… by bunniefuu 04/08/24 16:42
The Sinner Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Sinner". Aired: August 2017 to present.* 32 Topics 32 Posts Last post 04x08 - Part VIII by bunniefuu 12/02/21 12:46
Sirens All episode transcripts for this TV show (season 1 & 2). Aired: March 2014 to April 2015.* 23 Topics 23 Posts Last post 02x13 - Sub-Primal Fears by bunniefuu 04/16/15 21:15
Sistas Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Sistas". Aired: October 23, 2019 – present.* 3 Topics 3 Posts Last post 05x01 - Pain and Suffering by bunniefuu 02/25/24 16:28
Sister, Sister Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Sister, Sister". Aired: September 6, 1995 – May 23, 1999.* 119 Topics 119 Posts Last post 05x20 - Prom Night by bunniefuu 01/09/24 15:08
SIX Episode transcripts for the 2017 TV miniseries "SIX". Aired: January 2017 to August 2018.* 6 Topics 6 Posts Last post 01x06 - Confession by bunniefuu 02/23/17 11:19
Six Feet Under Episode transcripts for the TV show "Six Feet Under". Aired: June 3, 2001 - August 21, 2005.* 63 Topics 63 Posts Last post 05x12 - Everyone's Waiting by bunniefuu 09/03/21 12:10
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley Episode transcripts for the 2016 TV show "Six Wives with Lucy Worsley". Aired: January 22, 2017 to present. 3 Topics 3 Posts Last post 01x03 - Episode 3 by bunniefuu 12/22/16 02:49
SK8 the Infinity Episode transcripts for the TV show, "SK8 the Infinity". Aired: January 10, 2021 – present.* 11 Topics 11 Posts Last post 01x11 - King vs Nobody by bunniefuu 04/13/24 01:33
Skam Episode transcripts for the 2015 TV show "Skam". Aired: September 25, 2015 to June 2017.* 43 Topics 43 Posts Last post 04x10 - Takk for alt by bunniefuu 06/16/19 11:40
Skins US Seasons 1-7 and UK Original Version Complete Collection. Aired: February 2007 to August 2013.* 72 Topics 72 Posts Last post 1x10 - (US) Everyone by bunniefuu 03/24/11 07:42
Skip and Loafer Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Skip and Loafer". Aired: April 4, 2023 – June 20, 2023.* 12 Topics 12 Posts Last post 01x12 - Shining by bunniefuu 04/12/24 22:04
SkyMed Episode transcripts for the TV show, "SkyMed". Aired: July 10, 2022 – present.* 18 Topics 18 Posts Last post 02x09 - Out With a Bang by bunniefuu 11/27/23 11:53
The Slap All episode transcripts for this TV show, . Aired: November 2011 to November 2011.* 8 Topics 8 Posts Last post 01x02 - Harry by bunniefuu 02/20/15 07:34
The Slap Maxwell Story Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Slap Maxwell Story". Aired: September 23, 1987 – June 8, 1988.* 9 Topics 9 Posts Last post 01x10 - Episode 10 by bunniefuu 03/19/24 17:32
Slasher Episode transcripts for the 2016 TV show "Slasher". Aired: March 2016 to present.* 41 Topics 41 Posts Last post 05x08 - Vengeance by bunniefuu 05/14/23 12:04
Sledge Hammer! Episode transcripts for the TV series, "Sledge Hammer!". Aired: September 23, 1986 – February 12, 1988.* 41 Topics 41 Posts Last post 02x19 - Here's to You, Mrs. H… by bunniefuu 06/01/23 13:33
Sleepy Hollow Episode transcripts for the TV show "Sleepy Hollow". Aired: September 2013 to March 2017.* 63 Topics 63 Posts Last post 04x13 - Freedom by bunniefuu 08/25/21 16:38
Slow Horses Episode transcripts for the TV show "Slow Horses". Aired: April 1, 2022 - present.* 18 Topics 18 Posts Last post 03x06 - Footprints by bunniefuu 12/28/23 18:58
Smallville All episode transcripts (season 1-10) for the TV show "Smallville". Aired: October 2001 to May 2011.* 217 Topics 217 Posts Last post 10x21/22 - Finale by bunniefuu 04/01/13 00:38
Smart Guy Episode transcripts for the TV show "Smart Guy". Aired: March 26, 1997 –; May 16, 1999.* 51 Topics 51 Posts Last post 03x22 - Never Too Young by bunniefuu 07/11/23 00:27
Smiley Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Smiley". Aired: December 7, 2022 - present.* 8 Topics 8 Posts Last post 01x08 - The Red Thread by bunniefuu 01/12/23 16:30
Smiling Friends Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Smiling Friends". Aired: January 10, 2022 - present.* 8 Topics 8 Posts Last post 01x08 - Charlie Dies and Does… by bunniefuu 01/12/23 15:31
The Smurfs Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Smurfs". Aired: April 18, 2021 - present.* 109 Topics 109 Posts Last post 04x02 - Secret of the Village… by bunniefuu 07/25/22 21:25
Snabba Cash Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Snabba Cash". Aired: 7 April 2021.* 12 Topics 12 Posts Last post 02x06 - I Know Who You Are by bunniefuu 03/12/24 01:36
Sneaky Pete Episode transcript for the 2015 TV movie "Sneaky Pete". Aired: August 2015 to May 2019.* 30 Topics 30 Posts Last post 03x10 - The Brooklyn Potash by bunniefuu 10/13/21 15:54
Snoopy in Space Episode transcripts for the TV show "Snoopy in Space". Aired: November 1, 2019 –; present.* 24 Topics 24 Posts Last post 02x12 - A New Voyage by bunniefuu 03/06/22 14:14
The Snoopy Show Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Snoopy Show". Aired: February 2021 to present.* 6 Topics 6 Posts Last post 01x06 - Bugable, Hugable, Bea… by bunniefuu 05/09/21 15:27
Snowfall Episode transcripts for the TV show "Snowfall". Aired: July 5, 2017 –; present.* 60 Topics 60 Posts Last post 06x10 - The Struggle by bunniefuu 04/21/23 12:28
Snowpiercer Episode transcripts for the TV show "Snowpiercer". Aired: May 2020 to present.* 30 Topics 30 Posts Last post 03x10 - The Original Sinners by bunniefuu 03/30/22 23:27
Soap Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Soap". Aired: September 13, 1977 – April 20, 1981.* 91 Topics 91 Posts Last post 04x21 - Episode 21 by bunniefuu 05/02/23 15:12
Sofia the First Episode transcripts for the TV show "Sofia the First". Aired: November 18, 2012 - September 8, 2018.* 111 Topics 111 Posts Last post 04x30 - Forever Royal pt. 3 by bunniefuu 04/04/24 16:25
Solar Opposites Episode transcripts for the TV series, "Solar Opposites". Aired: May 8, 2020 – present.* 40 Topics 40 Posts Last post 04x11 - The Unwanted Personif… by bunniefuu 08/15/23 17:06
So Help Me Todd Episode transcripts for the TV show, "So Help Me Todd". Aired: September 29, 2022 – present.* 26 Topics 26 Posts Last post 02x05 - End On A High Note by bunniefuu 04/13/24 17:27
Solo Leveling Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Solo Leveling". Aired: January 6, 2024 - present.* 12 Topics 12 Posts Last post 01x12 - Arise by bunniefuu 04/06/24 21:49
Somebody Somewhere Episode transcripts for the TV show "Somebody Somewhere". Aired: January 16, 2022 to present.* 14 Topics 14 Posts Last post 02x07 - To Ed by bunniefuu 05/29/23 21:55
Something in the Rain Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Something in the Rain". Aired: March 30 – May 19, 2018.* 16 Topics 16 Posts Last post 01x16 - Episode 16 by bunniefuu 03/12/24 11:07
Somewhere Boy Episode transcripts for the TV show "Somewhere Boy". Aired: October 16, 2022 - present. 8 Topics 8 Posts Last post 01x08 - Episode 8 by bunniefuu 11/02/22 23:47
Sonic Boom Episode transcripts for the TV show "Sonic Boom". November 8, 2014 - October 4, 2017.* 103 Topics 103 Posts Last post 02x39 - Victory by bunniefuu 06/07/22 23:40
Sonic Prime Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Sonic Prime". Aired: December 15, 2022 – present.* 16 Topics 16 Posts Last post 02x08 - Ghost of a Chance by bunniefuu 07/13/23 21:07
Sonic the Hedgehog Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Sonic the Hedgehog". Aired: September 18, 1993 – December 3, 1994.* 26 Topics 26 Posts Last post 02x13 - The Doomsday Project by bunniefuu 03/08/24 16:37
Sonic Underground Episode transcripts for the TV series, "Sonic Underground". Aired: 6 January – 23 May 1999.* 40 Topics 40 Posts Last post 01x40 - Virtual Danger by bunniefuu 06/11/23 16:46
Sonic X Episode transcripts for the TV show "Sonic X". Aired: April 6, 2003 – April 18, 2005.* 78 Topics 78 Posts Last post 03x26 - The Place Where Plane… by bunniefuu 01/02/23 11:57
Son of a Critch Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Son of a Critch". Aired: January 4, 2022 – present.* 39 Topics 39 Posts Last post 03x13 - Forever Young by bunniefuu 04/02/24 23:10
Sons of Anarchy Complete collection of episode transcripts for seasons 1 to 7. Aired: September 2008 to December 2014.* 93 Topics 93 Posts Last post 07x13 - Papa's Goods by bunniefuu 12/10/14 06:20
Sons of Liberty A 2015 TV miniseries in 3 parts. Aired: January 2015 to January 2015.* 3 Topics 3 Posts Last post 01x03 - Independence by bunniefuu 01/28/15 15:58
Son of Zorn Episode transcripts for the TV show "Son of Zorn" Aired: September 2016 to February 2017.* 14 Topics 14 Posts Last post 01x13 - All Hail Son of Zorn by bunniefuu 02/21/17 14:06
The Sopranos Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Sopranos". Aired January 10, 1999 - June 10, 2007.* 86 Topics 86 Posts Last post 01x06 - Pax Sopranos by bunniefuu 09/28/19 22:44
South of Hell Episode transcripts for the TV show "South of Hell". Aired: November 2015 to present.* 8 Topics 8 Posts Last post 01x08 - Blood Relations by bunniefuu 12/03/15 00:25
South Park Episode transcripts of the TV show, "South Park." Aired August 1997 to current.* 326 Topics 326 Posts Last post 00x47 - Joining the Panderver… by bunniefuu 12/28/23 12:27
Space Racers Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Space Racers". Aired: May 2, 2014 – present.* 90 Topics 90 Posts Last post 02x89 - Space Girl Explorers by bunniefuu 12/13/23 18:33
Spartacus Episode transcripts for the TV show "Spartacus". Aired: January 22, 2010 – April 12, 2013.* 33 Topics 33 Posts Last post 03x10 - Victory by bunniefuu 04/03/22 14:46
Special Ops: Lioness Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Special Ops: Lioness". Aired: July 23, 2023 – present.* 8 Topics 8 Posts Last post 01x08 - Gone is the Illusion … by bunniefuu 09/03/23 12:56
Speechless Episode transcripts for the TV show "Speechless". Aired: September 2016 to April 2019.* 63 Topics 63 Posts Last post 03x22 - U-N-R-- UNREALISTIC by bunniefuu 11/17/21 16:53
Spenser: For Hire Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Spenser: For Hire". Aired: September 20, 1985 – May 7, 1988.* 64 Topics 64 Posts Last post 03x21 - Haunting by bunniefuu 10/07/23 13:31
Spidey and His Amazing Friends Episode transcripts for the TV show "Spidey and His Amazing Friends". Aired: August 6, 2021 - present.* 50 Topics 50 Posts Last post 02x29 - How to Train Your Dog… by bunniefuu 04/06/24 02:42
Splash and Bubbles Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Splash and Bubbles". Aired: November 23, 2016 – August 6, 2018.* 38 Topics 38 Posts Last post 01x39 & 01x40 - Pole to Pole by bunniefuu 02/27/24 01:42
The Spoils Before Dying Episode transcripts for the TV miniseries "The Spoils Before Dying". Aired: July 2015 to July 2015.* 6 Topics 6 Posts Last post 01x06 - The Biscuit Eaters by bunniefuu 07/28/15 11:02
SpongeBob SquarePants Episode transcripts for the TV show "SpongeBob SquarePants". Aired: May 1, 1999 - present.* 275 Topics 275 Posts Last post 13x20 - Friendiversary/Mandat… by bunniefuu 07/14/23 11:33
Sponsor Episode transcripts for the TV show "Sponsor". Aired: February 23, 2022 - present. 5 Topics 5 Posts Last post 01x05 - Episode 5 by bunniefuu 03/14/22 22:37
Spotless Episode transcripts for the 2015 TV show "Spotless". Aired: November 2015 to April 2015. 10 Topics 10 Posts Last post 01x10 - Season 1, Episode 10 by bunniefuu 10/30/15 21:49
Spy × Family Episode transcripts for the TV show "Spy x Family". Aired: April 9, 2022 – present.* 37 Topics 37 Posts Last post 02x12 - Part of the Family by bunniefuu 04/12/24 16:13
Squid Game Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Squid Game". Aired: September 17, 2021 –; present.* 9 Topics 9 Posts Last post 01x09 - One Lucky Day by bunniefuu 03/15/22 13:58
Squid Game: The Challenge Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Squid Game: The Challenge". Aired: 22 November 2023 – present.* 10 Topics 10 Posts Last post 01x10 - One Lucky Day by bunniefuu 12/07/23 13:49
SS-GB Episode transcripts for the TV show "SS-GB". Aired: June 2018 to March 2017.* 1 Topics 1 Posts Last post 01x01 - Episode 01 by bunniefuu 02/20/17 08:32
Stag Episode transcripts for the 2016 TV miniseries "Stag". Aired 27 February to 12 March, 2016.* 3 Topics 3 Posts Last post 01x03 - Episode 3 by bunniefuu 03/15/16 20:30
The Staircase Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Staircase". Aired: May 5 –; June 9, 2022.* 8 Topics 8 Posts Last post 01x08 - America's Sweethearts by bunniefuu 06/19/22 23:20
Stalker All episode transcripts for this 2014 TV show, "Stalker". Aired: October 2014 to May 2015.* 20 Topics 20 Posts Last post 01x20 - Love Kills by bunniefuu 05/19/15 08:10
Stan Against Evil Episode transcripts for the TV show "Stan Against Evil". Aired: October 2016 to November 2018.* 24 Topics 24 Posts Last post 03x07 - Intensive Scare Unit by bunniefuu 11/16/21 13:13
The Stand Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Stand". Aired: December 2020 to present.* 9 Topics 9 Posts Last post 01x04 - The House of the Dead by bunniefuu 02/12/21 14:04
Star Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star". Aired: December 2016 to May 2019.* 48 Topics 48 Posts Last post 03x18 - When the Levee Breaks by bunniefuu 01/06/23 12:44
Star-Crossed All episode transcripts for the TV show, "Star-Crossed". Aired: February 2014 to May 2014.* 14 Topics 14 Posts Last post 1x13 - Passion Lends Them Pow… by bunniefuu 05/14/14 11:47
Stargate Atlantis Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Stargate Atlantis". Aired: July 16, 2004 – January 9, 2009.* 99 Topics 99 Posts Last post 05x20 - Enemy at the Gate by bunniefuu 01/19/23 14:19
Stargate SG-1 Episode transcripts for the TV show "Stargate SG-1". Aired: July 27, 1997 – March 13, 2007.* 211 Topics 211 Posts Last post 10x20 - Unending by bunniefuu 01/11/23 11:48
StarTalk Episode Transcripts for the TV show, "StarTalk", Aired: April 2015 to present.* 6 Topics 6 Posts Last post 01x06 - Jimmy Carter by bunniefuu 05/28/15 22:20
Stargirl Episode transcripts for the TV show "Stargirl". Aired: May 2020 to present.* 39 Topics 39 Posts Last post 03x13 - Chapter Thirteen: The… by bunniefuu 12/20/22 16:26
Starsky & Hutch Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Starsky & Hutch". Aired: April 30, 1975 –; May 15, 1979.* 92 Topics 92 Posts Last post 03x22 - Deckwatch by bunniefuu 03/10/23 14:17
Starstruck Episode transcripts for the TV show "Starstruck". Aired: June 2021 - present.* 6 Topics 6 Posts Last post 01x06 - Christmas by bunniefuu 11/10/21 21:55
Star Trek Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Star Trek". Aired: September 1966 to June 1969.* 82 Topics 82 Posts Last post 03x24 - Turnabout Intruder by bunniefuu 01/15/23 12:57
Star Trek: The Animated Series Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: The Animated Series". Aired: September 8, 1973 – October 12, 1974.* 22 Topics 22 Posts Last post 02x06 - The Counter-Clock Inc… by bunniefuu 12/30/22 14:39
Star Trek Continues Episode transcripts for this fan-produced TV show. Aired: May 26, 2013 to November 2017.* 11 Topics 11 Posts Last post 01x11 - To Boldly Go (Part 2) by bunniefuu 11/11/21 12:15
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". Aired: January 3, 1993 – June 2, 1999.* 171 Topics 171 Posts Last post 07x25 - What You Leave Behind by bunniefuu 01/17/23 22:58
Star Trek: Discovery Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: Discovery". Aired: September 2017 to present.* 58 Topics 58 Posts Last post 05x03 - Jinaal by bunniefuu 04/11/24 15:51
Star Trek: Enterprise Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: Enterprise". Aired: September 26, 2001 – May 13, 2005.* 98 Topics 98 Posts Last post 04x22 - These Are the Voyages… by bunniefuu 01/19/23 17:37
Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: Lower Decks". Aired: August 6, 2020 to present.* 42 Topics 42 Posts Last post 04x10 - Old Friends, New Plan… by bunniefuu 11/03/23 13:02
Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Aired: September 28, 1987 – May 23, 1994.* 178 Topics 178 Posts Last post 07x25 - All Good Things... by bunniefuu 01/26/23 13:40
Star Trek: Picard Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: Picard". Aired: January 2020 to present.* 30 Topics 30 Posts Last post 03x10 - Part Ten The Last Gen… by bunniefuu 04/20/23 11:48
Star Trek: Prodigy Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: Prodigy". Aired: October 2021 to present.* 19 Topics 19 Posts Last post 01x20 - Supernova (part 2) by bunniefuu 12/30/22 12:20
Star Trek: Short Treks Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: Short Treks". Aired: October 2018 to January 2020.* 10 Topics 10 Posts Last post 02x06 - Children of Mars by bunniefuu 11/13/21 23:51
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds". Aired: May 5, 2022 - present.* 20 Topics 20 Posts Last post 02x10 - Hegemony by bunniefuu 08/12/23 11:30
Star Trek: Voyager Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Trek: Voyager". Aired: January 16, 1995 – May 23, 2001.* 168 Topics 168 Posts Last post 07x25 - Endgame by bunniefuu 01/04/23 16:11
Star vs. the Forces of Evil Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star vs. the Forces of Evil". Aired: January 18, 2015 – May 19, 2019.* 77 Topics 77 Posts Last post 04x21 - Cleaved by bunniefuu 10/18/22 12:42
StartUp Episode transcripts for the TV show "StartUp". Aired: September 2016 to November 2018.* 30 Topics 30 Posts Last post 03x10- Trading Up by bunniefuu 11/13/21 20:28
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Wars: The Bad Batch". Aired: May 2021 to present.* 44 Topics 44 Posts Last post 03x12 - Juggernaut by bunniefuu 04/10/24 18:14
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Wars: The Clone Wars". Aired: October 2008 - May 2020.* 132 Topics 132 Posts Last post 05x20 - The Wrong Jedi by bunniefuu 11/18/21 15:27
Star Wars: Droids Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Star Wars: Droids". Aired: September 7, 1985 – June 7, 1986.* 13 Topics 13 Posts Last post 01x13 - The Frozen Citadel by bunniefuu 03/08/23 19:33
Star Wars Resistance Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Wars Resistance". Aired October 2018 - January 2020* 38 Topics 38 Posts Last post 02x18 - The Escape by bunniefuu 11/16/21 14:12
Star Wars Rebels Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Wars Rebels". Aired August 2014 - March 2018.* 64 Topics 64 Posts Last post 04x15 - Family Reunion and Fa… by bunniefuu 01/30/21 18:21
Star Wars: Visions Episode transcripts for the TV show "Star Wars: Visions". Aired September 22, 2021 - present.* 18 Topics 18 Posts Last post 02x09 - Aau's Song by bunniefuu 05/06/23 15:13
State of Affairs Episode transcripts for the TV show, "State of Affairs". Aired: November 2014 to February 2015.* 13 Topics 13 Posts Last post 01x13 - Deadcheck by bunniefuu 02/17/15 06:38
Static Shock Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Static Shock". Aired: September 23, 2000 – May 22, 2004.* 52 Topics 52 Posts Last post 04x13 - Power Outage by bunniefuu 03/05/23 00:16
Station 19 Episode transcripts for the TV Show "Station 19". Aired: March 2018 to present.* 100 Topics 100 Posts Last post 07x05 - My Way by bunniefuu 04/12/24 13:01
Station Eleven Episode transcripts for the TV show "Station Eleven". Aired: December 16, 2021 to present.* 10 Topics 10 Posts Last post 01x10 - Unbroken Circle by bunniefuu 01/13/22 11:39
Steins;Gate Episode transcripts for the TV show "Steins;Gate". Aired: April 6, 2011 - September 14, 2011.* 25 Topics 25 Posts Last post 01x25 - Egoistic Poriomania by bunniefuu 09/14/22 22:54
Steven Universe Episode transcripts for the TV show "Steven Universe". Aired: May 21, 2013 - January 21, 2019.* 154 Topics 154 Posts Last post 05x29 - 05x32 - Change Your M… by bunniefuu 06/24/22 11:54
Still Game Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Still Game". Aired: 6 September 2002 – 28 March 2019.* 65 Topics 65 Posts Last post 05x04 - Hard Nuts by bunniefuu 10/06/23 20:00
Still Open All Hours Episode transcripts for the TV show "Still Open All Hours". Aired: December 26, 2013 to present.* 41 Topics 41 Posts Last post 05x07 - Episode 7 by bunniefuu 06/05/22 00:21
Still Standing Episode transcripts for the TV show "Still Standing". Aired: September 30, 2002 - March 8, 2006.* 88 Topics 88 Posts Last post 04x20 - Still Graduating by bunniefuu 11/14/22 13:28
Still the King Episode transcripts for the TV show "Still the King". Aired: June 2016 to August 2017.* 26 Topics 26 Posts Last post 02x13 - Who's Your Daddy by bunniefuu 12/18/21 12:23
Stitchers Episode transcripts for the TV show "Stitchers". Aired: June 2015 to August 2017.* 31 Topics 31 Posts Last post 03x10 - Maternis by bunniefuu 12/14/21 13:27
Stonemouth Episode transcripts for the TV show "Stonemouth". Aired: June 8, 2015 to present.* 2 Topics 2 Posts Last post 01x02 - Episode 2 by bunniefuu 06/16/15 05:26
StoryBots: Answer Time Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Storybots: Answer Time". Aired: November 21, 2022 - present.* 22 Topics 22 Posts Last post 02x12 - Time and Distance by bunniefuu 07/17/23 14:19
StoryBots Super Songs Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Storybots Super Songs". Aired: October 7, 2016 – August 2, 2017.* 5 Topics 5 Posts Last post 01x05 - Professions/Barnyard … by bunniefuu 07/18/23 12:22
The Strain Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Strain". Aired: July 2014 to September 2017.* 46 Topics 46 Posts Last post 04x10 - The Last Stand by bunniefuu 11/11/21 23:34
The Strange Calls Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Strange Calls". Aired: October 2012 to November 2012.* 6 Topics 6 Posts Last post 01x06 - Roots by bunniefuu 06/12/16 11:24
Stranger Things Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Stranger Things". Aired: July 15, 2016 - present.* 34 Topics 34 Posts Last post 04x09 - Chapter Nine: The Pig… by bunniefuu 07/02/22 10:47
Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures". Aired: October 10, 2010 – September 12, 2015.* 65 Topics 65 Posts Last post 04x13 - Dance Puppy Dance by bunniefuu 03/15/24 18:20
Strays Episode transcripts for the TV show "Strays". Aired: September 14, 2021 to present.* 20 Topics 20 Posts Last post 02x10 - Work Is Its Own Award by bunniefuu 11/17/22 19:01
Strike Back Episode transcripts for the TV show "Strike Back". AKA "Strike Back: Legacy". Aired: May 2010 to May 2010.* 76 Topics 76 Posts Last post 07x10 - Revolution: Part 10 by bunniefuu 09/14/21 13:32
Stuck in the Middle Episode transcripts for the TV show "Stuck in the Middle". Aired: February 2016 to July 2018.* 57 Topics 57 Posts Last post 03x10 - Stuck in Spring Break by bunniefuu 09/05/20 10:28
Submission Episode transcripts for the 2016 TV show "Submission". Aired May 12 - June 16, 2016.* 6 Topics 6 Posts Last post 01x06 - Domination by bunniefuu 06/17/16 11:36
Suburgatory Episode transcripts for the TV show "Suburgatory". Aired: September 28, 2011 –; May 14, 2014.* 56 Topics 56 Posts Last post 03x13 - Stiiiiiiill Horny by bunniefuu 05/09/22 11:52
Suburra: Blood on Rome Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Suburra". Aired: 6 October 2017 – 30 October 2020.* 25 Topics 25 Posts Last post 03x06 - Awakenings by bunniefuu 12/25/22 03:01
Succession Episode transcripts for the TV show "Succession". Aired: June 2018 to present.* 39 Topics 39 Posts Last post 04x10 - With Open Eyes by bunniefuu 05/29/23 13:59
Sugar Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Sugar". Aired: April 5, 2024 – present.* 3 Topics 3 Posts Last post 01x03 - Shibuya Crossing by bunniefuu 04/12/24 21:39
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) - episodes with scripts

Set in the 24th century and decades after the adventures of the original crew of the starship Enterprise, this new series is the long-awaited successor to the original Star Trek (1966). Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the all new Enterprise NCC 1701-D travels out to distant planets to seek out new life and to boldly go where no one has gone before.

1. Encounter at Farpoint
2. The Naked Now
3. Code of Honor
4. The Last Outpost
5. Where No One Has Gone Before
6. Lonely Among Us
8. The Battle
9. Hide And Q
11. The Big Goodbye
12. Datalore
13. Angel One
14. 11001001
15. Too Short A Season
16. When The Bough Breaks
17. Home Soil
18. Coming of Age
19. Heart of Glory
20. The Arsenal of Freedom
21. Symbiosis
22. Skin Of Evil
23. We'll Always Have Paris
24. Conspiracy
25. The Neutral Zone
1. The Child
2. Where Silence Has Lease
3. Elementary, Dear Data
4. The Outrageous Okona
5. Loud As A Whisper
6. The Schizoid Man
7. Unnatural Selection
8. A Matter Of Honor
9. The Measure of a Man
10. The Dauphin
11. Contagion
12. The Royale
13. Time Squared
14. The Icarus Factor
15. Pen Pals
17. Samaritan Snare
18. Up The Long Ladder
19. Manhunt
20. The Emissary
21. Peak Performance
22. Shades of Gray
1. Evolution
2. The Ensigns of Command
3. The Survivors
4. Who Watches The Watchers
5. The Bonding
6. Booby Trap
7. The Enemy
8. The Price
9. The Vengeance Factor
10. The Defector
11. The Hunted
12. The High Ground
14. A Matter of Perspective
15. Yesterday's Enterprise
16. The Offspring
17. Sins of The Father
18. Allegiance
19. Captain's Holiday
20. Tin Man
21. Hollow Pursuits
22. The Most Toys
24. Ménage à Troi
25. Transfigurations
26. The Best of Both Worlds
1. The Best of Both Worlds Part II
3. Brothers
4. Suddenly Human
5. Remember Me
8. Future Imperfect
9. Final Mission
10. The Loss
11. Data's Day
12. The Wounded
13. Devil's Due
15. First Contact
16. Galaxy's Child
17. Night Terrors
18. Identity Crisis
19. The Nth Degree
21. The Drumhead
22. Half a Life
23. The Host
24. The Mind's Eye
25. In Theory
26. Redemption
1. Redemption II
3. Ensign Ro
4. Silicon Avatar
5. Disaster
6. The Game
7. Unification I
8. Unification II
9. A Matter of Time
10. New Ground
11. Hero Worship
12. Violations
13. The Masterpiece Society
14. Conundrum
15. Power Play
17. The Outcast
18. Cause and Effect
19. The First Duty
20. Cost of Living
21. The Perfect Mate
22. Imaginary Friend
24. The Next Phase
25. The Inner Light
26. Time's Arrow
1. Time's Arrow, Part II
2. Realm of Fear
3. Man Of The People
8. A Fistful of Datas
9. The Quality of Life
10. Chain Of Command, Part I
11. Chain Of Command, Part II
12. Ship In A Bottle
14. Face Of The Enemy
15. Tapestry
16. Birthright, Part I
17. Birthright, Part II
18. Starship Mine
19. Lessons
20. The Chase
21. Frame of Mind
22. Suspicions
23. Rightful Heir
24. Second Chances
25. Timescape
26. Descent: Part 1
1. Descent: Part 2
2. Liaisons
3. Interface
4. Gambit: Part 1
5. Gambit: Part 2
6. Phantasms
7. Dark Page
8. Attached
9. Force of Nature
10. Inheritance
11. Parallels
12. The Pegasus
13. Homeward
14. Sub Rosa
15. Lower Decks
16. Thine Own Self
18. Eye of the Beholder
19. Genesis
20. Journey's End
21. Firstborn
22. Bloodlines
23. Emergence
24. Preemptive Strike
25. All Good Things...

Denise Crosby on Leaving Star Trek: I Wasn’t Going to Be ‘The Token Hot Blonde’

The tasha yar actress on that next generation life (and after-life)..

Some days you’re hard at work, trying to make a deadline on a Friday night. (That’s right now as this is being written.) Others, you’re sitting in the VIP lounge with Tasha Yar herself, Denise Crosby, sipping a cocktail as you sail through the Caribbean Sea onboard a cruise ship.

Call it that Star Trek life.

And so it went on the Star Trek cruise recently – a.k.a. Star Trek: The Cruise VII – and not just for me, either. Crosby has become something of a fixture at the annual event, and she’s certainly one of the participating Trek castmates who gets out and mixes it up with the fans who are sailing. Crosby is almost like a brand ambassador for the Star Trek cruise experience – just out there loving it with her fellow castmates and fans alike. Just look at this amazing photo of her being chased by “Armus” – a cosplay version of the alien that infamously killed her Trek character back in Star Trek: The Next Generation’s first season.

Denise Crosby onboard Star Trek: The Cruise VII (with "Armus")

But as we sat down to talk, it became clear that Crosby has no regrets about her abrupt departure from the show back when it was still in its infancy. We talked about that, Tasha’s eventual return for one of the all-time great Trek episodes, and much more.

Killing Tasha Yar (One Bad Script at a Time)

In 1987, Crosby was cast as one of the original cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation as Enterprise security chief Tasha Yar. Tasha was a fierce fighter with a complicated past, and a striking presence on the bridge of the Starfleet flagship, but the actress found herself bumping up against a familiar Star Trek problem – being relegated to a “hailing frequencies” capacity while more prominent characters were given all the good storylines.

I suggest to her that, when she decided to move on, half of Hollywood probably thought she was crazy. She agrees.

“And half of me thought I was crazy,” laughs Crosby. “It was like I saw it, I had to do it. And yes, 99% of people that have an acting job with a six-year contract are not going to ask to go out. And I don't know that I would have 25 years later in my life, but I was young enough and perhaps naive enough to know that I was willing to gamble and take a chance. I was young enough that I knew I didn't have a mortgage. I didn't have children. I didn't have private education to pay for. I didn't have an ill relative that I was caring for. I didn't have the things that would necessitate a different way to think about doing a job for a paycheck. So I was free to purely live creatively at that moment.”

Looking back on it now, she also points out that TV in 1986 was a very different beast than it is today, and first-run syndicated dramatic television – which Next Gen was an early adopter of – was virtually unheard of.

“It wasn't the be-all, end-all for a young actor,” she says. “We were going to these amazing acting classes where we were reading all the great classics … I saw stuff in my acting class I still haven't seen to this day, the level of talent.”

But getting out of her contract would’ve been much more difficult if it weren’t for Trek guru Gene Roddenberry, who had created and was still in charge of Next Gen at that time.

“Nobody leaves a TV show,” Crosby continues. “You have a contract. I had a signed contract. The only way I was able to do it was because Gene Roddenberry had total control. He wouldn't have made another Star Trek if that were not the case, because he had been so abused by the process in the ‘60s. So he finally makes Next Gen, and he is given real autonomy. And he and I sat down like this together and he said, ‘Look, I wish you wouldn't leave. I don't want you to leave.’”

But Roddenberry ultimately gave his blessing, which meant Crosby was able to leave the show. It’s a funny thing though, because she says that the producers actually loved the character of Tasha Yar. But for some reason the scripts were not servicing the character; indeed, Season 1 of Next Generation is widely regarded as one of the lower points of the show’s run. And there was a lot of behind-the-scenes turmoil as well. Marina Sirtis, who played Counselor Troi, has said she was on the verge of being fired. And Gates McFadden, who played Dr. Crusher, was fired at the end of the season (she would return in Season 3). Still, this meant the first year ended with two of the three female leads leaving the show.

Did Denise Crosby make the right decision when she left Star Trek: The Next Generation?

“And now they're like, ‘Oh my God, there's no … women,’” remembers Crosby. “So now we’ve got to keep Marina and Gates we'll recast. … It kind of wreaked havoc. That wasn't my intention. My intention was to get somebody in the room and tell me, ‘What is this going to be? What is this character?’ It's such an incredible opportunity. You have so much here, but I'm not going to just be the token hot blonde on the show. But they had a ’60s mentality. It was all these old white dudes in the room until, God love them, until Gene passed. And it shifted. There was a shift when [showrunner] Michael Piller came onto the show [in Season 3] and things changed.”

Denise Crosby’s Star Trek Return (and Tasha Yar’s Redemption)

Tasha was oil-slicked off the Enterprise, but Denise was beamed right into a successful career in both movies and TV, while also becoming something of an expert on the Trek fan community thanks in no small part to her successful documentary Trekkies, which she produced and hosted.

But of course, she did return as Tasha Yar to the bridge of the starship Enterprise two years after she had left, for the Season 3 episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise.” Through a bit of time travel and alternate timeline trickery, the episode gives us a version of the Star Trek world where Tasha is still alive. Not just that, but Starfleet is at war with the Klingons and things are, to quote Picard, “going very badly for the Federation, far worse than is generally known.” That even includes all the lights onboard being set to “dim”!

Crosby returned for the classic episode "Yesterday's Enterprise."

“I always make this joke at cons and stuff: I had to die to get a good script,” laughs Crosby.

The episode works on many levels, from its sci-fi conceits to its great cast of guest actors (Christopher McDonald and Tricia O'Neil as doomed crewmembers from a different starship Enterprise), to the off-kilter lighting and design touches which subtly place the story in a different universe. But perhaps most effective is the redemption of Tasha, who as the episode itself says, had died a senseless death the first go-round. Not this time!

“[Executive producer] Rick Berman called me at home,” she recalls. “It was a long time since I talked to him. Out of the blue. And he said, ‘We have this episode that brings Tasha back.’ … It was such a shock – never saw that coming. … And I said, ‘Okay, ew. That sounds weird.’ And he goes, ‘But it's really good, the script. Will you read it?’ I said, ‘Absolutely. Of course.’ Read it over the weekend. And I called him Monday. I said, ‘Oh my God, this is so good.’ This is what I wanted! It's ironic.”

Yes, Tasha did have to die in order for Denise to get a good script. Of course, by Season 3 Next Gen had finally hit its stride and was consistently knocking out strong episodes, but there’s a special resonance to “Yesterday’s Enterprise” because of the meta aspect of Crosby coming back to make right by Tasha. In fact, the actress just recently watched the episode for the first time in 35 years.

“It's so good,” she says of the hour. “It was such a delight. It was such a beautiful surprise that I couldn't have anticipated to be able to come back on the show and almost redeem her on many levels. … It's better than I thought it was. It's really good. Not only is the writing amazing, Whoopi [Goldberg] brings so much. Christopher McDonald is incredible. And Tricia O'Neil, who plays Captain Garrett. … I mean, those guys bring it. Everybody's better when you have good actors.”

Crosby would return a few more times for guest shots, first as Sela, Tasha’s half-Romulan daughter (long story), and then in the series finale, “All Good Things…”, where she got to play Tasha once more. But still, she says she had and has no regrets about leaving the show.

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“There was no turning back,” says Crosby. “I knew I had to go. I never liked to cause problems or rifts. I sometimes feel I made the other guys uncomfortable, or I stirred something in them, which wasn't, again, the intention at all. Not all of them. … But sometimes I wonder if deep inside there was a period – I don't think anymore – but there might've been a period of resentment that, ‘Hey, we're going along here as a unit, and you feel the need to go rogue.’ That's just a natural thing, and that makes me uncomfortable. … But I could not have stayed on. I could not have stood on that thing, that horseshoe, and go ‘Aye-aye, Captain’ for five more years. No one has a crystal ball. Had I known what was to come and that maybe with Michael Piller we could have gotten in there and we could've done something with this character...

"The regret is that they didn't.”

Talk to Associate Director of Features Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottCollura , or listen to his Star Trek podcast, Transporter Room 3 . Or do both!

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William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols made history when their characters kissed in an episode of Star Trek in 1968. Now, Shatner has done some more reflection on the big moment, reaffirming how it wouldn't have happened if he wasn't pushing to make it so, even with some reluctance from the network.

In a new interview on Real Time with Bill Maher , Shatner was asked about the famous kiss scene. Bill Maher described the big scene as a "major moment in American culture," noting how "it was the first time, in a scripted moment, a white man had kissed a Black woman." Maher goes on to commend the Star Trek actor for being "brave," pointing to the well-documented story of how Shatner had insisted upon doing the kiss scene, despite any controversy that it may have caused at the time.

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"NBC, of course, was nervous about it," Maher said. "I mean, we had seen before when Southern stations would cancel shows, or not show them, for something like that. And you stuck to your guns and did the kiss."

Miming the kiss, Shatner said, "Yes, I puckered up my lips , and [kissing motion]. She's no longer with us, but in her lifetime, she was a remarkably attractive lady."

When asked what would've happened if Shatner hadn't insisted upon doing the scene, Shatner added, " It would not have gotten done ."

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Nichols passed away in 2022, though she previously had addressed the major kiss scene in various interviews. She recalled how Shatner refused to film any takes of the scene where he wasn't actually kissing Nichols, even with the director requesting him to fake it for the camera.

"It had been OK'ed, script-wise, and we went into production for that episode," Nichols said in a 2012 interview . "After the first take, the director yelled 'CUT!' and came over, saying, 'Bill, what are you doing? You actually kissed her!' And Bill said, 'Yeah, I can't get her to let me do it any other way except that it was written in the script. So, what's the problem?' And the director said, 'The South -- they'll kill us.'"

Nichols added, "Bill would say, 'Just once more. I feel there's an intensity that we're not getting because (the aliens) are causing us to do it with their telekinetic powers.'"

Nichelle Nichols Passed Away in 2022

" I am so sorry to hear about the passing of Nichelle ," Shatner said in an X post in 2022 after Nichols' death was announced. "She was a beautiful woman & played an admirable character that did so much for redefining social issues both here in the US & throughout the world. I will certainly miss her. Sending my love and condolences to her family."

The new episode of Real Time with Bill Maher featuring William Shatner is streaming on Max. Meanwhile, the new documentary about Shatner's life and career, called You Can Call Me Bill , hits VOD on April 26.

Source: Real Time with Bill Maher

The Star Trek universe encompasses multiple series, each offering a unique lens through which to experience the wonders and perils of space travel. Join Captain Kirk and his crew on the Original Series' voyages of discovery, encounter the utopian vision of the Federation in The Next Generation, or delve into the darker corners of galactic politics in Deep Space Nine. No matter your preference, there's a Star Trek adventure waiting to ignite your imagination.

A Star Trek Origin Movie Is Coming in 2025 From 'Andor' and 'Doctor Who' Director Toby Haynes

'Star Trek' (2009) director J.J. Abrams is attached to produce.

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A new Star Trek prequel film, an "origin story", is in development, at Paramount.
The Star Trek history before Kirk's missions on the Enterprise is largely unwritten, leaving room for creativity with the new film.
Director Toby Haynes, known for Andor , is working on the film alongside writer Seth Grahame-Smith; a 2025 release window was announced at CinemaCon.

Star Trek may finally be coming back to the big screen. A prequel to the 2009 J.J. Abrams reboot of the franchise is in the works from director Toby Haynes . The news comes from Paramount's presentation at CinemaCon today, as reported by Collider's Steve Weintraub and Britta DeVore . With Haynes, who recently helmed six episodes of the acclaimed Star Wars series Andor , at the rudder, the film will be written by Seth Grahame-Smith .

So far, other details on the new film are scarce, but it will reportedly be an "origin story", taking place decades before the 2009 Star Trek film, which took place in 2255. That likely means that it will not feature the cast from the 2009 reboot, which has so far been difficult for Paramount to wrangle together for a fourth film, despite numerous attempts to do so . That doesn't necessarily mean that a fourth movie isn't happening: back in March, Paramount hired The Flight Attendant scribe Steve Yockey to pen a new script for the film. For their part, the cast is game as well, with Zoe Saldaña recently stating her willingness to return for a fourth mission on the USS Enterprise .

What Happened Decades Before Kirk's First Missions on the Enterprise?

The history of the Star Trek universe prior to the celebrated voyages of the Enterprise is largely unwritten. The first starship Enterprise 's adventures in the 22nd century were chronicled on the UPN prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise . That series ended with the founding of the United Federation of Planets in 2161, which leaves almost a century of mostly unexplored history between that and the history now being charted on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (and the first two seasons of mothership show Star Trek: Discovery ).

At some point, the nascent Federation faces a devastating war against the Romulan Star Empire , while also engaged in a Cold War with the Klingons. The USS Enterprise will eventually be launched in the 23rd century, under the captaincy of Robert April, who has been briefly glimpsed on Star Trek: The Animated Series and Strange New Worlds , before being handed off to Christopher Pike . Apart from that, however, Haynes and Graeme-Smith have a near-blank canvas upon which to make their mark.

In addition to Andor , Haynes has also helmed episodes of Doctor Who , Sherlock , and Black Mirror ; his work on the latter series includes the episode " USS Callister ," a loving pastiche of Star Trek . Graeme-Smith wrote the novels Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter ; he worked on the story for the upcoming horror comedy sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice .

A new Star Trek prequel film is in development; no date has yet been set beyond a 2025 release window . Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.

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Paramount Pictures Officially Confirms Star Trek Origin Movie For Its Upcoming Film Slate

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Today, the road to the next Star Trek feature film took a small but significant step towards becoming reality.

Paramount makes it official

Earlier this year, it was reported that Paramount Pictures was developing a new Star Trek feature film in parallel development to the “Star Trek 4” sequel to 2016’s Star Trek Beyond . Today the studio made the reports official as they announced their slate of films for 2025 and 2026, an official list which includes what Paramount is now calling “Untitled Star Trek Origin Story.” The studio also confirms the previously reported details: The film is “set decades before the original 2009 Star Trek film.” Toby Haynes ( Andor , Black Mirror “USS Callister”) is directing based on a screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith ( The Lego Batman Movie ), with J.J. Abrams returning as producer.

The Star Trek movie was just one of many the studio confirmed as part of their 2025/2026 slate at their CinemaCon presentation today. Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins led the studio’s presentation at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. This is the first time Star Trek has been part of the studio’s annual CinemaCon event since Robbins took over in 2021.

The “Star Trek 4” sequel to Beyond was not part of today’s CinemaCon presentation, presumably because with the recent hiring of a new screenwriter , that film would not be ready for theaters by 2026. It has also been reported that the origin story movie is set to start filming by the end of the year. There are no details yet on the plot, specific time setting, or cast. If Paramount can move fast enough they could get the origin movie into theaters by 2026—in time for Star Trek’s 60th anniversary.

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Star Trek Universe TV Head Alex Kurtzman Says Line Between Movies And Television Is “Gone”

Fool me once … ( also I want a movie but until someone gets a set built I’m not holding my breath )

I’m not pre-ordering my tickets…..

You would need a title and a premiere date to order tickets. This film has neither.

I’d wait to believe it until you actually see a movie trailer for it. Noah Hawley was in the casting stage when they cancelled his Trek movie. They might have even started on the sets.

The film is on Noah’s IMDB Credits list…

Yep. I heard ferries exist too!

Car ferries?

Even now, it potentially doesn’t matter. They could pull a Zaslav and shelve the film after it was all but released.

I won’t believe it until my butt is in the theater seat and the film starts playing.

We don’t need the origin story. We have it already. It was called “Enterprise”.

I didn’t realize there was such a large interest in a Star Trek origin movie. It’s their money to burn.

I still believe this is their way of rebooting the “prime” universe from the beginning and remaking it in a new image. I see no other point of doing an origin movie. First Contact and Star trek: Enterprise were origin enough IMO.

I don’t quite get it either. We already got that with First Contact and Enterprise. What else is there that could interest the general public.

Yeah, and for me, the period between First Contact and Enterprise just doesn’t seem that exciting. The period between Enterprise and the Nero incursion would be more interesting, I guess.

They wrote that the origin film would be “set decades before the original 2009 Star Trek film”. That film (in-universe) is set in 2233 (Nero incursion) and 2258 (main plot) respectively. So “decades before” would be after Enterprise, probably after the formation of the Federation, most probably before the Nero incursion, maybe around the turn of the century.

It’s just odd they are calling it an “origin” movie if it happens after Enterprise.

I’m curious what they mean by “origin”. The origin of Starfleet would be before Enterprise and the origin of the Federation would be after.

Also, the origin of Star Trek would have to be before the events of First Contact.

…assuming there is a concern about canon whatsoever, of course.

Many assumptions to be made at this point for sure.

Assuming this announcement doesn’t get added to the pile of previous unmade-movie announcements.

They’re calling it an origin movie to appeal to newcomers and casual fans.

Maybe we’ll see the founding of the Federation?

We already saw that in the infamous final episode of Enterprise. If they revisit that, they’d have to include the NX-01 crew and do a *lot* of deaging. 😉

They could show the first year of the Federation or something.

The obvious way to go is just do the Romulan war which leads into the founding of the Federation and what Enterprise was supposed to do.

That’s really the only thing fans actually want to see in terms of a prequel story.

Which was already scripted for Berman nearly 20 years ago by the band of brothers screenwriter.

Yep. I heard that’s what they were considering doing until the Kelvin movie got greenlit instead.

Overall the Kelvin movie was probably the better choice in terms of box office but I probably would’ve preferred the Romulan war idea because it did sound more original and different.

Couldn’t they just carry on from the end instead of squeezing more new shows in between what we already have?

For how little Trek lore has fleshed out that imaginary bit of history, do we really need to be putting some detail to how we went from post-apocalyptic hellhole to utopian paradise in fifty years? Maybe some enterprising human stole a replicator off a Vulcan ship and reverse engineered it? Seeing the sausage being made may not be a great on screen adventure…

Eastern Europe isn’t the best example – while they’ve done okay extricating themselves from the communist wasteland, it was (and is) without its setbacks.

that’s what makes me so crazy. Discovery was the chance to reboot the “prime” universe but they have stubbornly stuck to this quisling versio

Not only that, they already did a Star Trek origin movie. Star TRek 2009. But sure lets put more money in it, have it fail, and then blame the box office on why we will never get more trek. Thats a great idea!

First off do we even know what they mean by “origin”?

Could be about the founding of the federation, the Romulan War, or the early days of starfleet pre-Enterprise.

It may have nothing to do with Kirk and Spock, the Enterprise, might not be any kind of reboot or reset.

My gut says it’s set in the Kelvin timeline and it takes place post USS Kelvin but pre-2009 Trek. And I’m fine with that.

They already said it will be based in the prime universe, not the Kelvin. I don’t know why they framed that press release that way but I guess since the Kelvin movies are the current movies they wanted to make clear to people this movie is before all of that I guess.

And obviously will have nothing to do with Kirk and Spock because it will be before they were even born.

These announcements feel like Groundhog Day, don’t they? Maybe that’s the story they should tell.

A feature length version of Cause and Effect…

I’m guessing Romulan Star Empire Wars era setting.

Yeah, maybe it’s the concept Rick Berman pitched: a Romulan War film where the NX-01 is off vacationing at Risa.

How about Star Trek: Federation . Founding of the Federation, which is immediately followed by a crisis requiring the urgent launch of USS Federation (NCC-01). Scott Bakula has a cameo appearance as President Archer.

Here we go! :D

Star Trek Origins: The Future Begins

Yeah but it’s not as exciting when we literally have a thousand years of that future now.

This is why prequels bore so many people when we already know so much about the future it’s setting up.

At least with the Kelvin movies they were smart to not make it a traditional prequel and people still hated those too.

I will never understand the obsession of going backwards when you have a fanbase that is constantly begging to go forward and prequels don’t attract new fans at all because they are made for oddly old fans in mind. You only cared about how Anakin became Vader in the prequels if you watched the OT.

We really know almost nothing (in canon) about the entire century that elapses between Enterprise and Discovery , though. I would have preferred Kelvin Movie 4 or even a post-TNG original movie (maybe with Patrick Stewart making a cameo) but I could get behind a canon treatment about the first years of the Federation.

If it’s really something good or interesting fine. If it’s just ‘this is how the Federation was formed” we already got that already.

Now if it’s the Romulan war or something then that’s at least something people can get excited about. But yeah we already know how it ends so maybe that won’t be it either.

I just can’t really get to excited about a prequel movie.

Yeah, I think the Romulan war would be a great premise for a movie, BUT according to TOS the battles were fought with “primitive atomic weapons and in primitive space vessels which allowed no quarter, no captives, nor was there even ship-to-ship visual communication; therefore, no human, Romulan or ally has ever seen the other.”

In other words canon would have to be completely ignored – we all know Enterprise completely disregarded the TOS take of the war as the NX-01 had visual comms, phase cannons and photonic torpedoes. If the story is a good one, I am totally good with ignoring canon, but of course others are not.

Yeah that’s always the issue with the Romulan War thing, it’s really hard to make a compelling story about it when you are fighting it without directly engaging the enemy.

That said I’m 100% convinced they will just ignore that and do what they want or just find an excuse to change ot. Look at SNW, this the show that has shown the Gorn years before they were supposed to be seen and completely changed Khan’s original timeline using TCW as the reason..

Discovery had an entire Klingon War when that didn’t remotely exist in canon.

So yeah it probably won’t matter that much end of the day. They will just make what they want and then will use some excuse to do it. That’s been the case since Enterprise as you said.

Exactly! Very well put!! I just wish someone from TPTB would listen already!

So, it would be set after Enterprise and before the Kelvin fiasco. Awesome.

Probably the Romulan Wars. And with no Enterprise. Not excited

If only I could insert the Will Farrel “I don’t believe you!” GIF.

Whatever this turns out to be, hopefully it will be interesting. More likely it will turn out to be just another dead Trek movie project.

So many of these stories do seem to go absolutely nowhere! However, I am not as negative about an origin story as some fans are. At this point, I am more neutral on the movie. I can see that under the right circumstances it could be quite interesting. Although prequels can be a tough sell to Star Trek fans. Ultimately the fact that’s a movie could work in its favor though. Less storylines to produce over the years might help keep the story focused! Though I am not sure it would be a box office draw.

I’ll believe it when I’ve seen it in theaters, listened to TrekMovie’s review, and have the blu-ray on my shelf 4 months later.

Where to place the Blu-ray tho?

Before ST09 or after Beyond? …or.. Before TOS?

They go in order of release, for me. But could this be the first Trek film I don’t purchase on disc? Time may tell…

It’s an origin story taking place in the prime universe so it will go either before or after Enterprise basically.

I’ll believe it when it actually happens. Also, Seth Grahame-Smith is not a good writer, so that doesn’t bode well.

My thoughts exactly.

I liked the book Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but not the movie.

I absolutely loved the Lego Batman movie, though. If he is able to incorporate Trek lore with as much care as he did for Batman, it could turn out to be a very good movie after all.

I’ll believe it when I’m sat i theatre turning off my phone with my Star Trek Origins screensaver and eating popcorn out my STO popcorn bucket (the lid in shape of the Starfleet A insignia )

He co wrote The Flash right? I really liked that , I could imagine something similar happening with Nero as happened with Zod in that (going back to 1st film via timetravel)

This is what’s over at Box Office Mojo: Untitled Star Trek: Beyond Sequel (????)

Grain of salt, anyone?

There are apparently two movies planned. Origin and Trek 4…

Actually there are three now including one that we all thought was DOA two minutes after it was announced.

Three movies in development from a studio who has cancelled four of them for 8 years now. And this will be the fourth new script for the next Kelvin movie.

That’s why everyone is very very confident this one is happening for sure. 🙄

The only thing we can take to the bank is we will see Section 31, starring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh!!

Pretty much.

And a studio that is broke and in debt with junk status. None of these will likely be made or just the super cheapy origin movie if they can keep the budget low.

I’m pretty sure you got your facts wrong.

Sigh. Why do the powers that be always want to go backward in the ST timeline and do origin stories and such?

Lack of confidence in new ideas and to make it as cheaply as possible, are two things that come to mind right away.

It’s simple. They don’t want all that trek nerd baggage. They want a movie anyone would go to see and understand.

How’s that working for them?

You don’t get it.

I don’t get it either? It’s not like the prequel stuff has been huge home runs or big money makers.

The Star Wars prequels made a lot of money. That’s what Paramount still looks at, even though they have yet to duplicate that financial success.

Yes but that’s STAR WARS! It’s going to make a lot of money period. And those prequels came out when it was just the OT and nothing else for literally decades. There was a lot of hype just returning to those stories.

This is not the same thing, especially when we already had so many prequels in Trek now and with mixed results. That said I’m not saying it can’t be successful but I don’t see any huge hype around it either because most fans just seem to want to go forward and not backwards.

All the negativity over this ‘announcement’ is well deserved. Just make a fcking movie already Paramount, Jesus.

But I suspect IF this one is real it’s probably a much cheaper movie being new actors and maybe something with a lot less explosions and FX. I suspect it will probably be around $100 million.

It’s certainly doesn’t sound like something they are pushing to make a billion dollars or anything. Only people who cares about a prequel will be mostly old fans and even they aren’t exactly excited about yet another prequel judging by all the reactions so far. Maybe they will attract an A list star or a well respected one to bring more hype to it.

But same time I been pushing to just do something NEW with new characters and setting forever now. Stop trouting out Kirk and Picard, take a real chance with the franchise for a change. I was hoping it would be Post Nemesis but I should be happy I finally got half of what I wanted lol.

But I’ll believe it when I see it. I have literally been saying this line for six years now and I’m really tired of saying it. 🙄

Yup, exactly. Assuming it even happens, the premise sounds weak. Not surprised.

Yep. Unless it’s something truly mind blowing it’s not going to elicit a lot of excitement. Sure we’ll all go lol but I don’t see this thing having any real pull beyond the true believers.

It probably got the greenlight because its really cheap and it’s becoming embarrassing how long this franchise has languished.

I really only go to movie theaters to see Trek films (much prefer the comforts of home to see movies), so yup I’ll be going, good or bad. And yes, it is really pathetic the way this franchise has been treated on the big screen for the past 20 years. Disgraceful.

Ummm… what premise?? The only thing we know is that it is an origin movie. Nothing else. There IS no premise yet…

I think he means just another origin story itself feels a bit tired. But yes we don’t specifically know what that means yet but anything before TOS at this point just doesn’t really get a lot of fans all that hot and bother.

Whatever it ends up being it’s just filling in to more history we already know.

I get it. But no matter what era they make a movie in, there will be complaints. We have done prequels – some fans hate that. We have done same era as TNGish – fans complained. Likewise, we have had a show set in the future (soon to be another) – fans complained. There aren’t many options left.

Before TOS: Enterprise, JJ movies, Discovery, SNW just after TNG era: Picard, Prodigy, Lower Decks Future: Discovery, Starfleet Academy

Do they just make things in the era of TNG, DS9 and Voyager? No matter what is produced, there will always be a fan base that is unhappy.

Most people seem to really want the Legacy show though. I think for the majority of fans they may not agree with everything but there is definitely a sense they rather go forwards than backwards and why 4 of the 5 shows are post Nemesis shows.

And if you gave the option between a Legacy movie or this prequel idea, it wouldn’t be close.

I just don’t think making a prequel movie is the best idea out there. And I don’t think new audiences will remotely care one way or the other.

I’m going to start reporting you now. One guy got the boot for being an obsessive troll and like you was already banned before anyway.

Leave me alone from this point on. I mean it.

What a total disappointment. I wanted to see the Kelvin crew return. It’s going to be 10 years between films.

Please be Kirk and Spock at least.

Check the first paragraph of the article out again. This one is presumably being developed ‘in parallel’ to the Kelvin crew sequel.

Recast Kirk and Spock, I presume?

I wouldn’t be surprised if the main character is Kirk’s great grandfather, Tiberius something or other.

And not surprised there was no announcement of the next JJ verse movie. I predicted a few weeks ago that one wouldn’t get made by 2026 or the 60th anniversary. Frankly I don’t even know why they are even bothering with it anymore? Whenever it’s supposed to come out it’s already going to be the last one and over 10 years since the last one came out.

What’s even the point? They are clearly moving on from it.

As far as the origin movie why not just make it for the 60th anniversary? Why rush it? It’s already been nearly a decade, what’s one more year at this point and you can Marley it better in an anniversary year.

Its the reverse of ST 6, here we getting the prequel movie instead of the final cast film (for the anniversary)

Someone on another board said we are probably getting the sequel to First Contact so it would make sense to have it for the 6Oth anniversary 30 years apart lol.

“[S]et decades before the original 2009 Star Trek film?”

Gimme Archer & T’Pol, or else…

Neither actor has any interest in returning to Star Trek, so that won’t happen.

No, no no. You’ve got it all wrong. It’s a story about a little design firm vying for the chance to design the Enterprise. It’s a story about a plucky band of mechanical engineers and physicists who come together to do the best pitch of their lives in a bidding war with three other firms. So, an origin story…from a certain point of view. ;)

I would watch,THAT!

I would write that!

I would direct that! (If I was Christopher Nolan)

No, I want Nolan doing ThePrisoner! He’s already got a script from the guy who wrote 12 Monkeys and the best stuff in Blade Runner, from over a decade back.

You probably meant it as a joke, but I’m also intrigued by this idea :D

Charlie Kaufmann does star trek.

Sure, you can store anti-matter in a glass jar. What could possibly go wrong?

Y’know, I know this is said partly in jest, but I wouldn’t mind that kind of movie if it was sort of a space race / WWII / Cold War drama, kind of a mix of Oppenheimer and The Right Stuff.

There’s a geo (spatio?) political angle (firm up the borders of the Federation, mitigate threats, and establish new allies while keeping up the exploration / first contact initiatives), the pressure on the engineering team to deliver groundbreaking new tech (and probably the cost of failed experiments, accidents, etc.), and then recruiting and training a new kind of crew – a starship crew (as Captain Merrick described them in ‘Bread and Circuses’.)

In essence, the origin of Starfleet as we know it – the first long-duration missions, the best of the best crewmembers, cross-trained, multidisciplinary, and for the first time, widely multi-species, etc.

Glad you all like. Paramount, you can send the check to: bmar, care of….

I’m thinking there’s going to be peace in the Middle East and nuclear fusion power is going to be a reality before they ever get back to the theaters.

Once upon a time I enjoyed Star Trek. Since the Nu Trek era began. I havent enjoyed any of the story arcs. They are just too aweful. There is a multitude of reasons why throught the web. Strange New Worlds S1 corrected course, however S2 not so. There are forces at work at Paramount. They are hell bent to destroy Star Trek. If Kurtzman and crew are in charge of the new movie. Get ready for more fantasy drama nonsense, and less plausable sci-fi.

Same here. I can’t get into NuTrek much at all. It feels like a shell of the golden era. For me that will always be 1966-2005.

But if others like it and getting new fans I’m very happy for them.

Same here. I’ve found a few gems in SNW S1, PIC S3, and S1 of Prodigy, but otherwise have been very disappointed in “NuTrek.” Of course I wish the franchise the best, but so far it’s been more misses than hits for me.

Yes I truly love Picard season 3! The best thing to come out of NuTrek so far. I don’t hate SNW but it railroads canon too much for my taste but it does feel like Star Trek again.

I haven’t seen Prodigy yet but I plan to watch it when season 2 begins and will watch season 1 before that one. Everyone kept saying it’s for kids and I’m far from a kid these days lol. But others here convinced me it’s a show for adults too so will give it a go

Wow, hell-bent on destroying Trek. Hell-bent, you say!! Just a tough melodramatic, are you?

Really don’t care about prequels and just want to keep going forward. Why not a movie in the 25th or 26th century with new crew and characters?

I may care more if Archer is involved or something. But I suspect this movie will bomb like the last one did. Only fans cares about prequels. New fans won’t care at all.

At least it’s in the prime universe again I guess.

But 25th or 26th century would still be a prequel to Discovery’s 32nd century :D

That doesn’t bother me because we don’t know anything about those time periods. We already know plenty about everything before TOS because it’s all been said or told now

Yeah I said this to another member the other day discussing any post Picard stories and that it will be completely new stories in a period we don’t know so it’s not the same thing. When you’re doing something like a TOS prequel you only have so much room and while it can certainly be interesting and creative it basically just like filling in to more stuff we already know.

That said the Section 31 movie time period is at least more interesting because it covers a much wider time period and they can be a lot more freer with the technology, etc so looking forward to that at least.

Yes I will admit although I’m not a big fan of the Space Nazi the time period of the movie intrigues me more. I always been curious of this period and the lead up to TNG, mostly because we know very little about it.

Discovery (in my view) kind of ruined everything in the Trek timelime. Just my opinion. Anyone who wants to just forget it happened, I’m in. Kidding, not kidding.

Agreed! I also don’t think it will be allegorical science fiction or be anything thought provoking. It will be a fast paced action adventure story that’s empty of depth and soul. Modern Star Trek is more interested in spectacle than compelling stories.

I’d guess that it means “origin of the TOS crew,” but that’s kind of weird, because we saw that in 2009.

Maybe this time they’ll start when they’re toddlers. (I kid, but not really). :)

They are going to re-do ‘A night in Sickbay’ like they did with Wrath of Khan/Into Darkness. It’ll be the same but different…..

Could this be their way of doing a George Kirk movie?

I would want to watch that, colour me intrigued…

“set decades before the original 2009 Star Trek film.”

Original 2009 Sta Trek film Sounds so wrong.

there is only two star trek origin stories i want to see the formation of the federation and it’s first few years if they have to adapt the rise of the federation novels for the movie and the origins of the borg they could adapt the plot ffor thet from the star trek destiny novels for a movie

Spot on, on both points!

2025? I hope it works out…

First we hear we are getting a Star Fleet Space Academy series that no one wants. The idea was mentioned in the 1980’s and shot down by fans. Now a retake on a Star Trek Origins films. Is any one currently running the Star Trek franchise in TV/streaming or film even listening to what the fans both old and new are saying?

It would seem not, sadly. How about establishing the time period between TUC and TNG, there’s a literal ton of stories to tell there? How the possibilities for storytelling within the franchise have been squandered over the years makes me frustrated, and frankly confused. SO many missed opportunities.

The upcoming section 31 movie will be set during that time frame as we know a young Rachel Garrett who later in life will be the captain of the enterprise c and defend the Klingon colony of narendra 3 will be in the movie maybe we will get to see the ent-b also again

Pointless movie as no audience will come see it at best it will make half its budget back. I mean they spent $250M on the 2009 movie and it showed on screen….you already know they are not spending that level otherwise it would be a Kelvin cast sequel!

I believe they spent just under 160 mil on the 09 (not counting the interest payments for holding the finished film for six months to get a summer release, or prints/advertising.) You’re probably thinking of BEYOND with the 250 number.

I still can’t see the money on screen in the 09, shooting in the damn brewery was Corman-level cheap.

The Numbers have the 09 costs 140 and BO Mojo sez 150, so yeah, way under the 250m you mention.

Can the ethos of Trek be distilled by JJ? Bob orci was bad for trek.

Kurtzman seemed to fall into trap w/discovery season 1.

Season 2, Picard, Lower Decks and SNW definitely sealed my thinking that Trek was in right hands.

Is section 31 and Rachel Garrett the right pivot for Trek? I thought 24th/25th century had plenty of stories to still tell.

Enterprise C, and possibly Tasha Yar/Sela after the events of Yesterday’s Enterprise! This should reboot TNG/Picard if ST: Legacy doesn’t happen.

Lower Decks makes me laugh Picard made me cry (good) SNW made me feel like Kurtzman should be trusted 💯

Great. Abrams ruined Star Wars and he’s finishing of Star Trek.

JJ had a planed out story plot for what he wanted to happen in the sequels but rian johnson chose to deviate from what jj had payed out so when jj returned for episode 9 he had to try and make the best of it and make his original story plot work but with the changes Johnson had made altering it so he had to come up with another evil sith mastermind and chose palpatine and he did course correct Rey’s lineage though it was different from who he had initially planned it to be and with Carrie fishers untimely passing he had to rewrite more and he had Luke show up as a force ghost to help rey when she returned to ach-to as apparently he was never going to have Luke die until the the final battle

I hope it has nudity

….and “Invincible” level action. It’ll be a hard R Quinton Tarentino could love.

Yes, we are on the same page.

CinemaCon basically works like a network upfront. You see clips and hear a lot of announcements. When there’s no cast or start date for announced projects, there’s maybe a 50/50 chance that the project will actually move forward (I was with a former employer for over 8 years and we announced a lot of stuff that generated a lot of buzz but then never materialized).

I think Brian Robbins will be gone within the next 12 months and if Robbins is pushed out this film is dead in the water.

This is probably the right answer.

I have next to no faith this will actually happen but they only have themselves to blame lol.

I remember a former poster kept saying ‘well this a new regime ‘ they aren’t the old guys’. Uh huh. It just shows end of the day they might be different but they still answer to the same shareholders and they know another Trek film is risky. Maybe this will finally get beyond a script this time but no one will be convinced until they start shooting the thing.

Rehashing old fandom letter campaign complaints from 40 years ago, don’t equate to the modern sci-fi fan, let alone the majority of Star Trek fans of 2024. The majority of complaints in the article comments are that there isn’t enough new future timeline Star Trek, so why would people NOT want a Star Fleet Academy series – new stories, new characters, new ships, new alien species/planets etc? An Origin movie is a vague enough description that it’s probably likely that the fandom can’t come anywhere close to a correct theory on when in the Trek timeline, this movie could be set.

I agreed with a commenter earlier, a George Kirk prequel movie would satisfy a lot of the fans, and hopefully generate enough interest for new and casual Star Trek moviegoers to warrant their going to a cinema complex. As to want the hardcore Star Trek fandom really want? There is too much dissent and bitter recriminations gone by, for any serious agreement by the fandom of their requirements, to stick for any longer than the next Trek major media article to be issued. And even if a majority agreement could be achieved – then we have the Mount Everest of EP Alex Kurtzman / Secret Hideout control of Trek production, to climb. A movie or series could have a billion-dollar budget, stellar A-list cast and crew, critical media acclaim for the story / screenplay. A favourable release timing and viral marketing, but fall at the last hurdle – the box office, due to the mountain of hate piled up against Paramount, Kurzman and his associates.

Now, as to the overall custodianship of the Trek franchise and its operation as a business, in general by Paramount, and its contracted creatives? Well, that’s a whole Hollywood chapter in itself. And is any of that even relevant in the long term, with the behind-the-scenes Harry Potter Wizard chess moves that are going on at the studio ownership, and network controlling interest levels? Apologies for the extended and extensive reply.

The first thing to do in order make a successful Star Trek movie is to ignore Star Trek fans.

God, please, no origin stories.

Star Trek: The Beginning, Part 1 — A Final Frontier Origin Story

Star Trek has always been a production dealing with many human issues pushing open the veils of awkwardness, embarrassment, and unaddressed behaviors that represent our culture planet wide. Thank You Star Trek. The one thing Paramount+ did that was just totally in bad taste was cancel Prodigy, bunch of morons.

Every fan’s preferences are different, but over the years I’ve ended up streamlining various ‘franchises’ I enjoy to my own liking when it comes to a re-watch – and these days my own limited Star Trek ‘canon’ purely consists of kicking things off with ‘The Cage’ pilot storyline….followed by my specific favourite TOS episodes in ‘production order’ (starting with ‘Where No Man Has Gone Before’, and skipping ‘The Menagerie’ two-part storyline)….followed by all the TOS movie storylines….and ending the Kirk crew’s adventures with ‘The Undiscovered Country’ as my preferred send-off for them all….then skip the antics of the ‘Generations’ movie, and instead continue on with my specific favourite TNG episodes (starting with the ‘Encounter At Farpoint’ introduction to Picard and his crew)….and then conclude the entire thing with the ‘First Contact’ movie’s storyline – which covers the development of ‘warp drive’, bringing everything full circle, and giving me all the ‘origin’ specifics I need..

All other ‘Trek-related shows and movies since then remain firmly on my ‘one-watch-only’ list, but I’m more than content with what I’ve outlined above.

I don’t know if I’ll ever get a ‘Star Trek’ movie which goes much deeper than glossy ‘pew-pew’ action and explosions in the future, but I remain hopeful.there might be a storyline that I really like again.

In the meantime, for my latest ‘alien contact’ fix, I’ve just finished up enjoying the excellent ‘Three-Body’ show’s inventive storyline and characters – the subtitled, 30-episode one produced by Tencent, which is currently available on YouTube and Amazon Prime (not the muddled 8-episode ‘3 Body Problem’ version by Netflix) – So much so, that I’m intending to buy the actual trilogy of books by the Chinese author, as I can’t wait for the next season to be made to find out what happens next. Some big ideas to come by all accounts, and I’m there for a bit more of that. .

The Netflix series is Superior

You’re welcome to your own preference of course.

But I far preferred the slow burn of the mystery and character build-ups in the Tencent version compared to the condensed and altered Netflix adaption. I just happen to find it a more satisfying and riveting version overall – and I will always prefer the way the ‘Judgment Day’ tanker got ‘nano-spliced’ in the Tencent version. Such an awesome sequence from start to finish!

Anyway, if the Netflix version actually gets a second season, I’ll certainly check it out too….but I am definitely looking forward to the next season of the Tencent show, which has been greenlit already.

The Tencent version is just boring to me and you can feel the Party’s hands all over it. Glad you liked it though.

I did indeed like it. A lot. I hadn’t read the books as I said, so didn’t know what to expect. Having read up on a few things since watching both shows, it seems that that there’s plenty of others that much prefer the slower build-up of the Tencent version too.

While it doesn’t include the likes of the brutal Netflix show’s opening, the hardship that the main female character endured was covered sufficiently for me throughout the show, and I’m just glad that I got to know her story by watching this version first.

And I sure didn’t miss the amount of unnecessary swearing that the Netflix version included either, which gave the Tencent version additional points. I don’t appreciate it my ‘Star Trek’ viewing, and I didn’t need it in the telling of this memorable sci-fi tale either.

And just to add, that even better for me is the fact that there’s now been a 26-episode ‘Anniversary Edition’ version of the Tencent show released, which has been re-edited by the director.

It seemingly cuts down on some ‘filler’ run-time that was added for the sake of the show’s producers initially, so that things will follow the original book’s contents even more closely now, and improve on the pacing of the show overall. I’m very pleased about that.

we don’t need origin stories for everything! in media res is the way to go – almost always – TOS just dumps you right in the middle of events without even the clunky intros of TNG Encounter at Farpoint.

If this movie does well will IT get an origin story? We’re going to end up at the pool of goo at the dawn of humankind waiting for Picard and Q to show up…

im happy with any good trek news… even if they made a direct sequel to the final frontier… but how many origin stories do we need? i’d be happy if someone forged a path forward and created new things…

So this one is set in the five-minute period between Enterprise and Discovery? Or the as-yet unexplored time between April 5th 2063 and Enterprise where it’s “stone knives and bear skins” and no Trek tech to speak of? Enterprise was the prequel! How’d that one work out?

If the movie is made ,I will judge it then.

I wanted the 4th Kelvin, do they know who their audience is? Nobody i know, Star Trek fan or general audience bothered to go see Beyond. It was like Nemesis all over again. The trailer was terrible, the movie was kind of meh to be honest. So in the intervening years since the 2009 somewhere they lost the audience. Star Trek 2009 was an event movie, and 2015 Force Awakens was as well. Good job letting JJ go to Disney so Star Trek died as a film series.

I’m guessing the fourth movie is still too costly to risk making another one at least right now.

Someone threw out an an interesting theory on the last thread discussing this for the 47th time that they suggested Paramount have no plans to actually make another Kelvin movie but just as a rouse for the next company that buys the studio.

It really makes sense at this point, they can dangle the idea the movie is in ‘development’ and then when someone actually buys it they can just decide to make it or cancel it.

I mean it doesn’t sound crazy considering where we are. It’s a movie that is working with their fourth new writer but there is still no director or even a starting date of any kind within the the next two years.

Them you have this origin movie that was just announced a few months ago and that’s already scheduled to come out next year. My guess is it will probably cost half of what another Kelvin movie would be. But yeah who knows if that will get made either, but it has a better chance than a Kelvin movie.

I can’t name anyone who actually wants an origin movie. By the way, didn’t we get that one with First Contact already anyway?

It’s not up to you or anyone you pretend to know.

Another prequel? This is getting ridiculous now. Remember when Star Trek used to go forwards? Enough already!

Kurtzman said he didn’t have the authority to greenlight legacy. I wonder if that will be like Bennet’s academy years and never happen.

18 months is not enough time for a movie of this size unless this is ready to shoot in july.

The JJ-verse is an aberration no one is particularly a fan of. There is no one who wants to how that mess started. It’s done nothing but foul everything that went before, leaving ST-ENT, of all things, as the only remaining official classic canon. Bugger that.

I need Star Trek that is hopeful, aspirational, and inspirational. 15 yrs later neither Bad Robot or Secret Hideout has done anything close to that. Sec 31 and Starfleet Academy aren’t anything viewers want. I wish they’d just stop.

lol,if you say so…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Anonymous writer of Trek 4 shares his experience

Interviewer: Hello, we are here today to talk to a former writer for the very very very (like really very) long delayed fourth Kelvin movie. With the announcement of a prequel movie being released instead and yet ANOTHER new set of writers for the next Kelvin movie, we reached out to the only person who returned our calls; a former writer from the 2023 project.

To give us an honest insight into his experience he wishes to remain anonymous. For the sake of this interview he will be simply referred to as ‘GotohellParamount’. Thank you for meeting with me today.”

GotohellParamount’: “You’re welcome.”

Interviewer: “It sounds like your experience working on the last movie didn’t end too well. How is your relationship with the studio today?”

GotohellParamount: “Bleep them in their bleeping bleepholes. I hope they all die from bleeping Ebola.”

Interviewer: ‘That’s some pretty colorful metaphors. Can I ask what happened?”

GotohellParamount: “Their bleeps that’s what. We spent a year working on that movie. We lost the director to go work for Marvel because these bleepholes kept bleeping us around. I got so frustrated I finally texted the Head Studio Guy and said ‘will you people stop bleeping around!? Get off your bleeps and let’s make a movie already!!’

Three weeks went by and I finally got a response from them. It simply read ‘K’. Bleepholes!!! By the way you’re not going to ‘bleep’ any of these words out are you?”

Interviewer: “Um…of course not. Can you tell us a little about what the movie was about?”

GotohellParamount: “The gist was a huge black ship comes from the 25th century to the 23rd century wiping out solar systems in the Federation. It was a new villain who wanted…wait for it…vengeance. That bleep was going to be bleeping awesome!!”

Interviewer: “So who was going to be the villain?”

GotohellParamount: “That’s the greatest part of it all. He was going to call himself…you ready: Kaos. JJ Abrams himself came up with that name. But then the true reveal was that he was indeed Kirk’s great great great great great great great great great great grandson from the future and came to stop Kirk from destroying his planet so he had to destroy the Federation first. We were even thinking Chris Pine can play both parts but Paramount was worried he would demand twice the salary.”

Interviewer: “I interviewed Chris Pine a few months ago and he was hoping there would be more scenes of him riding another motorcycle. Did you include that in the script?”

GotohellParamount: “Do you remember the ending of Mission Impossible 2 with the motorcycle duel? Pretty much the same ending with our movie with Kirk versus his evil grandson; except it was going to take place either on Romulus or in San Francisco. We were still figuring it out. There was even talk of it happening on a lava planet… but that would’ve ballooned the budget.

Interviewer: “Sounds very exciting. How was he going to wipe out the solar systems?”

GotohellParamount: “The ship he was on had the power to destroy stars by breaking down their fusion reactions. The FX was going to be bleeping sick.”

Interviewer: “Wait so the ship was a…Star destroyer?”

GotohellParamount: “Yep but to get around copyright issues JJ wanted to call it a Destroyer of Stars. The man is a bleeping genius I tell you.”

Interviewer: “It’s definitely a name.”

GotohellParamount: “We were so proud of the script. We gave it to JJ to read it. After he put it down, he took off his glasses put his hand on my shoulders and said ‘this is the most original Star Trek story I’ve ever read and I’ve read three of them.’ You have no idea how much that meant coming from such a visionary like him.”

Interviewer: “I’m sure you were. Was there any casting possibilities before it was shut down?”

GotohellParamount: “Was there?? We reached out to some incredible actors! Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy and Matt Damon. We wanted him to actually play Kirk’s evil grandson.

Interviewer: “Wait… weren’t all of them in Oppenheimer?’

GotohellParamount: “(Hard shrug)! I don’t know I haven’t seen it yet. Unfortunately Matt Damon’s agent was the only one who bothered to call us back. Apparently he always wanted to work with John Cho. Go figure? Too late now unfortunately.”

Interviewer: “Well that’s all the time we have. Thank you for your incredible and honest insight. Any thoughts on the new movie announcement or the chances either one will actually get made?”

GotohellParamount: (Laughs for three minutes). That’s it.”

Interviewer: “Thank you.’

I laugh every.single.time! 😂

Well done per usual.

Nice. Don’t forget to throw the Beastie Boys in there someplace…wouldn’t be a Kelvin film without them…

Haha correct. How I let that one slide you got me. Having an off day I guess!

This was indeed hilarious! 😂

I love how you parody JJ Abrams. He doesn’t seem to have an original bone in his body looking at both his Star Trek and Star Wars movies.

Lol nope! I still remember watching Honest Trailer for Star Trek Into Dumbness and they even showed how much that movie copied the first one lol.

The fact both movies ended back at San Francisco when your series takes place in the freaking galaxy should tell you everything wrong with these movies.

that actually sounds like a legit potential Kelvin ST4 – Kirks evil great great grandson Kaos (Matt Damon) comes back to 23rd century to kill Kirk in his big star destroyer (sorry ‘destroyer of stars’) ship! Brilliant!!

That’s the insane part, this idea could actually pass for a Kelvin movie lol.

Thank you! 😁

Another prequel? Why can’t they come up with new material?

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Every superpower “action” saru has in star trek: discovery.

Star Trek: Discovery's "Action" Saru earns a new nickname thanks to a whole host of Kelpien superpowers, but what exactly can Saru do?

Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery Season 5

"Action Saru" earns his nickname with superpower abilities like enhanced speed, vision, strength, and reflexes post-vahar'ai process.
Saru's Kelpien biology reveals a complex history where they were once predators, not prey on Kaminar.
Despite newfound physical powers, Saru's empathy and leadership skills remain crucial in Star Trek: Discovery season 5.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 reveals Captain Saru (Doug Jones) has an amusing nickname - "Action Saru" - because the Kelpien can exhibit a host of superpowers when in hostile situations. Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) assumes Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) coined the nickname, but Saru reveals Commander Jett Reno (Tig Notaro) named him "Action Saru". With a propensity for giving off the cuff nicknames to fellow crew members, this is well within Reno's character.

Given the Kelpien's fearful nature as a prey species, "Action Saru" might have been an ironic nickname, but Star Trek: Discovery season 2, episode 4, "An Obol for Charon" changed everything for Saru. The USS Discovery's encounter with a mysterious Sphere triggered the Kelpien biological process vahar'ai , which traditionally marked Kelpiens for culling by the predatory Ba'ul on Saru's homeworld Kaminar. Instead of dying, however, Saru emerged from vahar'ai with new confidence that put Saru's enhanced alien abilities into a greater context, leading to the revelation that the Kelpiens were once the predators on Kaminar, not the prey.

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6 saru has enhanced speed, saru's gazelle-like run creates a speed advantage..

Speed was always part of Saru's power set, which makes sense when framing Kelpiens as a prey species. In Star Trek: Discovery season 1, episode 8, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum", the energy-based natives of the planet Pahvo use the full extent of Saru's physical abilities when Saru is under their control. One such ability is Saru's speed , which far exceeds that of Specialist Burnham and Lieutenant Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif). Saru's run through the forest of Pahvo evokes the image of terrestrial prey species like gazelles.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 reframes Saru's speed as a predatory skill by changing Saru's post- vahar'ai run to a more deliberate one, even when being evasive, as seen when Saru outruns the automatic weapons of Lyrek in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 2 , "Under the Twin Moons". The long legs and height of the Kelpien frame give Saru a long, wide stride, aided rather than hindered by the hoof-like shape of Kelpien feet.

5 Saru Has Enhanced Vision

Kelpiens see everything, even ultraviolet radiation..

Saru's visual acuity is far greater than a human's, since Kelpiens have the ability to see incredible detail, even at a long range, with stunning clarity. When witnessing the Red Angel in Star Trek: Discovery season 2, episode 10, "The Sound of Thunder", Saru was able to verify the Angel was a humanoid female, adding another clue to the mystery of the Red Angel's identity .

In addition to greater clarity, Saru's vision covers a wider range of the electromagnetic spectrum , and extends into the ultraviolet as well as the infrared, ostensibly to allow Kelpiens to see the heat signatures of predators. In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 2, "Under the Twin Moons", Saru's ultraviolet vision reveals iridescent bacteria that have settled into engraved stones in the necropolis on Lyrek. The bacteria indicate where words were inscribed, even after the stone clue is destroyed by phaser fire, providing the next clue in Discovery 's season 5 chase.

4 Saru Has Enhanced Strength

Strong-arming others is saru's last resort..

Another ability of "Action Saru" is strength that exceeds humans', which once again comes in handy in Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 2, "Under the Twin Moons". The automated weapons in the Promellian necropolis on Lyrek are powered by the planet's natural electromagnetic field, which Lt. Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) is able to shut down only briefly. Time is of the essence, so while searching for the essential 5th verse of a 5-verse Romulan revlav poem that was left by Romulan Dr. Vellek (Michael Copeman) as a clue, Burnham relies on Saru's natural strength to move a huge stone plinth , which reveals the remainder of the clue.

Physical force is a last resort for Saru, likely because Saru knows that Kelpien strength is on the powerful side compared to most of the other humanoid species in Star Trek . Instead, Saru prefers to use his strength in the interest of protecting others , should it be necessary to subdue others. Saru fights the Ba'ul to protect his sister Siranna (Hannah Spear) in Star Trek: Discovery season 2, episode 10, "The Sound of Thunder", and Star Trek: Discovery season 3, episode 2, "Far From Home" has Saru engaging in a bar fight to protect Ensign Tilly.

3 Saru Has Heightened Reflexes

Greater reflexes make saru a protector of others..

The heightened reflexes of Kelpiens once seemed to indicate a need to avoid predatory attacks, but Saru's naturally quick reflexes can be seen in a new light after learning that Kelpiens were the predators on Kaminar. Saru's reflexes have ensured not only his own safety, but the safety of others , such as when protecting Siranna (Hannah Spear) from Ba'ul drones in Star Trek: Discovery season 2, episode 10, "The Sound of Thunder". Saru's reflexes also made Saru the best person to input the necessary codes to communicate with Species 10-C in Star Trek: Discovery season 4, at a rate that would allow conversation close to real time.

In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 2, "Under the Twin Moons", Saru insists that he be the one to draw the fire of the automated Promellian weapons instead of Captain Michael Burnham, citing Kelpien speed and reflexes that surpass Burnham's human abilities as reasons for this decision . It's a great strategy that allows Saru and Burnham to continue searching for clues on Lyrek, unimpeded by the long-dormant weaponry.

2 Saru Has Great Empathy

Kelpien empathy helps saru's leadership skills..

One defining trait of the Kelpien species is empathy, once manifesting as the ability to sense danger, and more specifically, "the coming of death" , which Saru relied on in order to protect the USS Discovery crew . The uncoiling of Kelpien threat ganglia extending from the base of Saru's neck was a visual indication of the presence of danger throughout Star Trek: Discovery season 1, but that changed with vahar'ai , and the natural loss of Saru's threat ganglia in Star Trek: Discovery season 2.

In the Mirror Universe, Kelpen ganglia are a delicacy said to be delicious.

After vahar'ai , Saru's empathy evolved to encompass a broader range of emotional perception. No longer defined strictly by fear, Saru's sensitivity to emotional changes in others is an asset that helps Saru connect with others on their own level. Combined with a newfound sense of confidence, Saru's empathy makes him a great mentor, and will no doubt contribute to Saru's new role as a Federation Ambassador , helping smaller planets find a place within the Federation.

1 Saru Can Fire Projectile Spikes

Threat ganglia evolved into saru's natural weapon..

The process of vahar'ai traded Saru's threat ganglia for a new biological structure containing spiky quills that grew in the same place where the ganglia had fallen off. The keratinous structures housing these spikes unfurl at the sides of Saru's head in much the same way the threat ganglia once did, representing a change from flight to fight. Unlike Saru's threat ganglia, however, these spikes form the basis of a natural weapon that can be launched towards an enemy as an offensive strategy. Saru's control of the spikes has gotten better in a very short time, from their first appearance as a purely instinctive reaction, to more recent appearances in Star Trek: Discovery as a completely voluntary projectile weapon.

As the most striking change that comes with vahar'ai , Saru's Kelpien spikes may be the most likely reason that Commander Reno bestowed the "Action Saru" nickname on Captain Saru , especially when combined with all the other Kelpien abilities that make Saru a kind of superhero on Star Trek: Discovery. Saru rarely uses projectile spikes, but in instances where energy weapons like phasers don't work, natural weapons are a valuable asset in Saru's physical arsenal.

Although Saru lost the ability to sense danger after enduring vahar'ai in Star Trek: Discovery season 2, Saru gained other superpowers in the process, which hint at the true nature of Kelpiens as inherent predators. With enhanced strength, speed, and heightened senses, the physical prowess of Kelpiens might make them formidable enemies, but Saru's superpowers are balanced by Kelpiens' natural empathy. Saru, in particular, is keenly aware of the emotions and needs of others, so Saru's more action-oriented abilities often take a back seat to Saru's leadership and interpersonal skills, but with luck, we'll have a chance to see more of "Action Saru" in Star Trek: Discovery season 5.

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 streams Thursdays on Paramount+.

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Why 'Star Trek: Discovery' deserves more credit as a barrier-breaking series

Starship Discovery will soon be ending its mission, and what a journey it's been.

“Star Trek: Discovery,” which premiered in 2017, is entering its fifth and final season Thursday on Paramount+. And you’ll need the Captain’s Log to remember all the twists, turns and transformations the show has gone through since it began.

One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is the hate the series has received from some Trek fans. (“Discovery” has an overall audience score of 37% on Rotten Tomatoes, a stark difference from the 87% critic rating.)

While the show is far from free of legitimate criticism, many of the complaints seem unfairly – though perhaps tellingly – placed on the show’s focus on a Black woman commander, its LGBTQ+ stars and allies and its inclusive storylines. “Woke agenda” and other dog whistles frequently surface on Reddit and social media posts about the series.

That so much of the negativity is rooted in a backlash against inclusivity raises questions. After all, the "Star Trek" franchise has long emphasized and celebrated culture, diversity and humanity coming together and preserving the integrity of beings they meet across the galaxy.

"It doesn't make any sense, because (these fans) say they love this franchise," series star Sonequa Martin-Green says in an interview. The show “has always been about breaking those boundaries. It's always been about diversity and equality. And our world has changed since the last iteration of 'Trek.' We have a responsibility to push that needle forward and to stay true to that."

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The series is originally set before the events of NBC's original “Star Trek: The Original Series” (later jumping to the future) and follows Michael Burnham (Martin-Green), who became the starship’s captain, and the rest of the crew of the USS Discovery: first officer Saru (Doug Jones), chief engineer Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp), lieutenant and now Starfleet Academy teacher Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman), medical officer Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz), courier and Burnham’s love interest Cleveland “Book” Booker (David Ajala) and ensign Adira Tal (Blu del Barrio).

Many more characters have stood on the bridge, battled with Burnham, or otherwise make up the world of "Discovery." The series had some trouble finding the right footing, but it’s always had heart, especially in its recurring theme of redemption. And it deserves more support for what it has meant for the entire "Star Trek" franchise.

Here’s why “Star Trek: Discovery” deserves more credit:

Prioritizing diversity and inclusivity

A Vulcan philosophy (and one espoused by “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry) is IDIC, or “infinite diversity in infinite combinations,” and many of the related series, movies and books underscore this belief. “Discovery” also has diversity at its core: the show focuses on a Black woman who becomes captain. Stamets and Culber are an openly gay couple, and engineer Jett Reno (Tig Notaro) is a lesbian. And the show introduced a few franchise firsts: Adira Tal as the first nonbinary character in "Star Trek ," and their boyfriend, Gray ( Ian Alexander ), is the first transgender character , both introduced in Season 3.

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Starting a new age of Star Trek

“Discovery” helped launch the CBS All Access streaming platform, a CBS subscription service that would eventually become Paramount+, as well as a new era of "Star Trek" series including “Lower Decks” and “Picard.” Before “Discovery,” the last Trek series was “Star Trek: Enterprise,” which ended in 2005.

Exploring strange new worlds

The second season of “Discovery” also served as a launching pad for the well-received spinoff, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” which resurfaced popular characters from the original series including Spock (Ethan Peck), Captain Pike (Anson Mount), Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) and Number One (Rebecca Romijn).

Finding time for the simple things

In a few scenes scattered throughout "Discovery," we see characters like Culber and Stamets sharing a meal or talking about their day while brushing their teeth. It’s almost mundane, but there’s also something so lovely about watching LGBTQ+ characters who rarely are the focus in movies or television simply living their lives, being their whole selves. Burnham rocking braids at the beginning of Season 3 speaks cultural volumes. The subtle amid the big battles and overarching plots do have meaning, especially for those whose voices often go unheard.

Going boldly

The first season of “Discovery” went out of its way to highlight its connections to the original series: Burnham is Spock’s adopted sister, and there's a brief appearance by Spock’s father, Sarek. But it wasn’t always so neatly woven, sometimes seeming more like it was using franchise lore as a crutch. But “Discovery” wasn’t afraid to try new things, turning itself around after an overcomplicated first season and again after a very “TOS”-inspired second, slowly building up its own universe without relying too heavily on the old.

The first episodes of Season 5 are a little rocky before it settles into a comfortable speed.

"This time around, we wanted to bring in some levity," Martin-Green says. "But there's a grand sort of epicness to Season 5, even though we didn't know it was our last season when we were shooting it. I think looking back on it, and when we share it with the world, it'll seem that way because the season is so big. So people can expect a lot of fun. They can expect it to go really fast."

It will be interesting to see if “Discovery” sticks the landing through the remainder of the season.

“The good outweighs the bad,” Burnham says in an upcoming episode about a mission, and that’s also true of “Discovery."

The fifth and final season of "Star Trek: Discovery" (two episodes now streaming, then weekly on Thursdays) streams on Paramount+.

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Get ready for an intergalactic showdown during the match Saturday, April 6!

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This coming Saturday, April 6, German top-flight football club 1. FC Union Berlin hosts the league leader Bayer 04 Leverkusen for matchday 28 in the Bundesliga.

For this big game, Union Berlin and main sponsor Paramount+ are going where no one has gone before by presenting an exclusive special edition jersey that the team will wear on the pitch, featuring Star Trek 's iconic Starfleet delta from Star Trek: Discovery on the chest.

The very limited special edition jersey is now on sale at the Union Zeughaus fanshop , while stocks last.

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Union Berlin can look back on a long line of tradition dating back to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was founded. Sporting ambition, tireless fighting spirit and dedicated support from the fans ensured that Union has remained a lasting presence in German football.

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