When Spock mind melds with Valeris, you hear a heartbeat. Whose heartbeat is this? It is specifically stated in the original series that Vulcan hearts beat almost twice as fast as humans. It is, however, never established that Vulcan metabolic functions slow during a mind meld, due to conscious physical control or otherwise. See more...
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Directed by Nicholas Meyer, starring Brock Peters, Christopher Plummer, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan, Kim Cattrall, Kurtwood Smith, Leonard Nimoy, Michael Dorn, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, William Shatner (add more)
The Klingon who defends Kirk and McCoy at the trial is Michael Dorn, the actor who plays Worf in The Next Generation. The Klingon makeup is also identical, even though it is supposed to be a different character. (The makeup is actually more subdued than the makeup for TNG [flatter] but it looks similar because he is actually playing one of Lieutenant Worf's ancestors.)
Both the opening explosion of the Klingon moon Praxis and much of the footage from the U.S.S. Excelsior was later used in an episode of "Star Trek: Voyager", ("Flashback") with special guest star George Takei.
The penal planet Rura Penthe is so named as a nod to Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, wherein a prison camp of that name is the inspiration for Captain Nemo's crusade against mankind's injustice and cruelty.
Christian Slater's brief appearance in this movie was as a result of him wanting to be in a Star Trek movie with the original actors before they moved on to the Next Generation movies.
Many of the sets in this movie are obvious redresses of the sets from Star Trek: The Next Generation. For example, the Enterprise-A's main engineering and transporter room are modified versions of those from the 1701-D. Likewise other TNG sets are used in different fashions. For example, the 1701-D's observation lounge becomes the 1701-A's dining room. The most obvious redress is that of the Federation president's office, which, if you look behind the curtains, you'll see the distinctive windows of 10-Forward.
Originally, this movie was going to be a prequel about when Kirk and Spock first met at Starfleet Academy.
Nicholas Meyer (Director & Co-writer) wanted an end scene where Kirk handed over the Enterprise to Picard & Crew to link the two series. Once he was told there was 75 year gap between them, the idea was instantly dropped.
General Chang's line,"don't wait for the translation,answer me now" during the Trial is the same line used by American Ambassador Adlai Stevenson towards Russian Ambassador Valerian Zorin at the United Nations during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
In the ending credits, Uhura's name is misspelled Uhuru.
You may also like: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Star Trek: First Contact
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