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Star Trek Movie Lists of Lists
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compiled by Mark Holtz
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(Revised April 7, 1993)
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DISCLAIMER: "Star Trek", "Enterprise", and all other related items are
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copyright and trademarks of Paramount Communications. Any infringement of
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these lists on Paramount's legitimate copyright and trademarks is purely
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unintentional, and will be corrected upon proper notification. These lists are
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for the enjoyment of the reader only, and may not be sold.
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This is the Star Trek Movie List of Lists. It contains a listing of all the
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"Star Trek" movie series, plus some added notes. (Due to length
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considerations, there is a separate TOS/TAS, TNG, and DS9 List of Lists). This
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list comes out around the 1st every month. However, a posting may not come out
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due to events beyond my control.
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If you are wondering why I compile these lists, it is strictly out of the
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enjoyment of "Star Trek", and enjoy the wealth of information from fellow Star
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Trek fans who post on the electronic networks. After being irritated by the
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ever constant requests for episode lists on Usenet, I decided, in the middle
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of 1990, to post a list of episodes on a regular basis. It soon grew from
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that, and, with the contributions of other people, these lists grew to what
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you see today. (And still growing). The only payment I ask is thanks and
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contributions. I am not making a dime off these compilations.
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To contact the compiler, try the following e-mail addresses:
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Usenet: mholtz@netcom.com
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Compuserve: Use Usenet gateway
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Fidonet Netmail: Mark Holtz@1:203/1701 (The Itchy & Scratchy Show)
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US Snail: Mark Holtz
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c/o Valley Mfg. & Eng. Co.
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11358 Amalgam Way, Unit 2
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Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
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Table Of Contents
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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Additional Cast
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Starfleet
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Klingons
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Did You Know . . .
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Operation SNAFU
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
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Additional Cast
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Did You Know . . .
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Operation SNAFU
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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Did You Know . . .
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Operation SNAFU
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
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Operation SNAFU
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
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Thanks to.....
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Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry
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Star Trek:
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The Motion Picture
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Movie Opened: December 7, 1979
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Stardate: 7412.3
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Additional Cast
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Starfleet
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Majel Barrett-Roddenberry - Doctor Christine Chapel
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Michelle Ameen Billy - Epsilon Monitoring Station Lieutenant
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Roger Aaron Brown - Epsilon Monitoring Station Technician
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Paula Crist - Crewman
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Steven Collins - Captain Willard Decker
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Gary Faga - Airlock Technician
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David Gatreaux - Commander Branch
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John D. Gowans - Transporter Assistant
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Doug Hale - Computer
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Leslie C. Howard - Crewman
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Sayra Hummel - Engineer
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Howard Itzkowitz - Cargo Deck Ensign
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Junero Jennings - Engineer
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Jon Kamael - Lieutenant Commander Sonak
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Persis Khambatta - Lieutenant Ilia
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Marcy Lafferty - Relief Navigator Chief DeFalco
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Terrance O'Connor - Chief Ross
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Michael Roygas - Lieutenant Cleary
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Susan J. Sullivan - Crewman
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Grace Lee Whitney - Transporter Chief Janice Rand
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Billy van Zandt - Alien Ensign
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Bridge Crewman: Ralph Brennan, Ralph Byers, Iva Lane, Franklyn Seales, Momo
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Yashima
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Security Officer - John Dresden, Joshua Gallegos, Rod Perry
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Vulcan Masters: Edna Gover, Norman Stuart, Paul Weber
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Klingons
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Mark Lenard - Klingon Captain
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Klingon Crewmen: Jimmie Booth, Joel Kramer, Bill McTosh, Dave Mordigan, Tom
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Morga, Tony Rocco, Joel Schultz, Craig Thomas
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Did you know . . .
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. . . That many of the sets constructed for this movie have been re-used and
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re-dressed for the subsequent films and have been used (albeit painted over)
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on subsequent movies and Star Trek: The Next Generation. One of these sets was
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originally used in the TMP Klingon bridge. It was later used as the TWOK
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dilithium reactor room, TVH Klingon "lab" where Spock searched for the
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identity of the Probe's signal, and on TNG as backgrounds for various alien
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ships.
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. . . The initial set construction was originally supposed to be for a new
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series that was going to be a flagship of a proposed Paramount 4th network
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titled "Star Trek II"?
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. . . The recreation deck briefing consisted of mostly Star Trek fans. Word
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leaked out that they needed a lot of extras for a day of shooting, and many
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fans showed up, on word of mouth alone, for this day of shooting. A casting
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call was never issued.
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Operation SNAFU
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* When the travel pod with Kirk and Scotty dock at the Enterprise they are as
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Cargo 5 (Look over the Door). But the Announcement says Cargo 6
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* In one of the extra scenes in the normal P&S video release where Kirk leaves
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the airlock and goes after Spock, you can clearly see where the set ends and
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where a variety of girders and other construction material starts.
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* When Chekov gets his hand burned, Ilia goes up to help him. The camera cuts
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to Kirk with his back to the viewer, and Ilia is still sitting in her chair.
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Then, in the next shot, Ilia is seen leaving Chekov and going back to sit
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down.
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* During the climactic scene outside of the Enterprise (inside of V'ger),
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Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are all wearing jackets with a colored band on the
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sleeve. Just after they re-enter the Enterprise and are back on the bridge,
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the colors on Spock's and McCoy's jackets are switched.
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-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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Star Trek II:
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The Wrath of Khan
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Movie Opened: June 4, 1982
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Stardate: 8130.3
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Additional Cast
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Kirstie Alley - Lieutenant JG Saavik
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Bibi Besch - Doctor Carol Marcus
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Merritt Butrick - Doctor David Marcus
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Ike Eisenmann - Cadet Peter Preston
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Nicholas Guest - Cadet
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Paul Kent - Beach
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Joel Marstan - Crew Chief
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Ricardo Montalban - Khan Noonian Singh
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Judson Scott - Joachim (uncredited)
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Kevin Sullivan - March
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Russell Takaki - Madison
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John Vargas - Jedda
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Paul Winfield - Captain Clark Terrell
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John Winston - Communications Officer/Commander Kyle
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Did you know . . .
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. . . that all of the actors who played Khan's men were, at the time, male
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strippers of Chippindales?
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Operation SNAFU
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* One of the best known SNAFU's is when Khan says to Chekov, "I never forget a
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face". "Space Seed" aired during the first season of Star Trek, and Chekov
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joined the crew during the second season. It was known before production
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started that this was an error, and yet, the powers that be did not want to
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leave out Walter Koenig.
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* The blood stain on Kirk's jacket is constantly changing.
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* Saavik mentions that visuals and tactical displays don't function in the
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Mutara Nebula. Sulu has a lot of difficulty locating and hitting the
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Reliant, but Spock's scanners are able to pinpoint the Reliant's impulse
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engines and get a clear reading of the Genesis Wave. Later, Chekov not only
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scores three direct hits on the Reliant, but he also knows the exact
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distance from Reliant before the Genesis device exploded (4000 km).
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* When Joachim, one of Khan's injured men, is injured and says, "Yours is the
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superior intellect", he then dies with his eyes open. However, when Khan
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hugs him, his eyes suddenly close.
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* Saavik says that "shields will be useless" in the nebula. However, the
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Enterprise enters Warp from inside the nebula....it should have been crushed
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since navigational deflectors are a type of shield.
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(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)
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Star Trek III:
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The Search for Spock
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Movie Opened: June 1, 1984
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Stardate: 8210.3
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Additional Cast
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Philip Richard Allen - Captain J. T. Esteban
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Dama Judith Anderson - T'Lar/Vulcan High Priestess
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Merritt Butrick - Doctor David Marcus
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Katherine Blum - Vulcan Child
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Dave Cadiente - Klingon Sergeant
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Bob Cummings - Klingon Gunner
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Robin Curtis - Lieutenant JG Saavik
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Joe W. Davis - Spock
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Gary Faga - Security Officer
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Miguel Ferrer - Excelsior First Officer
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Conroy Gedeon - Starfleet Security Agent
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Robert Hooks - Admiral (Commander) Morrow
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John Larroquette - Maltz
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Mark Lenard - Ambassador Sarek
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Stephen Liska - Torg
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Christopher Lloyd - Kruge
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Stephen Manley - Spock
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Mario Marcelino - Grissom Communications Officer
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Scott McGinnis - Starbase Communication Officer
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Allan Miller - Alien Captain
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Jeanne Mori - Grissom Helmsman
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Phil Morris - Crewman Trainee Foster
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Vadia Potenza - Spock
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Branscombe Richmond - Klingon Gunner
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Douglas Alan Shanklin - Security Officer
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Cathie Shirriff - Valkris
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James B. Sikking - Captain Styles
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Paul Sorensen - Merchant Captain
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Carl Steven - Spock
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Grace Lee Whitney - Commander Janice Rand
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Operation SNAFU
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* In "The Menagerie-Part One", Spock says "This is the Enterprise, 17 years
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ago". Yet, during Star Trek III, the Admiral says "There will be no refit of
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Enterprise...she's twenty years old." This would mean that most of TOS, the
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lost years, Star Trek I and II would have taken place within three years.
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Perhaps Starfleet was embarassed about the Genesis project and wanted to
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deny Kirk his ship.
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* When Chekov detects an intruder in Spock's quarters, the graphics used are
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that of a TOS style Constitution class ship, not that of a Movie style
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refit. Perhaps the Starfleet computer contractors screwed up and installed
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improper graphic files?
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* The apparent size of the Bird of Prey changes several times during the
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movie. At the beginning, it looks huge, but, at the end, it's smaller.
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* The Enterprise barely clears the space dock doors. No other space dock doors
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are shown, and the interior of the dock looks rather confining. However, the
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Excelsior, shown to be easily bigger than the Enterprise, somehow got out of
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the docking area without delay.
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<-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->
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"The cast and crew of Star Trek wish to dedicate this film to the men and
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women of the spaceship Challenger, whose courageous spirit shall live to the
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23rd century and beyond. . . ."
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Star Trek IV:
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The Voyage Home
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Movie Opened: November 26, 1986
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Stardate 8390.0: Kirk notes in his log entry that they are beginning their
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third month of exile on Vulcan. This means that this film takes place two
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months after the end of Star Trek III.
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Additional Cast
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Vijay Amritraj - Yorktown Captain
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Majel Barrett-Roddenberry - Cmdr./Dr. Christine Chapel
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Mike Berryman - Starfleet Command Display Officer
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Mike Brislane - Saratoga Science Officer
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Robin Curtis - Lt. Saavik
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Scott DeVenney - Bob Briggs
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Tony Edwards - Huey Pilot
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David Ellenstein - Male Doctor
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Robert Ellenstein - Federation Council President
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Thaddeus Golas - Starfleet Controller
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Richard Harder - Joe
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Alex Hentelhoff - Nichols
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Catherine Hicks - Dr. Gillian Taylor
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Greg Karas - Intern
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Joe Lando - Shore Patrolman
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Everett Lee - Cafe Owner
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Judy Levitt - Female Doctor
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Mark Lenard - Ambassador Sarek
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Jeff Lester - FBI Agent
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Jeffery Martin - Electronics Technician
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James Menges - Male Jogger
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John Miranda - Sanitation Engineer
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Tom Mustin - Intern
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1st Sgt Hoseph Naradzay, USMC - Marine Sargent
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Joe Knowland - Antique Store Owner
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Brock Peters - Fleet Admiral/Commander-In-Chief Cartwright
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Martin Pristone - Starfleet Controller
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Nick Ramus - Saratoga Helmsman
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Phil Rubenstein - Sanitation Engineer
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Bob Sarlatte - Italian Restaurant Waiter
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John Schuck - Klingon Ambassador
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Madge Sinclair - Saratoga Captain
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Raymond Singer - Young Doctor
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Eve Smith - Dialysis Patient
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Michael Snyder - Starfleet Command Communications Officer
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Viola Stimpson - Lady in tour
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Newell Tarrant - CDO
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Kirk Thatcher - Punk with radio
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Mike Timoney - Electronics Technician
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Teresa E. Victor - Usher
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Jane Wiedlin - Alien Communications Officer
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Grace Lee Whitney - Transporter Chief/Cmdr. Janice Rand
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Jane Wyatt - Amanda Grayson
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1st Lt. Donald W. Zautcke, USMC - Marine Lieutenant
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Shakespeare
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McCoy quotes the famous line, "Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!" from
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Hamlet 1.4.39. The entire passage is in "Hamlet 1.4.39-57".
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Did you know . . .
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. . . In the scene where Uhura and Chekov are looking for the nuclear vessels,
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a woman passes by and says "Across the bay, in Alameda." The scene was
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originally written with no one responding, and the woman was just passing by,
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unaware of any shooting that was going in. They had to track her down to get
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her release on the film, and she just asked for a day's pay.
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. . . Part of the reason whales were featured in this film was because both
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William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy are members of the "Save The Whales"
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organization.
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. . . Kirk Thatcher is the son of former English Prime Minister Margaret
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Thatcher. Among other things, he is an independent record producer, television
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producer, and special effects/animatronics techie. That was his own hair and
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punk rock band playing on the bus during Star Trek IV.
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Operation SNAFU
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* The Klingon bridge received a complete makeover between III and IV.
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* The Klingon transporter is shown to have 4 pads. However, in III, six
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Klingons were beamed down at once. (Maybe they hugged....) Also, according
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to the "Day of the Dove", Klingon transporters are silent.
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* In the dinner scene between Kirk and Gillian, the candle in the middle of
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the table is constantly changing position.
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* When Scotty is holding the mouse, his middle finger is missing.
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Star Trek V:
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The Final Frontier
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Movie Opened: June 9, 1989
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Stardate: 8454.1 - This movie take place almost immediately after Star Trek
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IV, when the Enterprise is undergoing repairs after a shakedown cruise.
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Additional Cast
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Harve Bennett - "Bob"/Starfleet Chief of Staff
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Cynthia Blaise - Young Amanda
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Todd Bryant - Captain Klaa
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Charles Cooper - Korrd
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Cynthia Gouw - Caichin Dar
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Beverly Hart - High Prestess
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Rex Holman - J'onn
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Laurence Luckinbill - Sybok
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George Murdock - God Imposter
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Bill Quinn - McCoy's Father
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Melanie Shatner - Yeoman
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Jonathan Simpson - Young Sarek
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Steve Susskind - Pitchman
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David Warner - St. John Talbolt
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Spice Williams - Vixis
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Did You Know . . .
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. . . That the shuttlebay in Star Trek V is the repainted royal throne room
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from Eddie Murphy's "Coming To America."
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. . . Industrial Light and Magic was unable to do the special effects work for
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Star Trek V because they were overloaded with the effects work for
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RCA/Columbia's "Ghostbusters II" and Paramount's "Indiana Jones and the Last
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Crusade." A stock shot from Star Trek IV was used in Star Trek V, and thus,
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ILM has to receive credit.
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Operation SNAFU
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While many Star Trek fans consider the entire film to be a SNAFU, here are
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some specific mistakes....
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* In the opening sequence, when Kirk falls off the cliff, Spock catches him
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before he crashes into the ground. Right after he's caught, take a close
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look at his shirt. One part of it is puffed out where wires are attached to
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keep Shatner from swaying back and forth.
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* The citizens of Nimbus III, "The Planet of Galactic Peace", were forbidden
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any weapons, yet General Koord carries a pistol, and the people in the bar
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have a gatling gun.
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* Starfleet Headquarters is in the same time zone as Yosemite. When Kirk,
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Spock and McCoy leave Yosemite, it's dark; yet, when they are aboard the
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Enterprise talking to "Bob" from Starfleet, it's daytime in the background.
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Maybe "Bob" uses a fake window, a la "Total Recall"....
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* If you watch the far side of the Galileo when it first lands in the hanger
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deck, you can see the feet of some stage hands rolling the shuttle into
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place just in front of the advancing fog.
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* When Kirk, Spock, and McCoy shoot up the access way aboard the Enterprise
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while escaping Sybok's men, watch the deck numbering. They pass by deck 52
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twice. Also, the decks in turboshaft 3 are numbered one to seventy-eight.
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The Enterprise is only 71 meters in overall draft, which would give each
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deck just under one meter of height.
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* When the Klingons fire on the Enterprise, it just had used the transporters
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so the shields must be down. Yet, there is not one mark on the ship to
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indicate a torpedo hit.
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[=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=][=]
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"For Gene Roddenberry"
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Star Trek VI:
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The Undiscovered Country
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Movie Opened: December 6, 1991
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Stardate: 9521.6
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Additional Cast
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John Bloom - Behemoth Alien
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Jim Boeke - First Klingon General
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Michael Bofshevor - Excelsior Engineer
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Todd Bryant - Klingon Translator
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Kim Catrall - Lt. Valeris
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Carlos Cestero - Munitions Man
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Edward Clements - Young Crewman
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Rosana DeSoto - Azetbur
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Michael Dorn - Klingon Defense Attorney "Worf"
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Robert Easton - Klingon Judge
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Douglas Engalla - Prisoner at Ruta Penthe
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Darryl Henriques - Nanchus
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Matthias Hues - Second Klingon General
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Iman - Martia
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Katie Jane Johnston - Martia as a child
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Boris Lee Krutonog - Helmsman Lojur
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Mark Lenard - Sarek
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Judy Levitt - Military Aide
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Tom Morga - The Brute
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David Orange - Sleepy Klingon
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Brock Peters - Admiral Cartwright
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Brett Porter - General Stax
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Christopher Plummer - General Chang
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Jeremy Roberts - Excelsior Officer
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Paul Rossilli - Kerla
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Leon Russom - Chief in Command
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Clifford Shegog - Klingon Officer
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John Schuck - Klingon Ambassador
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Shakti - ADC
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W. Morgan Sheppard - Rura Penthe prison warden
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Christian Slater - Excelsior Crewman
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Kurtwood Smith - Federation President
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Michael Snyder - Crewman Dax
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Angelo Tiffe - Excelsior Navigator
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David Warner - Chancellor Gorkon
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Grace Lee Whitney - Excelsior Communications Officer
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Changes from theater version
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When Star Trek VI was released to home video, it added several scenes,
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including the following:
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1. A scene in which a potential rescue plan is discussed with a Colonel West.
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2. A scene in the torpedo tubes in which it is revealed that Klingons have no
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tear ducts.
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3. The final scene in which the assassin is revealed to be Colonel West.
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TNG Sets
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* Look closely at the warp engines in Engineering. Straight out of TNG.
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* When Scotty is looking at the prints for the Enterprise, look behind him.
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There are the windows for the briefing room. This room was also redressed
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for the dining room, and, in reconstruction for TNG's fifth season, they
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damaged the wall.
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* Also, look at the presidents office. If you look closely where the view
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screen is located, you could swear, by the placement, that a certain bar
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seems to belong there also. Also, look at the windows and the entryway. The
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president's office is Ten-Forward.
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Shakespeare
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The subtitle "The Undiscovered Country" comes from "Hamlet 3.1.80". In
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addition to the title of the movie, the following make further reference to
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Hamlet's soliloquy: First, when Chancellor Gorkon toast to "The Undiscovered
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Country", and then, with General Chang just before the photon torpedo hits his
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ship.
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Many have criticized the movie's use of "the undiscovered country" in
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applying it to the future rather than death. Yet change is death--the death
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of that which is familiar to us. Like Hamlet, Kirk asks himself, "To be or not
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to be." If the Federation allies itself with the Klingon Empire, it will be
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the death of the universe as he knows it. It could, in fact, be disastrous:
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"ills that we know not of" might await the Federation should peace be made.
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The undiscovered country could be too agonizing, so it is safer to cling on to
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the "ills we have, [rather] than fly to others that we know not of."
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Of course, the undiscovered country may also be wonderful beyond
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description. That is the dilemma Hamlet faced, and it is also the dilemma
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which Kirk faces, though (like Hamlet) Kirk does not face this possibility for
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some time, preferring to cling on to the familiar ills of war and hatred.
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As viewers, we are quite aware of just what lies in the undiscovered
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country Kirk was so afraid of. We have seen the next generation of explorers
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(even if they never explore anything). I find it amusing that the "ills we
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know not of" happen to be seen weekly as Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Further Shakespeare references:
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As the Klingons leave the Enterprise, Chang says:
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- "Parting is such sweet sorrow." Romeo and Juliet 2.2.184
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- "Have we not heard the chimes at midnight?"
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2 Henry IV 3.2.212 [paraphrase]
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During the trial scene, Chang says:
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- "Let us sit upon the ground
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And tell sad stories of the death of kings:
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Richard II 3.2.155-56
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And during the final show-down, Chang says:
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- "Once more into the breach, dear friends." Henry V 3.1.1
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- "There's a divinity that shapes our ends
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Rough-hew them how we will--" Hamlet 5.2.10-11
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- "This above all: to thine own self be true."
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Hamlet 1.3.78
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- "If you have tears, prepare to shed them now."
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Julius Caesar 3.2.168
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- "How long will a man lie in space ere he rot?"
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Hamlet 5.1.163
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[paraphrase]
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- "Our revels now are ended." The Tempest 3.1.148
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- "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
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Or to take arms against a sea of troubles . . ."
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Hamlet 3.1.58-60
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- "Hath not a Klingon hands, organs . . .
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affections, passions? Tickle us, do we not
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laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us,
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shall we not revenge?" Merchant of Venice 3.1.56-63
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[paraphrase]
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- "I am constant as the northern star."
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Julius Caesar 3.1.60
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- "The game's afoot." Henry V 3.1.32
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- "Cry 'havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war."
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Julius Caesar 3.1.274
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- "To be or not to be." Hamlet 3.1.57
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[Note: The source which I got this information from relied upon the
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novelization of VI, so any corrections would be appreciated!!!! - mholtz]
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Operation SNAFU
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* When the Excelsior is hit by the subspace shock wave, Valtane is standing
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near Sulu at the captain's chair. The next few scenes show crewmembers being
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shaken about. One of the scenes shows Valtane at his station behind a few
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crewmembers. The next scene has Valtane next to Sulu again (walking back to
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his station, I believe)
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* Valeris is called "Lieutenant", but wears Commander Insignia. Maybe she's a
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Lieutenant Commander?
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* In VI, Valeris flies the Enterprise-A out of dock under 1/4 impulse power,
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and it zooms out in 2 seconds. However, in III, that same sequence takes
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over 2 minutes for both the Enterprise and the Excelsior.
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* McCoy, at one point, had to shoot someone with a hypospray. While the hypo
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was designed to look like the original series hypo, McCoy used it backwards.
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* Kirk and McCoy are arrested over two hours after Gorkon is assassinated
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(watch the clocks). However, it is implied that they beamed over
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immediately. They must've switched over to Klingon Daylight Time.....
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* Kirk's trial begins at around 9 AM Federation time, goes past 11, 3, and 6
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once, and then goes to around 11:30. That's over 14 hours....the trial was
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at a snail's pace.
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* During the interrogation sequence, a clock behind Scotty reads several
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minutes earlier than the previous shot. It's with his line, "Then we're
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dead."
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* The Fed President is told by Chancellor Azetbur that any attempt to rescue
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the prisoners will be considered an act of war. As she is saying this, the
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plans for Operation: Retrieve are just a few feet away from the President!
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* Deck labels indicate that the transporter room is on Deck 7, yet, when the
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officers discover the bodies of the conspirators, they're on Deck 8.
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* When Kirk and McCoy are on Rura Penthe, and that tall alien is definitely on
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about something, McCoy says, "He's definitely on about something, Jim."
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However, that piece of a dialog is captured on two shots, and, in the first
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half of the shot, McCoy's lips are not moving. (UV)
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* The Klingons on the bird of prey have purple blood, but the Klingon at the
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end has red blood, which is seen on the spike on his shoulder. It was later
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revealed in the video version that the assassin was Human in Klingon
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disguise. (V)
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* The closing credits have Uhura listed as "Uhuru". Oops, although Uhuru is
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the proper Swahili spelling for "Freedom".
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@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*
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Thanks to . . .
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Larry Reznick - For checking over these lists for those ever elusive typos
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David Learn - For the Shakespeare material
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Mike Beltzner, William James Cuffe, Murry Chapman, Tim Dayger, Richard F.
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Drushel, Allan Finkas, Neil Fraser, Zorch Frezberg, J. Scott Hofmann, Jon
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Jerome, Michael Kaufman, Charles Anthony Leone, Paul Maserang, Robert Oliver,
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"Doc Science", Robert Seidel, Chas Stokes, Dave Sturm, Robert Timlin
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Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry
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August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991
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He created a legend which continues on today, creating a show that has helped
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believe that there was a future worth living for. He showed us that space is
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not just for space battles, but for learning new ideas and ways of thinking,
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and, indirectly, has done more for civil rights and the space program than
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy. Gene will be missed, but will not
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be forgotten.
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