Star Trek: Deleted Scenes You Wish Existed

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Forgiving the Gillian thing, which was pretty dumb to do, it is tampering with the timeline

Remember, though, that wasn't Kirk's idea. Gillian was the one who grabbed Kirk as the transport beam took hold.

I suppose Kirk could have refused to let her go with them but if she is determined to stay, then there's not much they can do.

The Guardian never stated that you can't bring someone from the past into the future.

Perhaps not. But there simply was no oppportunity to bring Edith back.

If you'll recall, Kirk and Spock had to wait until they encountered McCoy again before they could return home. This only happens right before Edith is hit by the car.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

I suppose Kirk could have refused to let her go with them but if she is determined to stay, then there's not much they can do.

He could have stunned her and left her sleeping on a park bench, then called the police and watched from a hidden location until she was found. But I suppose if she began rambling about Kirk and co they'd send her to the nuthouse, and Kirk doesn't want that on his conscience.

 

[Discofan]

He could have stunned her and left her sleeping on a park bench, then called the police and watched from a hidden location until she was found. But I suppose if she began rambling about Kirk and co they'd send her to the nuthouse, and Kirk doesn't want that on his conscience.

They couldn't do all this before they got the whales and then they would have to land first because if they could have simply beamed from orbit then you'd have to wonder why they didn't do it the first time. Nothing they did couldn't have been done by beaming from orbit. And I think at this point it seemed like too much trouble, keeping Gillian onboard wasn't much worse than taking the whales. If she had any kind of a life there, she wouldn't have insisted on going with them. She would just become one of the thousands of people that disappear each year and are never seen or heard from ever again.

 

[marlboro]

Gambit part 2

I wish there had been a scene that explained how Picard changed the transponder codes that resulted in Boran unintentionally killing himself.

The way the scene plays out now seems like something you would see in a 1940's movie serial. Picard is facing certain doom, cut to commercial, comeback to find out Picard miraculously triumphs over the baddie. No explanation as to when or how was he able to set up this dramatic twist.

 

[Discofan]

Gambit part 2

I wish there had been a scene that explained how Picard changed the transponder codes that resulted in Boran unintentionally killing himself.

The way the scene plays out now seems like something you would see in a 1940's movie serial. Picard is facing certain doom, cut to commercial, comeback to find out Picard miraculously triumphs over the baddie. No explanation as to when or how was he able to set up this dramatic twist.

I think he must have done it remotely, If he could have got his hands on the device, you'd have to wonder why he wouldn't have just kept it. It seems way easier than change the codes and then put it back without Boran noticing it!!! Unless Picard wanted some drama to brighten his day, this wouldn't make any sense.

 

[marlboro]

He should have totally dropped a "Hoist with his own Picard" one liner in that scene.

 

[FormerLurker]

keeping Gillian onboard wasn't much worse than taking the whales. If she had any kind of a life there, she wouldn't have insisted on going with them. She would just become one of the thousands of people that disappear each year and are never seen or heard from ever again.

She actually states she has no one and nothing except the whales. It's her primary argument for going with Kirk and co. in the first place.

 

[Captain Clark Terrell]

I wonder if it was ever considered to actually have that Klingon voice (the one who says "Federation ship Enterprise, surrender and prepare to be boarded") be Worf.

It was, and the producers decided it would be too much of a distraction from Picard’s moment.

 

[Discofan]

It was, and the producers decided it would be too much of a distraction from Picard’s moment.

Wouldn't Worf feel some ambivalence about the war?

He was after all raised not only by humans but his adoptive father was a member of Star Fleet.( Remember? "I have all the specs and diagrams.")

 

[Farscape One]

I don't think Worf would have been rescued by a Starfleet ship after the Khitomer Massacre. I'm pretty sure Narendra III happened a few years before that, so Worf would not have been raised by humans.

 

[Discofan]

I don't think Worf would have been rescued by a Starfleet ship after the Khitomer Massacre. I'm pretty sure Narendra III happened a few years before that, so Worf would not have been raised by humans.

Only two years, I doubt Star fleet would have failed to respond to a distress signal on the grounds that there was a bit of a cold war between the Klingons and the federation. Plus isn't it part of Star Fleet ethics that they should come to the rescue of everyone that asks, even if they are enemies?

 

[Farscape One]

True, but war may have broken out before Khitomer. Besides, we don't know the state of affairs between the Klingons and Romulans in that timeline. The Romulans may not have seen a need to attack Khitomer in the first place, especially if open war was going at that time.

Plus, it was Duras' father who betrayed the colony by giving shield codes or something like that. Maybe in this timeline, he didn't get the chance to do that, either because he got caught before he could do damage or just didn't have an opportunity to bettay them.

Or maybe Worf's parents never left the homeworld to go to Khitomer in the first place, so Worf would never have the opportunity to be adopted by the Rozhenkos.

Any or all of these things could have occured.

 

[Discofan]

.....

Any or all of these things could have occured.

True, but the same can be said about Worf being raised the same way by the Rozhenkos and therefore being faced with a problem of conscience. We just lack the elements that could allow us to choose between these alternatives.

 

[ALF]

There's a scene that I've always imagined that could have saved ENT These Are The Voyages - even a very brief one, a matter of no more than 10 seconds - that would set up the idea that real events (in particular with beloved, fan favorite character Commander Charles "Tucker" The Third) happened very differently than shown in the 'historical' version of events the TNG crew experiences on the holodeck.

Not a holodeck malfunction per se - more like the reveal of an "alternative" take on history.
Re: the ENT novels

Spoiler

Yes, I know they went this route in the Enterprise novel series.

That's probably the only scene I wish existed.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

In TOS episode "Bread and Circuses". Kirk is given a slave girl "Drucilla" before his planned execution. I don't need to see the deleted sex scene, but I do want to see how Kirk gets his clothes back on without even waking up.

 

[marlboro]

There's a scene that I've always imagined that could have saved ENT These Are The Voyages - even a very brief one, a matter of no more than 10 seconds - that would set up the idea that real events (in particular with beloved, fan favorite character Commander Charles "Tucker" The Third) happened very differently than shown in the 'historical' version of events the TNG crew experiences on the holodeck.

Not a holodeck malfunction per se - more like the reveal of an "alternative" take on history.
Re: the ENT novels

Spoiler

Yes, I know they went this route in the Enterprise novel series.

That's probably the only scene I wish existed.

Cut to Quark and a holonovel writer standing in a holosuite.

Quark: ...that was the worst thing I've ever seen. No way I'm paying you for that.

HN Writer: Fine. I'll just sell it to UPN - they'll buy anything.

Cue maniacal laughter

Freeze frame

Roll credits

 

[Discofan]

A Scene in "Observer Effect" where Archer explains why he didn't feel empathy when millions of people were dying and he could have saved them...

 

[Captain Rob]

On the M rated version of TOS:
The alleged incident where in Space Seed, Khan goes to the public head and Chekov accidentally pees on his shoes at the urinals. Thus ingraining Chekov's face into Khan's memory for all eternity.

 

[Discofan]

On the M rated version of TOS:
The alleged incident where in Space Seed, Khan goes to the public head and Chekov accidentally pees on his shoes at the urinals. Thus ingraining Chekov's face into Khan's memory for all eternity.

I gathered that Khan's genetic enhancement allowed him to have a perfect memory (sort of like Data) and never forget anything, even the most insignificant detail and that would explain his inability to let it go.

 

[at Quark's]

A few extra lines at the beginning of the final scene in Friendship one:

<Chakotay and Janeway in Carey's quarters>:

Chakotay: Captain, I was thinking .... we have the means to give Lt. Carey a mechanical heart... also, he's only been dead for a few hours and his brain wasn't damaged at all... why don't we simply use those nanoprobes of Seven that resurrected Neelix, too ?
Janeway (clearly unwilling): That was a few years ago, Seven has become a lot less Borg since then.
Chakotay: But her nanoprobes are still working fine Captain, she even used them mere hours ago on that alien to cure his radiation sickness.. so I don't see why we couldn't use them on Lt. Carey too ...
Janeway: Now you're just being silly, Commander. We'll speak no more of this.

<rest of the scene plays out exactly as we know it>