![Conveying the bond between Pike and Kirk to the audience was considered very important. "Although we establish in the first film that [Pike] was a father figure to [Kirk], as we all know, you rely on what people's impression of the first film was, so we had to re-establish the father-son aspect of it," explained Maryann Brandon. "So, we had to create dialogue between them and a dynamic between them where you felt like [Pike] was stern and he's still [Kirk's] admiral, but that [Pike] also believes in this young captain, and he's terribly disappointed that [Kirk] chose to break the Prime Directive. [Pike] takes the ship away, but he also needs to give him hope that he personally will take [Kirk] under his belt [...] and that he still believes in him." ("enhanced commentary", Star Trek Into Darkness (digital) and Star Trek: The Compendium special features)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HHPiwXlWIAAF5q_.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Conveying the bond between Pike and Kirk to the audience was considered very important. "Although we establish in the first film that [Pike] was a father figure to [Kirk], as we all know, you rely on what people's impression of the first film was, so we had to re-establish the father-son aspect of it," explained Maryann Brandon. "So, we had to create dialogue between them and a dynamic between them where you felt like [Pike] was stern and he's still [Kirk's] admiral, but that [Pike] also believes in this young captain, and he's terribly disappointed that [Kirk] chose to break the Prime Directive. [Pike] takes the ship away, but he also needs to give him hope that he personally will take [Kirk] under his belt [...] and that he still believes in him." ("enhanced commentary", Star Trek Into Darkness (digital) and Star Trek: The Compendium special features)
ALT Following Star Trek Generations, the six-foot filming model for the Galaxy-class USS Enterprise-D had been modified to have the registry number read "NCC-1701-E". Penny Juday, the archivist at Paramount Pictures, had no explanation for this change as of 19 October 2001. (TNG Season 2, Disc 6: "Inside Starfleet Archives"). It turned out that the change was done at ILM by John Goodson prior to crating up the model after completion of Star Trek Generations, presumably on the assumption that the new Enterprise might be a Galaxy-class ship as well and having the number changed over already would save whoever did the special effects the trouble of having to change it over themselves.
ALT This red spacesuit was first seen in the episode of Star Trek entitled The Savage Curtain. It was worn by Phillip Pine as General Green. The costume went on to be used again on Robin Williams as Mork in both his TV show Mork and Mindy, which ran from 1978 until 1982.
ALT According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 1, p. 113, the mask used was that "of the character Skeletor from the movie Masters of the Universe." Star Trek makeup designer Michael Westmore also did makeup work for that film while Frank Langella played Skeletor. The skull faced alien was played by stuntman Jan Shultz in "Where Silence Has Lease", Dennis Madalone in "New Ground", and Chris Doyle in "The Emissary". In Deep Space Nine, it was played by stunt coordinator Dennis Madalone, who took a hit in his eye while filming the fight scene with Michael Dorn, and stunt actor Tom Morga took over for him; neither received credit for their appearance.
ALT Space Shuttle Endeavour astronauts of mission STS-54 went full Star Trek for the crew's official gag portrait, June 1992. The Space Shuttle Endeavour was completed on April 25, 1991, as a replacement for the Space Shuttle Challenger and had its maiden flight on May 7, 1992. Its internal designation is OV-105. The last launch took place on May 16, 2011, at 2:56 p.m. CEST, and the last landing on May 1.