Star Trek Glitches

 

 

   
 

Star Trek the Motion Picture

In the original 1979 film planet Vulcan is presented as having two moons. However in the episode "The Man Trap" from the original series Mr. Spock tells us that vulcan as no moon.

Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan

Just before Peter Preston dies on the operating table, he grabs Kirk's tunic, leaving a blood spot. The blood spot changes shape and location when Kirk is on the bridge in the following scene.

Kirk wears his new reading glasses while inside the Regula asteroid. A second later, they disappear without a trace.

Star Trek III : The Search for Spock

The Enterprise has much more external battle damage, for example there are additional scars and patches on the saucer, engineering hull, and nacelles at the beginning of this film than it did at the end of The Wrath of Khan.

The security graphic showning Spock's quarters being occupied in the beginning of the film clearly depict the Enterprise in its pre-refit, Original Series, configuration. This is most notable in the engine nacelles.

Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home

Scotty is shown in this movie holding the rank of Commander, even though he was promoted to Captain in Star Trek III.

The whalers speak Finnish even though Finland is not a whaling nation.

The bridge of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey that the crew used in the film is different than the bridge shown in Star Trek III, though it is supposed to be the same vessel.

Star Trek V : The Final Frontier.

During the scene where Kirk was climbing El Capitan when Kirk initially falls from the rock and when Spock catches him he is seen wearing a blue shirt, however while he is actually falling he can be seen wearing a black shirt.

Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country

The color of Klingon blood in the assassination scene aboard Kronos One is depicted as pink. In Star Trek The Next Generation and later representations it appears red.

Star Trek : Generations

In the scene prior to Picard beaming down to Veridian III, he agrees to a prisoner exchange with Lursa and B'Etor in which he will take the place of the kidnapped Geordi La Forge. He requests that he be beamed aboard the Klingon vessel and then transported to the surface "so that he may speak with Soran." When he beams to the surface, he materializes in a Federation-type transporter beam - not Klingon. This is inconsistent with the Klingon transporter beam seen earlier in the movie.

Star Trek : First Contact

A member of the crew reports that the Borg have taken over deck 26, but Picard tells Lily there are 24 decks.

In a zero-gravity scene, several minor effects reveal gravity's true pull. Most notably, gas let out of the ship by Picard's rifle shot falls back 'down' after a few moments. Similarly, a shower of sparks in the background fall 'down' towards the ship.

Star Trek : Insurrection

In the scene where Data and Picard discover the cloaked holoship, they and Anij paddle a small boat out to the ship with Picard on the left and Data on the right. After Data opens the holoship's doors with his tricorder, the next shot shows Data suddenly on the left side of the boat and Picard on the right.

When Picard beams over to the collector, he is transporting from the Son'a ship, but the transporter beam is a blue Federation transporter beam, not a yellow Son'a beam. Also, when Riker hails him from the Enterprise, he should not have been able to hear him as he wasn't wearing a communicator.

Star Trek : Nemesis

There is no attempt to explain why Worf is once again tactical officer on the Enterprise despite accepting the position of Ambassador to the Klingon homeworld at the end of DS9 three years earlier. An unused line from one draft of the script features a conversation between Worf and Dr Crusher at the wedding in which Worf says the life of a diplomat is not for him.