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The [[Star Trek: The Original Series|classic]] episode {{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}} took place in part on a planet named [[Delta Vega]]. It was near the [[galactic barrier]], and though the planet in {{film|11}} is located in the Vulcan system instead, writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] named it after the classic one. Orci has said, 'We moved the planet to suit our purposes. The familiarity of the name seemed more important as an Easter egg than a new name [would have been].' [http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/30/interview-roberto-orci-alex-kurtzman/] |
The [[Star Trek: The Original Series|classic]] episode {{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}} took place in part on a planet named [[Delta Vega]]. It was near the [[galactic barrier]], and though the planet in {{film|11}} is located in the Vulcan system instead, writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] named it after the classic one. Orci has said, 'We moved the planet to suit our purposes. The familiarity of the name seemed more important as an Easter egg than a new name [would have been].' [http://trekmovie.com/2009/04/30/interview-roberto-orci-alex-kurtzman/] |
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+ | According to Orci, the part of the [[mind meld]] sequence in which ambassador Spock sees the destruction of Vulcan was meant to be 'impressionistic for a general audience.' He thought of Delta Vega as being in an orbit close to Vulcan's, and that the original idea -- showing Spock view the planet's destruction through a telescope or some other device -- '[wasn't] very cinematic.' [http://trekmovie.com/2009/05/18/orci-kurtzman-to-answer-fan-questions-at-trekmovie-transcript-of-last-weeks-impromptu-qa/#1828626] |
In the film, Delta Vega was to have been a desert planet like its television counterpart, and Kirk was to find Spock and Scotty in a [[Wikipedia:Mos Eisley|Mos Eisley]]-style environment. Yet script revisions made it an ice planet, and the aliens which might have populated its bazaar were dotted around the film instead, as mentioned in various [[Barney Burman]] interviews. ([[Star Trek - The Art of the Film]]) |
In the film, Delta Vega was to have been a desert planet like its television counterpart, and Kirk was to find Spock and Scotty in a [[Wikipedia:Mos Eisley|Mos Eisley]]-style environment. Yet script revisions made it an ice planet, and the aliens which might have populated its bazaar were dotted around the film instead, as mentioned in various [[Barney Burman]] interviews. ([[Star Trek - The Art of the Film]]) |
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Delta Vega is an icy Class M planet in the Vulcan system. Its orbit carried it near enough to Vulcan that the other planet could be seen from Delta Vega's surface. It also harbored a small Starfleet outpost, manned for six months by Montgomery Scott and his assistant, Keenser.
There were at least two native, predatory species present on the planet: the drakoulias and the hengrauggi.
Ambassador Spock was marooned here by Nero so that he could witness the destruction of Vulcan. Coincidentally, James T. Kirk was later marooned on Delta Vega by Commander Spock, and the two subsequently met Montgomery Scott there. (Star Trek)
Background
The classic episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" took place in part on a planet named Delta Vega. It was near the galactic barrier, and though the planet in Star Trek is located in the Vulcan system instead, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman named it after the classic one. Orci has said, 'We moved the planet to suit our purposes. The familiarity of the name seemed more important as an Easter egg than a new name [would have been].' [1]
According to Orci, the part of the mind meld sequence in which ambassador Spock sees the destruction of Vulcan was meant to be 'impressionistic for a general audience.' He thought of Delta Vega as being in an orbit close to Vulcan's, and that the original idea -- showing Spock view the planet's destruction through a telescope or some other device -- '[wasn't] very cinematic.' [2]
In the film, Delta Vega was to have been a desert planet like its television counterpart, and Kirk was to find Spock and Scotty in a Mos Eisley-style environment. Yet script revisions made it an ice planet, and the aliens which might have populated its bazaar were dotted around the film instead, as mentioned in various Barney Burman interviews. (Star Trek - The Art of the Film)
Since the film production originally considered shooting some scenes in Iceland, it is suspected that any such scenes would have represented Delta Vega.
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