The film was originally supposed to have Eddie Murphy instead of Catherine Hicks. Nuclear submarine and the whales were towed out to sea. The Golden Gate Bridge were filmed on location, and nearly ended in disaster when a cable got snagged on a The scenes involving these whales were shot in a high school swimming pool. That after release of the film, US fishing authorities publicly criticized the film makers for getting too close to whales

Four models were created, and were so realistic

Some shots of the whales were in fact four foot long animatronics models. Punk on the bus is Kirk Thatcher who also wrote and performed the song that is playing on his stereo at the time.

McCoy uses to heal Chekov's head injury is part of a model of Spock's Vulcan Transport from the first movie. Now they must find a pair of humpback whales and keep from being detected with only have 24 hours After a sling shot around the sun, the crewįind themselves in 1986. To save Earth, theĬrew must travel back in time to find humpback whales to reply to the signal. Spock's research proves that it is directed at humpback whales, which have been extinct for centuries. Uses the ship's computer to determine if his theory, that the probe is signaling a creature in Earth's ocean, is correct. The Federation sends a warning about the probe and after Admiral Kirk receives it, Spock

Probe already arrives there and it's signal causes the planet's power systems to lose power and block out the sun. As they begin their return to Earth in the Klingon Bird of Prey, the Mission to the Genesis planet to rescue Captain Spock. Kirk and the crew decide to go home and face punishment for their unauthorized Meanwhile on the planet Vulcan, Admiral James T. The 23rd century, a mysterious probe suddenly appears on a direct course for Earth and begins disabling everything in it's

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