k : ▁The ▁Original ▁Series ) ▁episode . ▁Dead lines ▁lo omed ▁for ▁special ▁effects ▁production ▁to ▁begin ▁( which ▁required ▁detailed ▁story boards ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁finished ▁script ), ▁which ▁did ▁not ▁exist . ▁ ▁Kar en ▁Moore , ▁a ▁Param ount ▁executive , ▁suggested ▁that ▁Nicholas ▁Meyer , ▁writer ▁of ▁The ▁Seven - Per - Cent ▁Solution ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁Time ▁After ▁Time , ▁could ▁help ▁resolve ▁the ▁screen play ▁issues . ▁Meyer ▁had ▁also ▁never ▁seen ▁an ▁episode ▁of ▁Star ▁Tre k . ▁He ▁had ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁making ▁a ▁list ▁consisting ▁of ▁everything ▁that ▁the ▁cre ative ▁team ▁had ▁liked ▁from ▁the ▁preceding ▁draft s — " it ▁could ▁be ▁a ▁character , ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁a ▁scene , ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁a ▁plot , ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁a ▁sub plot , ▁[...] ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁a ▁line ▁of ▁dialog ue " — so ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁use ▁that ▁list ▁as ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁screen play ▁made ▁from ▁all ▁the ▁best ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁ones . ▁To ▁offset ▁fan ▁expectation ▁that ▁Spo ck ▁would ▁die , ▁Meyer ▁had ▁the ▁character ▁" kil led " ▁in ▁the ▁Kob ay ashi ▁Mar u ▁sim ulator ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁scene . ▁The ▁effects ▁company ▁required ▁a ▁completed ▁script ▁in ▁just ▁ 1 2 ▁days . ▁Meyer ▁wrote ▁the ▁screen play ▁un cred ited ▁and ▁for ▁no ▁pay ▁before ▁the ▁dead line , ▁surprising ▁the ▁actors ▁and ▁produ cers , ▁and ▁rapidly ▁produced ▁subsequent ▁re writ es ▁as ▁necessary .