▁his ▁ob jection ▁was ▁over ru led . ▁During ▁Spo ck ' s ▁fun eral ▁sequence ▁Meyer ▁wanted ▁the ▁camera ▁to ▁track ▁the ▁tor ped o ▁that ▁served ▁as ▁Spo ck ' s ▁coff in ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁placed ▁in ▁a ▁long ▁tr ough ▁and ▁sl id ▁into ▁the ▁launch er . ▁The ▁camera ▁crew ▁thought ▁the ▁entire ▁set ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁re built ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁the ▁shot , ▁but ▁S all in ▁suggested ▁putting ▁a ▁dol ly ▁into ▁the ▁tr ough ▁and ▁cont rolling ▁it ▁from ▁above ▁with ▁an ▁offset ▁arm . ▁Scott ' s ▁rend ition ▁of ▁" A maz ing ▁Grace " ▁on ▁the ▁bag pip es ▁was ▁James ▁Do oh an ' s ▁idea . ▁ ▁Spo ck ' s ▁death ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁widely ▁reported ▁during ▁production . ▁" T re kk ies " ▁wrote ▁letters ▁to ▁protest , ▁one ▁paid ▁for ▁trade ▁press ▁advert is ements ▁ur ging ▁Param ount ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁plot , ▁and ▁N imo y ▁even ▁received ▁death ▁thre ats . ▁Test ▁aud ien ces ▁react ed ▁badly ▁to ▁Spo ck ' s ▁death ▁and ▁the ▁film ' s ▁ending ' s ▁dark ▁tone , ▁so ▁it ▁was ▁made ▁more ▁u pl ifting ▁by ▁Ben nett . ▁The ▁scene ▁of ▁Spo ck ' s ▁c asket ▁on ▁the ▁planet ▁and ▁N imo y ' s ▁closing ▁mon olog ue ▁were ▁added ; ▁Meyer ▁object ed , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁stand ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁of ▁the ▁modifications . ▁N imo y