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1984

Star Trek III - The Search for Spock is released

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Leonard Nimoy does the turbolift voice in the scene when Scotty says "Up your shaft", while exiting the Starship Execelsior. The end credits lists the voice under the alias Frank Force.

When the Enterprise enters space dock at the beginning of the movie, just before Uhura comments on the Excelsior's appearance ("Would you look at that!"), another docked ship can be seen, in shadow, at the upper left corner of the screen. This ship is one of the alternative models that was considered for use as the Excelsior. This alternate model also makes several appearances in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", usually as a wrecked ship or piece of space junk.

The shot of the Enterprise approaching Spacedock is later re-used in various episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" with the Enterprise-D overlapping the original Enterprise (Another cost-saving method often used with Star Trek).