13 Silly Mistakes You Won't Believe Made It Into Star Trek Movies

13. Magically Repairing Console

Part of the main drive of the second half of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is the fallout from the death of Lt. Ilia. While she may simply have been ‘assimilated’ by V’ger, the fact is a living, breathing member of the crew is taken away. This is preceded and perhaps caused by Spock’s actions to save the ship. Honestly, does this man ever tire of saving the Enterprise?

While the probe moves through the bridge, Chekov is burned quite badly, displaying its perceived destructive intent. So, when it approaches the science console and begins rapidly scanning through the entire library of the ship, there is no indication that it will do so peacefully, nor use the information it gathers for nefarious reasons. Spock jumps in and smashes the console with his hand, breaking it apart and severing the connection.

V’ger is less than pleased and begins shocking the Vulcan badly. However, had it waited a moment and turned back to the science station, it would have seen a magically healed console. The damage that Spock visited on it is gone in the next moment. Obviously, this is an error in continuity. Or, the Enterprise healed herself because of course she did. It’s up to the Final Frontier’s God to make the call.