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

2. What's The Right Registry?

Star Trek Into Darkness
CBS

Star Trek Into Darkness is not the greatest Star Trek film. It's not a particularly good film in general, though it is entertaining. The action is thrilling, the designs are engaging and the logic is totally absent. The performances are quite good, even if it is a sub-par remake of the Wrath of Khan.

There are many, many mistakes to pick in this film, from the constant colour changes of Uhura's earrings to the fact that the Enterprise is pulled down into Earth's gravity, despite hovering beside the Moon. There's even the location change for the Enterprise's trash port after Kirk and Khan take their spacewalk. Any of those examples would suit this list.

There are some things in Star Trek that are really quite hard to get wrong. The registry of the USS Enterprise is one of them. The most famous ship in the franchise has and has always had the registry NCC-1701. Therefore, when Sulu's display panel shows NCC-0514, it's both incredibly obvious and more than a little frustrating.

NCC-0514 is the registry of the USS Kelvin from the previous film. If the Enterprise was a new ship introduced for this movie, it may be forgivable. Instead, its a fairly obvious blunder.

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Seán is the host and head writer/presenter for TrekCulture, as well as a writer/presenter on WhoCulture and WhatCulture Horror. He has authored two novels, dozens of short stories, and hundreds of articles for WhatCulture. He holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from University College Dublin. As part of his work with TrekCulture, Seán has been invited to participate in collaborations with Roddenberry Entertainment, as well as contributing to several Star Trek community projects. An avid fan of Star Trek, Doctor Who, and the horror genre at large, Seán's expertise has helped develop these channels to the successes they are today. As host of the Ups & Downs series on TrekCulture, Seán has become internationally recognised for his positive yet critically informed approach to reviewing every episode of modern Star Trek, ensuring he is one of the go-to voices in the Trek community. Favourite Quote to describe himself: "I'm serious about what I do, just not always about the way that I do it"