There be whales here!
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Whales have been important to Star Trek for over 37 years, ever since Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home became known as 'the one with the whales.' Star Trek IV was directed by Leonard Nimoy, who helped conceive the story of Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise traveling back to 1986 in order to find humpback whales to save the future.
Star Trek IV & Leonard Nimoy Began Trek’s Fascination With Whales In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the fate of Earth entirely depends on bringing humpback whales from the past to the 23rd century. Admiral Kirk and his crew time travel to 1986 San Francisco and locate two humpback whales named George and Gracie, which they manage to successfully bring with them to the future.
There May Have Been Whales Aboard Star Trek: The Next Generation’s USS Enterprise-D Although they were never actually seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation, there were dolphins and possibly whales aboard the USS Enterprise-D. The Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual described and mapped out Cetacean Ops, a section of the starship where 12 bottlenosed dolphins served as the USS Enterprise-D's navigational specialists and help steer the starship.
Star Trek: Discovery Introduced Space Whales Star Trek: Discovery season 1 introduced Gormaganders, whales that live in the vacuum of space. In the Star Trek: Discovery episode "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad," Harcourt Fenton Mudd came aboard the USS Discovery by hiding inside a Gormagander, which he claimed he was given by the Klingons.
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