10 Star Trek Deleted Scenes You Must See

[@scudder991]

Data & Picard amicably conversing as old friends over wine was a particularly outstanding scene--definitely my favorite of all the deleted clips across nearly 60 years.

[@HAL_9000__]

It amazes me how over and over again, the powers-that-be are clueless over what is enjoyable and important to the Star Trek fan. It seems that at times, idiots are in charge.

[@Slate-writer]

remember the power of silence - because the relentless speech without pauses, in these videos, is nauseating - what harm can a few necessary breathing breaks do to the total video length, add a few extra seconds? But my, my, what shall we do with the time you've saved us.....

[@sureshmukhi2316]

The scene in Wrath of Khan where Scotty introduces his nephew to Kirk was in the DVD version but edited from the theatrical version. That makes the scene in sickbay showing Scotty's grief more meaningful.

[@williammitchell4417]

I read the novelization of the Wrath of Khan before I saw the movie.

[@willmfrank]

Scott: "My sister's youngest...And crazy to get to space." Kirk: "I remember the feeling."

[@rothboy]

"He stayed at his post when the trainees ran!"

[@fivestar5897]

if the Admiral can't see it for himself then he's blind as a Tiberian bat!

[@williammitchell4417]

@@rothboy aye

[@Jarsia]

"we see far too much of #1's 'photon torpedoes' than is decent"🤣

[@grimmy2444]

Romulan plasma Balls 😅

[@purplepothos5794]

Tooorrrpeeedoos... awaayy!

[@Assimilator1]

I also lol at that :D

[@emsleywyatt3400]

Not to mention the "Decker Unit".

[@Sootytr]

Theres a scene with Quark in Insurrecton which I found online many years ago, but seems to have vanished since, think Worf was in it also

[@twocvbloke]

I think a lot of the deleted scenes from both Insurrection and Nemesis that featured "TNG Moments" with the cast should have been left in, or at the very least, directors' cut edited back in, Picard's food-mishap, Troi & Riker in the Library being childish (which also featured a prosthetic-free Max Grodénchik, aka Rom, throwing a piece of paper at them!), the Data & Picard wine scene, and of course, Geordie & Worf clearing Data's quarters after the battle with shinzon, which given the latest STP episode would be even more poignant today, the editors & directors just didn't quite get that these "moments" are what made the characters that we love more realistic, which unfortunately were supplanted for action hero explosions everywhere scenes... :(

[@ojtheviking]

Agreed. I feel like the producers had the mindset of "these scenes are too boring for an action-packed movie." But those same scenes would have been very nostalgic for the hardcore fans.

[@Jenifer_R_]

That is something I liked about Star Trek. The off-topic conversations in the turbo lift or Geordie and Data talking about cats in engineering reminded us that even in the future and amid fantastic adventures on a spaceship, people would still be pretty much the same in that work environment as they are today on Earth.

[@GoddessPallasAthena]

@@Jenifer_R_ Agreed. The everyday living/working/friendship moments for me, were some of the best parts of TNG.

[@Heymrk]

And gorgonzola cheese!

[@MishraArtificer]

@@Heymrk "Get that cheese to Sickbay!"

[@UnclePhil2k]

One (of two!) big cut scenes you missed in this list was the alternate ending to Star Trek: Insurrection, where Quark showed up in the Baku village in a Hawaiian shirt with a pair of Dabo girls in tow, looking to set up a Spa for rich old people somewhere in the Briar Patch!!!! I've only seen photos of the cast in that scene & read the script transcript. Why THAT got cut, I have no idea! Maybe it was deemed too much fanservice, but It sounded really funny & awesome!! The second deleted scene you forgot about was Wesley Crusher talking with Captain Picard & Doctor Crusher during the Riker/Troi wedding! It informed us that (at that moment, at least) he had rejoined Starfleet and was about to start serving on a new ship somewhere. I get why THIS one got the axe, but having Wesley back on screen with the cast at the wedding and then tossing all his speaking lines in the theatrical version was a REALLY sucky decision. Not to mention a big disrespectful one too. As a fan, that really stung. As did all the meaningful TNG character moments left on the cutting room floor that Stuart Baird denied us fans. 😠

[@LHGII]

If the director hadn't cut up nemesis it would have been better

[@chefdean7257]

The clone Picard actor was a real Bane to the director.

[@charlesroyal5125]

Where is the fan edit

[@damenwhelan3236]

​@@charlesroyal5125 Sadly.. what we have to work with isn't the best.

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

Okay, here's MY £0.02 (worth of Bit-coin): I 💭 thought that "Nemesis" was 98% A-OK the way it was. (Not that ANY of you asked.)😏 If there was ANYTHING that I 🤔 thought could've used improvement, it was the E.T.U. device. SPECIFICALLY speaking, the amount in stock. There are a Metric Dreck-tonne™ of replicators on the Big~E--- they (the writers) are telling me that they couldn't have repped a DOZEN--- #€££, SIXTEEN dozen? (Yeah, yeah--- I KNOW: "Cos Data wouldn't've had to die, then.") Which brings me to my next point--- I NOW grasp why Data needed to be written out of the films (at that point). Initially, I wanted him to've survived, but a colleague straightened my thinking out. When (in one's series) you've an android (for a main character) who does NOT age, played by a gentleman who OBVIOUSLY DOES age... there's only so long he could stay in the role.

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

​@@chefdean7257 I 🔍saw what you did, there ⤴️. 👏👏👏

[@elisekehle8520]

I love how in season 3's Allegiance the imposter Picard sings a British song- it's like the aliens were casual viewers and assumed he was English. It took me too long to get the meta joke, but it's a grand one.

[@mr51406]

Always fun to explore these corners of Trek. Good job! 🌟 Picard in French: my head canon is that it’s an effect of the universal translator. A European francophone (Picard) would sound British (European) English whereas a Canadian francophone (Janeway as played by Geneviève Bujold) would sound North American English. It seems Shatner still can understand French (he grew up in Montreal, though in a rather anglo neighbourhood) but he admits himself (at the McGill University ceremony when he got his honorary PhD) that he won’t speak it.

[@roryoutdoors5431]

A new Trek list with Ellie? ENGAGE! Happy Easter from Canuckistan!

[@edward123et]

You forgot about Nero being captured by the klingons and having his ear cut off in torture , we know he was just waiting for spock to arrive and stayed but when the time arrives escaped easily,

[@Aragorn7884]

Riker getting his own command is #1 to me 🤷 ...no pun intended 😂

[@jimsteele9261]

Picard swears in French in Elermentary, Dear Data, but H&I always cuts that scene.

[@Heymrk]

Insurrection is my favorite TNG movie, but when thinking about it, I lament for what it was originally supposed to be. Damn you, Rick Berman. Damn you cancer for taking Michael Pillar.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*i'm sure there is a deleted scene of Worf (or some other klingon) juggling tribbles somewhere and if not there should be*

[@IMDARKFIRE007]

She wears that Starfleet uniform WELL.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Must Agree with you... Those scenes were sorely missing!

[@DarthAzabrush]

There is about an hour and a half of extra material to Nemesis only about 45 minutes of which is in on the DVD. Basically they had a really crap director/editor.

[@chrismanley1701]

I’m still waiting for the deleted scenes from First Contact!!!

[@derka90]

Yess

[@CaptainPikeachu]

Not y’all putting in the Spock birth deleted scene from 09 but not mention the scene of young Kirk with his brother that is so character defining

[@ccole2262]

For Star Trek Insurrection-Ru'afo doesn't die in the cut version-he somehow lands on the planet as a younger man played by Phillip Glasser (the original voice of Fievel from An American Tail). Phillip does have an unreleased photo still of him as Ru'afo standing in front of a green scene.

[@williammorton6633]

Good fun video as always Happy Easter to the Trek Culture Team.

[@annika_panicka]

11:50 It's "Who Mourns for Adonais," not "Adonis." Apparently the font made it confusing for a lot of people.

[@williammitchell4417]

I know it would be a thankless job, but Mike and Denise should be considered the Historians of Star Trek. I own two of their encyclopedias.

[@martyklestadt6766]

Seconded. I had the Chronology. Fantastic stuff and an amazing reference book.

[@soundwave1a]

Uh yeah, you shown a short clip from TWOK during the voice over. The deleted scene w/more dialogue in sickbay with Kirk and Scotty.

[@theredheadproject]

In regards to 6, Playmates also released a toy of Kirk in that space dive suit as they didn't know the scene would be cut when making it.

[@ccole2262]

Playmates got the script for Generations in advance and included that suit and the movie uniforms that got cut on the first day of filming.

[@courteouscarpenter7811]

Lovely job. Excellent job on the narration and the editing. Thank you

[@Boodlums]

Except where she mispronounces Adonais. But I always expect one mispronunciation or another in any Ellie narrations. Might be her trademark, lol.

[@danialwilker]

until picard retconned it, my theory on all the characters accents was the universal translator. i always figured Picard was speaking french, and the computer just translated him into a brit. same with Worf, I figured he's speaking either Klingon or Russian, probably Russian given how he is more wooden in his speech compared to other Klingons. and juxt opposed to that is Chekov, you hear his Russian accent because he's actually speaking English, so the translator isn't translating him for the audience this could also be used to explain why Troi has a different accent than either of her parents, maybe shes speaking English with a Betazed accent, but her mom is just speaking Betazed so the translator makes her sound american

[@Jenifer_R_]

What I never understood is how Klingon characters could go back and forth between English and Klingon. How does the translator know they want some words left in their original dialogue just for emphasis?

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

[RE: Klingonese.] Look how far our plain, old Century 21 computers 💻🖥️ have come since the Commodore 64 🔌🧮! The U.T. 🎙️ detecting nuance doesn't seem that much of a stretch.

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

No disrespect, Mr. W., but (similarly to your experience) up to that bit in Picard, I always thought that Jean-Luc had learned how to speak English IN England. 🇬🇧

[@danialwilker]

@@YesTHATJohnSmith thank you for adding nothing to the conversation, having a lack of imagination, ignoring most of my points, and yet somehow still being smug about it. truly you are some great intellect

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

@@danialwilker 😯 Wow. I was merely making a light remark, I meant nothing by it. My apologies.

[@KieranDsEgoTrip]

Just a thought over time language changes maybe Picard or more accurately Stewart’s punctuation maybe accurate for the time 😅

[@At.Aversa]

The car in the Enterprise scene looks like a Renault Twizy, maybe the designer of that car was a fan of Enterprise

[@davidcottone2700]

There were few star trek generations deleted scenes that were not on us versions blu ray data in sick bay after his emotion chip fused becoming concerned about geordi safety I wish they kept that in us version blu ray

[@andrewlanglois6362]

3:08 no. That scene never made it past the edit for the Star Trek series of movies. It was used for Patrick Stewart's plot on the X-Men movies though.

[@kylecarmichael5890]

Normally your videos give me happiness. Today my utter hatred of myself took control.

[@chbu7081]

I would have included the scene in 'In a mirror darkly' where Captain Archer says "execute the first one who stops clapping'.

[@thornescapes7707]

It still bewilders me that people try to complain about "Jean Luc Picard" having an English accent. I mean, seriously. There have been people with French surnames living in England since there were French surnames or England. Do they have any idea how accents or surnames work? It's almost as stupid as people complaining about the French Prince of Bel Air, because it had a black man with an English accent. Do they think there are no black people in England? Or do they think that all black people around the world sound like African Americans? Ludicrous.

[@joerider3769]

I feel like such a nube! I never knew of The Roddenberry Vault! Off to the eBays!!!

[@Paleorunner2]

Is that George Takei that Archer walks by before going into the restaurant?

[@Ekami-chan]

I keep weeping over star trek 09 cutting Spock's medallion of Kirk.. 😢

[@Digitallycloned]

I've never seen it, but have always heard there was a deleted scene in First Contact where Sisko is ordering Worf to take the Defiant to Earth to help with the defense.

[@kadosho02]

I remember hearing about that as well 🤔 fascinating

[@joepolymath2308]

They'd have to delete that -- DS9 is quite distant from Earth, weeks of traveling at Warp 7. Any battle should have been long over before the Defiant arrived. Therefore, the only conclusion is that Worf was already operating the Defiant somewhere near Earth when the battle began -- which would obviate Sisco "sending" the Defiant.

[@kadosho02]

@@joepolymath2308 another thing to recall, is how everything was connected technology wise. Quite possibly there were ways to use said Wormhole to move across space and time. Since some Starfleet tech was able to harness abilities that were experimental.

[@ColinPMcEvoy]

@@joepolymath2308 not necessarily. They’ve never established how long the Enterprise was in the neutral zone nor how long the fleet was engaged with the Borg before they arrived.

[@Heymrk]

It didn't exist. Rick Berman hated DS9 and didn't even want the show mentioned at all in the TNG movies, but it didn't make sense in lore not to do so. He would minimize any reference to it when he got the chance.

[@generalilbis]

On the matter of the extended scenes of Picard speaking sadly rough French in S01E1 to both his dog Number One and his disrespectful vineyard workers? I feel 90% certain the Canadian broadcast of that episode INCLUDED the scenes...as I clearly recall lamenting to myself that I could have done a more convincing line reading of the French dialogue than Sir Patrick. With my nearly forgotten high school and freshman university level French at that....though it helps I took 11 years of the language in school 😂

[@zanizone3617]

The bit I didn't get about that scene is... Everything. How come in a post scarcity society where money has been abolished for centuries, there are field workers toiling in the sun, who can be threatened with job termination? Aren't people supposed to only pursue careers out of passion? What are they passionate about? Role-playing as sharecroppers? Are they fetishists who gets their rocks off by being ordered around by old men cosplaying as old timey French aristocrats?

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

Admiral Picard (Ret.) parle-ying Francais was one of my personal favourite (of MANY) highlights of "Star Trek: Picard". 😎

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Perhaps Picard, having been in England for so long, has only recently been learning French, as most of the family parlayed en Ingles, so that's why his French was rough. Going the actual learning the lingo rather than using the translator. Wonder if Klingon is taught at Starfleet, or in Federation schools like foreign lingos are in American high schools.

[@gmnewlook]

In the Enterprise scene with Archer and Becky, I would have loved to see if House of Nanking was still around. Peter Fang's daughter Kathy, who runs Fang, will probably take over the place one day and maybe her descendants may keep the restaurants in the family up until the 22nd century and beyond.

[@rcknbob1]

I always wondered why Wil Wheaton always answers queries in his Tumblr blog as to him being "really" Wil Wheaton with "No, it's Becky." Coincidence?

[@Boodlums]

Back when Macworld Expo was a thing, we used to dine there as a group. Delicious food!

[@trigonman3]

@@rcknbob1 No, that's a thing about Taylor Swift.

[@darrenclayton8635]

These would be a lot better if the clips had sound. How come the Trek Culture ones never do but the ones on Screen Crush do?

[@michaelalexander65]

Loved the escape to the chatau reference!

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Given how many films and shows bog their plots down with shoehorned romantic scenes or subplots, I instinctively approve of the cutting of them. Even if, to be fair, the final result isn't any better in pacing. So admittedly it's not an entirely rational feeling.

[@Extinguisher10]

I remember seeing part of that sky diving scene in some promotional coverage of the movie.

[@martyklestadt6766]

I remember seeing it in the comic book version of the film.

[@warpdriveby]

In the first example, the two scenes actually don't appear mutually exclusive. The birth could easily have been in a nearby cave, and then we see a baptism-like scene out doors as Amanda rests with Spock, right?

[@Hunteress14]

Is that not George Takei in the back ground or is it just a similar looking actor 4:16 is the time stamp

[@christopherheckman7957]

I looked through the TrekCulture videos, and I can't find a topic that I think would be enjoyed: The funniest Star Trek episodes. (A few of my suggestions: "A Piece of The Action", "The Trouble With Tribbles" from the *real* Star Trek (TOS), "A Night In Sickbay" from Enterprise.)

[@martinlagrange8821]

re Scene 7 (and given the scene, yes it was all to do with Annika) - we do get to see Sir Patrick deliver literally the grand fromage (cheesy as all heck) accent Francais in Season 1 of Picard, when he is pretending to be a shady bounty hunter...

[@philly83]

Thanks Ellie, now I have that song stuck in my head 😂

[@ewarrior9776]

There are some English people with French last names (i.e. Ricky Gervais) because Norman invasion and the centuries later Huguenot migration, so I never had a problem with Picard having a French name

[@CaritasGothKaraoke]

“Adonais” not “Adonis”. Different deities. Neither of which is Apollo, but hey.

[@Rocketsong]

Given the title is Who Mourns for Adonais, the title is certainly a refrence to the poem by Shelley. And Trek Culture constantly gets the title wrong on that episode.

[@danphillips8530]

Over 300 years accents will change so much, who says that the captain got it wrong maybe it's everyone else.

[@jollyrancher28]

14:13 to 14:39, you're saying they're shots of unused miniature photography or visual effects from the '60s, but it's all clearly CGI.

[@machetedonttweet1343]

One of the things you omitted about Michelle Nicoll's decision to renew her role as LT. Uhura is because she said she received a phone call from Dr.Martin Luther King, telling her about the impact and influence the role had on the public. I mean it was 1966.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

That number three with Uhura requesting instruction darn near convinces me that many, if not darn near all the episodes were shown out of ordre. Like some S1 eps had stuff that S2 reverses. I know it may have been just that continuity wasn't exactly a strong point with Trek.

[@DS-gc7vg]

#1 balls.

[@richardfredericks4069]

2:05 scene.....there's that darn rock formation again. Should do a video on how that formation is on soo many planets throughout the known galaxy

[@BigAL68xyz]

0:54 THIS scene should have been completed and inserted into the movie (Nemesis.) It is a nice finishing touch on the whole Worf cat-sitting scene from STTNG - Phantasms.

[@kurtsnyder4752]

On the new release on disc, they should include an option to run the episodes with the deleteds added in their place in the episodes, kind of like Friends and er and Gray's Anatomy do with the "extended" eps when shown on streaming, though not in regular syndicated showings where the scenes are cut for commercials.

[@tomwhone9804]

Chateau Picard = Sour mead according to Worf

[@tyro244]

At leaast some of these scenes have shown up when the movies were run on American Network Television ( usually ABC ).

[@CaptainsChannel58]

Why is this just a big advertisement for the Roddenberry Vault DVD when it's been out for like over five years ?

[@ianoz1]

I recall the (unredacted) torture scene in Generations, where Soran actually stops Geordi's heart several times. Soran's subsequent line "his heart wasn't in it" comes across as vicious & cold, making you believe him capable of murdering millions to get what he wants. With the edited scene, this line is irrelevant and does nothing.

[@ccole2262]

The novel version of the movie includes that scene.

[@gtc9966]

Oh God, Star Trek 09 made some bizarre choices in the editing room

[@MAKgargos]

Speaking of speaking fransay: The name is spoken "Pikar" with a silent D.

[@martinporteous3483]

I have been saying that for years! Only know in Picard season 3 does someone get it right. :)

[@darth-imperius]

Picard with a spoke 'd', Voldemort with a spoken 't' ... 🤷 Here we are.

[@chefdean7257]

Mister Pickerd ! I'll have ya note, it's tree o'clock on a Tursday.

[@martinporteous3483]

@@chefdean7257 I have a Delivery for a John luck Pickurd.

[@michaelmaxwell2464]

Yes. Yes. That is proper French.

[@zooropa04]

I repeat my plea: can we at least get a shoutout to Captain Littlechild in Lower Decks, if not a full animation?

[@kjamison5951]

10:35 “The Corbonnite Maneuver”? Corbonnite? Also, “Metamorphasis”? Some amateur Trek reviewer might get this wrong but you guys are EVERYTHING Trek. “The Corbomite Maneuver” “Metamorphosis” So you can copy and paste next time…

[@martykarr7058]

THe car in the "Becky" sequence was an actual primitive electric car on sale in California at the time "Enterprise" was filmed.

[@sabrewolf4129]

It is a Vulcan LYRE, not a lute. A lute is a wind instrument.

[@captainmagenta899]

Is it just me wondering if the buyer of the Kirk suit and the wine bottles was Garrett Wang?

[@lorigearhardt2371]

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[@MBDyson829]

Just introduce and play the scenes. After watching your "scenes we must see video," we still haven't seen them!?

[@skidawg22]

3:46 "Oh my God, Beckeh, look at her butt."

[@jeffjr84]

Baby shark do doo do... d**it lol thanks lol... jk man loved this one keep making em.. stuff like this is a good add..

[@Elifre]

You're getting a dislike from me for the whole baby spock thing.

[@karlgreene2177]

I hate the Kelvin timeline!

[@frankharr9466]

Some of those are just as well. But one could wish some could've been included or at least shot better.

[@thesisko3715]

Nemesis would have been much better *with* the deleted scenes

[@HAL_9000__]

God… Nemesis need SO MUCH more than deleted scenes, starting with casting an actor that actually LOOKS like a young Picard in the roll of Shinzon. When I first saw the film it took me a while to figure out WHO Shinzon was supposed to be! 🙄

[@roryoutdoors5431]

@EllieLittlechild, odds that Janeway will appear by the end of Picard S3?

[@Aezetyr]

Terry Matalas already tweeted that Janeway is exclusive to Prodigy.

[@kevinmoore8780]

Why did you pick that deleted scene for your #1? These are scenes we "MUST SEE" and some of these certainly are. But your top choice, by your own admission, is too long, too much exposition, has its best line better delivered by Riker and doesn't match up with the filmed ending of the movie. So why is it a must see?

[@martinporteous3483]

What about the deleted scence in the motion picture where it turns out Veger is a lost deliver roo driver trying to get back to earth with a pizza? lol

[@persephone342]

You would think there was no reason to do the scene in slow no either. Why not slow it down in editing? It looks really bad the way they did do it!

[@VonWenk]

This video could have used items like the modifications to Insurrection and less pitching of The Roddenberry Collection.

[@melangellatc1718]

$6600 for empty fake wine bottles? Damn, buy a nice call girl!

[@izzafizza339]

I thought jump cut said jump cat reference to datas cat spot

[@bitmadmax]

The title should be changed to "10 deleted scenes you must see, but we won't show you in this video" 🙄

[@davidsharp9166]

Is there a video, of reused or one time only, props and uniforms.

[@bigbloke2000]

I never understood why Picard could not, very simply, be an Englishman of French Hugenot descent whose more recent ancestors were exploring their French ancestry (vis a vis the vinyard). That is much the simpler explanation.

[@nickMcloughlin]

Why is she trying to read her script as quickly as possible? It's almost impossible to process what she's saying.

[@teg24601]

"Who Mourns for Adonais" not "Adonis" - "Ad-o-nai-as" - It is literally a Greek/Hebrew word for God.

[@johncameron4194]

I’ve seen a number of Nemesis ones that would have helped

[@kinsmed]

Oh my God, is this narration throughout?

[@robertfarr9186]

But wasn’t the entire command crew of the “enterprise a” a captain by rank?

[@BeyondtheRailz]

My ass? If only Picard said that on screen. 😂

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

Nah, 'e should've said: "my ARSE". (In Proper English {which, admittedly, hasn't been spoken since around 1996}, an "ass" 🐎 is a mule.) 😉

[@seven75757]

i really like your videos, there are great information in it, BUT, you speak so fast, without any break, so while listening i get the feeling i suffacate,...... so why always so fast?

[@robertpesche]

Why do the macro viruses from Voyager (0:16) get flagged as "not quite family friendly"?

[@into_the_void]

Tentacles are ummm... Naughty ?

[@Boodlums]

Why is the second A in Adonais so invisible? Adonis: one A Adonais: two As "Who Mourns for Adonais?" See the different word! Thank you.

[@ronm6585]

🖖🏻Thanks.

[@dannyayala3462]

Ellie is so beautiful in her captain uniform ❤❤❤

[@zelwojtek]

Ellie and Team 🎩🖖