What was the biggest Star Trek "goof"?

When it comes to Star Trek, you can often find holes big enough to fly a starship through. But by far, the most glaring of all gaffes happened in the movie "The Wrath of Kahn."

Chekov and the Captain of the USS Reliant beam down to planet Ceti Alpha 5, and to their shock find cargo bins. They go inside them to investigate, only to be ambushed by Kahn and his clan. Kahn removes his mask, walks up to the Captain, and says: "I don't know you." Then he looks Chekov right in the eye and says: "But you...I never forget a face. You are...Chekov."

Nice try, but this movie was based on the television episode "Space Seed", from the first season. Pavel Chekov wasn't in that episode. In fact, his character wasn't written into the cast until many episodes later!

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One could assume Chekov's character was on the ship during Khan's first visit, but the audience didn't see him until later
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by Modo992000 on December 17th, 2005
Chekov was suppose to be a Davey Jones look alike. He did not join the crew of the Enterprise until second season, long after "space Seed" was filmed. They goofed big time in "The Wrath of Kahn".
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by Anonymous on January 4th, 2007
what a good catch!
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by Skrubby on May 30th, 2008

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