 This is the first Star Trek episode to be directed by a member of  the Star Trek cast. Leonard Nimoy (qv) also directed  _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)_ (qv) and  William Shatner (qv) directed  _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)_ (qv). This would later  become commonplace on the various Trek TV series:  Jonathan Frakes (qv) directed  _Star Trek: First Contact (1996)_ (qv) and  _Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)_ (qv) as well as fourteen television  episodes over three Star Trek series. LeVar Burton (qv) directed  twenty