 The rock monster is a mock tribute to William Shatner (qv), who  desperately wanted to put rock monsters in the climax of  _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)_ (qv), but had to cut them  out of his script for budgetary reasons. There are a couple of  references to _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv) episode #1.18, "Arena",  particularly the suggestion to "build a weapon" during Jasons  encounter with the rock monster.