History Trivia / StarTrekFirstContact

* TheOtherDarrin: James Cromwell replaces Glenn Corbett as Zefram Cochrane, who first appeared in the original series episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E9Metamorphosis Metamorphosis]]".

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Ben Wyatt]] appears for all of 20 seconds as a bridge officer on the Defiant.
** [[Series/That70sShow Bob Pinciotti]] is Nicky the Nose in the Dixon Hill program.
** Besides the more obvious appearance of Robert Picardo as the Enterprise's EMH, Ethan Phillips ([[Series/StarTrekVoyager Neelix]]) makes a cameo as the porter in the Holodeck scene who complains about the Borg's dress code.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] is Lt. Hawk.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[ParksAndRecreation Ben Wyatt]] appears for all of 20 seconds as a bridge officer on the Defiant.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The concept of a Borg "Queen Bee" is an old one; it goes as far back as "The Best of Both Worlds". However, the writers decided that the Borg were so effective precisely ''because'' they lacked leadership. Thus, Picard (Locutus) became the "Queen Bee".

* RecycledSet: Aside from exceptions like the Bridge and Engineering, most of the ''Enterprise''-E's sets are actually modified versions of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'''s sets.

** Picard and Riker's roles were to be switched, and more emphasis was going to be placed on the Earth storyline. Part of the reasons for the switch were apparently because Patrick Stewart felt Picard should have more of an active role in defending the ''Enterprise'', while Jonathan Frakes wanted to have more time to focus on directing. Picard was also the one who had been assimilated by the Borg, so it made more sense for him to be the one to confront them.

** TomHanks as Zefram Cochrane. "Life is like a box of Gagh..."

** Picard and Riker's roles were to be switched, and more emphasis was going to be placed on the Earth storyline. Part of the reasons for the switch were apparently because Patrick Stewart felt Picard should have more of an active role in defending the ''Enterprise'', while Jonathan Frakes wanted to have more time to focus on directing.

* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/JonathanFrakes was already a popular director for ''TNG'' and ''Deep Space Nine''.

** The ''Defiant'' was outright destroyed in one draft of the script. Unsurprisingly, the ''[=DS9=]'' staff objected to what effects this would create for their show, so it was changed (though the ship was later blown to bits, anyway).

** Picard and Riker's roles were to be switched, and more emphasis was going to be placed on the Earth storyline.

* DirectedByCastMember: JonathanFrakes was already a popular director for ''TNG'' and ''Deep Space Nine''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, a scene with [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Sisko]] ordering Worf to command the ''Defiant'' in the battle was to be featured. It was filmed, but cut.
** Originally, Picard and Riker's roles were to be switched, and more emphasis was going to be placed on the Earth storyline.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Ben Wyatt ParksandRecreation]] appears for all of 20 seconds as a bridge officer on the Defiant.

** The ''Defiant'' was outright destroyed in one draft of the script (unsurprisingly, the ''[=DS9=]'' staff objected to what effects this would create for their show, so it was changed).

** TomHanks as Zefram Cochrane. "Like is like a box of Gagh..."

** TomHanks as Zefram Cochrane.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The concept of a Borg "Queen Bee" is an old one; it goes as far back as "The Best of Both Worlds". However, the writersdecided that the Borg were so effective precisely ''because'' they lacked leadership. Thus, Picard (Locutus) became the "Queen Bee".

* OlderThanTheyThink: The concept of a Borg "Queen Bee" is an old one; it goes as far back as "The Best of Both Worlds". The writers decided that the Borg were so effective precisely ''because'' they lacked leadership, and decided to circumvent this by making Picard (Locutus) the "Queen Bee".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, a scene with [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Sisko]] ordering Worf to command the ''Defiant'' in the battle was to be featured. It was filmed, but cut.

** The ''Defiant'' was outright destroyed in one draft of the script. (Unsurprisingly, the ''DS9'' staff objected to what effects this would create for their show, so it was changed.)
** Tom Hanks as Zefram Cochrane.