But there is a nearby planetoid.I can open one up there." Dr.McCoy and Dr.Marcus were sent to a nearby deserted planetoid to safely open and examine one of the photon torpedoes.The downbeat screenplay was based on Geoffrey Homes"" (a pseudonym - his real name was Daniel Mainwaring) 1946 novelBuild My Gallows High, a book that consciously imitated Dashiell Hammett""sThe Maltese Falcon (1941).On a spiritual quest, Sybok demanded a "change of course" to the mythical planet ofSha Ka Ree(""heaven"" in Vulcan, or the "Source", "Eden") beyond the Great Barrier energy field in the center of the universe - a "common dream of a place from which creation sprang"; to demonstrate his power of conquering internal emotional pain by releasing it, Sybok had Dr.He described an apocalyptic world overrun by zombies:The last time anyone counted, 53 million people were dying every year, a hundred-fifty thousand every day, a hundred and seven every minute, and that was in normal times.He explained about the runes symbols and the meaning of Thorn:"Runes are a kind of early alphabet that originated about 500 B.