It falls o the ground below, spooking Gratus' horse, throwing him into a wall and injuring him.Although it is clearly an accident, and Judah attempts to take the blame, it is interpreted as an assassination attempt.He described the backstory:It seems an archaeologist had come to this remote place to translate and study his latest find,Necronomicon Ex-Mortis - 'The Book of the Dead'.The film marked French-born Polish director Roman Polanski's return to Hollywood five years after the gruesome 1969 Manson murders hat took the life of his actress wife Sharon Tate.Back in the cave, Spock spoke to Bones about Ambassador Spock's death, and explained how he had been reconsidering his place in the Starfleet, and wanted to carry out his older self's work: "When you've lived as many lives as he, fear of death is illogical.