Thomas Calls Marcus (0:47) During the roundtable meeting at Starfleet Headquarters, Admiral Marcus reveals to the Command staff that Thomas Harewood sent him a message from the Section 31 archives before he detonated his explosive device. In the final version of the film, we only see Harewood sending a text-based transmission; this cut scene includes a planned video chat removed from the sequence. Original dialogue in white; cut dialogue in orange. Harewood sits down at his station in the Kelvin Archive under London, and begins tapping commands into his console. Inside Starfleet Command, we pan down from high above Admiral Marcus’ desk, where an Original Series-style Constitution-class model hangs above the room, along with his row of model ships against the far wall. His commpanel beeps, signaling an incoming transmission. MARCUS’ ASSISTANT (ON COMM)

Admiral Marcus, priority-one transmission incoming from London. MARCUS

Put it through. HAREWOOD (ON SCREEN)

Admiral, sir, I have a message for you from John Erickson. Marcus peers closer at the screen. HAREWOOD

He said you’d know why he did this. Fast zoom to a stunned Marcus as we cut to a close-up of Harewood’s Starfleet Academy ring, an explosive device the officer drops into a glass of water. Into Darkness editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey talk about the deletion of this scene in the iTunes commentary track: Markey: “This used to be, in it’s original form, a phone call to our Admiral, giving him a message from the baddie, from Benedict’s character. We felt that it was very important not to introduce the Admiral in any way or tip our hand about who he would become later on in the film. We realized to hold him back for a long time would be more shocking.” Brandon: “Also we were just afraid that it would arouse suspicion.” Markey: “Yeah, and so, you want hold back the guy who’s supposed to be the head of Starfleet and present him in a more majestic, officious way.” There are two major things of note in this scene — firstly, the name ‘John Erickson’ for Benedict Cumberbatch’s character. This is a reference to the early Space Seed script featuring a villain named ‘Harold Erickson,’ who would later be changed to Khan Singh after Ricardo Montalban was cast in the part. It’s likely that this name was changed to ‘John Harrison’ when the efforts to hide Cumberbatch’s true identity were ramped up during the production of the film. Obviously, the second surprise in this sequence is the giant Constitution-class model hanging above Marcus’ desk, the USS Biddeford (NCC-0718). The design of the ship itself raises several questions: was this the original design in this universe, changed after the Kelvin attack in the first film? Was Marcus involved with the design? Why is it named after Biddeford, Maine? The registry number is also of interest. The number 0718 appears here, on another ship docked at Earth, and in the name of the Enterprise’s cybernetically-enhanced science officer. @TrekCore Yes, It’s a very significant number to J.J…— Joseph Gatt (@MeetJoeGatt) February 26, 2014 . . .