Answer (1 of 14): The term “continuity error” gets thrown around a lot in reference to Trek, oftentimes erroneously.
Some of the most famous “continuity errors” can be explained with a little imagination and common sense.
WHY DOES KHAN KNOW CHEKHOV IF CHEKHOV WASN’T INTRODUCED TO STAR TREK UNTI...
you mean like new zealand missing in first contact?
I contend that it is not actually missing, it’s just not visible from that perspective. When I recreate the shot in Google Earth only the extreme north tip of New Zealand is actually visible:
There’s a lot north of Auckland, its a 5 and a half hour drive to Cape Reinga
But I have to agree that it is barely visible.
Obviously you’re going to cloak the facility where you keep your most hardened criminals.
elsewhere in the film, new zealand is on a map shown on a display.
Obviously you’re going to keep the facility where you keep their most hardened criminals in plain sight.