Editing Star Trek: Phase II (section)

===''Star Trek: The Next Generation''===
''Phase II'' would prove influential on ''The Next Generation'', whose creation began just over seven years later.{{sfn |Reeves-Stevens|Reeves-Stevens |1997 |p=35}} The characters of Xon, Decker and Ilia were used as the basis for the creation of [[Data (Star Trek)|Data]], [[William Riker]] and [[Deanna Troi]].{{sfn |Reeves-Stevens|Reeves-Stevens |1997 |p=28}} However, the series was allowed to be different in tone from the planned ''Phase II'', for the feature films that had come before it had changed the audience expectations of what ''Star Trek'' was.{{sfn |Reeves-Stevens|Reeves-Stevens |1997 |p=352}} It was originally proposed in Gerrold's ''The Worlds of Star Trek'' to have the second-in-command leading the [[Away team (Star Trek)|away team]], and it was anticipated that this would be included in ''Phase II'' – it was instead first introduced in ''The Next Generation''.{{sfn |Nemecek |2003 |p=4}}

Owing to the [[1988 Writers Guild of America strike]], work on the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2|second season]] of ''The Next Generation'' was delayed. The producers sought scripts that could be put into production as quickly as possible once the strike was lifted, and so "The Child" from ''Phase II'' was picked as one that could be used in the new series with Ilia's place in the script swapped out in favor of Troi.{{sfn |Nemecek |2003 |p=66}} A further ''Phase II'' script was adapted later in the series, when "Devil's Due" was converted for ''The Next Generation'' in the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4|fourth season]].{{sfn |Nemecek |2003 |p=154}}

Certain elements of [[Klingon]] culture, such as the Emperor, and a general influence of Japanese culture with honor at the forefront, were first explored with the script for the two-part "Kitumba". Writer [[John Meredyth Lucas]] said that "I wanted something that we had never seen before on the series, and that's a penetration deep into enemy space. I started to think of how the Klingons lived. Obviously for the [[Romulan]]s we had [[Roman Empire|Romans]], and we've had different cultures modeled on those of ancient Earth, but I tried to think of what the Klingon society would be like. The Japanese came to mind, so basically that's what it was, with the [[Emperor of Japan|Sacred Emperor]], the [[Shogun|Warlord]] and so on." While the episode itself was later filmed for the fan production ''[[Star Trek: New Voyages]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gross|first1=Edward|title=Star Trek: 10 Unfilmed Episodes|url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/star-trek-10-unfilmed-episodes/#r3z-addoor|access-date=July 24, 2016|work=Empire|date=April 7, 2016}}</ref> ''Star Trek'' first visited the Klingon homeworld in ''The Next Generation'' episode "[[Sins of the Father (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Sins of the Father]]", and the themes would be revisited through the series.{{sfn |Nemecek |2003 |p=120}}