Apparently, the agent that Judson was working with at the time was rather new. He initially asked for top billing for Judson (right up there with William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban). He ended up negotiating a deal that brought a higher paycheck, but the catch was that it was uncredited. Judson didn't realize what the deal was until it was too late and all the contracts had been signed. He went ahead with the movie and did a terrific job, but the sighting, without his name on screen, has left many fans with questions.

I hope this helps clear it up!

Also, a story that Judson likes to tell at convention appearances: During the filming of the first scene between the Enterprise and the Reliant, when the Reliant has all but killed the Enterprise. Kirk finds a way to force the Reliant's shields to drop. Khan yells at Joachim to raise the shields, and Joachim responds "I can't!" while pounding on the console. In the finished version of the film, that 'pounding' looks rather weak and wimpy ... this is because, in the first take, Judson actually broke the console while pounding! This caused a delay in the filming while repairs where made, and embarrassment for Judson in front of Ricardo Montalban for causing the delay. When they filmed the scene again, Judson was afraid of breaking the console, and so ended up with the weak and wimpy pounding that you see.

BTW, while we're on the subject . . . Joachim CANNOT be Khan's son!

OK, this touches on the one thing that I've always had a problem with in The Wrath of Khan. I love the movie, but there is one little error . . . take a look at Khan's followers. The apparent ages of each of them is all wrong! In Space Seed (the original episode) Khan was the oldest of the group of sheiks and rulers, being mid 30s while the others appear to be mid to late 20s (maybe a couple in early 20s). Not a huge difference between their ages. And there were NO children or teenagers. In The Wrath of Khan they state (several times actually) that they were on Ceti Alpha Five for 15 years. Therefore, if Khan and Marla had children they wouldn't be more than approximately 14 years old, or younger. Same for any children of any of the others. And, for Joachim to be mid 20s, he would've had to have been no more than 10 in the original episode.

Granted, there could have been children in the original episode that just weren't seen on screen at any time ... but in the case of the scene showing Khan reviving his followers, you'd think that any children would have been seen then, especially if one was Khan's son ... of course, producers and directors are famous for changing things at a later date.

So, the group should be early to mid 40s (plus children under 15 years of age), with the exception of Khan who would be about 50. Joachim appears to be mid to late 20s and the rest of the followers, for the most part, appear to be early to mid 20s!! I did see one or two who look close to the right age for the originals, but the others are all wrong. In any case, the age makes it highly unlikely that Joachim is Khan's son. In all but a few cases (notably, quotes from Judson in articles written when the movie first came out), Joachim is always referred to as Khan's lieutenant, his right-hand.

Another possibility that has been mentioned to me is that, because of their 'enhanced genetics' maybe the children matured faster than normal. So, while Joachim appears to be about 27 or so, he could actually be only about 14 or so. Alternatively, the 'enhanced genetics' could allow adults to age more slowly ... so some of the original followers of Khan may appear to have aged only a few years in the time they were on Ceti Alpha Six. Of course, then you'd have to explain why Khan obviously aged normally ...

BTW, there was a Joachim in Khan's followers in the original episode -- he looked to be about 25, and had dark brown hair! Obviously not the same as Judson's character . . .

There is one other little 'goof' in this movie -- anyone know what it is (in the story, not filming)? Think about it for a minute . . . . then scroll down.

How about some trivia regarding "The Wrath of Khan"? (I make no statement regarding the accuracy of any of these ...)

• The original title was to be "The Vengeance of Khan," but this was changed because the second sequal to "Star Wars" (then titled "Revenge of the Jedi") was to be released near the same time. In the end, both movie titles were changed.


• All of Khan's men were Chippendale dancers at the time (I would think this would be excluding Judson - as far as I know, he's never been a Chippendale dancer).


• An early draft of the script had Dr. Janet Wallace from the original series episode "The Deadly Years" as Kirk's long-lost lover in the role that eventually became Dr. Carol Marcus.


• Star Trek fans have speculated that Dr. Carol Marcus could have been the "little blonde technician" Gary Mitchell admitted to collaborating with to distract Kirk with a romance in the original series pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

OK, the other little goof, and more evidence of producers/directors/writers re-writing history, is that Khan never met Ensign Chekov in the original episode, yet 'remembers' him in the movie. Space Seed aired in the first season of the original series, but Chekov (Walter Koenig) didn't join the cast as a regular until the second season. We could just assume that Chekov was on the Enterprise during Space Seed, but not on camera, and that Khan ran into him in an encounter that wasn't shown . . .