Jon Povill Jonathan W . " Jon " Povill was the associate producer of . He also received writing credit for the episode , as it was based on the original script he co - wrote with Jaron Summers for the abandoned " " . A fan of , Povill actually began his association with " Star Trek " by helping Gene Roddenberry move back into his Paramount office when the latter was attempting to write and produce a new " Star Trek " film in . Less than a year later , Povill – an up - and - coming screenwriter himself – was asked by Roddenberry to write his own treatment for a potential " Star Trek " film after Roddenberry ' s own script was rejected . Roddenberry felt Povill ' s story would be more suitable as a series episode than as a film , and the treatment was rejected . Later , however , Roddenberry asked Povill to collaborate with him on another film treatment , but this , too , was rejected by Paramount . When work began on " Star Trek : Phase II " , Povill initially served as " assistant to the Producer " before being promoted to story editor based on his work on the script for " The Child " , a planned episode for " Phase II " . Povill also co - wrote the " Phase II " series " bible " with Gene Roddenberry between May and August of . After it was decided that the two - hour pilot for the series would be turned into " The Motion Picture " , director Robert Wise made Povill the film ' s associate producer . As noted by Robert Wise in the " Group Commentary " Special Feature of the Director ' s Edition DVD of " Star Trek - - The Motion Picture , " Jon was responsible for coming up with several key elements that figured in the resolution of the movie . Specifically , while the story had always included the idea that V ' Ger was seeking to find its creator , Jon added the reason for its search - - that V ' ger wanted to " join " with its creator in order to evolve to a higher plane of being . Jon devised V ' Ger ' s plan to immediately join with whatever being entered the correct identification code in its ground test computer . The " fusion " of V ' Ger , Decker and Ilia came from Povill . The origin of the Klingon language can be traced back to an afternoon in Jon ' s office when he and Jimmy Doohan simply made up the Klingon words necessary for the opening of " Star Trek - - The Motion Picture . " Povill recounted his experiences with " Star Trek " and his brief period at Paramount in the three - page introduction to " " , written by Judith and Garfield Reeves - Stevens . The " Phase II " " bible " is also reprinted in the book , as is the revised draft of Povill and Summers ' script for " The Child " . Fifteen years after leaving " Star Trek " behind , Povill became a producer and script consultant on the popular science fiction series " Sliders " , which starred guest actor John Rhys - Davies . Povill is also among those credited with the screen story for the 1990 sci - fi / action film " Total Recall " , the screenplay for which Povill wrote back in 1975 shortly before joining Roddenberry at Paramount . " Total Recall " ended up featuring " Trek " alumni Marc Alaimo , Roy Brocksmith , Robert Costanzo , Ronny Cox , Mel Johnson , Jr . , Frank Kopyc , and Robert Picardo , and became the seventh highest - grossing movie of the year . Povill is married to Michele Ameen Billy , an actress whom he met on the set of " Phase II " and who ultimately appeared in " The Motion Picture " . They have two sons , Andrew and Sean . In 2001 he was interviewed for the special feature " Phase II : The Lost Enterprise " on the " " DVD .