Several actors from Here Come the Brides had also appeared on Star Trek. Mark Lenard played Aaron Stemple, whom the novel implies was Spock's ancestor. Lenard also played the role of Sarek, Spock's father, in the original Star Trek TV series and in Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as a Romulan commander in the episode "Balance of Terror" (the first time the Romulans are seen in the series) and the Klingon Commander in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the first "new" Klingon to be seen, and the first Klingon to be heard speaking their language. The actor playing Jason Bolt (the eldest brother) was Robert Brown who played "Lazarus" in the Star Trek episode "The Alternative Factor." The actor playing Joshua Bolt (a younger brother) was David Soul who played "Makora" in the Star Trek episode "The Apple."
