Shakespeare Reference in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

J.M. Dillard’s novelization of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier contains a reference to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Dillard writes: “Sybok smiled faintly and took a step toward his fellow Vulcan. Spock gestured threateningly with the weapon; Sybok stopped. ‘Perhaps,’ he said softly, ‘it’s my turn to ask Qual se tu, eh, Spock? Or perhaps Et tu, Brute would be more appropriate’” (pages 168-169). Julius Caesar’s final line is “Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar.”

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was written by J.M. Dillard, based on the screenplay by David Loughery. The story is by William Shatner, Harve Bennett and David Loughery. It was published in 1989. The First Pocket Books printing was in June of 1989.