Warbler

Originally posted by: Darth Simon


if im not mistaken, that episode was actually the original pilot episode (well the story told in it was) it was one of those 'flashback' episodes, i believe they used a trial if my memory serves me correctly. they showed clips of the mission with captain pike's crew (the clips were from the original pilot)

the only character that survived the original pilot was Spock. They felt that the audience wouldnt buy the 2nd in command being female (it was actually gene rodenbury's wife). not sure if there was any other reason they scrapped that pilot or not.

*edit* just went back and read the whole thread and noticed that HSvIIJ mentioned the pilot episode. i couldnt quite remember the title of it but HSvIIJ mentioned it in his post 'The Cage'

-Darth Simon

you are correct The first pilot was "The Cage" Pike was the Captain of the Enterprise in it, Spock was in it as well. The 2nd in command on Pike's ship was Roddenberry's wife She would go on to play Nurse Chapel in TOS and Troy's mother in Nextgen. The Cage was never aired, the Network execs didn't think Trek was good enough. But, they let Roddenberry film another Pilot(imagine what the Sci-Fi world would be like he had been unable to film the 2nd Pilot). The 2nd pilot is the Episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" it had Kirk in command, it aired and thus TOS was started. Scenes from "The Cage" were used the TOS episode "The Menagerie", thus making "The Cage" and Pike part of the Offical Canon.
Originally posted by: Mike O


Oh boy; Trek talk! This should be interesting. Geek time! Just kidding. Hasn't Jeffery Hunter passed away?