The cage is the first pilot episode of the american television series star trek. Once star trek was in full swing, roddenberry wanted to present the cage during the series run but couldnt conceive of a convincing story in which to integrate the pilot. Captain pike of the enterprise is kidnapped by aliens who have mastered illusion. As is the case with most star trek episodes, the plot is quite simple. He soon came up with the idea of a framing story which saw spock on trial for his life in abducting his former captain, christopher pike, and transporting him to talos iv. Star trek the next generation season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The episodes are listed in order by original air date, which match the episode order in each seasons original, remastered, and bluray dvd box sets. A bold dip into original series canon goes a long way toward justifying bringing spock and pike into the discovery fold. As pointed out by leonard nimoy, this week marks the 50th. Since the budget would not allow this, they were made into humanoids with bulging brains, beginning a star trek tradition. Download star trek the original series tv show episodes and. Mccoy and the uss enterprise crew seek out new civilizations in this seminal scifi series.
The cage is a unique entry in the star trek mythos, for what mightve been as much as what would survive and evolve not only with the original series but its spinoffs, as well. The cage pilot movie download download star trek the original series. Star trek season 1 episode 1 star trek the cage star trek the original series. May 01, 20 in a way, the cage actually feels more like an episode of star trek.
Pike and the crew find the aged survivors of a crashed spaceship. Episodes, all 80 original episodes including the pilot the cage. Mar 22, 2010 susan oliver played the shipwrecked girl and the green orion slave girl in captain pikes fantasy thoughts, in the original pilot movie for the star trek tv series. Trek trivia peter duryea jose tyler is the son of 50s western superstar dan duryea. Wikipedia has an excellent history and plot summary, so i wont repeat it. The cage is the first pilot episode of the star trek. So without further ado, here are the two different drafts for the original pilot episode of star trek. The cage is the first pilot episode of the original star trek science fiction series. For your perusal are recently restored clips, artwork, rare documents and deleted scenes. Star treks unaired pilot stars jeffrey hunter as captain of the enterprise.
Susan oliver played the shipwrecked girl and the green orion slave girl in captain pikes fantasy thoughts, in the original pilot movie for the star trek tv series. Review the enterprise, under the command of captain christopher pike, responds to a distress call from talos iv, and captain pike gets captured by a race of telepathic beings this episode is the original pilot of tos. Released simultaneously with the last individual, season 3 dvd set, this collection was in. William shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, nichelle nichols, bill blackburn, james doohan, eddie paskey, frank da vinci, george takei, jeannie malone, walter koenig, majel barrett, gene roddenberry. This doesnt sync up with the new star trek since kirk took over the enterprise in 2258, so that leaves us with the old star trek. It was called the cage and its star was captain christopher pike, played by jeffrey. Eventually, the pilots name was changed back to the cage after the original series incorporated footage from this pilot into an episode and named that the menagerie.
The next generation, in the cage and following star trek episodes, the captain led the away missions. This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pilot. As part of wave 2 in our star trek the official patch collection monthly releases, this patch the last of four distinct designs from various eras of star trek. Join the conversation and connect with cbss star trek.
In tos history, captain pike was the captain of the enterprise prior to captain kirk as we learn in the first seasons twopart episode the menagerie. Analyzis of the different versions of the cage the. Enterprise and beyond, heroes and villains from one end of the galaxy to the other have worn symbols to communicate ideas to others. Mar 12, 2019 back in 1965, a tv pilot was made for a new scifi series about a starship full of explorers called star trek. Only in this version there is different captain, christopher pike, and with the exception of mr. The original series 19661969 1966 1967 1968 1969 1988. However, when the twopart episode the menagerie, part i and the menagerie, part ii which reused almost all the footage from this episode went into production, the title of this installment. Pike and watch as they put him through false imagined adventures. The title of this episode the first installment of star trek ever produced was changed in production from the cage to the menagerie. The two part show was amazing and featured some egg headed zookeeper aliens called the talosians. Boyce concurs with pikes not responding to the distress call, and also mixes pike a.
Both services offer entire seasons of star trek, with some remastered episodes mixed in with nonremastered episodes. However, the talosians download of the library computer reveals a hatred of captivity even when its pleasant and benevolent. Analyzis of the different versions of the cage the original. In a way, the cage actually feels more like an episode of star trek.
Spock as the only main character from the regular series. The cage page rare behind the scenes assets from star treks first pilot this webpage is dedicated tothe cage, star treks first pilot. Back in 1965, a tv pilot was made for a new scifi series about a starship full of explorers called star trek. The official star trek web site, contains an official episode list for the original series. The original series for the world is hollow and i have touched the sky full episode season 3, episode 8 011408 an inhabited asteroid is on a collision course with a federation planet. However, it immeasurably enhanced the trek universe by extending the history of the federation and the enterprise not to mention spock well into the futures past. Kirk, the crew of the starship enterprise delves deep into the far. Pike, played by jeffrey hunter, was the captain of the enterprise in gene roddenberrys pilot episode, the cage, for. Cbs has chosen the weekend before the release of the new star trek movie to put out the remastered version of the original star trek pilot the cage check local listings. This is the pilot to the series that would star william shatner. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to. It treats the the cage as its own episode of tos, listing it independently of the menagerie and giving a separate plot summary for the version of events from the cage tos 001 season 1, episode 0. Im sure most fans remember this proto star trek with mr.
Discovery takes place 10 years before kirk and his 5 year mission on the enterprise in 2255. We rarely saw picard take the lead on an away mission. The cage in particular, there are no qualifying statements to indicate that the. Those first three names, after all, were the crew from the cage, the original, unaired pilot for gene roddenberrys star trek. It was completed in early 1965 with a date of 1964. For the star trek collector that has to have it all and wants the very best, this star trek cage pistol prop replica could be your defining piece. The cage has more cohesiveness, and is a superb, standalone piece of science fiction. The series begins with kirk and his crew at deadly risk from an alien creature that feeds on the salt. Starring jeffrey hunter, majel barrett and leonard nimoy.
Tv show star trek the next generation season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 download full episodes and watch in hd 720p 1080p. A shapeshifting, saltcraving creature terrorizes the crew of enterprise air date. The cage remastered is included in the season 3 boxed set in full 64 minute length as well as the 80 minute unremastered version from 1988 with gene roddenberrys introduction. The enterprise is lured to a planet by a repeating distress call. The entire regular star trek cast except for leonard nimoy and. Mar 04, 2015 the cage written by gene roddenberry directed by robert butler season 0, episode 1 unaired pilot production episode 614901 original air date. Short, fan made edit of star trek the cage youtube. The original series, with an introduction and conclusion by creator gene roddemberry. Star trek episode 1 this is the worst video ive ever come across and a total waste of time.
The next generation and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at tvguide. Made in 1964, the original pilot episode of star trek, the cage, was rejected by nbc executives because it was just too cerebral. It treats the the cage as its own episode of tos, listing it independently of the menagerie and giving a separate plot summary for the version of events from the cage. The episodes on the discs, and their arrangement among them, are identical to the. Kirk is distracted while the enterprise is threatened air date. Star trek season 1 episode 1 star trek the cage youtube. The sets, special effects, costumes, models, gadgets, were are all much more primitive. The next generation due to a hollywood strike it was later shown during the scifi channels first run of the original star trek series. I have just modified one external link on the cage star trek.
The cage was reconstructed with black and white footage from gene roddenberrys workprint and color footage from the menagerie. This is the first television series in the star trek franchise, and comprises 79 regular episodes over the series three seasons, along with the series original pilot episode, the cage. Only the outer limits the originals another must see and some twilight zone episodes challenged us before star trek. By james wallace harris, monday, august 22, 2016 the cage was the first pilot for star trek, made in 196465. It takes a little getting used to, seeing the quirks of the animated series, as in more animated characters from other species, but the essence of trek is still there. Join the conversation and connect with cbs s star trek. As more episodes are produced and aired, they are then added later to these. Now you can add those symbols to your own collection. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions. In 2017, inverse recommended the cage as essential watching for star trek. The original script called for the aliens to be crablike arthropods. Heres what you need to know about star trek pilot the.
Pike, spock star trek series with anson mount, rebecca romijn. The menagerie resuled from salvage and costcutting. The episode was not aired on tv until 1988, when it was used as a filler episode for star trek. However, the crash and the survivors turn out to be illusions created by an advanced race of beings, with mysterious motives. Beyond the farthest star is the first of the animated star trek episodes produced in 1973. Enterprise, captain christopher pike and his starship crew receive a distress signal from the planet talos iv and beam down to investigate. May 02, 2012 the cage has more cohesiveness, and is a superb, standalone piece of science fiction. Now it begins when the enterprise receives what appears to be a distress message. The original series, view video clips and full episodes on.
Then, a few years later, in 1988, a full color original print of the episode was discovered in the paramount archives and then released as a filler episode during the original syndication run of star trek. Download star trek the original series tv show episodes. The original series, view video clips and full episodes on cbs. Tracking the beacon, the landing party discovers crash survivors from a missing scientific expedition.
Gene roddenberry the cage opens with the same dilemma posed by modernity. Its essentially the blueprint for the monsteroftheweek stories of the xfiles, not to mention the reason nbc agreed to give the show a chance the original pilot, the cage, was rejected because. Its certainly more devoted to a pure sciencefiction highconcept than most episodes of classic star trek, and christopher pike seems like a closer relative to picard or even sisko than to the cowboy ways of captain james t. May 15, 2020 but by returning to the earliest roots of star trek capt. Oct 28, 20 star trek season 1 episode 1 star trek the cage star trek the original series. The cage written by gene roddenberry directed by robert butler season 0, episode 1 unaired pilot production episode 614901 original air date.
With jeffrey hunter, susan oliver, leonard nimoy, majel barrett. Compare with the original cgi version of this episode to learn more. Watching and listening to these clips youll remember that the captain is not kirk but captain pike and that spock is reffered to as number 1. The cage provides examples of the following tropes. The original series the cage tv episode 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The next generation due to a writers strike serendipity writes the plot. Mccoy and the rest of the enterprise crew embark on a fiveyear mission of space exploration. This episode was the one that was created to show how the product was, but it seems that the company didnt liked it dont be surprised, superman was rejected at the beginning too and the episode was never. The laser pistol was mastered from scratch using all available picture and episodic references by master prop maker michael moore of hms creative productions. However, its also a noncanonical imaginary elseworld story in trek terms.
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