Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!whuxle!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!daemon From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: STAR TREK pilot Message-ID: <5440@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 16:04:03 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.5440 Posted: Sun Feb 5 16:04:03 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 10:05:16 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Western Research Lab, Los Altos, CA Lines: 23 From: akov68::boyajian The "original pilot" you referred to is "The Cage", which starred Jeffrey Hunter as Capt. Christopher Pike (*not* Captain Kirk); Majel Barrett (who later played Nurse/Doctor Chapel) was "Number One", the First Officer. Spock was there, but he was only Science Officer then. This pilot failed to impress the network management, so Roddenberry tried again with "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Later on, when Roddenberry & co. started slipping behind schedule, they cannibalized "The Cage" to provide the background story for "The Menagerie", therefore getting two weeks worth of material after only needing to film one episode's worth (the "present" day scenes). You're lucky if you get a chance to see "The Cage". Though I'm not a particularly rabid trek fan, I *would*, out of curiosity's sake, like to see it; I think "The Menagerie" is one of the better episodes of the series. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard) UUCP: (decvax!decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian) ARPA: (decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian@Shasta)