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Subject: Re: Star-trek pilot... - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 23:59:47 EST
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inmet!jlp    Feb  8 14:19:00 1984

According to early ST lore, (Whitfield et al.) the first pilot from 1964
was entitled "The Cage". It featured Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher
Pike, Nimoy as an alien ( but emotional ) Spock, Majel Roddenberry ( We know
her as Nurse Christine Chapel ) as an UNemotional character named Number One,
Llyod Hanyes ( the teacher from Room 222 ) as Alden, a bridge officer, and
other character changes. A comparision of "The Cage" to "Where No Man Has
Gone Before" ( the two pilots ) points out some of the changes Roddenberry
considered necessary. Pike/Hunter was too glamorous and athletic a character,
even though Jim develops quite an athletic posture himself. The doctor (Boyce?)
was too Marcus Welbyish, while McCoy's downhomeness is counterbalanced by
his cynicism an activity in so many landing parties ( Why must the chief 
Surgeon always be on hand to examine life forms that he probably has as much
difficulty with as any other general practitioner??). The characters of Spock
and Number One were coalesced into one being, a wise decision which we all
probably applaud.


The Organ Keyboard of
Jerryl Payne
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