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Subject: STAR TREK pilot
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Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 16:04:03 EST
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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)
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