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. The cage is the first pilot episode of the american television series star trek. Heres what you need to know about star trek pilot the cage. On september 8, 1966, the original sciencefiction series star trek aired its first episode, the man trap. A tribute to star trek is maintained by john patuto. Written by gene roddenberry and produced in late 1964, it preceded the series itself by a good two years. 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. The original series, with an introduction and conclusion by creator gene roddemberry. Mar 31, 2011 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. Phillip boyce, meg wyllie as the talosian keeper, and susan oliver as vina as an orion slave girl.
The group are apparently dozing when the magistrate opens the hatch to get the laser pistols pike dropped there. 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. Star trek season 1 episode 1 star trek the cage youtube. All novels were published as mass market paperback editions. The star trek book is a perfect primer to the 50year old franchise. The soundtrack of the original star trek pilots the cage, where no man has gone before is some of the most haunting and fascinating music of the series ever created and this product on cd is priceless to any star trek fan. 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. Celebrate star treks 50th anniversary by revisiting where it all started, in this oneofakind storytelling. Spock in tos, tng and the subsequent films majel barrett played a host of characters in tos, tng, ds9 and voyager including the voice of the computer, nurse chapel.
Low low risk of entertaining activities episode propaganda. Apr 23, 2012 star trek the cage is a tv episode directed by robert butler in 1986. Although the star trek concordance a few years later went with the 22nd century. When new books are released, well charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the preorder period. The menagerie resuled from salvage and costcutting. May 01, 20 in a way, the cage actually feels more like an episode of star trek. Analyzis of the different versions of the cage the original. In a way, the cage actually feels more like an episode of star trek. The episode was not aired on tv until 1988, when it was used as a filler episode for star trek. The original script called for the aliens to be crablike arthropods. Analyzis of the different versions of the cage the.
The official star trek web site, contains an official episode list for the original series. The 23rdcentury setting was first proposed by james blish in his space seed adaptation in 1968, and was mentioned in the making of star trek later that same year. Spock as well as jeffrey hunter as captain christopher pike, majel barrett as the first officer, john hoyt as dr. Unknown, the first pilot created by the late gene roddenberry the star trek creator and great bird of the galaxy, the pilot which was rejected by the nbc executives, is a very fitting first episode for the future star trek saga. Nigel mitchell has written about science fiction, comic books, and fantasy films for over 10 years. The aliens has the power of using telepathy to read. Bantam books was the first licensed publisher of star trek tiein fiction. 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. 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. 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. 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. The original series the cage tv episode 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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. The next generation due to a writers strike serendipity writes the plot. The modification to the klingons has been discussed endlessly here and all over the internet by fans and newcomers alike but i was interested if. It was completed in early 1965 with a date of 1964, but not broadcast on television in its complete form until late 1988. The original pilot episode, which boldly went where no one had gone before. It wasnt made explicit within an onscreen story until then, but the idea had been around much earlier. May 02, 2012 the cage has more cohesiveness, and is a superb, standalone piece of science fiction. In 2010, scifinow ranked this the third best episode of the original series. The star trek pilot episode the cage was originally presented to nbc in 1964, and rejected. The uss enterprise, under the command of captain pike jeffrey hunter, picks up a distress call from a vessel, crashed on talos iv. Lets begin a 270 episode journey into a place where no man has gone before.
Abrams introduced the phenomenon to a brandnew audience in 2009. The cage written by gene roddenberry directed by robert butler season 0, episode 1 unaired pilot production episode 614901 original air date. Pike being tired and stressed with the spaceship life he is leading and decide to quit the job. 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. Celebrate star trek s 50th anniversary by revisiting where it all started, in this oneofakind storytelling style.
Star trek discovery with the cage sets and costumes. But, for the first time in history nbc commissioned a second pilot, which eventually aired in 1966 and. In 2017, inverse recommended the cage as essential watching for star trek. In 1965 gene roddenberry had submitted his star trek pilot the cage to nbc, but the network was having some issues with it.
Photoartist john byrne puts his skills to use in a unique way in this extra extralength tale, reinterpreting and adapting the original star trek episode the cage to comicbook form. Star trek the cage is a tv episode directed by robert butler in 1986. Star trek new visions special the cage discount comic. Jon pinto signed star trek the cage pilot episode art print.
He was portrayed by jeffrey hunter in the original star trek pilot episode, the cage. Back in 1965, a tv pilot was made for a new scifi series about a starship full of explorers called star trek. Featuring the principle cast members of the very first star trek episode the series pilot, the cage, this print features leonard nimoy as mr. However, it immeasurably enhanced the trek universe by extending the history of the federation and the enterprise not to mention spock well into the. 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. Famously deemed too cerebral at the time of its production the cage is where one of the most popular television programs of all time got its beginning. Made in 1964, the original pilot episode of star trek, the cage, was rejected by nbc executives because it was just too cerebral. Custom insignia available by request please specify silver cage insignia. The cage page rare behind the scenes assets from star treks first pilot this webpage is dedicated tothe cage, star treks first pilot.
The cage star trek the scifi channel special edition extras duration. With jeffrey hunter, susan oliver, leonard nimoy, majel barrett. For your perusal are recently restored clips, artwork, rare documents and deleted scenes. The original series may have beaten that breakdown slightly, thanks to an excellent first season and a lot of strong second season shows.
Captain christopher pike is a character in the star trek science fiction franchise. Despite not being fully recovered from a recent, disastrous. Which actors from the original star trek pilot the cage. The original series is a series of science fiction novels based on the popular television show 19661969 and movies created by gene roddenberry. The episode was written by gene roddenberry and directed by robert butler. Star trek season 1 episode 1 star trek the cage star trek the original series.
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. However, its also a noncanonical imaginary elseworld story in trek terms. Later he is held prisoner and put in a cage by aliens. The books were quite famous once the show gained popularity and bantam books republished blishs books in three volumes one for each season. The cage has more cohesiveness, and is a superb, standalone piece of science fiction. So without further ado, here are the two different drafts for the original pilot episode of star trek. Aug 08, 2006 the star trek pilot episode the cage was originally presented to nbc in 1964, and rejected. 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. Gene roddenberry the cage opens with the same dilemma posed by modernity. Star trek s first pilot story the cage, in its original 63 minute presentation, is both a contender for the best story of the entire original series, and one of the most pure statements of vision from trek s creatorproducer gene roddenberry, affectionately known by cast and crew as the great bird of the galaxy. It was called the cage and its star was captain christopher pike, played by jeffrey. Those first three names, after all, were the crew from the cage, the original, unaired pilot for gene roddenberrys star trek.
The cage page rare behind the scenes assets from star trek. There was an acknowledgement stating that after star trek 7 or star trek 8 the credit for writing star trek novels goes to his wife and mother j. The episode introduced characters such as william shatner as captain james t. The original first pilot story of star trek the cage is one of the most pure statements of vision from its writer gene roddenberry, and is a contender for the best story of the entire original series. The starship enterprise, commanded by captain pike, runs across a distress signal which pike discounts as being outdated, but when a followup message concerning survivors of an earth ship is picked up, pike follows the signals to talos iv. Since the budget would not allow this, they were made into humanoids with bulging brains, beginning a star trek tradition. Star trek has a fiftytwo year history of tiein fiction, beginning with the 1967 publication of james blishs star trek 1. Net is in no way associated with, nor endorsed by, paramount pictures andor viacom. Alexander courage star trek the cage and where no man. 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. As pointed out by leonard nimoy, this week marks the 50th. We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available.
Daunted by the prospect of catching up with a fiftyyear franchise, many potential star trek fans just gave up until director j. The enterprise picks up a distant distress call from a long lost ship that couldnt still have survivors so. Star trek new visions special the cage discount comic book. He grabs him and pulls him into the cage, and starts to throttle him pike. The cage in particular, there are no qualifying statements to. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions. The cage page rare behind the scenes assets from star trek s first pilot this webpage is dedicated to the cage, star trek s first pilot. While this pilot was not considered to have been a success at the time, the network executives did like it enough to finance a second pilot episode.