Although Trekkies had seen most of the pilot story for Star Trek as it was worked
into the two part Menagerie episode this film which finally debuted over 20 years
later intact.
The original captain Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike has the Enterprise answer a distress call from a planet in the Talosian system. They do find a party needing rescue, but it turns out to be a trap and Hunter is taken prisoner.
If you've seen Menagerie you know what the large headed Talosians want with Hunter. Susan Oliver who is the real human survivor of that long ago crash wants him too, to find her attractive.
With their extraordinary brain capacity the Talosians can create illusions to control behavior. But as they say illusion is also a trap.
We can only speculate what might have happened had Jeff Hunter decided to do this series instead of some movie in Europe. But in his own way he's part of the Star Trek pantheon.
This is a must for all Trekkies.
The original captain Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike has the Enterprise answer a distress call from a planet in the Talosian system. They do find a party needing rescue, but it turns out to be a trap and Hunter is taken prisoner.
If you've seen Menagerie you know what the large headed Talosians want with Hunter. Susan Oliver who is the real human survivor of that long ago crash wants him too, to find her attractive.
With their extraordinary brain capacity the Talosians can create illusions to control behavior. But as they say illusion is also a trap.
We can only speculate what might have happened had Jeff Hunter decided to do this series instead of some movie in Europe. But in his own way he's part of the Star Trek pantheon.
This is a must for all Trekkies.