The Menagerie: Part II
- Episode aired Nov 24, 1966
- TV-PG
- 50m
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At Spock's court martial, he explains himself with mysterious footage about when Capt. Pike was kidnapped by powerful illusion casting aliens.At Spock's court martial, he explains himself with mysterious footage about when Capt. Pike was kidnapped by powerful illusion casting aliens.At Spock's court martial, he explains himself with mysterious footage about when Capt. Pike was kidnapped by powerful illusion casting aliens.
Jeffrey Hunter
- Captain Christopher Pike
- (archive footage)
Susan Oliver
- Vina
- (archive footage)
Majel Barrett
- Number One
- (archive footage)
- (as M. Leigh Hudec)
Peter Duryea
- Lt. José Tyler
- (archive footage)
John Hoyt
- Dr. Phil Boyce
- (archive footage)
Laurel Goodwin
- Yeoman J.M. Colt
- (archive footage)
Adam Roarke
- C.P.O. Garrison
- (archive footage)
DeForest Kelley
- Dr. McCoy
- (credit only)
James Doohan
- Scott
- (credit only)
Nichelle Nichols
- Uhura
- (voice)
Meg Wyllie
- The Keeper
- (archive footage)
Frank da Vinci
- Lt. Clifford Brent
- (uncredited)
Michael Dugan
- The Kaylar
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Robert Butler(footage from "The Cage")
- Marc Daniels(uncredited)
- Writers
- Gene Roddenberry
- John D.F. Black(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn the script, McCoy and Scott have a scene in which they explain to Kirk how they figured out which computer bank Spock tampered with to lock the ship on course. They took perspiration readings on all banks, and since Spock's sweat has copper in it, traces of copper were found. This scene isn't shown.
- GoofsWhen fighting the Kaylar in the illusion of Rigel 7, Pike holds the Kaylar off with a staff as he backs up the stairs. The staff appears to have a metal blade. When the blade is pushed against the Kaylar's body, the blade flexes like rubber.
- Quotes
Vina: Now THERE'S a FINE choice for intelligent offspring!
Yeoman J.M. Colt: Offspring? As in children?
Number One: Offspring as in... he's Adam, is that it?
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsEdited from Star Trek: The Cage (1966)
- SoundtracksTheme From Star Trek
Written by and credited to Alexander Courage
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Pike's incredible odyssey
A bit more of the Jeffrey Hunter pilot is used in this second part of Menagerie. With William Shatner, Malachi Throne, and Sean Kenney as the crippled and broken Captain Pike sit in judgment of Leonard Nimoy the viewing screen on the Enterprise is telling more of Jeffrey Hunter's incredible odyssey.
It turns out that Susan Oliver is the only survivor of that spaceship wreck that was not an illusion. In fact illusion is the Talosian stock in trade. They can make you see and feel just about any experience they care to give you. It's how they can hold prisoners.
What they want is for Hunter to find Oliver really attractive and get down to the business of mating. Even with creating things out of pure thought there is certainly physical work to do that the Talosians have just forgotten how.
How Hunter overcomes this is for you to watch the episode for. But it's quite the story and we certainly know why Captain Pike wants to get back to Talos IV and why the ever loyal Leonard Nimoy risks his career in Starfleet to help him.
It certainly is one incredible odyssey for Jeffrey Hunter.
It turns out that Susan Oliver is the only survivor of that spaceship wreck that was not an illusion. In fact illusion is the Talosian stock in trade. They can make you see and feel just about any experience they care to give you. It's how they can hold prisoners.
What they want is for Hunter to find Oliver really attractive and get down to the business of mating. Even with creating things out of pure thought there is certainly physical work to do that the Talosians have just forgotten how.
How Hunter overcomes this is for you to watch the episode for. But it's quite the story and we certainly know why Captain Pike wants to get back to Talos IV and why the ever loyal Leonard Nimoy risks his career in Starfleet to help him.
It certainly is one incredible odyssey for Jeffrey Hunter.
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