Sherlock Holmes 1964 TV Addeddate 2019-08-31 01:18:49 Color color Identifier s01e01.The.Speckled.Band Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Sound sound Year 1964 . "The Cage" was first released to the public in VHS in 1986, with a special introduction by Gene Roddenberry, and was not broadcast on television in its complete form until 1988. [8] Gene Roddenberry wrote to him on April 5, 1965: "I am told you have decided not to go ahead with Star Trek. The USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, receives a radio distress call from the fourth planet in the Talos star group.

No stardate was given. Pike and Vina move closer to her, agreeing with her preference for death rather than captivity. [16] Thus, the original VHS release has mix of full-color from existing footage mixed with black-and-white from the 16 mm copy.
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Despite their last hope having been proven unsuitable, the Talosians are not vengeful. Pike then beams up after the Keeper's closing words: "She has an illusion and you have reality. They let the humans go.

"The Cage" was filmed at Desilu Productions' studio (now known as Culver Studios) in Culver City, California, from November 27 to mid-December 1964.

It was completed in early 1965 (with a copyright date of 1964). The Talosians were able to save her, but as they had no understanding of human physiology or aesthetics at the time, she was left horribly disfigured. Roddenberry later suggested that he was the one who—unhappy with interference by Hunter's then-wife Dusty Bartlett—had decided not to rehire Hunter. [2] Rather than rejecting the series outright, though, the network commissioned a second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before". With the aid of the Talosians' illusions, she is able to appear beautiful and in good health, as much to herself as to any others. By then, however, Pike has discovered that primitive human emotions can block the Talosians' ability to read his mind, and he manages to escape to the surface of the planet along with the two members of his landing party. A landing party is assembled and beamed down to investigate. An expedition had indeed crash-landed on Talos IV; Vina was the sole survivor, but was badly injured. While imprisoned, Pike uncovers the Talosians' plans to repopulate their ravaged planet using him and Vina as breeding stock for a race of slaves. This demonstration of fatal resolve confirms what the Talosians have been gleaning from the records they've accessed from the Enterprise's computers: the human race despises captivity far too much to be useful. Post-production work (pick-up shots, editing, scoring, special photographic and sound effects) continued to January 18, 1965.[12]. Jeffrey Hunter had a six-month exclusive option for the role of Captain Pike. During the first season, the producers' need for new episodes to be delivered to the network to meet the original series commitment became urgent, and a frame was written allowing most of the original footage from "The Cage" to be used within the series' continuity as a two-part episode "The Menagerie". The "ion storm" seen in "The Mutant" (a projector beam shining through a container holding glitter in liquid suspension) became the transporter effect. The Addams Family (1964) S01E01 - Train Crash Scene - YouTube

plus-circle Add Review. "The Cage" was first released on VHS in 1986,[4] with a special introduction by Roddenberry, and was aired for the first time in its entirety, and in full color, in late November 1988 as part of The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next,[4] a two-hour retrospective special hosted by Patrick Stewart.

After an earlier landing party failed to gain entry from the surface, six members of the Enterprise crew prepare to beam into the Talosians underground complex, but only Pike's first officer and yeoman—both women—materialize in Pike's cell to offer further temptation. [16], However, in 1987 the edited film sections were finally discovered, and it was possible to complete a full-color version. NBC reportedly called the pilot "too cerebral", "too intellectual", and "too slow" with "not enough action". [15] Gene Roddenberry had a black-white film workprint version on 16 mm film, while the original print was literally cut up in editing for "The Menagerie"; this left Gene's copy as the only known surviving version when the VHS version was made. "[9], Two weeks after the option expired on June 1, 1965, Hunter formally gave his letter requesting separation from the project. The captain tries to negotiate, but the first officer sets her weapon on a buildup to overload. Spock's character differs somewhat from that seen in the rest of Star Trek; he displays a youthful eagerness that contrasts with the later more reserved and logical Spock. BERTUS856

In 2019, the Star Trek: Discovery episode "If Memory Serves" saw Pike and Spock (roles re-cast) return to Talos IV; the recap at the beginning of the episode used scenes from "The Cage".
However, the deep voice of Malachi Throne as the Keeper in "The Cage" was electronically processed to sound higher-pitched[14] for "The Menagerie", as Throne also portrayed Commodore Mendez in the latter. The Talosians use their power of illusion to try to interest Pike in Vina, and present her in various guises and settings, first as a Rigellian princess, a loving compassionate farm girl, then a seductive, green-skinned Orion. May you find your way as pleasant.". Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International, s01e06.The.Abbey.Grange.reconstruction.mp4, s01e10.The.Bruce.Partington.Plans.reconstruction.mp4, s01e13.Disappearance.of.Lady.Frances.Carfax.mp4, s01extra.interview.Douglas.Wilmer.On.Television.mp4, s01e06.The.Abbey.Grange.reconstruction.ogv, s01e10.The.Bruce.Partington.Plans.reconstruction.ogv, s01e13.Disappearance.of.Lady.Frances.Carfax.ogv, s01extra.interview.Douglas.Wilmer.On.Television.ogv, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Captivated by her beauty, Pike is caught off guard and is captured by the Talosians, a race of humanoids with bulbous heads who live beneath the planet's surface. Realizing that the continued Talosian illusion of health and beauty is necessary for Vina, Pike is ready to return to the Enterprise without her. The Talosians confront Pike and his companions before they can transport back to the Enterprise.

The process of editing the pilot into "The Menagerie" disassembled the original camera negative of "The Cage", and thus, for many years it was considered partly lost. Although portions of this episode were edited into original series episode "The Menagerie" (aired November 1966), the actual "The Cage" pilot was not released until a 1986 VHS version. [17], In 2016, SyFy ranked "The Cage" as the fifth best out of six Star Trek TV show pilots, with Star Trek:Deep Space Nine's "Emissary" in first place. [16] It was broadcast as part of a television special hosted by Patrick Stewart, called The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next. On the VHS home video releases, it was identified as Episode 1. [17], In 2010, SciFiNow ranked this the third best episode of the original series. He hired several Outer Limits alumni, among them Robert Justman and Wah Chang, for the production of Star Trek. comment. The first officer and yeoman beam up immediately, but Pike remains behind with Vina, urging her to leave with him. ", "Top 10 Best Star Trek Original Series episodes", "First Contact: Every Star Trek pilot, ranked", "5 Essential 'Star Trek' Episodes to Binge Before 'Discovery, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cage_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)&oldid=976086262, Television episodes about simulated reality, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description with no season number, Television episode articles with short description and disambiguated page names, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 September 2020, at 03:43. It was only in 1987 that a film archivist found an unmarked (mute) 35mm reel in a Hollywood film laboratory with the negative trims of the unused scenes. Tracking the distress signal to its source, the landing party discovers a camp of survivors from a scientific expedition that has been missing for eighteen years. After all, as Vina explains, if the Talosians have even one human being, they might try again. Post-production work (pick-up shots, editing, scoring, special photographic and sound effects) continued to January 18, 1965. The prop head from The Outer Limits episode "Fun and Games" was used to make a Talosian appear as a vicious creature. Spock is present, but not as first officer. [16] The restored color version was broadcast in 1988, which was the first television release of "The Cage". According to "The Menagerie", the events of "The Cage" take place thirteen years before the first season of Star Trek, in 2254. "The Cage" has many of the features of the eventual series, but there are numerous differences.