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From: stevenh@tekig4.UUCP (Steve Herring)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: An Original ST Pilot?
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 19:25:14 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 23 19:25:14 1985
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> >"The Menagerie" was shown recently here, and a friend of mine presented the
> >idea that Captain Pike's adventures on Talos IV comprised the original pilot 
> >of the Star Trek series.  I told him that there was no pilot for the series,
> >and the list of ST episodes distributed recently on the Net does not mention
> >one. So, the question is, is he on drugs, or what?
> 
> It is true that a pilot for Star Trek was never shown as such on TV, however,
> two were indeed filmed.  The first one no longer exists and was never shown
> (what a shame!).  The second was the Pike story which does not exist
> anymore in its original form.  It was recut with the additional footage
> added to become "The Menagerie".
> 
> Betsy Cvetic
> ihnp4!drutx!eac

Whoa!	My understanding is:

The first pilot is/was the Pike story used to make the Menagerie story.
	I believe the original pilot is still around somewhere but is only in
	black and white or something like that. Can someone verify this? Is
	there anyone out there who has seen the Pike story in its original
	form and would like to fill us in on the parts that aren't in the
	Menagerie?

The second pilot is the episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before." This is the
	episode with ESP. Also this is the only episode that McCoy doesn't 
	appear in since it was a pilot and Deforest Kelley (no spelling flames)
	hadn't been cast yet. Trivia question: Who played the doctor/surgeon in
	this episode? Also, this is the only episode where we see a phaser 
	rifle.

If I'm mistaken, send flames to ...!tektronix!tekig4!stevenh since Tektronix no
longer lets us read net.flame.

Steve Herring
...!tektronix!tekig4!stevenh