Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Menagerie, Part I"
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"The Menagerie, Part I" is a landmark episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that uses footage from the unaired pilot "The Cage" to tell a court-martial story centered on Captain Pike and Spock’s loyalty to him.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Menagerie, Part I" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13051584 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Menagerie, Part I" Context triple: [Marc Daniels, directed, Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Menagerie, Part I"]
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A.
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap"
"The Man Trap" is the premiere episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, best known for introducing the crew of the USS Enterprise in broadcast order and featuring a deadly, shape-shifting creature that drains its victims of salt.
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B.
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "I, Mudd"
"I, Mudd" is a comedic science fiction episode of Star Trek: The Original Series in which Captain Kirk and his crew confront the roguish con man Harry Mudd on a planet ruled by androids.
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C.
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Journey to Babel"
"Journey to Babel" is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode featuring a tense diplomatic mission aboard the Enterprise, introducing Spock’s parents and exploring interplanetary politics and family conflict.
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D.
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Space Seed"
"Space Seed" is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode that introduces the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, whose story is later continued in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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E.
Star Trek episode "Amok Time"
"Amok Time" is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode best known for exploring Vulcan culture and Spock’s mating drive, featuring the iconic ritual combat on Vulcan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Menagerie, Part I" Target entity description: "The Menagerie, Part I" is a landmark episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that uses footage from the unaired pilot "The Cage" to tell a court-martial story centered on Captain Pike and Spock’s loyalty to him.
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A.
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Man Trap"
"The Man Trap" is the premiere episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, best known for introducing the crew of the USS Enterprise in broadcast order and featuring a deadly, shape-shifting creature that drains its victims of salt.
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B.
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "I, Mudd"
"I, Mudd" is a comedic science fiction episode of Star Trek: The Original Series in which Captain Kirk and his crew confront the roguish con man Harry Mudd on a planet ruled by androids.
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C.
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Journey to Babel"
"Journey to Babel" is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode featuring a tense diplomatic mission aboard the Enterprise, introducing Spock’s parents and exploring interplanetary politics and family conflict.
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D.
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Space Seed"
"Space Seed" is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode that introduces the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, whose story is later continued in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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E.
Star Trek episode "Amok Time"
"Amok Time" is a classic Star Trek: The Original Series episode best known for exploring Vulcan culture and Spock’s mating drive, featuring the iconic ritual combat on Vulcan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jerry Finnerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuationIn | The Menagerie, Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Marc Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Fabien Tordjmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 11 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Christopher Pike
NERFINISHED
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James T. Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Janice Rand NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyota Uhura NERFINISHED ⓘ Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ Talosian Keeper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies | Talosian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresStarship | USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
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space opera ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alexander Courage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Spock's loyalty to Captain Pike
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court-martial of Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first two-part episode in Star Trek franchise
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reuse of unaired pilot footage ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1966-11-17 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Spock hijacks the Enterprise
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Spock takes Captain Pike to Talos IV ⓘ Starfleet General Order forbidding contact with Talos IV NERFINISHED ⓘ court-martial hearing aboard the Enterprise ⓘ |
| producer | Gene L. Coon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCode | 6149-11 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 50 ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| setInCentury | 23rd century ⓘ |
| setting |
Starfleet court-martial hearing
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planet Talos IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starsActor |
DeForest Kelley
NERFINISHED
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Grace Lee Whitney NERFINISHED ⓘ James Doohan NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeffrey Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Nimoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Majel Barrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Malachi Throne NERFINISHED ⓘ Nichelle Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shatner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Menagerie, Part I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesFootageFrom | The Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Menagerie, Part I" Description of subject: "The Menagerie, Part I" is a landmark episode of Star Trek: The Original Series that uses footage from the unaired pilot "The Cage" to tell a court-martial story centered on Captain Pike and Spock’s loyalty to him.
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