"The Cage"

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"The Cage" is the original unaired pilot episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek, featuring Captain Christopher Pike as the lead character of the USS Enterprise.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television episode
characterPortrayed Jeffrey Hunter as Christopher Pike NERFINISHED
Leonard Nimoy as Spock NERFINISHED
Majel Barrett as Number One NERFINISHED
completedInYear 1964
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED
directedBy Robert Butler NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Christopher Pike NERFINISHED
Number One NERFINISHED
Spock NERFINISHED
The Keeper NERFINISHED
featuresPlanet Talos IV NERFINISHED
featuresSpecies Talosians NERFINISHED
featuresVessel USS Enterprise NERFINISHED
firstFilmed 1964
firstFullPublicBroadcast 1988
footageReusedIn The Menagerie, Part I NERFINISHED
The Menagerie, Part II NERFINISHED
franchise Star Trek NERFINISHED
genre science fiction
homeVideoRelease Blu-ray
DVD
VHS
initiallyRejectedBy NBC NERFINISHED
ledToProductionOf Where No Man Has Gone Before NERFINISHED
notableFor early depiction of Spock with different characterization
first appearance of Captain Christopher Pike
only Star Trek pilot centered on Captain Pike for the original series
originalLanguage English
originallyProducedAs pilot episode
partOfSeries Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED
pilotType unaired pilot
plotElement illusion-based captivity
rescue mission to Talos IV
producedBy Desilu Productions NERFINISHED
producedForNetwork NBC NERFINISHED
setInCentury 23rd century
settingStarshipClass Constitution-class starship NERFINISHED
starsActor Jeffrey Hunter NERFINISHED
John Hoyt NERFINISHED
Leonard Nimoy NERFINISHED
Majel Barrett NERFINISHED
Susan Oliver NERFINISHED
starshipRegistry NCC-1701 NERFINISHED
subgenre space opera
title The Cage NERFINISHED

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Christopher Pike firstAppearance "The Cage"
Tomorrowland hasStage "The Cage"
this entity surface form: The Cage
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) notableEpisode "The Cage"
this entity surface form: The Cage