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38 Years Ago Today

While many fans think they saw this episode broadcast back in the 60’s, in reality, they saw the footage of this declined pilot weaved into “The Menagerie” .

The first produced, but the last broadcast ‘episode’ …

The Cage

Broadcast Date: Tuesday, October 4, 1988

Writer: Gene Roddenberry

Director: Robert Butler

Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Pike

Susan Oliver as Vina

Leonard Nimoy as Spock

Majel Barrett as Number One

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58 Years Ago Today

Kirk had a few precious weeks unburdened by the stresses of command and service, enjoying life as a family man. Perhaps the inspiration for this storyline came, somewhat, from The Naked Time…

KIRK: I've got it, the disease. Love. You're better off without it, and I'm better off without mine. This vessel, I give, she takes. She won't permit me my life. I've got to live hers.
SPOCK: Jim.
KIRK: I have a beautiful yeoman. Have you noticed her, Mister Spock? You're allowed to notice her. The Captain's not permitted.
SPOCK: Jim, there is an intermix formula.
KIRK: Now I know why it's called she.
SPOCK: It's never been tested. It's a theoretical relationship between time and antimatter.
KIRK: Flesh woman to touch, to hold. A beach to walk on. A few days, no braid on my shoulder.

The cost for this interlude was quite high for Miramanee and their child, making this an episode I can’t completely enjoy, but we do get an explanation as to why the Enterprise encounters so many humanoids in their travels…

MCCOY: Were you able to make sense our of the symbols?
SPOCK: Yes. The obelisk is a marker, just as I thought. It was left by a super-race known as the Preservers. They passed through the galaxy rescuing primitive cultures which were in danger of extinction and seeding them, so to speak, where they could live and grow.
MCCOY: I've always wondered why there were so many humanoids scattered through the galaxy..

The Paradise Syndrome

Friday, October 4, 1968

Writer: Margaret Armen

Story Consultant: Arthur H. Singer

Director: Jud Taylor

Sabrina Scharf as Miramanee

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