The Menagerie (Episode)

The Menagerie

"The Menagerie" (TOS 16)

Series	Star Trek
Season	1
Episode	11-12
Production Number	16
Previous	Court Martial (TOS 15)
Next	Shore Leave (TOS 17)
Released	• Part I: 17 Nov 1966 • Part II: 24 Nov 1966
Advertising	Amazon

Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)

Stardate 3012.4 2267: Spock hijacks the Enterprise to return an injured Captain Pike to Talos IV.

A call supposedly sent by former Enterprise commanding officer, Fleet Captain Christopher Pike diverts the starship to Starbase 11. Pike, crippled, scarred, and completely paralyzed in a recent accident, is abducted and brought aboard the Enterprise by Spock. Starbase Commodore José Mendez and Captain Kirk join them there — to discover the starship locked on course for the forbidden planet Talos IV. To visit this world demands the death penalty, and Kirk is forced to convene a court-martial against his Vulcan friend.

The entire proceeding, however, is meaningless—for after a series of surprises, it is revealed that Mendez was never actually aboard the Enterprise. His presence on the ship and in the shuttlecraft with Kirk had been an illusion created by the Talosians working in league with Spock. The mystery is explained as an attempt to get Pike to Talos IV. Once there, the benevolent inhabitants intend to use their powerful mental abilities to enable Pike to lead a happy life despite his injuries and paralysis. Kirk allows Pike to beam down to the planet—and Starfleet Command drops all charges against Spock.

Image Gallery

TOS 16 Part I
TOS 16 Part II
Andromeda galaxy
Earth
Map of Earth, c.1960s
International Space Station
Jupiter's red spot
Luna
Lunar surface
Mojave
Surface of Orion
Surface of Rigel VII
Saturn
Map of the Sol system
Starbase 11 planet
Starbase 11
Starbase 11 at night
Talos Star Group
Talos Star Group map
Talos IV
Surface of Talos IV
Map of Washington, D.C.
Waterfall at Yosemite
Pike in "Hell"
picnic
chicken-tuna sandwiches
martini
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Avian Captive
Dr. Phillip Boyce
Yeoman J.M. Colt
S.S. Columbia "survivors"
Dwight Eisenhower
Enterprise Geologist
Lieutenant Hansen
Dr. Theodore Haskins
Chief Humboldt
Lyndon Johnson
The Keeper
John F. Kennedy
Mammalian Captive
Commodore José Mendez
Number One
Starfleet Officer
Orion Trader
Captain Christopher Pike
Fleet Captain Christopher Pike
Ensign Piper
Pitcairn
Spock
Tango
Lieutenant José Tyler
Lieutenant Uhura
Vina
Vina as an Orion
Vina's true appearance
George Washington
court martial
Chief Petty Officer rank insignia
Starfleet Commodore rank insignia
File on Talos IV
File on Talos IV
Apollo Program Command and Lunar modules
Apollo Program orbital path
Apollo Program orbital path
An axe
A bed
computer
An eye
A diagram of an eye
Fat Man, the first atomic bomb
Human anatomy
Human heart and lungs
laser cannon
hand lasers
A mace
Explosion of a nuclear weapon
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
Orbiting Solar Observatory
shields
skeleton
Ranger Series Probe
Ranger Series Probe display
Ranger program flight plan
A torch
Apollo Program liftoff
Apollo Program Command Module diagram
Apollo Program Lunar Excursion Module
Apollo Program Lunar Excursion Module diagram
U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701
Ironclads
Shuttlecraft Picasso SB11-1201/1
Soyuz capsule
Space Shuttle
Vostok capsule
Wright Flyer
A crane
Kalar
rose
squirrel
Talosians
briefing room
captain's quarters
Enterprise bridge, exterior
Enterprise bridge
Abraham Lincoln's signature
Starfleet delta, command division
Starfleet delta, operations division
Starfleet delta, sciences division
"Survivors" camp

Related Data

Astrometrics	Delaware; Earth; International Space Station; Jupiter; Mars; Maryland; Mercury; Milky Way Galaxy; Mojave, California; The Moon; Orion colonies; Orion (Planet); Regulus; Rigel VII; Saturn; Sol; Sol system; Starbase 11; Talos Star Group; Talos IV; Vega Colony; Venus; Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Yosemite
Chronology	Prime Timeline; 1789; 1797; 1861; 1865; 1953; 1961; 1963; 2236; 2254; 2267; Stardate 3012.4-3013.2
Culture	Bible; devil; Gaelic language; Hell; marriage; religion; soul; Ten Commandments; theatre
Education	American Continent Institute; doctor; doctorate; physician
Food	alcohol; chicken-tuna sandwiches; coffee; martini; sandwiches
People	Adam (Biblical); Buzz Aldrin; Neil Armstrong; Avian Captive; Phillip Boyce; J.M. Colt; Robert Comsol; Dwight Eisenhower; Enterprise Geologist; Eve (Biblical); Garrison; Hansen; Theodore Haskins; Humboldt; Helen Johanssen; Lyndon Johnson; The Keeper; John F. Kennedy; Abraham Lincoln; Mammalian Captive; Leonard McCoy; José Mendez; Moses; Number One; Officer; Orion Trader; Christopher Pike; Piper; Pitcairn; Science Crewman; Montgomery Scott; Spock; Tango; José Tyler; Nyota Uhura; Vina; George Washington
Politics	court martial; mutiny; Starfleet; Starfleet General Orders (General Order 7); Starfleet Ranks (Chief Petty Officer, Ensign, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Captain, Fleet Captain, Commodore, Admiral); United Federation of Planets; Yeoman
Science & Technology	anatomy; Apollo program; armor; axe; baffle plate; batteries; blood; brain; Class M planet; coma; communications; communicator; computer; continent; deflector; duranium; eyes; generator; gravity; gravity plating; heart; ice; impulse drive; ion engine; laser; laser cannon; life support; mace; magnetism; meteorites; microtapes; nitrogen; nuclear weapons; orbit; Orbiting Geophysical Observatory; Orbiting Solar Observatory; oxygen; protein; radiation (delta); radio; sand; satellite; sector; sensors; shield; skeleton; spear; speed of light; subspace; sword; telepathy; thrusters; time (minute, hour, day, month, year); time barrier; torch; tractor beam; transporter; tricorder; warp drive; warp nacelle; water; wheelchair; zoology
Ships & Vehicles	Apollo 11; S.S. Columbia; Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Ironclads; J class; Ranger program; shuttlecraft (Class F); Shuttlecraft Picasso SB11-1201/1; Soyuz; Space Shuttle; Vostok; Wright Flyer
Xenology	cacti; cranes; flies; Horses; Humans; hybrids; Kalar; Orions; roses; squirrels; Talosian singing plants; Talosians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	bartender; bridge; briefing room; distress call; headache; logs; narcotics; Number One; picnic; Red Alert; slavery; Starfleet delta; Starfleet Uniforms (2254, 2266); telepathy; thought records; top secret; zoo