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'''[[Stardate]] Unknown: ''Captain Pike and his crew are lured to Talos IV by a race capable of creating powerful illusions.'''''
 
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En route to the [[Vega Colony]] following an incident on [[Rigel VII]], the [[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701|U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701]] investigates a distress call from [[Talos IV]]. An attraction quickly forms between [[Starfleet Ranks#Captain|Captain]] [[Pike, Christopher|Pike]] and one of the survivors, [[Vina]]. When Vina lures Pike to a rock formation to show him the secret of how the survivors stayed in perfect health for nearly twenty years, several [[Talosians]] emerge from a concealed elevator, render Pike unconscious, and drag him into their underground chamber.
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En route to the {{link|Prime|Vega Colony}} following an incident on {{link|Prime|Rigel VII}}, the {{link|Prime|U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701||U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701}} investigates a distress call from {{link|Prime|Talos IV}}. An attraction quickly forms between {{link|Prime|Starfleet Captain||Captain}} {{link|Prime|Christopher Pike||Pike}} and one of the survivors, {{link|Prime|Vina}}. When Vina lures Pike to a rock formation to show him the secret of how the survivors stayed in perfect health for nearly twenty {{link|Prime|years}}, several {{link|Prime|Talosians}} emerge from a concealed elevator, render Pike unconscious, and drag him into their underground chamber.
  
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Pike awakens in a small enclosure, where he is transported by way of the Talosians' [[telepathy|telepathic]] powers of illusion, to a number of locales, all of which feature Vina as an object for him to protect, desire, and even love. The Talosians have lured the ''Enterprise'' to their planet so that Pike can serve as a mate for Vina, enabling the Talosians to breed a race of [[Humans]] they can use as slaves.
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Pike awakens in a small enclosure, where he is transported by way of the Talosians' {{link|Prime|telepathy||telepathic}} powers of illusion, to a number of locales, all of which feature Vina as an object for him to protect, desire, and even love. The Talosians have lured the ''Enterprise'' to their planet so that Pike can serve as a mate for Vina, enabling the Talosians to breed a race of {{link|Prime|Humans}} they can use as slaves.
  
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The Talosians allow [[Una|Number One]] and [[Yeoman]] [[Colt, J.M.|Colt]] to beam down, reasoning that perhaps the captain would be more attracted to one of his crewmates. Pike, having discovered that the Talosians cannot probe into hostile emotional moods, deliberately assumes an attitude of mindless anger, which he uses to cloud their telepathy as he plans the group's escape. The Talosians confide to Pike that they never wanted slaves; they only wished to perpetuate their heritage in the offspring of Pike and Vina. Finding [[Humans]] to be unsuitable for their goals, Pike and his crew return to the ''Enterprise,'' though Vina, who was horribly injured and disfigured during the crash of the [[S.S. Columbia|S.S. ''Columbia'']], chooses to remain behind, where the Talosians can continue to give her an illusion of beauty. Back aboard the ''Enterprise,'' Pike refuses to discuss what had happened, and the ''Enterprise'' resumes course for the Vega Colony.
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The Talosians allow {{link|Prime|Una Chin-Riley||Number One}} and {{link|Prime|Yeoman}} {{link|Prime|J.M. Colt||Colt}} to beam down, reasoning that perhaps the captain would be more attracted to one of his crewmates. Pike, having discovered that the Talosians cannot probe into hostile emotional moods, deliberately assumes an attitude of mindless anger, which he uses to cloud their telepathy as he plans the group's escape. The Talosians confide to Pike that they never wanted slaves; they only wished to perpetuate their heritage in the offspring of Pike and Vina. Finding Humans to be unsuitable for their goals, Pike and his crew return to the ''Enterprise,'' though Vina, who was horribly injured and disfigured during the crash of the {{link|Prime|S.S. Columbia||S.S. ''Columbia''}}, chooses to remain behind, where the Talosians can continue to give her an illusion of beauty. Back aboard the ''Enterprise,'' Pike refuses to discuss what had happened, and the ''Enterprise'' resumes course for the Vega Colony.
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<ref name="Dating">The year that "The Cage" takes place, [[Prime Chronology: 2254|2254]], is derived from information given in [[The Menagerie (Episode)|"The Menagerie."]] [[Spock]] states that it has been 13 years since the incident on [[Talos IV]], and that he served under [[Starfleet Ranks#Captain|Captain]] [[Pike, Christopher|Pike]] for 11 years. Therefore, the episode is in the second year of Captain [[Kirk, James T.|Kirk]]'s five-year mission, which began in [[Prime Chronology: 2265|2265]], per the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode [[Q2 (Episode)|"Q2."]] Therefore, "The Menagerie" is set in [[Prime Chronology: 2267|2267]], and thirteen years prior to that is 2254.</ref>
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The Cage
"The Cage"

"The Cage"
Series Star Trek
Season 0
Episode 0
Production Number 01


Next Where No Man Has Gone Before (TOS01)
Released Unaired, 1964 (Released 1989)
Advertising
Prime Timeline
(The root of all realities)


Stardate Unknown: Captain Pike and his crew are lured to Talos IV by a race capable of creating powerful illusions.

En route to the Vega Colony following an incident on Rigel VII, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 investigates a distress call from Talos IV. An attraction quickly forms between Captain Pike and one of the survivors, Vina. When Vina lures Pike to a rock formation to show him the secret of how the survivors stayed in perfect health for nearly twenty years, several Talosians emerge from a concealed elevator, render Pike unconscious, and drag him into their underground chamber.

Pike awakens in a small enclosure, where he is transported by way of the Talosians' telepathic powers of illusion, to a number of locales, all of which feature Vina as an object for him to protect, desire, and even love. The Talosians have lured the Enterprise to their planet so that Pike can serve as a mate for Vina, enabling the Talosians to breed a race of Humans they can use as slaves.

The Talosians allow Number One and Yeoman Colt to beam down, reasoning that perhaps the captain would be more attracted to one of his crewmates. Pike, having discovered that the Talosians cannot probe into hostile emotional moods, deliberately assumes an attitude of mindless anger, which he uses to cloud their telepathy as he plans the group's escape. The Talosians confide to Pike that they never wanted slaves; they only wished to perpetuate their heritage in the offspring of Pike and Vina. Finding Humans to be unsuitable for their goals, Pike and his crew return to the Enterprise, though Vina, who was horribly injured and disfigured during the crash of the S.S. Columbia, chooses to remain behind, where the Talosians can continue to give her an illusion of beauty. Back aboard the Enterprise, Pike refuses to discuss what had happened, and the Enterprise resumes course for the Vega Colony.

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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; 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[1]
Culture Bible; dancing; devil; Hell; marriage; music; religion; soul; Ten Commandments; theatre
Education American Continent Institute; doctor; doctorate; physician
Food alcohol; chicken-tuna sandwiches; coffee; martini; sandwiches
People Adam; Aldrin, Buzz; Armstrong, Neil; Avian Captive; Boyce, Phillip; Colt, J.M.; Eisenhower, Dwight; Enterprise Geologist; Eve; Garrison; Haskins, Theodore; Johnson, Lyndon; Kalar Warrior; The Keeper; Kennedy, John F.; Lincoln, Abraham; Mammalian Captive; Moses; Number One; Officer; Orion Trader; Pike, Christopher; Pitcairn; Spock; Survivor #2; Survivor #3; 1st Talosian; 2nd Talosian; Female Talosian; Tango; Tyler, José; Vina; Washington, George
Politics Starfleet; Starfleet Ranks (Chief Petty Officer, Ensign, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Captain); United Federation of Planets; Yeoman
Science & Technology anatomy; Apollo program; armor; axe; batteries; blood; Class M planet; communications; communicator; computer; continent; deflector; eyes; generator; gravity; gravity plating; ice; impulse drive; laser; laser cannon; life support; mace; magnetism; meteorites; narcotics; nitrogen; nuclear weapons; Orbiting Geophysical Observatory; Orbiting Solar Observatory; oxygen; protein; radio; sand; satellite; sensors; spear; speed of light; shield; skeleton; sword; telepathy; thrusters; time barrier; torch; transporter; tricorder; warp drive; warp nacelle; water; zoology
Ships & Vehicles Apollo 11; S.S. Columbia; Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Ironclads; Ranger program; Soyuz; Space Shuttle; Vostok; Wright Flyer
Xenology cacti; cranes; flies; Horses; Humans; Kalar; Orions; roses; squirrels; Talosian singing plants; Talosians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous bartender; bridge; briefing room; distress call; headache; narcotics; Number One; picnic; Red Alert; slavery; Starfleet delta; Starfleet Uniforms (2254); telepathy; thought records; zoo

Credits

Starring
Jeffrey Hunter

Guest Star
Susan Oliver

Star Trek Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Directed by
Robert Butler

Written and Produced by
Gene Roddenberry

Co-Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mister Spock
Majel Barrett, John Hoyt, Peter Duryea, Laurel Goodwin

A Desilu Production

Uncredited

Associate Producer
Byron Haskin

Guest Cast
Clegg Hoyt as Chief Pitcairn
Meg Wyllie as The Keeper
Malachi Throne as the voice of The Keeper
Georgia Schmidt as 1st Talosian
Robert C. Johnson as the voice of 1st Talosian
Serena Sande as 2nd Talosian
Barker as Female Talosian
Jon Lormer as Dr. Theodore Haskins/Survivor #1
Leonard Mudie as Survivor #2
Anthony Jochim as Survivor #3
Ed Madden as Enterprise Geologist
Robert Phillips as Space Officer
Joseph Mell as Earth Trader
Mike Dugan as Kalar Warrior
Adam Roarke as C.P.O. Garrison
Janos Prohaska as Anthropoid Ape and Anthropoid Bird

Choreographer
Penny Romans

Notes and References

  1. ↑ The year that "The Cage" takes place, 2254, is derived from information given in "The Menagerie." Spock states that it has been 13 years since the incident on Talos IV, and that he served under Captain Pike for 11 years. Therefore, the episode is in the second year of Captain Kirk's five-year mission, which began in 2265, per the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Q2." Therefore, "The Menagerie" is set in 2267, and thirteen years prior to that is 2254.
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