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From: eac@drutx.UUCP (CveticEA)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: An Original ST Pilot?
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 12:43:28 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 12:43:28 1985
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>"The Menagerie" was shown recently here, and a friend of mine presented the
>idea that Captain Pike's adventures on Talos IV comprised the original pilot 
>of the Star Trek series.  I told him that there was no pilot for the series,
>and the list of ST episodes distributed recently on the Net does not mention
>one. So, the question is, is he on drugs, or what?

It is true that a pilot for Star Trek was never shown as such on TV, however,
two were indeed filmed.  The first one no longer exists and was never shown
(what a shame!).  The second was the Pike story which does not exist
anymore in its original form.  It was recut with the additional footage
added to become "The Menagerie".

Betsy Cvetic
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