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From: avolio@decuac.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Number One from "The Cage"
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Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 11:17:52 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  8 11:17:52 1986
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> > And why did they replace Hunter with Shatner? ...
> 	I believe the reason was that after the first pilot the
> show wasn't picked up immediately. ...but Hunter turned down the role of Pike
> to play the lead in some type of cheese-whiz, sf-spy adventure....

Well, yes... And then again there was the fact that Hunter was dead by
that time having fallen down the stairs of his home, breaking his
neck.  

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Fred @ DEC Ultrix Applications Center
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