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{{Infobox episode
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| franchise = ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''
The original [[Pilot Episode]] of ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]''. Written by [[Gene Roddenberry]] and produced in late 1964, it preceded the series itself by a good two years. While this pilot was not considered to have been a success at the time, the network executives did like it enough to finance a second pilot episode. And you all know how well that turned out.▼
| followed by = "[[Star Trek: The Original Series/Recap/S1/E01 The Man Trap|The Man Trap]]"
| release date = unaired
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▲The original [[Pilot Episode]] of ''[[Star Trek:
The episode begins with the USS ''Enterprise'' (under the command of Captain Christopher Pike) on a routine patrol. Pike is suffering from self-doubt, having just come from a mission where a number of his landing party were killed in action (including his close friend and Yeoman).
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The survivors vanish, having been revealed to be an illusion created by the alien Talosians. Captain Pike has been placed inside a zoo. The Talosians aim to pair him off with Vina, who is in fact the only true survivor of the earlier spaceship crash. While the aliens use their telepathy to try and bring Pike and Vina closer together, in illusionary versions of his recent near-death encounter, his home city of Mojave back on Earth, and a Orion slave harem; the crew of the ''Enterprise'' attempt to breach the underground complex and rescue their kidnapped captain.
The Talosians finally kidnap two further females from the ''Enterprise'' crew, giving Pike the choice of three potential mates. The ''Enterprise'''s female first officer sets her hand phaser to self destruct, forcing the Talosians' hand and giving them no option but to let the three of them go. Pike watches sadly as the true extent of Vina's
Footage from this un-aired pilot was later re-edited as a [[Recap/Star Trek S 1 E 11 The Menagerie Part I|two part]] [[Recap/Star Trek S 1 E 12 The Menagerie Part II|regular episode]] called "The Menagerie".▼
▲Footage from this un-aired pilot was later re-edited as a [[
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* [[Absentee Actor]] - The entire regular ''Star Trek'' cast except for [[Leonard Nimoy]] (and, though in a '' very'' different role, Majel Barrett).
* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]
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* [[Distress Call]] - One of these kickstarts the plot.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]] - Everything from the characters, to the uniforms, to the USS ''Enterprise'' itself.
* [[Energy Weapon]] - The [[:File:Laser cannon.jpg|huge laser cannon]] that gets wheeled out on the planet surface during the ''Enterprise'' crew's attempt to break into the Talos compound.
* [[Epiphany Therapy]] - Dr Boyce's attempts to help Captain Pike get over his [[Heroic BSOD]].
* [[Executive Meddling]] - The network chiefs felt this initial pilot episode was [[Viewers are Morons|too cerebral for the average viewer at home]], and turned it down on those grounds. [[Network to
* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]] - The [[Trope Codifier]]. Although strictly speaking, Vina is only ''pretending'' to be a green skinned space babe. But she's still the first one that we ever see in ''Star Trek''!
* [[Heroic BSOD]] - Captain Pike is going through one of these when the episode begins.
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* [[Master of Illusion]] - The Talosians force Captain Pike to partake in a series of illusionary worlds. When he resists, they are also able to punish him with a [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]].
* [[Named After Their Planet]] - Talosians. From Talos IV.
* [[No Name Given]] - Majel Barrett's character is referred to throughout simply as "[[Number One]]".
* [[Pilot Episode]]
* [[Raygun Gothic]]
* [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]]
* [[Surveillance
* [[Technology Marches On]] - An in-universe example. The consoles on the ''Enterprise'' bridge are here fitted with what look like personal computer printers (which print out messages on paper), and the Yeoman is seen using a clipboard with paper sheets on it. By the time of the series proper, both would be replaced by more futuristic devices.
* [[Telepathic Spacemen]]
* [[The Bartender]] - Dr. Boyce brings some alcohol with him during his visit to the Pike's quarters, and mixes him a martini as a part of the captain's [[Epiphany Therapy]].
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* [[The Pete Best]] - Jeffrey Hunter's Captain Christopher Pike has gained something of a loyal following as being "the ''Star Trek'' captain who wasn't". Adventures featuring him have appeared in the expanded universe, in novels and in comic books; and he also made an reappearance in [[Star Trek (
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] - Between Pike and Yeoman Colt, and ''particularly'' between Pike and Number One.
* [[What Could Have Been]]
* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]] - It became this when it was later re-edited and screened as [[
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