Find books like the cage from the worlds largest community of readers. The cage has many of the features of the eventual series, but there are numerous differences. The captain of the starship uss enterprise is not james t. That role is taken by a character known only as number one, played by majel barrett. Pike has significant roles in the pocket books novels enterprise. After pike beams back to the ship, there is a reaction shot of number one and spock. He was portrayed by jeffrey hunter in the original star trek pilot episode, the cage, as captain of the uss enterprise. Boyce makes a house call and serves captain pike a cold martini great scene from the cage 1964, the first television pilot of the original star trek series.
A guide to the adventures of captain pike in novels and comics. One of the best disaster books ive ever read a phenomenal feat of journalism. The seminal book the making of star trek by stephen e. Contact the captain books for kids encinitas kiwanis. Originally, this shot followed a closeup to veena, a cut to the enterprise bridge, and a cut to the prisoners asleep in the cage. Weve all made mistakes and had to deal with the consequences.
Whitfield cites the commencement date as december 12, 1964, with 12 d. Spock and captain pike in the the cage set roughly a year before the new discovery book. He served aboard several vessels, including the uss olympus. In the tradition of the perfect storm, harpercollins and. Captain christopher pike adventures in books and comics. Its a spock and captain pike novel, the captain of the enterprise before kirk, set just a few months after the events detailed in the series television pilot, the cage. A new book coming out today reveals that jeffrey hunter was in contention for the role of the dad on the brady bunch. Whitfield cites the commencement date as december 12, 1964, with 12 days of shooting. Specifically, the cage shows pike as a restless captain, ready to quit starfleet, which is very different from the man we meet in discovery.
How to write a star trek book about a show nobody has seen. Door in the cage memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Captain christopher chris pike is a character in the star trek science fiction franchise. Almost 50 years ago, in december 1964, thenmovie star jeffrey hunter the searches, king of the kings starred as captain christopher pike in the first star trek pilot, the cage. Learn more about kit hathaways experience with this cycle in this lesson, which will summarize and highlight important characters in. A guide to the adventures of captain pike in novels and. Discovery tiein book enterprise war reveals how pike. This was indirectly contested by herb solow in the book inside star trek. When this pilot was rejected, hunter withdrew from the series, and pike was replaced with captain james t.
Published november 24th 2015 by pocket booksstar trek. If youre interested, there are a number of novels about pike and his crew. By this point pike, now promoted to the rank of fleet captain. Spock has traveled to talos iv in order to offer captain christopher pike, now 70 years old, the. To reach captain book, call morris pike aka captain book at 7608095078, or reach him via email by submitting the form below. The cage, is, of course, the pilot episode of the original star trek, which chronologically, takes. Fontana where sea meets sky by jerry oltion burning dreams by margaret wander bonanno the rift by peter david children of kings by dave stern legacy by michael jan friedman plus plenty of comic books. All of that was ruined maybe permanently by the dissolve made in 1966. Kirk will likely become an important character in the second season of star trek. Pike doesnt feature prominently but the book, in which kirk teams up. According to his biography on the star trek movie app, pike enrolled in starfleet in 2223 and was commissioned as an officer in 2227. While investigating a distress call from talos iv, captain christopher pike of the. The original captain pike actor, from star treks first pilot episode the cage was turned down for the. The story was in many ways a collage of other tales, the cage being the most obvious.