Leonard Nimoy Notes 50 Year Anniversary of Original Pilot Shoot

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The actor notes the anniversary of production on 'The Cage,' which didn't air in full on TV until 1988
Star Trek TV Pilot The Cage Still - H 2014
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Dec. 3 may not feel like an important day in the annals of science fiction, but leave it to Leonard Nimoy to reveal the hidden truth, via Twitter…

   50 years ago today we 're shooting the first Star Trek pilot. LLAP

   — Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) December 3, 2014

Note that he said “the first” pilot. He’s referring to “The Cage,” written by show creator Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler, which was presented to — and rejected by — NBC more than a year before the series finally debuted in 1966. Despite being turned down by the network, and featuring a cast almost entirely different from the show fans would come to love later, “The Cage” actually made it to air as part of the first season of Star Trek, with scenes edited into a two-part story titled “The Menagerie” that aired Nov. 17 and 24, 1966.

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[DrLeftover]

"Live long, and prosper."

Mr Nimoy most certainly did.