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Star Trek: The Cage 50th anniversary of first Star Trek pilot

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Star Trek: The Cage 50th anniversary of Star Trek's first pilot Spandex and monster celebates the 50th anniversary of 'The Cage' with Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Pike This week is the 50 anniversary of the original star trek pilot.  At the time, no one knew history would be made by this plucky science fiction pilot.  Originally proposed as a zap gun western ala 'wagon train to the stars'  producer Gene Roddenberry decided to use science fiction as a vehicle to talk bluntly about the human condition. The Enterprise in 'The Cage' The Keepers who dabbled in illusions versus reality In the episode, the space ship Enterprise commanded by Christopher Pike would encounter the mysterious woman Vina who was the last human survivor of a wrecked space ship.  The mental race of the Keepers were there to use Vina to mate with Pike and start a human colony of slaves to help the Keepers (who despite their fantastic mental abilities of making their dreams alm