Writer:	Gene Roddenberry
Director:	Marc Daniels, Robert Butler
Star:	Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock),  William Shatner (Captain James Tiberius Kirk)
Recurring Role:	Jon Lormer (Theodore Haskins (uncredited)),  James Doohan (Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott),  DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy),  Majel Barrett (Number One),  Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Nyota Uhura),  Majel Barrett (voice of Computer / Starbase Computer Control (uncredited))
Guest Star:	Tom Curtis (Voice (uncredited)),  George Sawaya (Chief Humbolt (uncredited)),  Georgia Schmidt (Talosian #1 (uncredited)),  Clegg Hoyt (Transporter Chief Pitcairn (uncredited)),  Brett Dunham (Guard (uncredited)),  Edward Madden (Geologist (uncredited)),  Serena Sands (Talosian #2 (uncredited)),  Ian Reddin (Security Guard #1 (uncredited)),  Tom Lupo (Security Guard #2 (uncredited)),  Anthony Joachim (Survivor #1 (uncredited)),  Robert Herron (Capt. Kirk's Stunt Double (uncredited)),  Leonard Mudie (Survivor #2 (uncredited)),  Julie Parrish (Miss Piper),  Hagan Beggs (Ensign Hansen),  Jeffrey Hunter (Capt. Christopher Pike),  Susan Oliver (Vina),  Malachi Throne (Commodore Jose I. Mendez),  Peter Duryea (Lt. Jose Tyler),  Laurel Goodwin (Yeoman J. M. Colt),  John Hoyt (Dr. Philip Boyce),  Adam Roarke (C.P.O. Garrison),  Sean Kenney (Disabled Christopher Pike)

In November of 2007, both parts of the remastered version of this episode were released in theaters for two nights only to promote the release of the remastered first season episodes of the original Star Trek. (edit) This episode won the 1967 Hugo Award for Dramatic Presentation. (edit) Nobody seems to notice or find remarkable that Nurse Chapel and Number One look almost exactly the same. Sure, they recast some guest stars in different roles (William Campbell, Diana Muldaur), but using a series regular makes the whole thing a bit obvious. (There is some fan speculation that in fact the two may be sisters in the Trek universe.) (edit) Majel Barrett is credited under the name M. Leigh Hudec. (edit) Footage from "The Cage" was directed by Robert Butler. New footage was directed by Marc Daniels. (edit)

Spock: Captain... Jim, don't stop me! Don't let him stop me! It's your career, and Captain Pike's life! You must see the rest of the transmission!
Kirk: (to a security guard) Lock him up. (edit) Kirk: A Vulcan can no more lie than he can exist without breathing. (edit) Kirk: Blast you anyway, you had no right to come along.
Mendez: R.H.I.P., Captain. Rank Has Its Privileges. (edit) Dr. Boyce: Sometimes a man will tell his bartender things that he'll never tell his doctor. (edit) Dr. Phillip Boyce: A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. (edit)

Trivia: This episode establishes that Talos IV is off limits to Federation traffic, so much so that any visitation to that planet is punishable by death. It is the only capital punishment on the books in the Federation. (edit) When the landing party comes in, the transporter chief is wearing glasses. After the next shot of the transporter pad, not only are the glasses gone, but it is a different person. (edit) It seems a little odd that Starfleet would write "Half-Vulcan Science Officer Spock" on the official report on the Talos IV incident. Not to mention the fact that it doesn't mention any other Enterprise officers besides Spock and Captain Pike, not even Number One. (edit) The shuttle is described as as being ion-powered. A technology that "Spock's Brain" tells us is beyond Starfleet. (edit) Scotty doesn't get to wear a dress uniform at the trial, even though everyone else does. (edit)

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