In the days before streaming services, showrunners had to make a single episode for their new show, called a pilot, and hope ...

In television history, few pilots have had a stranger journey than the first attempt at Star Trek. Today, the 1964 pilot episode “The Cage” is widely regarded as a landmark in sci-fi TV—a serious, ...

The first Star Trek pilot had a strange path to screen. The 1964 episode, “The Cage,” was written by Gene Roddenberry and directed by Robert Butler. It followed Captain Christopher Pike, played by ...

Freelance writer, living the dream, mostly fuelled by coffee. Star Trek is one of the true television pioneers. It was always at the very forefront of what episodic entertainment could be and the ...