17 November 2009
Nbc - Original Star Trek Pilot Found, Out On Blu-Ray
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Original Star Trek Pilot Found, Out On Blu-Ray
Paramount Home Video's Blu-ray Disc release of the 24 digitally restored episodes of Star Trek that aired in 1968-69 will include what the company describes as a "long-lost alternate version of the pilot episode." The episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," was the first to feature James T. Kirk, and has previously aired in a different form. Home Media Magazine said Monday that the recently discovered version was shot in 1965 after NBC passed on the original pilot, "The Cage," which it deemed "too cerebral." (That pilot is also included in the new set.) "This version [of "Where No Man ..."] is believed to be what was screened for NBC," Home Media reported, and was "thus the basis for the decision to broadcast Star Trek ."
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