Star Trek

That was Lt. José Tyler.  He said: "...And you won't believe how fast we can get there—why, we've broken the time barrier...!"

Earlier in the episode, Captain Pike calls for the ship to accelerate to "Time-warp factor seven."  Tyler helpfully raises his bandaged hands to indicate to mime the number.

Another example of different terminology: In The Cage, they use the term "Asteroid Beam" for what would later be the deflector dish.  Also, Phasers are referred to as "Lasers."

"From what I understand, your vessel could lay waste to the entire surface of the world."

- Proconsul, Bread And Circuses.

I like the styling of The Cage. It is what science-fiction should look like on the telly.

I really liked the cage, i think in that format the show could certainly have grown & the characters develop, given a chance. I really liked number one. I have no idea what a test audience could possibly have disliked about her, i preferred her to nurse chappel. A strong woman, who is very professional, but not emotionless & cold. The hurt was clear on her face when pike expressed his apprehension at having to get used to working with women for the first time when talking about the yeoman, & then looked at her and said something like "ah you don't count" - OUCH!

I do think though that William Shatner brought a whimsical element, & i cannot imagine the show now without him, and his interaction with the other main characters.

I wonder if the Taelons from Earth-Final Conflict were in any way influenced by the talossians. THey are quite similar.

It was werd how they had paper.

I like to think 'the menagerie' was Rodenberry's way of getting to put 'the cage' on telly regardless, alot of people never saw 'the cage'. Maybe he felt he wanted to give the story & the characters closure (excuse the Oprah-ism), seen as they never got to develop as part of the series. It was a bit long, in two parts though. 

I love that episode. It was a neat story and it was interesting to see how Star trek could be. There were also some good characters, like Number One and Yeoman Colt. And, of course, that Spock's prototype with fuzzy eyebrows and injured leg. It was not the Spock as we know him, but the great potential was there.