Star Trek

In "The Cage" Mr Spock is limping! Anyone know why?

Maybe Nimoy twisted his ankle.

I was thinking the opposite in The Galileo Seven. He had just gotten cranked with a monster boulder & was limping noticeably just before they lifted off from the planet. Yet, back on the bridge & for the final scene - his limp was gone (with the solar wind).

It's not called out tremendously clearly, but the idea is that the landing party on Rigel 7, just prior to the start of the episode, was attacked and several injuries and deaths occured. See the dialogue between Boyce and Pike in the captain's cabin.

If you look carefully, Jose Tyler has a brace on his wrist, and another of the bridge officer has a bandage on his neck (same guy goes on the landing party mission). So, Spock's limp is most likely a result of that conflict.

Actually, I really like it! How often in Star Trek (especially the classic Trek) did you see that kind of carry-over or "long-term consequence" type-stuff happening? They could get in a huge fight and lose 5 redshirts...and next week everything was fine! I think "The Cage" was trying to show that there was a bigger, consequential universe out there that had the chance to affect the characters profoundly. And, it was actually important to the story that Pike was having personal doubts, as it was crucial to his behavior and attitudes as he experienced the various illusions.

It's amazing, but "The Cage" was really a piece of television way ahead of its time.

i too agree with vger23

he twisted his ankle as a child when he attacked those bullies in ST 09!