The original seriesthat stretches from the earliest voyages of the starship enterprise to captain kirks historic fiveyearmissionand from one universe to another. Whitfield cites the commencement date as december 12, 1964, with 12 days of shooting. Interestingly, pike was not, in fact, the first captain of the enterprise. Jeffrey hunter made what was undoubtedly the worse career move in show biz history by deciding not to continue with star trek. Riker is made captain of the enterprise by star fleet. If you know of a story to be added, please pm and i will read through and see. Captain pike seals his fate star trek discovery through the valley of shadows duration. Please support us on indiegogo launching monday june 8th 10am pst check here for more details. A new kickstarter seeks to raise funds for a star trek. The original star trek pilot was produced in 1964 for nbc. Written by series creator gene roddenberry and directed by marc daniels part one and robert butler part two, it is the only twopart story in the original series. It was called the cage and its star was captain christopher pike, played by jeffrey. The email will only be created once you click on the send email button. Original star trek actor walter koenig has joined the production of star trek.
Discoverys first season, the shows executive producer reveals that big finale twist was planned from the very beginning with an allstar cast that includes sonequa martingreen, michelle yeoh and jason isaacs, discovery was pulling out all the. This alternate timeline was established in 2009s star trek and its sequels star trek into darkness and star trek beyond bruce greenwood played the character of captain christopher pike in the first two of those movies. When you check the timelines, it becomes clear that trek will have to find a way to feature a new take on. An epic new trilogy beginsa tiein for the milestone fiftieth anniversary of star trek. They add, the series will follow captain christopher pike and his crew as they take the. Considering axanar is using the four years war arc, a fasa creation after all, it would be cool if this production could alter the scd to one of the fasa ones, probably the. Captain pike 2016 for 100% free with full in hd, star trek. I have found a love for stories that feature chris pike in jim kirks life as a father figure for our favorite captain. It is a nicely detailed large action figure depicting the first captain of the enterprise,captain christopher pike as seen in the pilot episode,the cage. A new rumor indicates that a captain pike star trek series is in the pipeline at the cbs. Captain pike is a version of pike from the star trek. Captain pike is a best movie in 2016, now you can stream star trek.
A guide to the adventures of captain pike in novels and. Does this finally put to bed the rumors that star trek. This covers the different types of missions that starfleet might be expected to cover. Pike is the first captain of the uss enterprise, with kirk on board as a stowaway. The finale neatly bookended her fall from grace in. The captain pike movie started filming before the new rules came out. The pilot went unsold, and most of the cast was replaced when. Complete act 1 and begin filming act 2 of the independent film star trek. It may not be the central relationship within the story, but it must be present. Hunters pike was quite a bit different from mounts. In an intriguing twist on the shows usual format, the star of discovery is not actually a captain, but the first. This one always felt extra slimy, on top of axanar at that.
Around 2251, april announced that he was stepping down as captain of the enterprise and that captain pike was to assume command tos novel. Many thanks to todd shawn tei actor, writer, producer for selecting me for this project. The voyages of captain christopher pike of the uss enterprise. Discovery casts captain pike for season 2, but spock needs to be next. Pike was a clever man, so he probably had his reasons to insist that much. In this group, we will discuss all the latest news on captain pike. The real world reasons for pike s enterprise departure are a little more complicated. This is a fascinating look at the star trek that never was. The thing to consider about captain pike is, from an audience and writers point of view, there is something very exciting about a key character from star trek. In the film, pike encourages a young, directionless james t. I actually prefer captain pike over both captains kirk and picard. Part i was broadcast by nbc on november 17, 1966, and part ii was broadcast on.
This indiegogo will be for filming act 1 30 minutes of our 90 minute captain pike film. He would serve as her captain for the next 11years. What are the names of all of the star trek enterprise. That honor went to robert april who commanded the vessel when it first launched as confirmed in star trek. Christopher pike was featured in the first pilot episode of the original star trek tv show. This is the story of captain pike when he first takes command of the enterprise and his first mission aboard her. Star trek discovery burnham kill the captain of iss shenzhou. Tells a prekirk story about what happened on rigel vii prior to the cage episode of the original star trek series. We see his story in the early days of captain pike todd shawn tei and the conclusion days of captain robert april bruce davison, with captain grace shintal linda park of star trek enterprise and legendary walter koenig, pavel chekov whom plays a different role as admiral harlan sobol also admiral josh pike ray wise whom plays. The original series 19661969 if we ignore the captain pikeshaped elephant in the room, kirk was the first exposure many fans had to a star trek captain. Captain pike in here without any cost with full bluray movie.
Discovery episode 5 dropped one very surprising name. Heres what you need to know about star trek pilot the. That episode, called the cage, concerns a mission in the year 2254, when captain pike and his crew. In old trek lore, pike finished his fiveyearmission aboard the uss. Either way, all we can do is wait to see what if anything happens wrt this fan production.
Remember the tos pilot had christopher pike as captain. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. The menagerie, parts i and ii, are the eleventh and twelfth episodes of the first season of the american science fiction television series, star trek. Back in 1965, a tv pilot was made for a new scifi series about a starship full of explorers called star trek. Stories included in this community will be along those lines.
The rumor comes from giant freakin robot, who report, weve heard from two different sources now that one of those two shows will likely be about captain pike and the crew of his ncc1701 enterprise. Star trek discovery casts captain pike film goblin. Captain pike, an independent film currently seeking funding through kickstarter which is set to explore the voyages of the starship enterprise before jim kirk took the captains chair. Discovery is michael burnham, and more than anything, the arc of the first season was about her redemption. Jeffrey hunter starred as captain pike, alongside majel barrett as number one, and leonard nimoy as spock.
Captain pike appears in the 2009 reboot star trek, this time portrayed by bruce greenwood. Kirk to follow in the footsteps of his hero father and enlist in starfleet. Honored to receive a best of certificate for my star trek. When gene roddenberry filmed the first pilot for star trek in 1964, the enterprises captain was christopher pike jeffrey hunter. The following article contains spoilers for the season 1 finale of star trek. What are the names of all of the star trek enterprise captains. Enterprise is a secret that has been passed from captain to captain, from robert april to christopher pike. The year in which discovery takes place is 2256, give or take a maybe ninemonth jump into 2257.
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