Lost Third 'Star Trek' Pilot Set for DVD Release - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 11-14-2009, 10:59 PM

Many TV fans and all Trekkies know that there were two pilots filmed for "Star Trek" in 1965; however, a third pilot has been discovered and will be released on CBS Blu-Ray DVD Nov. 15, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The lost pilot was found by a German film collector and includes a different opening monologue, different music and alternate breaks in the action.

http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwir...-pilot-set.php

TV Knowledge Fan · 11-15-2009, 02:07 AM

...the "third pilot" is actually the original, unaired version of the second pilot episode {"Where No Man Has Gone Before"}, submitted to NBC in February 1966, which finally sold "STAR TREK" to the network, before they insisted on several "edits" concerning dialogue {KIRK: (to Spock): Terrible, having bad blood like that...but you may learn to enjoy it someday} and Gene Roddenberry's decision to eliminate the "act" intertitles and use Alex Courage's original theme [as heard in pilot #1, "The Cage"] for the version that aired. Video copies of that pilot (duped from a well-worn 16mm film print and various generations of videocassette copies) have been circulated for years. Apparently, the recently discovered German film print is a better one, and that's the one CBS "remastered" for the new Blu-Ray release.

11-14-2009, 10:59 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Lost Third 'Star Trek' Pilot Set for DVD Release Many TV fans and all Trekkies know that there were two pilots filmed for "Star Trek" in 1965; however, a third pilot has been discovered and will be released on CBS Blu-Ray DVD Nov. 15, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The lost pilot was found by a German film collector and includes a different opening monologue, different music and alternate breaks in the action. http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwir...-pilot-set.php
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11-15-2009, 02:07 AM	#2
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	As most video collectors know... ...the "third pilot" is actually the original, unaired version of the second pilot episode {"Where No Man Has Gone Before"}, submitted to NBC in February 1966, which finally sold "STAR TREK" to the network, before they insisted on several "edits" concerning dialogue {KIRK: (to Spock): Terrible, having bad blood like that...but you may learn to enjoy it someday} and Gene Roddenberry's decision to eliminate the "act" intertitles and use Alex Courage's original theme [as heard in pilot #1, "The Cage"] for the version that aired. Video copies of that pilot (duped from a well-worn 16mm film print and various generations of videocassette copies) have been circulated for years. Apparently, the recently discovered German film print is a better one, and that's the one CBS "remastered" for the new Blu-Ray release.