Alternate Star Trek TOS Pilot Found

Raver32 sends news that the lost second pilot for Star Trek has been found, and will be released next month on Blu-ray. "Star Trek fans know there were two pilots for the original series. The first, 'The Cage,' was rejected by NBC for being 'too cerebral' (ah, some things never change). The second, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before,' replaced the actor who played the captain with William Shatner and was more action driven. That pilot had an alternate version which was largely lost and has never aired. Apparently, a film collector in Germany acquired the print and 'recently brought it to the attention' of CBS/Paramount. CBS is now releasing this version on Blu-ray Dec. 15."

They leave the galaxy?

[brunes69]

From the clips on youtube linked in the article, it says they leave the milky way - that would be a huge departure from the current canon, in which they have never left he galazy under their own power, in any series or movie.

Re:They leave the galaxy?

[Anonymous Coward]

From the clips on youtube linked in the article, it says they leave the milky way - that would be a huge departure from the current canon, in which they have never left he galazy under their own power, in any series or movie.

Actually in the aired version they leave the galaxy. That was the barrier they crossed. Much like the Bible Star Trek did have it's inconsistencies. I believe they do make mention of it in "By Any Other Name" but I haven't seen most of the original show in 20+ years. They may cut the references in TV versions for extra commercial time so it may only show in DVD versions. In "Where No Man Has Gone Before" it's the central theme as in the place man hasn't gone before.

Re:They leave the galaxy?

[iluvcapra]

I watched "By Any Other Name" last night and they certainly did leave the milky way, crossing the "galactic barrier" in the process. Also they do enter the barrier in "Is there no Truth in Beauty," but by then it's a little more casual and no one gets godlike powers in the process.

Re:They leave the galaxy?

[skeeto]

There have been a few mistakes made, but nothing terribly important. The ones I know of can possibly be attributed to character confusion. For example, there was that TNG episode where they find Scotty trapped in a transporter buffer [memory-alpha.org] after an accident. When they free him he believes that Kirk has brought the Enterprise to come rescue him. However, Scotty had already witnessed what was believed to be Kirk's death in Star Trek: Generations, so Scotty should believe Kirk to be dead at that time.

But nowhere near as inconsistent as the bible, with its multiple, incompatible creation myths. :-)