The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) IV and turns himself in for court-martial where he presents an elaborate story explaining his actions. To address Desilu Productions' concerns surrounding the pace of "Star Trek" production, "The Menagerie" was created as a means to reuse footage from "" (the then-unaired 1965 pilot episode of "Star Trek") by presenting it within a frame story as the early history of the starship "Enterprise". "The Menagerie" won a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. On stardate 3012.4, the Federation starship USS "Enterprise" arrives at Starbase 11 in response to a subspace call First Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) reported receiving from the
Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series) a Mirror, Darkly", which is a sequel to the Original Series episode "The Tholian Web", reveals the fate of the USS "Defiant". The Mirror Universe played a large role in of "" and was visited in "Despite Yourself", "The Wolf Inside", "Vaulting Ambition", and "What's Past Is Prologue". For the franchise's 30th anniversary, "TV Guide" ranked "Mirror, Mirror" No. 3 on its list of the 10 best "Star Trek" episodes from all series. Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Mirror, Mirror" is the fourth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". Written by Jerome Bixby