The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) "The Menagerie", a two-episode story arc, is both the eleventh and twelfth episodes of the of the American science fiction television series, "". Written by series creator Gene Roddenberry and directed by Marc Daniels (part one) and Robert Butler (part two), it is the only two-part story in the original series. Part one of the episode was broadcast by NBC on November 17, 1966, with part two broadcast on November 24, 1966. In the episode, Spock abducts his former commander Christopher Pike, locks the "Enterprise" on a course to the forbidden planet Talos
The Survivor (Star Trek: The Animated Series) Critics felt that the episode was similar to those of "The Original Series", but it was considered one of the best episodes seen in "The Animated Series" by Chris Cummins of the website Topless Robot. "The Survivor" was adapted into a novelization by Alan Dean Foster and was released on several different home media formats. On stardate 5143.3, while patrolling near the Romulan Neutral Zone, the Federation starship "Enterprise" finds a small private ship manned by a Vendorian, an alien species that can transform its shape at will. The alien dupes the crew on board the "Enterprise" into thinking that