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 Eye of the Beholder (Star Trek: The Animated Series) The Eye of the Beholder (Star Trek: The Animated Series) "The Eye of the Beholder" is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the American animated science fiction television series "". It first aired in the NBC Saturday morning lineup on January 5, 1974, and was written by David P. Harmon. Harmon also worked on the original "" series, writing the episode "The Deadly Years" and co-writing "" with Gene L. Coon. In this episode, while investigating the disappearance of a Federation starship, the "Enterprise" command crew become imprisoned as part of an exhibit in an alien zoo. On