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
Star Trek: The Original Series realizations of the franchise adhered to the "Wagon Train" paradigm of the continuing journey, with the notable exception of the serialized "", "", and the of "". In Roddenberry's original concept, the protagonist was Captain Robert April of the starship S.S. "Yorktown". This character was developed into Captain Christopher Pike, first portrayed by Jeffrey Hunter. April is listed in the "Star Trek Chronology", "The Star Trek Encyclopedia" and at startrek.com as the "Enterprise"s first commanding officer, preceding Captain Christopher Pike. The character's only television/movie appearance is in the "" episode "The Counter-Clock Incident" In April 1964, Roddenberry presented the "Star