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
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