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
This Side of Paradise (Star Trek: The Original Series) This Side of Paradise (Star Trek: The Original Series) "This Side of Paradise" is the twenty-fourth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". Written by D. C. Fontana and Jerry Sohl (using the pseudonym Nathan Butler) and directed by Ralph Senensky, it was first broadcast on March 2, 1967. In the episode, the USS "Enterprise" visits a planet where the inhabitants are under the influence of strange plant life. The title is taken from the poem "Tiare Tahiti" by Rupert Brooke and the novel "This Side of Paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Enterprise" is ordered to