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
Obsession (Star Trek: The Original Series) Obsession (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Obsession" is the thirteenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", broadcast on December 15, 1967. It is episode No. 42, production No. 47, written by Art Wallace, and directed by Ralph Senensky. In the episode, Captain James T. Kirk becomes obsessed with destroying a deadly entity he once encountered in his youth. During a survey for tritanium deposits, three members of a landing party from the Federation starship USS "Enterprise" are attacked, their blood drained of hemoglobin. Fearing the killer to be a gaseous entity he had encountered eleven