Star Trek: The Cage

Temporal Directive is a Star Trek fan podcast rewatching all of the Star Trek franchise in chronological order. That's right, everything!This week's episode on our trek through the franchise is the first Star Trek put on film… the unaired pilot “The Cage”.Capt. Pike is held prisoner and tested by aliens who have the power to project incredibly lifelike illusions.We're Australian, so this episode is marked as explicit only due to our casual swearing.Special thanks to thestartrekchronologyproject.blogspot.com for their incredible work where the timeline of the entire franchise has been mapped out. Check them out.Temporal Directive wants to talk about Star Trek, so if you want to join in the conversation you can email Garry & Tom at [email protected] or find them on Facebook (/TemporalDirectivePodcast) or Instagram (@temporaldirective) and send your thoughts on the episode of the week, or share how you came to love Star Trek.Live Long and Prosper.

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