Use of Old Footage
- The original episode, "The Cage," ended with the Talosians creating an illusion of Captain Pike to keep Vina happy, whereas the real Captain Pike set off with the Enterprise. When that footage was edited to create "The Menagerie," the same shot is used to show that Pike has returned to Talos IV, and that the Talosians have used their abilities to create the illusion that Pike is young and healthy once more.
- "The Menagerie" does not reveal what actually happened to Vina after Pike left her in "The Cage." Previous short shots are strung together that were originally used throughout the final surface scene. After the Keeper replies "and more" to Pike's request to restore Vina's health, the camera cuts to the previously used shot of Vina beautiful, which was shown just before her revelation of deformity. Then Pike is seen in a recycled shot from when he looks in bewilderment at Vina's transformation. After this a shot of the Keeper smiling, tilting his head at an angle, used from "The Cage" where the Keeper says "She has an illusion...". Another shot of Pike follows this, which was originally shown just after the Keeper's final words in "The Cage," and then we see a final shot of Vina with her illusory beauty.
- The final shot of Vina with her illusory beauty restored before Pike beams back to the ship, in the court evidence, was not used in "The Cage," and instead a short piece of footage that was a first take of a shot of Vina was used. Viewers can tell this is the case as for a split second actress Susan Oliver looks directly at the camera, and the camera is slightly wobbly and the film grainier than the rest. Oliver's eyeline and the camera's movement meant that this shot was not deemed suitable to be used in "The Cage" but, because The Menagerie created an edited ending, the only unused available shot of Vina was the shot shown.
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