816. CAGE FIGHT: UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF TREK'S FIRST PILOT
Podcast:INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS Published On: Thu Jan 15 2026 Description: THIS VOYAGE, the Treksperts celebrate the 60th Anniversary of STAR TREK with a deep dive into the making of "The Cage" as they explore Gene Roddenberry's handwritten notes on his August 1964 draft of the original Star Trek pilot. The Inglorious Treksperts are: MARK A. ALTMAN (Pandora, The Librarians, 50 Year Mission), DAREN DOCHTERMAN (Star Trek: The Moton Picture - Director's Edition) & ASHLEY E. MILLER (writer, Thor, X-Men: First Class) BONUS EPISODE FOR TREKSPERTS PLUS SUBSCRIBERS: JOHN SCHUCK: IN CONVERSATION. Subscribe today at trekspertsplus.com and watch or listen on Spotify.Join us on our new INGLORIOUS TREKSPERTS DISCORD Channel at: https://discord.gg/7kgmJSExehRate and follow us on social media at:Blue Sky: @inglorioustrekspertsTwitter/X:@inglorioustrekFacebook:facebook.com/inglorioustrekspertsInstagram/Threads: @inglorioustrekspertsLearn all that is learnable about Star Trek in Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross' THE FIFTY-YEAR MISSION, available in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio from St. Maritn's Press. Follow Inglorious Treksperts at @inglorioustrek on Twitter, Facebook and at @inglorioustreksperts on Instagram and Blue Sky. And now follow the Treksperts Briefing Room at @trekspertsBR, an entirely separate Twitter & Instagram feed."Mark A. Altman is the world's foremost Trekspert" - Los Angeles Times