You even forget how to repair the machines left behind by your ancestors. Like a narcotic. When dreams become more important than reality, you give up travel, building, creating. It was explained to Pike what had happened: The Talosians have incredibly powerful minds, but weakened bodies, due to years of focusing all their efforts on their mental abilities. Spock is amused by the singing plants of Talos IV Talosians are powerful telepaths So while the difference in his behavior can be attributed to real-life decisions made by producers and writers, Discovery’s co-creator and executive producer Alex Kurtzman says that this will be addressed in-universe this season, filling in the gaps between Spock from “The Cage” and Spock on The Original Series.

When “The Cage” was turned down by the network and a new pilot was ordered, Spock was the only character to return, and Number One’s calm, cool demeanor was given to him, along with a name for his species, some very specific physical differences from humans, and (eventually) a very complex backstory. He grinned upon discovering that some blue plants on Talos IV stopped emitting a sound when touched, and when the Enterprise set up a landing party to rescue their captain and none of the men were beamed down, Spock famously shouted “The women!” in surprise when he realized they, and only they, had disappeared. Spock, on the other hand, was more impulsive. The logical, aloof qualities he would later exhibit belonged to Number One, who kept a cool head and seemed nearly emotionless. “The Cage” didn’t even identify Spock’s species, and therefore provided no backstory and no details on Vulcan culture. As already mentioned, there were two now-familiar faces on board: Spock, then serving as science officer, and a first officer known only by the name Number One.Ĭaptain Pike and Lt. The Enterprise arrived in response to what seemed to be a distress call from the SS Columbia, which had crashed there 18 years earlier. The big takeaway here is that Pike’s visit to Talos IV happened three years before this season of Discovery.Īt the time of his visit, Talos was just beginning to sprout some new life after a war, some thousands of centuries ago, had left the surface barren.

This will make Discovery‘s impending visit the second one, since it’s taking place in 2257, and the events of “The Menagerie,” where Spock returns with a badly damaged Pike, happen in 2267. To clarify the timeline of all of the Talos IV visits, the first one took place in “The Cage” in 2254. Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock, and Number One boldly go in “The Cage” USS Enterprise under Pike visited Talos IV 3 years before Discovery season 2

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