In the two-part episode of Star Trek called “The Menagerie”, Mr. Spock commits several crimes to help his former commanding officer, Fleet Captain Christopher Pike to return to the forbidden planet, Talos IV. 11 years before, Pike had been kidnapped on that world, and although he was able to escape through sheer willpower, the Talosians More

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