Talos IV
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| Talos IV | |
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| Class: | M |
| Native Species: | Talosians |
| Location: | Talos star group |
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Talos IV was an M-class planet, and the fourth of eleven worlds within the Talos star group.
It was inhabited by the Talosians, an old and weakened race with enormous mental powers, who lived deep underground. In 2254, the planet was visited by the Federation starship USS Enterprise under the command of Captain Christopher Pike after receiving a distress call from the SS Columbia, which crash-landed there in 2236. However, the only survivor of this crash was Vina, a female Human. (TOS: "The Cage")
Afterwards, the Federation imposed General Order 7 on Talos IV, preventing anyone from ever approaching, let alone making any form of contact with, the planet again under penalty of death. (TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I")
In 2267, Talos IV was revisited by the Enterprise while commandeered by Spock, in order to drop Captain Pike there. Pike had been crippled by delta rays but was able to live a normal life on the planet together with Vina. (TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II")
[edit] Background
In the original script for "The Cage", Talos IV was named Sirius IV and was inhabited by crab-like aliens who kidnap Pike.
The 2006 "remastered" versions of "The Menagerie, Part I" and "The Menagerie, Part II", as well as the 2008 "remastered" version of "The Cage", featured several updated shots of Talos IV.
