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Character in the Star Trek franchise

Christopher Pike
Star Trek character
Captain Pike, as played by Jeffrey Hunter in the original airplane pilot "The Cage".
First advent	"The Menagerie" (1966) (The Original Series)
Created past	Gene Roddenberry
Portrayed by	Jeffrey Hunter (1965) Sean Kenney (1966) Bruce Greenwood (2009–2013) Anson Mount (2019–present)
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Championship	Captain Fleet Captain
Affiliation	United Federation of Planets Starfleet
Pregnant other	Vina

Captain Christopher "Chris" Pike is a fictional character in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. He is the immediate predecessor to James T. Kirk as helm of the starship USSEnterprise.

Pike first appeared as the master character of the original unaired airplane pilot episode for Star Trek: The Original Series, "The Cage", portrayed past Jeffrey Hunter. When this pilot was rejected, Hunter withdrew from the series, and the character of Throughway was replaced with Kirk.^{[1] [2]} The serial afterward established State highway every bit being Kirk's predecessor in the two-part story "The Menagerie", which extensively used archive footage from "The Cage"; the framing story included an older, scarred and disabled Armada Captain Pike portrayed by Sean Kenney.

The films Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), which take place in an alternate timeline, feature Bruce Greenwood as a version of Freeway who acts as a mentor to the young Kirk. Christopher State highway is a main character in the second flavor of Star Trek: Discovery (broadcast 2019), portrayed by Anson Mount; set up several years later "The Muzzle", the show has Captain Freeway assume temporary command of the USS Discovery. The upcoming television series Star Trek: Foreign New Worlds will be centered effectually Expressway's time as captain of the USS Enterprise, with Mountain reprising the role.

Depiction [edit]

According to dialogue in "The Cage", he is from the city of Mojave on Earth and once owned a horse named Tango.

Pike is the second captain of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 and the beginning to be shown in Star Trek canon. Star Expedition: The Animated Series reveals that Captain Robert April predated Pike, and printed Star Trek fiction and reference books likewise identify April as Pike's predecessor.^{[3] [4]} State highway took command of the USS Enterprise in the year 2250, at the age of 38, taking over control from Robert April, who commanded the Enterprise for 5 years.

"The Muzzle" [edit]

At the beginning of "The Muzzle", set in the year 2254, Motorway and his crew are recuperating from a mission to Rigel Vii during which several members of the landing party were killed by the inhabitants. The incident filled Superhighway with and then much guilt that he is considering resigning his commission.

Meanwhile, the Enterprise is en road to Vega Colony to drop off wounded coiffure members when it receives a distress call from the survey vessel SS Columbia, lost eighteen years previously. Pike initially refuses to investigate, citing that the injured crew members accept priority. Nonetheless, when an abbreviated follow-up message is received, he orders the send diverted to Talos 4 to rescue survivors.

Superhighway soon learns that all but 1 of the survivors are illusions created past the Talosians in club to lure the Enterprise coiffure to Talos 4. The Talosians make every endeavour to provide fantasies that they hope will entreatment to Expressway, using Vina, the merely real Columbia survivor, as the object of want. After Motorway escapes from his prison house prison cell with the aid of his first officer, Number One, and Yeoman J. Thousand. Filly, the Talosians reveal, to Pike, Vina's real appearance every bit a disfigured older woman. The Talosians saved her life after the Columbia crashed, but they had no guide on how to repair a human body. Pike requests that the Talosians restore her illusion of dazzler and the Enterprise leaves Talos Four.

"The Menagerie" [edit]

At some point prior to the 2-part episode "The Menagerie", set in the year 2267, Expressway is promoted to fleet captain. He is severely injured while rescuing several cadets from a baffle plate rupture on board a J-class training vessel, the delta ray radiations leaving him paralyzed, unable to speak, badly scarred, and using a brainwave-operated wheelchair for mobility. His only ways of communicating is through a light on the chair: ane flash significant "yes" and two flashes indicating "no".

In "The Menagerie", the Enterprise, now nether the command of Captain James T. Kirk, travels to Starbase xi. Spock, who had served with State highway for "eleven years, iv months, and five days", makes clandestine arrangements to take Superhighway back to Talos IV, despite travel to Talos Four existence the only criminal criminal offence still punishable by death in Starfleet. Spock undergoes court-martial, with his evidence presented during the trial being footage from "The Cage". At the two-part episode's decision, it is revealed that the entire procedure was a Talosian-generated illusion to ensure that the Enterprise reached Talos. The Talosians invite Captain Pike to spend the balance of his life amongst them, "unfettered by his natural trunk", which was the entire purpose of Spock's actions. Thruway accepts the offer and Spock, now cleared of all charges, sees him off. The Talosians and so testify Captain Kirk an image of Pike in perfect health and reunited with Vina (another scene from "The Cage").

Later on references [edit]

Pike is referenced in the episode "Mirror, Mirror". An alternate-universe version of Captain Kirk reportedly assassinated Pike to become captain of the ISS Enterprise (the Mirror Universe version of the USS Enterprise).

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Most Toys", the name Pike can be seen briefly on the side of the shuttlecraft Lt. Commander Data was going to pilot at the beginning of the episode.

A citation named for Pike is revealed in the Star Expedition: Deep Space Nine episode "Tears of the Prophets"; Captain Benjamin Sisko receives the "Christopher Expressway Medal of Valor" for his deportment during the Dominion War. Captain Sisko and his Vulcan rival Captain Solok congratulate each other on receiving "Christopher Superhighway Medal" in the Deep Space 9 episode "Accept Me Out to the Holosuite" (S07E04).

Reboot [edit]

Bruce Greenwood equally Superhighway in the 2009 motion-picture show

Helm Pike appears in the 2009 reboot Star Trek, this time portrayed by Bruce Greenwood. In the motion-picture show, Throughway encourages a immature, directionless James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) to follow in the footsteps of his hero father and enlist in Starfleet.^[5] Pike is the first Captain of the USS Enterprise, with Kirk on board equally a stowaway. During the Battle of Vulcan, Thruway is taken prisoner by Nero (Eric Bana) and tortured for information almost World's defenses. He is later rescued past Kirk, whom Motorway also manages to relieve from an attack despite his wounds. At the stop of the motion picture, Pike is promoted to the rank of admiral and uses a wheelchair. Unlike his analogue in "The Menagerie", however, Pike withal retains the power to speak and to utilize his upper body. He proudly yields control of the Enterprise to Kirk while he recovers from his injuries, stating that Kirk'south father would be proud of his actions.

Greenwood reprised his function every bit Pike in the next film, Star Trek Into Darkness. In the motion picture, Pike has partially recovered from the trauma Nero inflicted, using a pikestaff rather than a wheelchair.^[six] After Kirk violates the Prime number Directive to rescue Spock (Zachary Quinto), Freeway briefly retakes control of the Enterprise and warns Kirk that the Admiralty is threatening to put him back into the University. Pike confronts Kirk well-nigh his reckless behavior and how his own actions can get those nearest to him killed. Despite his acrimony at Kirk, however, Motorway retains him as his First Officeholder, sparing him from having to return to the Academy. He after explains to Kirk that he still believes in him and that he also sees a "greatness" behind his recklessness. During a meeting with the Starfleet commanders, including veteran Admiral Marcus and Helm Kirk, Pike is killed in a terrorist assail on Starfleet past John Harrison. Pike'due south death incites a desire for revenge in Kirk, who seeks to hunt downwardly Harrison, nearly bringing the Federation into a total-scale war with the Klingons. At the end of the film, a memorial service is held for Pike and all of the other people who died as a outcome of Admiral Marcus and Harrison'south actions.

Star Trek: Discovery and Curt Treks [edit]

Prior to appearing on Star Trek: Discovery equally a principal character, Pike is referenced twice in the show's first flavour. The episode "Choose Your Hurting" has Superhighway listed on the Starfleet Database as one of Starfleet's most decorated Captains as of 2256. (Also included in the listing are Jonathan Archer, Matt Decker, Philippa Georgiou, and Robert April.) The season finale "Will Yous Take My Hand?" shows the Enterprise on-screen, with Motorway sending a distress call to the Discovery.^[seven] Anson Mount being bandage as Captain Freeway for the second flavour was announced on Apr nine, 2018.^[eight]

Captain Christopher Expressway was introduced to Star Expedition: Discovery in the second flavor premiere, "Brother", which beginning aired in the U.S. on January 17, 2019. Set up in the years 2257-2258, the season-long story arc involves State highway bold temporary command of the USS Discovery while the Enterprise is disabled, in order to investigate the mysterious "red signals" – temporal anomalies appearing throughout space that have some connectedness to the credible breakdown and disappearance of Spock. The planet Talos Iv reappears in the episode "If Retention Serves", which also has Pike and Vina once again making mental contact. In the episode "Through the Valley of Shadows", Pike receives a premonition of his own hereafter including his injury and disfigurement. Pike departs the prove in the flavor finale "Such Sugariness Sorrow, Part ii", first aired 18th April, 2019, which shows him resuming control of the Enterprise.

Anson Mount reprised his role as Expressway in the beginning three episodes of the second season of the anthology series Star Trek: Brusk Treks.^[9] originally airing October v to November 14, 2019.

Star Trek: Foreign New Worlds [edit]

Afterward Anson Mount left Discovery following the second-flavor finale, fans of the series began calling for him to reprise his role of Christopher Pike in a spin-off attack the USS Enterprise, alongside Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Spock.^{[10] [xi]} Alex Kurtzman confirmed that development on such a series had begun in January 2020.^[12] Production began on the series in February 2021.

Appearances in licensed media [edit]

Novels and brusk stories [edit]

Pike appears in the Pocket Books novels Enterprise: The First Chance (Vonda North. McIntyre, 1986), Last Frontier (Diane Carey, 1988), Vulcan's Glory (D. C. Fontana, 1989), The Rift (Peter David, 1991), Burning Dreams (Margaret Wander Bonanno, 2006), and Child of Two Worlds (Greg Cox, 2015).

A mirror-universe version of Thruway (established in "Mirror, Mirror", as having been assassinated by the mirror James T. Kirk.^[4])

He also appears in the novel Nighttime Victory (William Shatner, 1999), and the short story "The Greater Good" (Margaret Wander Bonanno) in the anthology Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows (2009).

Dave Stern's 2010 original serial novel The Children of Kings was fix aboard Pike's Enterprise.

Captain Freeway has his own novel in "Captain's Table" serial, Where Sea Meets Sky, written by Jerry Oltion and published in Oct 1998.

Helm Throughway and the Enterprise appear in the first Star Expedition: Discovery novel Desperate Hours (David Mack, 2017) and feature prominently in the fifth novel The Enterprise War (John Jackson Miller, 2019), which chronicles the Enterprise's activities concurrent with the first flavour of that series.

Comics [edit]

Star Expedition: Early Voyages [edit]

In the Paramount-licensed Star Expedition comic book serial published past Curiosity Comics, Star Trek: Early Voyages chronicled the adventures of the Enterprise under the command of Pike. The earliest issues lead up to the events seen in "The Cage", which was retold from Yeoman Colt'south point of view. Although extremely popular, the comic series concluded on a bewilderment when Curiosity lost the Star Trek license rights.^{[ citation needed ]}

Star Trek Annual #2 – "The Terminal Voyage" (DC comics, 1986) [edit]

In this effect, the Enterprise tries to return home to World only to find itself around Talos IV. They observe that the Klingons have gone to the planet reasoning anything that scared the Federation enough to maintain the death penalty could be used equally a weapon. While on the surface they likewise observe ii Klingons torturing Pike, who is back in his chair due to the Klingons having partially mastered the Talosian'south mind powers. One of the Klingons then tortures the crew of the Enterprise by making them live their worst fears. Kirk, forced to relive the death of Edith Keeler, goes berserk with rage and breaks the illusion. Kirk so beats the Klingon tormenting them to death with his bare hands. The crew apace complimentary the Talosians, who mentally imprison the Klingons in illusions of peaceful, tranquil settings as they purge their memories of Talos 4. The crew returns habitation with Pike remaining on Talos Iv to continue his illusionary life.

Starfleet Academy comic series [edit]

In the Paramount-licensed Star Trek comic book series published by Marvel Comics, Starfleet Academy, Nog and some swain cadets encounter a solid image of Pike on Talos Iv.^{[ citation needed ]}

Star Trek Captain'south Log: Superhighway (IDW Publishing, 2010) [edit]

Captain's Log: Pike published by IDW details the events leading up to and including Pike becoming disabled from the bamboozle plate rupture aboard the USS Exeter (NCC-1788) under the watch of Captain Colt, Pike's erstwhile yeoman on the Enterprise. The story also reveals Filly's unrequited love for her former Captain.

Star Trek: The New Voyages [edit]

In an episode of the not-canon fan picture show series Star Trek: New Voyages, a time-traveling Kirk and Spock attempt to warn Throughway not to effort to rescue the trapped cadets. Motorway attempts information technology, in spite of what futurity-Kirk and futurity-Spock say, causing him to be injured by the delta rays and later transition to a life in the wheelchair and its light advice device.

Reception [edit]

In 2012, IGN ranked the character Christoper Pike, equally depicted in the original series and the 2009 film Star Trek, every bit the 23rd top character of the Star Trek universe.^[13]

In 2017, The Washington Post ranked Throughway as the 6th best Helm of Star Expedition, including the character's presentations in the Kelvin films (Bruce Greenwood) and the Star Trek pilot and original series (Jeffrey Hunter and Sean Kenney).^{[14] [15]}

In 2019, Television receiver Guide called the Captain Pike (played by Anson Mount) featured in Star Trek: Discovery a "fan favorite", too noting Pike'southward Number One (played by Rebecca Romijn).^[sixteen]

In 2019, due to his inclusion in Star Expedition: Discovery'south second season, Screen Rant ranked Anson Mount's Pike as the second all-time Helm in Star Trek:

"This guy saw his future as a disfigured hunk of meat on a wheelchair, and yet he still pressed on. That'due south what nosotros call bravery."^[17]

Due to the popularity of Anson Mount and Ethan Peck's portrayals in Star Trek: Discovery of Pike and Spock, respectively, fans started a Change.org petition for CBS to committee a Thruway spin-off, focusing on Pike and Spock's adventures aboard the Enterprise. Every bit of Nov 2019, the petition had reached over 29,000 signatures.^{[ commendation needed ]}

References [edit]

1. ^ David Alexander, Star Expedition Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry, p. 244. Letter from Gene Roddenberry to Jeffrey Hunter, April 5, 1965:

   I am told yous accept decided not to go alee with "Star Expedition". This has to be your ain decision, of class, and I must respect it. Yous may be sure I agree no grudge or sick feelings and expect to proceed to reverberate publicly and privately the high regard I learned for you during the product of our airplane pilot.

2. ^ Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman, Within Star Trek, p. 63.
3. ^ Carey, Diane (1995). Best Destiny. Pocket Books. ISBN0-517-13905-7.
4. ^ ^{a b} Okuda, Mike; Denise, Okuda; Mirek, Debbie (1999). The Star Trek Encyclopedia. Pocket Books. ISBN0-671-53609-5.
5. ^ RadioFree.com: Star Trek film clip
6. ^ T'Bones. "Room for Greenwood in Star Trek XII". Trektoday. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
7. ^ Nemetz, Dave (2018-02-12). "We Ask the Star Trek: Discovery EPs What the Finale's Throwback Catastrophe Means for Season 2". TVLine . Retrieved 2018-02-12 .
8. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (April nine, 2018). "'Star Trek: Discovery' Adds Anson Mount In Key Function For Season 2". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April xi, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
9. ^ Liptak, Andrew (2019-07-20). "Star Trek: Brusk Treks are returning to CBS All Admission this fall". The Verge . Retrieved 2019-07-23 .
10. ^ Pascale, Anthony (March 25, 2019). "Interview: Ethan Peck On Where Spock Is Headed In 'Star Expedition: Discovery' ... And Maybe Beyond". TrekMovie.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved April nineteen, 2019.
11. ^ Pascale, Anthony (April fifteen, 2019). "Anson Mount Responds To Fan Petition Calling For Star Trek Pike Series". TrekMovie.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved Apr 19, 2019.
12. ^ Owen, Rob (January xvi, 2020). "Tuned In: Writer Michael Chabon treks to 'Star Expedition: Picard'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved Jan 26, 2019.
13. ^ IGM Movies (2009-05-08), Superlative 25 Star Trek Characters - IGN , retrieved 2019-07-12
14. ^ Ahrens, Frank (2017-09-26). "The ultimate ranking of the best "Star Trek" captains". The Denver Post . Retrieved 2019-03-17 .
15. ^ Ahrens, Frank (2017-09-22). The ultimate ranking of the all-time 'Star Trek' captains. The Washington Postal service, 22 September 2017. Retrieved from https://world wide web.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/09/22/the-ultimate-ranking-of-the-best-star-trek-captains/?noredirect=on.
16. ^ Vick, Megan (2019-03-18). "Star Trek: Discovery Fans Shouldn't Get Besides Attached to Captain Pike | Television set Guide". TVGuide.com . Retrieved 2019-03-xx .
17. ^ Hurych, Amanda (2019-05-xix). "Every Star Trek Helm, Ranked Worst To Best". ScreenRant . Retrieved 2019-11-08 .

External links [edit]

• Christopher Pike at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Christopher Pike Medal of Valor at Retention Blastoff (a Star Trek wiki)
• Christopher Thruway (mirror) at Memory Blastoff (a Star Trek wiki)
• Christopher Thruway (alternating reality) at Retentivity Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Christopher Pike at Retentiveness Beta, for the character in Star Trek novels and comics.

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