But along with those releases, there are some people who remain confused as to which version of "The Cage" is which. Thanks to the advent of home video technology, we now have no less than four different versions of "The Cage" that have been commercially released to the public since 1986, due to the many VHS, laserdisc, and DVD releases, as well as two versions that have never appeared on video in any form. "The Cage" is also unique in that what was originally produced in 1964-65 would not survive intact at all, as it would be edited, reassembled, restored, and in some cases even lost forever. "The Cage" remains to this day unique in not just television history but STAR TREK history as well, in that the nucleus of what would be explored in the original series would be laid out for all 79 classic episodes as well as the myriad spinoffs over the next four decades. Had it not been for "The Cage", shot at the end of 1964 and submitted in early 1965, we would have not had "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and everything that followed. In the history of television, no television series has had the unique opportunity of seeing not one but two pilot episodes produced other than STAR TREK.
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