Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek‘s First Pilot Episode, “The Cage” (1966)
Captain Pike says he feels like he is in Dante’s Inferno.
Contributed by Lisa Peterson (Bowdoin, ’07)
Sighting Citation:
“Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek‘s First Pilot Episode, “The Cage” (1966).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. June 11, 2026. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/star-treks-first-pilot-episode-the-cage-1966/.
Posted June 11, 2026