Editing Spock (section)

==="The Cage" and the first season===
Spock appeared as the science officer on the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] in the first pilot for the series, "[[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Cage]]". This was not shown on television at the time, but the events of the episode were shown in the two-part episode "[[The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Menagerie]]" of the [[Star Trek: The Original Series season 1|first season]], and Spock's previous 11 years of service on the ''Enterprise'' were described.<ref name="tormenagerie">{{cite web|last1=DeCandido|first1=Keith|author-link1=Keith DeCandido|title=Star Trek The Original Series: "The Menagerie" Parts 1 & 2|url=http://www.tor.com/2015/06/23/star-trek-the-original-series-the-menagerie-parts-1-2/|publisher=Tor.com|access-date=August 17, 2016|date=June 23, 2015|archive-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805184602/http://www.tor.com/2015/06/23/star-trek-the-original-series-the-menagerie-parts-1-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> Spock was one of the members of the away team who joined Captain [[Christopher Pike (Star Trek)|Christopher Pike]] ([[Jeffrey Hunter]]) on a mission to Talos IV to investigate a [[distress call]].<ref name=cage>{{Cite episode |title=The Cage |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=Gene |last=Roddenberry |network=NBC |date=November 27, 1988 }}</ref> Spock did appear in the second pilot, "[[Where No Man Has Gone Before]]", but this was broadcast initially as the third episode.<ref name="torwhere">{{cite web|last1=DeCandido|first1=Keith|author-link1=Keith DeCandido|title=Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: "Where No Man Has Gone Before"|url=http://www.tor.com/2015/03/11/star-trek-the-original-series-rewatch-qwhere-no-man-has-gone-beforeq/|publisher=Tor.com|access-date=August 17, 2016|date=March 11, 2015|archive-date=September 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915213646/http://www.tor.com/2015/03/11/star-trek-the-original-series-rewatch-qwhere-no-man-has-gone-beforeq/|url-status=live}}</ref> During the events of that pilot, Spock became concerned at the risk to the ship posed by Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell ([[Gary Lockwood]]) and suggested possible solutions to Captain [[James T. Kirk]] ([[William Shatner]]).<ref name=where>{{Cite episode |title=Where No Man Has Gone Before |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=Samuel A. |last=Peeples |network=NBC |date=September 22, 1966 |season=1 |number=3 }}</ref>

The earliest appearance of Spock in the series as broadcast was in "[[The Man Trap]]", the first such episode.{{sfn |Cushman|Osborn| 2013| p=176}} When he needs to knock out an evil version of Kirk in "[[The Enemy Within (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Enemy Within]]", he uses a [[Vulcan nerve pinch]]. Spock and Chief Engineer [[Scotty (Star Trek)|Montgomery "Scotty" Scott]] ([[James Doohan]]) work together to rejoin the good and evil versions of the Captain, which had been split following a [[Transporter (Star Trek)|transporter]] accident.<ref name=enemy>{{Cite episode |title=The Enemy Within |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=Richard |last=Matheson|network=NBC |date=October 6, 1966 |season=1 |number=5 }}</ref> During "[[Miri (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Miri]]", he finds himself to be the only member of the landing party to be immune to the physical effects of the disease affecting human adults on the planet. However, he realizes that he is probably a carrier and could infect the ''Enterprise'' if he were to return. Doctor [[Leonard McCoy]] ([[DeForest Kelley]]) manages to devise a cure, allowing the team to return to the ship.<ref name=miri>{{Cite episode |title=Miri |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=Adrian |last=Spies|network=NBC |date=October 27, 1966 |season=1 |number=8 }}</ref>

[[File:Spock at console.jpg|thumb|Spock at the console of a [[Shuttlecraft (Star Trek)|shuttlecraft]] on the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']]|upright=1.0|left]]
When Simon van Gelder enters the bridge armed with a [[Phaser (Star Trek)|phaser]] in "[[Dagger of the Mind]]", Spock subdues him with a nerve pinch. He later conducts a [[mind meld]] with van Gelder as part of the investigation into the activities of the nearby colony. After power to the colony is shut down, and a protective force field drops, Spock leads an away team to rescue Kirk.<ref name=dagger>{{Cite episode |title=Dagger of the Mind |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=S. |last=Bar-David|network=NBC |date=November 3, 1966 |season=1 |number=9 }}</ref> Spock is reunited with Christopher Pike ([[Sean Kenney (actor)|Sean Kenney]]) in "The Menagerie". Pike had been promoted to Fleet Captain but suffered an accident, resulting in severe burns and confining him to a wheelchair and restricting his communication to yes/no answers via a device connected to his [[brainwave]]s. Spock commits [[mutiny]] and directs the ship to travel to Talos IV, a banned planet. He recounts the events of "The Cage" under a tribunal to Kirk, Pike and Commodore Jose I. Mendez ([[Malachi Throne]]). As the ''Enterprise'' arrives at the planet, Mendez is revealed to be a Talosian illusion. At the same time, the real Mendez communicates from Starfleet, giving permission for Pike to be transported to the planet, and all charges against Spock are dropped.<ref name="tormenagerie"/>

[[File:Smiling Spock and Leila Kalomi.png|thumb|upright=1.0|Spock with [[Leila Kalomi]]]]
While the ''Enterprise'' is under threat in "[[Balance of Terror]]", Spock is accused by Lieutenant Stiles ([[Paul Comi]]) of knowing more about the [[Romulans]] than he admits when the alien's similar physical appearance is revealed. Spock hypothesizes that they are an offshoot of the Vulcan race. He saves the ''Enterprise'', manning the phaser station and saves the life of Stiles in the process.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Balance of Terror |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=Paul |last=Schneider|network=NBC |date=December 15, 1966 |season=1 |number=14 }}</ref> In "[[The Galileo Seven]]", Spock leads a landing party on the shuttlecraft ''Galileo'', which is damaged and pulled off its course before landing on the planet Taurus II. Lieutenant Boma ([[Don Marshall (actor)|Don Marshall]]) criticizes Spock's fascination with the weaponry of the natives after the death of Lieutenant Latimer (Rees Vaughn) at their hands. After Scotty uses the power packs of the party's phasers to supply enough energy to get the damaged shuttle back into orbit, Spock decides to dump and ignite the remaining fuel to attract the attention of the ''Enterprise''. The procedure is successful and the crew on the shuttle are rescued.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Galileo Seven |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first1=Oliver|first2=S.|last1=Crawford|last2=Bar-David|network=NBC |date=January 5, 1967 |season=1 |number=16}}</ref>

Spock encounters old acquaintance Leila Kalomi ([[Jill Ireland]]) in "[[This Side of Paradise (Star Trek: The Original Series)|This Side of Paradise]]" after joining an away team to the planet Omicron Ceti III. After being affected by mind-altering spores, Spock begins acting out of character and with overt emotion, partaking in a romantic liaison with Kalomi, who had always desired a relationship but Spock had never reciprocated her feelings. The impact of the spores on him is cured after Kirk goads him into anger, and once freed of the effects, Spock is able to initiate a solution which cures the rest of the crew.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=This Side of Paradise |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=D.C. |first2=Nathan|last=Fontana|last2=Butler|network=NBC |date=March 2, 1967 |season=1 |number=24 }}</ref> Spock attempts to mind meld with a non-humanoid Horta in "[[The Devil in the Dark]]", having initially suggested that Kirk should kill the creature. Following a second mind meld, Spock relays the history of the Horta and is able to create peace between the aliens and a nearby colony.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Devil in the Dark |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=Gene|last=Coon|network=NBC |date=March 9, 1967|season=1 |number=25 }}</ref> Both Spock and Kirk undertake [[guerrilla warfare]] against the occupying [[Klingon]] forces on the planet Organia, prior to the establishment of the Organian Peace Treaty in "[[Errand of Mercy]]".<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Errand of Mercy |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=Gene|last=Coon|network=NBC |date=March 23, 1967|season=1 |number=26 }}</ref> To restore the timeline, he travels with Kirk back to 1930's New York City in "[[The City on the Edge of Forever]]". He uses technology of that period to interface with his [[tricorder]] over the course of the weeks they spend in the period before witnessing Edith Keeler's ([[Joan Collins]]) death.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The City on the Edge of Forever |series=Star Trek: The Original Series |first=Harlan|last=Ellison|network=NBC |date=April 6, 1967|season=1 |number=27 }}</ref>