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received screen credit for “The Menagerie, Part II” for directing Mendon, Ensign. (John Putch). A ~ the scenes from “The Cage" that formed the majority of that seg- Starfleet officer and a native of the yo ment. Despite being a two-parter, the wrap-around “envelope” planet Benzar. As is a characteristic p footage was treated as a single episode by studio accounting, so of his people, Mendon had bluish- © it is listed here as one segment. GUEST CAST: Jeffrey Hunter as green skin and breathed with the - Pike, Christopher; Susan Oliver as Vina; Malachi Throne as assistance of a respiration device Mendez, Commodore José; M. Leigh Hudec (Majel Barrett Mendon was something of an overRoddenberry) as Number One; John Hoyt as Boyce, Dr. Phillip; achiever by human standards, caus- PE ; Peter Duryea as Tyler, José; Laurel Goodwin as Colt, Yeoman ing some initial friction with the 3 = J.M.; Adam Roarke as C.P.O. Garrison and First Crewman; Sean Enterprise-D crew when he served "J Kenney as Pike, Captain (Injured). Hagen Beggs as Hansen, Mr.; aboard that ship as part of an officer £ Julie Parrish as Piper, Miss; Meg Wyllie as Keeper, The; Clegg exchange program in 2365, but he wn Hoyt as Pitcairn Transporter chief; George Sawaya as Humbolt, soon adapted to Starfleet social Chief; Brett Dunham as Security chief; Tom Lupo, lan Reddin, norms. Wesley Crusher once misSecurity guards; Majel Barrett as Enterprise computer voice and took Mendon for Mordock, another Starbase computer control voice; Bob Herron as Kirk's stunt dou- Benzite, but Mendon explained that ble and stunt double captain. SEE: Boyce, Dr. Phil; Columbia, they were both from the same §.S.; delta radiation; duranium; fleet captain; Haskins, Dr. geostructure, and therefore looked WAY 4 Theodore; Kaylar; Keeper, the; laser weapons; Mendez, alike to non-Benzites. (“A Matter of 4 Commodore José; Mojave; Number One; Orion animal Honor" [TNG]). John Putch also women; Pike, Christopher; Rigel VII; Spock; Starbase 11; played Mordock in “Coming of Age” Starfleet General orders and Regulations; Talos IV; Talos Star (TNG) and a journalist aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise-B in Star Trek Group; Talosians; Tango; tritanium; Tyler, José; Vega Colony; Generations. Vina. Mendora. A mythical devil figure to the inhabitants of the in Mendak, Admiral. (Alan Scarfe). Romulan Berussian Cluster. (“Devil's Due" [TNG]) officer who commanded the warbird i Devoras. Mendak and the Devoras met the Mendoza, Dr. (Castulo Guerra). Federation representative in the Enterprise-D inside the Romulan Neutral negotiations for rights to the Barzan wormhole in 2366. Dr. al : Zone in 2367. The rendezvous was slated to Mendoza was poisoned by members of the Ferengi delegation, p ; be the beginning of negotiations between and Commander Riker was forced to take his place at the negotir the Federation, represented by Ambas- ation table. (“The Price” [TNG]). 1 sador T'Pel, and the Romulans. However, Mendak'’s true purpose was to enable T'Pel, Mendrossen, Ki. (William Denis). Ambassador Sarek's chief-ofNE in reality a Romulan operative named staff during the Legaran conference of 2366, Sarek’s final diplo: Subcommander Selok, to escape into matic mission. A middle-aged human male, Mendrossen was Romulan hands. (“Data's Day” [TNG]). Alan Scarfe also played aware that Sarek suffered from debilitating Bendii Syndrome, Tokath in “Birthright, Part II" (TNG). but sought to protect the ambassador so that he could complete that last mission with honor. (“Sarek” [TNG]) Mendakan pox. Humanoid disease characterized by skin mottling. Harry Kim had a case of Mendakan pox in 2358. (“Favorite Menegay, Paul. Son of an Enterprise-D crew member. In 2370, at Son” [VGR]) the age of seven, Paul was the winner of the Captain Picard Day contest. His winning entry was a bust of the Captain's head, a Mendel, Gregor Johann. Nineteenth-century Earth scientist work of art that Commander William Riker described as “the (1822-1884) who postulated the basic principles of genetic orange one with the lumpy skin." (“The Pegasus” [TNG]). heredity and suggested the existence of genes. (“Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" [TOS]) Menthar. An ancient culture that was destroyed a thousand years ago in a terrible war with the Promellians. The final battle in Mendez, Commodore José. this conflict was fought at planet Orelious IX, resulting in the (Malachi Throne). Commanding extinction of both species and the destruction of Orelious IX. The officer of Starbase 11 in 2267. An Menthars were believed to be very innovative in battle: they were illusory version of Mendez presided the first to develop the Kavis Teke elusive maneuver, and had a over Spock's court-martial for - passive lure stratagem comparable to Napoleon's. The Menthars charges of mutiny and violation | 53 4 also developed and deployed aceton assimilators, devices that of General Order 7 when Spock ache & not only trapped the Cleponiji, but worked well enough to trap the abducted Fleet Captain Christopher ” 4 . Enterprise-D a millennium after their final battle. (“Booby Trap” Pike to Talos IV. The real Mendez I . [TNG)). later cleared Spock of all charges. p (“The Menagerie, Parts | and II" ; Menuhin, Yehudi. A famous Earth concert violinist (1916- ). Data [TOS)). Actor Malachi Throne also Vd programmed himself to emulate Menuhin’s performance style provided the voices of the Talosian y (“Sarek™ [TNG]) magistrate in the original (unaired) version of “The Cage," and later portrayed Romulan Senator Pardek in “Unification, Parts | Mera, Vedek. Bajoran spiritual leader. Mera traveled to Deep and II" [TNG]). Mendez must have assumed command of Space 9in 2373 to attend what would have been the signing cerStarbase 11 just prior to “The Menagerie, Part I" (TOS), since in emony for Bajor's admission to the Federation. (“Rapture” the previous episode (“Court Martial” (TOS), the base was being [DS9)) run by Commodore Stone. Merak Il. Planet. A botanical plague threatened to destroy all Mendez. Starfleet officer who was a crew member on the U.S.S. vegetation on Merak Il in 2269. The plague was averted when a Victory, and who participated in a mission to planet Tarchannen consignment of mineral zenite was delivered by the Starship Min 2362. In 2367, Mendez stole a shuttle from the U.S.S. Aries Enterprise from planet Ardana. (“The Cloud Minders” [TOS]) and fled to planet Tarchannen lll, where it is believed her body Quark said that the inhabitants of Merak II manufactured the was transformed into a reptilian life-form native to that planet. best sizing scanners, but he may have been lying. (“The Wire" (“Identity Crisis" [TNG]) [DS9))