Jeffrey Hunter - who played Captain Pike in the first Star Trek pilot, agrees to reprise his role for the second pilot and the series. The public announcement of the second pilot is made. The show will be set five years after the first pilot. The new characters are announced for the show. They include Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelly), Lt. Sulu (George Takei), Navigator Chekov (Walter Koenig) and Engineer Scott (James Doohan). They go on to announce that Majel Barrett will not be reprising her Number One role, and that the role of First Officer will be played by Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock.