[dmreedy]

At the very least, "poorly reassembled by incomprehensible aliens" is a plot element in the Star Trek TOS pilot. Granted, that character lasted more than a few minutes. And costumes for incomprehensible aliens are expensive, so big veiny heads will do.

[ghayes]

FYI, these is Star Trek's episode "The Managerie" [0], and was original the pilot episode "The Cage" [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Menagerie_(Star_Trek:_The_...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cage_(Star_Trek:_The_Origi...