Arena (Episode)

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Arena

"Arena" (TOS 19)

Series	Star Trek
Season	1
Episode	18
Production Number	19
Release Date	19 Jan 1967
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Stardate 3045.6: Kirk is pitted in a barehanded duel with a Gorn.

Captain Kirk receives a request from Commodore Travers to visit the Starfleet base on the new colony at Cestus III. Upon arriving, Kirk finds the base completely destroyed. Suddenly Kirk and his landing party are ambushed; Lieutenant Harold, the lone survivor on Cestus, says that the base was destroyed by a sudden and merciless attack. His people didn't have time to request the Enterprise's presence. The call was a trap, set by the attackers. The Enterprise follows the enemy ship, but the two vessels intrude upon the territory of the powerful Metrons, who decide to settle the conflict by having Kirk fight the alien commander, a Gorn, in single combat: the loser's ship will be destroyed. The Gorn is a human-sized, immensely strong reptilian being, as resourceful as Kirk in battle. The captain manages to construct a weapon with which he defeats the Gorn — and his refusal to kill his defeated opponent impresses the Metrons. Perhaps one day, they tell Kirk, the Federation may be mature enough to meet them as friends and equals.

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Related Data

Astrometrics	Archanis; Canopus; Cestus III; Earth; Metron system; Milky Way galaxy; Sirius
Chronology	Prime Timeline; 2267; Stardate 3045.6-3046.2
Culture
Education	doctor; doctorate; physician
Food
People	DePaul; Gorn captain; Harold; Kelowitz; Kirk, James T.; Lang; Leslie; McCoy, Leonard; Metron; O'Herlihy; Scott, Montgomery; Spock; Sulu, Hikaru; Travers; Uhura, Nyota
Politics	police; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Ranks (Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, Commodore
Science & Technology	asteroid; atmosphere; azimuth; carbon; charcoal; club; coal; communications; communicator; computer; dagger; degree; diamond; disruptors; gravity; gunpowder; impulse drive; life support; lifesigns; magnetism; mineralogy; nacelle; orbit; parsec; phasers (Type 1, Type 2, shipboard); photon grenade; photon grenade launcher; photon torpedo; potassium; potassium nitrate; radiation; radiation sickness; rock; sensors; sentience; shields; shock; subspace; subspace radio; sulfur; time (hour, day); tractor beam; transporter; tricorder; universal translator; warp drive; wood; yard
Ships & Vehicles	Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; Gorn ship
Xenology	bamboo; Gorn; Humans; hybrids; Metrons; trees; Vulcans
Miscellaneous	arsenal; bridge; captain's quarters; chef; chief medical officer; commanding officer; logs; Red Alert; Starfleet Uniforms (2266)

Credits

Starring
William Shatner

Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock

Directed by
Joseph Pevney

Teleplay by
Gene L. Coon

From a Story by
Fredric Brown

Produced by
Gene L. Coon

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman

Script Consultant
Steven W. Carabatsos

Featuring
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
George Take as Sulu

James Doohan	…	as Scott
Nichelle Nichols	…	as Uhura
Jerry Ayres	…	as O'Herlihy
Grant Woods	…	as Kelowitz
Tom Troupe	…	as Lt. Harold
James Farley	…	as Lang
Carole Shelyne	…	as Metron
Sean Kenney	…	as DePaul