Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)

"Arena"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 18
Directed byJoseph Pevney
Story byFredric Brown
Teleplay byGene L. Coon
Featured musicAlexander Courage
Cinematography byJerry Finnerman
Production code019
Original air dateJanuary 19, 1967 (1967-01-19)
Running time50 minutes (runtime)
Guest appearances
  • Carole Shelyne – The Metron
  • Grant Woods – Lt. Kelowitz
  • Sean Kenney – Lt. DePaul
  • Jerry Ayres – O'Herlihy
  • Tom Troupe – Lt. Harold
  • James Farley – Lang
  • Bill Blackburn, Bobby Clark, Gary Combs – Gorn (uncredited)
  • Ted Cassidy – Gorn (voice) (uncredited)

"Arena" is the 18th episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Gene L. Coon (based on a 1944 short story of the same name by Fredric Brown) and directed by Joseph Pevney, the episode was first broadcast on January 19, 1967.

In the episode, while pursuing a Gorn vessel for an apparently unprovoked attack on a Federation outpost, Captain Kirk is forced by powerful entities to battle the opposing captain.

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