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)
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"Arena" is the eighteenth 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)[1] 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.

  1. ^ Solow, Herbert; Justman, Robert (June 1997). Inside Star Trek The Real Story. Simon & Schuster. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-671-00974-5.

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