Star Trek episode "Arena"

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"Arena" is a classic first-season Star Trek episode best known for Captain Kirk’s iconic hand-to-hand battle with the reptilian Gorn captain on a desolate alien planet.

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Arena (Star Trek episode) 1
Star Trek episode "Arena" canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Star Trek: The Original Series episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
basedOn Arena (short story) ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Fredric Brown ⓘ
captainOfEnterprise James T. Kirk ⓘ
cinematographyBy Jerry Finnerman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Joseph Pevney ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 18 ⓘ
executiveProducer Gene Roddenberry ⓘ
featuresActor DeForest Kelley ⓘ
James Doohan ⓘ
Leonard Nimoy ⓘ
Ricardo Montalbán ⓘ
William Shatner ⓘ
featuresCharacter Gorn captain ⓘ
featuresSpecies Gorn ⓘ
Metron ⓘ
filmingLocation Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, California ⓘ
firstAppearanceOf Gorn captain ⓘ
franchise Star Trek ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasIconicScene Kirk constructing a makeshift cannon from bamboo, diamonds, and gunpowder to defeat the Gorn. ⓘ
mainCharacter James T. Kirk ⓘ
Leonard McCoy ⓘ
Montgomery Scott ⓘ
Spock ⓘ
musicBy Alexander Courage ⓘ
notableFor hand-to-hand combat between Captain Kirk and the Gorn captain ⓘ
introduction of the Gorn species ⓘ
originalAirDate 1967-01-19 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
partOf Star Trek canon ⓘ
plotSummary The Metrons force Captain Kirk and a Gorn captain to fight to the death as champions of their respective ships to settle a dispute over the destruction of a Federation outpost. ⓘ
portrayedBy William Shatner ⓘ
producer Gene L. Coon ⓘ
productionCode 19 ⓘ
resolution Kirk refuses to kill the defeated Gorn, impressing the Metrons with his mercy. ⓘ
season Season 1 ⓘ
series Star Trek: The Original Series ⓘ
setting Cestus III ⓘ
desolate rocky planet created by the Metrons ⓘ
shipFeatured USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) ⓘ
storyBy Fredric Brown ⓘ
teleplayBy Gene L. Coon ⓘ
theme mercy over vengeance ⓘ
the morality of retaliation ⓘ
writer Gene L. Coon ⓘ

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Gene L. Coon → wroteEpisode → Star Trek episode "Arena" ⓘ
Joseph Pevney → directed → Arena (Star Trek episode) ⓘ
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