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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instanceOf Star Trek: The Original Series episode
television episode
basedOn Arena (short story) NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Fredric Brown NERFINISHED
captainOfEnterprise James T. Kirk NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Jerry Finnerman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Joseph Pevney NERFINISHED
episodeNumberInSeason 18
executiveProducer Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED
featuresActor DeForest Kelley NERFINISHED
James Doohan NERFINISHED
Leonard Nimoy NERFINISHED
Ricardo Montalbán NERFINISHED
William Shatner NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Gorn captain
featuresSpecies Gorn NERFINISHED
Metron NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, California NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceOf Gorn captain
franchise Star Trek NERFINISHED
genre science fiction
hasIconicScene Kirk constructing a makeshift cannon from bamboo, diamonds, and gunpowder to defeat the Gorn.
mainCharacter James T. Kirk NERFINISHED
Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED
Montgomery Scott NERFINISHED
Spock NERFINISHED
musicBy Alexander Courage NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
producer Gene L. Coon NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
setting Cestus III NERFINISHED
desolate rocky planet created by the Metrons
shipFeatured USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED
storyBy Fredric Brown NERFINISHED
teleplayBy Gene L. Coon NERFINISHED
theme mercy over vengeance
the morality of retaliation
writer Gene L. Coon NERFINISHED

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Gene L. Coon wroteEpisode Star Trek episode "Arena"