Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)

"**Arena**"
"Arena"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 18
Directed by	Joseph Pevney
Story by	Fredric Brown
Teleplay by	Gene L. Coon
Featured music	Alexander Courage
Cinematography by	Jerry Finnerman
Production code	019
Original air date	January 19, 1967
Running time	50 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;
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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.

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

[Inside_Star_Trek_The_Real_Story-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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