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)
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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