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Full Title	Arena				Season	ONE
Prod #	19	Aired	19 January, 1967		Stardate	3045.6
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Writer(s):	Gene L. Coon (Teleplay); Frederic Brown (Story)
Director:	Joseph Pevney
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Synopsis:	The Enterprise is diverted to Cestus III, only to learn the entire base there has been destroyed. The landing party is then attacked on the surface, while the Enterprise is attacked in orbit. Upon finally beaming up, the Enterprise gives the hostile ship chase. Both ships are stopped by an outside force, and Kirk is forced to fight the captain of the other ship known as the Gorn.
Themes & Issues:	Data Coming Soon
Closing Stills:	Data Coming Soon
Featured Races:	Human Vulcan
Equipment/Misc. Objects:	Communicator (classic black base, gold foil flip-up antenna) Desktop Viewer (approx. 10" tube moveable viewer sitting atop desktops) Earpiece Communicator (very short range communicator designed for listening only, fits on the ear, designed to monitor various channels, usually worn by communications officer) PADD (classic black design, touch pad with electronic pen for notes, reports and signatures) Sicbay bio-bed diagnostic display (standard mid-23rd century Federation) Transporter (standard mid-23rd century Federation) Tri-Viewer (triangular shaped unit centered on the briefing room table, sports 3 7" or 8" viewscreens to enable all seated to view) Wall Comm (communicator built into the walls throughout the ship)
Alien Food/Drinks:	Data Coming Soon
Sets/Locations:	Data Coming Soon
Flaws/ Nitpics:	Mis-Spoken Terms Data Coming Soon Story Flaws Data Coming Soon Uniform Flaws Data Coming Soon Editing Flaws Data Coming Soon
Miscellaneous Keywords:	Data Coming Soon
Cast:	Series' Regulars Captain James T. Kirk -  William Shatner Commander Spock -  Leonard Nimoy Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy -  DeForest Kelley Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott -  James Doohan Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu -  George Takei Lieutenant Nyoto Uhura -  Nichelle Nichols Semi-Regulars Guest Cast Lieutenant Kelowitz -  Grant Woods Lieutenant DePaul -  Sean Kenney Lieutenant Lang -  James Farley Lieutenant O'Herlihy -  Jerry Ayres Lieutenant Harold -  Tom Troupe Metron -  Carole Shelyne Metron (Voice) -  Vic Perrin (Uncredited) Gorn -  Uncredited Commodore Travers -  Uncredited Cestus III Survivor -  Uncredited
Editorial:	A rena pits Kirk in a combat, where he must rely on only materials at hand to make weapons to fight against an opponent who is superior in physical strength and size. Although the Gorn does not make another appearance on Trek, the race is forever remembered by fans. Roddenberry again uses his old trick of combining a female body with a male voice to create a feeling of androdgeny in the Metron. Vic Perrin is uncredited here for the voice of the Metron and the warning; he previously provided the voice of the childlike Balok in The Corbomite Maneuver. The aspect of an alien force stopping the two ships, is repeated again in the early Next Generation episode The Last Outpost. (Source for background information on "Arena": The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman)