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June 29, 2025 103 mins

TEX-TREK Mission 336: STAR TREK: TOS's "Arena" Back-Trekking Retrospective


This week Dave returns to the show to join Fatheree and Taylor for a Back-Trekking Retrospective on one of the most iconic episodes of TOS—the classic showdown between Kirk and the Gorn in “Arena.” With STRANGE NEW WORLDS season 3 just around the corner—and set to kick off with a Gorn-centric story—we’re taking a close look at the original appearance of Star Trek’s infamous lizard foe. Can the slow-moving, hissy Gorn of 1967 really line up with the terrifying predators of SNW? We’re putting the canon under the microscope and asking: is there a way to make it all fit? Tune in for our analysis, our theories, and opinions on rhinestone-bedazzled reptile eyes.


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Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 1 Episode 19

"Arena"


Teleplay by Gene L. Coon

Story by Fredric Brown

Directed by Joseph Pevney


Kirk battles an alien captain who has destroyed a Federation outpost.


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