Kirk won, but refused to kill the Gorn. Impressed, the Metrons let both go. "Arena" was written by Gene L. Coon, and based on a 1944 story by noted science fiction author Frederic Brown.

Considering how big of an impact Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) had on Star Trek: The Original Series,it's not surprising that he made his fair share of enemies. As Captain of the USS ...

Everyone knows Captain Kirk first fought the Gorn in the classic Star Trek episode “Arena,” which aired on January 19, 1967. But when you do a deep dive into the origins of this episode, the ...

A new commercial trailer for the upcoming Star Trek: The Video Game shows Captain Kirk facing off with the lizardlike alien Gorn in-game — and out of it — in a rematch of one of the franchise ...

The Gorn claimed that Cestus III was in their space, and Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise begin to think the attack was an act of self-defense not an invasion.

Technically “Arena,” the episode where Captain Kirk fights the Gorn in The Original Series, takes place about eight years after Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

The Enterprise is forlorn, because of the Gorn. The first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds dug into the U.S.S. 1701 origins, including a very close encounter with one of the franchise’s ...