Bread and Circuses (Star Trek: The Original Series) entertainment. In the episode, Captain Kirk and his companions are forced to fight in gladiatorial games on a planet resembling the Roman Empire, but possessing mid-20th century Earth technology. The Federation starship USS "Enterprise" is on routine patrol when it finds wreckage of the SS "Beagle". The "Beagle" was under the command of Captain R. M. Merik (William Smithers), whom Captain Kirk (William Shatner) knew during his academy days. First Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) traces the path of debris back to a planet in the previously unexplored system 892. The "Enterprise" picks up a 20th-century-style television news broadcast, reporting in
For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" is the eighth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". It was aired by NBC on November 8, 1968 and was written by Rik Vollaerts, and directed by Tony Leader. In the episode, the crew of the "Enterprise" rush to stop an asteroid from colliding with a Federation world, but discover the asteroid is actually an inhabited generation ship. The Federation starship "Enterprise" is targeted by nuclear missiles. The primitive weapons are destroyed, and