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
Shore Leave (Star Trek: The Original Series) Shore Leave (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Shore Leave" is the fifteenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series, "". Written by Theodore Sturgeon and directed by Robert Sparr, it first aired on December 29, 1966. In the episode, the crew of the "Enterprise" visits a bizarre planet where strange and utterly improbable things happen to the landing party sent to do an initial planetary survey. On stardate 3025.3, the Federation starship USS "Enterprise", under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, arrives at a planet in the Omicron Delta system. Scans reveal the planet to be