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
Obsession (Star Trek: The Original Series) Obsession (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Obsession" is the thirteenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", broadcast on December 15, 1967. It is episode No. 42, production No. 47, written by Art Wallace, and directed by Ralph Senensky. In the episode, Captain James T. Kirk becomes obsessed with destroying a deadly entity he once encountered in his youth. During a survey for tritanium deposits, three members of a landing party from the Federation starship USS "Enterprise" are attacked, their blood drained of hemoglobin. Fearing the killer to be a gaseous entity he had encountered eleven