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
The Eye of the Beholder (Star Trek: The Animated Series) The Eye of the Beholder (Star Trek: The Animated Series) "The Eye of the Beholder" is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the American animated science fiction television series "". It first aired in the NBC Saturday morning lineup on January 5, 1974, and was written by David P. Harmon. Harmon also worked on the original "" series, writing the episode "The Deadly Years" and co-writing "" with Gene L. Coon. In this episode, while investigating the disappearance of a Federation starship, the "Enterprise" command crew become imprisoned as part of an exhibit in an alien zoo. On