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
Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series) a Mirror, Darkly", which is a sequel to the Original Series episode "The Tholian Web", reveals the fate of the USS "Defiant". The Mirror Universe played a large role in of "" and was visited in "Despite Yourself", "The Wolf Inside", "Vaulting Ambition", and "What's Past Is Prologue". For the franchise's 30th anniversary, "TV Guide" ranked "Mirror, Mirror" No. 3 on its list of the 10 best "Star Trek" episodes from all series. Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series) "Mirror, Mirror" is the fourth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "". Written by Jerome Bixby