It’s the planet in which Rome never fell (Kirk actually does say this). Now I notice that they really are milking this idea of parallel planets and/or planets that have been altered by a renegade captain. This episode has both elements. Spock theorizes that this culture is the cause of Parallel Planet Development; it is similar to Earth but stuck in the Roman days (but with 20th century technology). You can always point to the spread of this culture by the alien gods from Who Mourns for Adonis.
The renegade captain is Merrik from the SS Beagle, I’d prefer Merrick from the SS Elephant (figure out that stupid joke). He’s aiding the leader in imprisoning people and setting up the Gladiator games. His crew had suffered a similar fate. Kirk, Spock and McCoy soon are fighting in the games as well(which is not in a coliseum but in a TV studio). Sort of like American Gladiators but not as gay. On the plus sise, Kirk gets his own personal slave and boy is she hot.
Flavor Flavious (the leader) orders Kirk to send the entire Enterprise crew down to be imprisoned. Kirk orders a condition green instead. Scotty (great as the interim Captain as usual), finds a way to disturb the planets power system and beams the trio up just as they are almost killed by machine gun fire. Cpt. Merrik also gives his life to help Kirk escape. All this and still no bread OR circuses!
ST TOS COUNTDOWN: 55 down 25 to go
5 comments:
Has any show ever had more hot chicks than the original Star Trek?
I assume Gene was boning all these chicks.
This show was like Sliders where they went to a different Earth every episode. Or not...I've actually never watched an episode. That just seems like what the plot was.
Also the title of this episode is weird...the show has nothing to do with the Whole Foods
Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
Gene Roddenberry got a lot of chicks, which is strange. Sure, he went on to be a fairly rich TV and film producer, but not back then. Back then he was just some fat, gross guy who produced a bunch of failed TV shows that nobody watched.
I have this book called "The Making of Star Trek" by Gene Roddenberry. The book is from 1968?? The show wasn't even a hit and he made this 300 plus page book.
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