Writer(s):	unknown
Artist(s):	Carlos Pino, Vicente Alcázar
Periodical:	TV21 & Joe 90 #74-77
Series:	Star Trek (UK) #19
Published:	20 February 1971 - 13 March 1971
Pages:	12
Stardate:	unknown (unknown)

In the darkness of space the pitted, corroded shape floated like some mysterious coffin...

SummaryEdit

The Enterprise officers are forced to fight in a Roman arena by an hypnotic robot posing as Caesar.

Memorable quotesEdit

"Captain, there's something strange... an unidentified object!"
"Might I suggest we use the video screen captain?"

- Uhura and Spock

"Great Jupiter! Look out!"

- Spock

"Observation tells me the monsters are of mechanical original. Not that it makes them less dangerous. Never mind.. Fire!"
"Pheew. Thank you! You choose a strange time to give lectures."

- Spock and Kirk

BackgroundEdit

CharactersEdit

• Kirk and Uhura are the only crew members to wear red; everyone else wears blue.
• Spock swears by Jupiter.

Setting and technologyEdit

• Sulu tells Kirk that a shuttlecraft was lost when the space station vanished. Kirk notes that they can always indent for another.
• Part of the story takes place aboard a space station that is covered in red moss and keeps changing its shape and interior.
• The rest takes place on a planet that is like ancient Rome.

Publishing historyEdit

None of the UK weekly stories had titles.

• Part 1: TV21 & Joe 90 #74, 20 February 1971
• Part 2: TV21 & Joe 90 #75, 27 February 1971
• Part 3: TV21 & Joe 90 #76, 6 March 1971
• Part 4: TV21 & Joe 90 #77, 13 March 1971

AppearancesEdit

Regular castEdit

• Captain James T. Kirk
• Spock
• Nyota Uhura
• Doctor Leonard McCoy
• Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott
• Hikaru Sulu

Other charactersEdit

• Caesar, a robot