13 Darkest Star Trek: The Original Series Moments

13. Triskelian Society In The Gamesters Of Triskelion

What started as a standard landing party for Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura quickly turned into a nightmare when the transporter beam is hijacked, carrying them to a completely different planet.

They are captured and forced to work as gladiators by the disembodied brains who run the planet Triskelion. Obedience is enforced through the Collars of Obedience, and every day they are forced to train and compete in battles to the death.

Of course, Kirk finds a way to get to the Providers and convince them it is better to help the thralls live in freedom and lead better lives for themselves than to keep them as slaves and sources of entertainment. But the dark lives of the thralls, the life that the landing party was subject to for a time, were not likely to change immediately.