In what episode of Deep Space 9 does Worf fight and defeat Martok?

July 2, 2013 12:32 PM

I am looking for a specific fight scene in which Worf fights and defeats "Martok" using his batliff. I know almost nothing about Star Trek, I'm just trying to track down a scene that is referenced by an interview subject.
posted by nathancaswell to Media & Arts (11 answers total)

you might check here.
posted by 41swans at 12:35 PM on July 2, 2013

According to Memory Alpha, this happened in "Soldiers of the Empire".
posted by Sara C. at 12:36 PM on July 2, 2013

"Bat'leth"
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 12:37 PM on July 2, 2013 [18 favorites]

Soldiers of the Empire
posted by kagredon at 12:37 PM on July 2, 2013

Except, in the episode description, it appears that it's Martok who "defeats" Worf. Worf lets him win the challenge.
posted by Thorzdad at 12:46 PM on July 2, 2013 [1 favorite]

Actually, Soldiers of the Empire had Worf allowing Martok to defeat him. You may be thinking of Apocalypse Rising, which had Worf fighting Gowron, who he thought was a Changeling, but the Changeling turns out to be Martok (or "Martok"), who Sisko then kills. For what it's worth, Worf was using his bat'leth while fighting Gowron.
posted by Wrongshanks at 12:47 PM on July 2, 2013 [2 favorites]

Soldiers of the Empire could be the episode in question, indeed, but Worf does not defeat Martok and does not use a bat'leth in the battle. Worf lowers his guard to allow himself to be defeated by Martok. They use d'k tahgs in the battle (daggers).
posted by bfranklin at 12:48 PM on July 2, 2013

Tacking Into the Wind also has a bat'leth fight (between Worf and Gowron) which Worf wins
posted by kagredon at 1:06 PM on July 2, 2013

There's also Tacking Into the Wind where Worf defeats the Klingon chancellor, Gowron, with a bat'leth. He thereby becomes head of the Klingon Empire, but he lets Martok have the job instead.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 1:07 PM on July 2, 2013

Tacking Into the Wind, as 1970s Antihero mentions above, includes a whole lot of glass shattering in that scene as well, if that was what your interview subject referenced.
posted by Unangenehm at 4:59 PM on July 2, 2013

I'm in the process of watching all of DS9, and Images in the Sand features a battle where Worf defeats Martok in the holosuite, right around the 32 minute mark.
posted by bfranklin at 11:24 AM on July 3, 2013