Star Trek: The Animated Series (VHS)

Template:Realworld Star Trek: The Animated Series has been released on VHS in several countries since its original broadcast in 1973. The tapes were released under the title The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek in the late 1980s to mid 1990s.

UK releases

Rental release

Starting from 1985 a rental release took place in the UK, under the name The Cartoon Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. At least five volumes were released featuring four episodes each in production order.

It is currently unclear how or if the remaining two episodes, "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" and "The Counter-Clock Incident" were released.

Vol.	Cover	Episodes	Certificate	Release Date	Catalogue Number
1		"More Tribbles, More Troubles" "The Infinite Vulcan" "Yesteryear" "Beyond the Farthest Star"	U	April 1985	VHR 2168
2		"The Survivor" "The Lorelei Signal" "One of Our Planets Is Missing" "Mudd's Passion"	U	Unknown	Unknown
3		"The Magicks of Megas-Tu" "The Time Trap" "The Slaver Weapon" "The Ambergris Element"	U	Unknown	Unknown
4		"The Jihad" "The Terratin Incident" "The Eye of the Beholder" "Once Upon a Planet"	U	Unknown	Unknown
5		"Bem" "Albatross" "The Pirates of Orion" "The Practical Joker"	U	Unknown	Unknown

Retail release

Star Trek: The Animated Series was released in the UK in a three-episode-per-tape format, except the first tape, which had four episodes, by CIC Video in 1991-1992. The episodes were put in production order, which differs significantly from the series as aired.

Dates in italics are approximations based on release frequency, where no exact date is available. UK products are normally released on a Monday.

Vol.	Cover	Episodes	Certificate	Release Date	Catalogue Number
1		"More Tribbles, More Troubles" "The Infinite Vulcan" "Yesteryear" "Beyond the Farthest Star"	U	2 December 1991	VHR 2535
2		"The Survivor" "The Lorelei Signal" "One of Our Planets Is Missing"	U	2 December 1991	VHR 2536
3		"Mudd's Passion" "The Magicks of Megas-Tu" "The Time Trap"	U	20 January 1992	VHR 2537
4		"The Slaver Weapon" "The Ambergris Element" "The Jihad"	U	20 January 1992	VHR 2538
5		"The Terratin Incident" "The Eye of the Beholder" "Once Upon a Planet"	U	17 February 1992	VHR 2539
6		"Bem" "Albatross" "The Pirates of Orion"	U	17 February 1992	VHR 2540
7		"The Practical Joker" "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" "The Counter-Clock Incident"	U	17 February 1992	VHR 2557

US releases

The complete run would be released on VHS by Paramount Home Video in 1989. Like the UK release, they were distributed in production order. Unlike the UK release, there were 2 episodes per tape and 11 Volumes altogether. The tapes were reissued in 1995, with slightly different cover art.

"The Ambergris Element" is listed as episode 13 instead of 12, and the numbering continues after that up to 23.

Vol.	Cover	Episodes	Release Date	Reference
1		"More Tribbles, More Troubles" "The Infinite Vulcan"	July 1989	60754-080 ASIN 6301320360
2		"Yesteryear" "Beyond the Farthest Star"	July 1989	60754-081 ASIN 6301320352
3		"The Survivor" "The Lorelei Signal"	July 1989	60754-082 ASIN 6301320344
4		"One of Our Planets Is Missing" "Mudd's Passion"	July 1989	60754-083 ASIN 630132045X
5		"The Magicks of Megas-Tu" "The Time Trap"	July 1989	60754-084 ASIN 6301320336
6		"The Slaver Weapon" "The Ambergris Element"	July 1989	60754-085 ASIN 6301320379
7		"The Jihad" "The Terratin Incident"	July 1989	60754-086 ASIN 6301320417
8		"The Eye of the Beholder" "Once Upon a Planet"	July 1989	60754-087 ASIN 6301320328
9		"Bem" "Albatross"	July 1989	60754-088 ASIN 6301320433
10		"The Pirates of Orion" "The Practical Joker"	July 1989	60754-089 ASIN 630132031X
11		"How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" "The Counter-Clock Incident"	July 1989	60754-090 ASIN 6301320409

Italian releases

Although an Italian dub of the series existed only one episode, "More Tribbles, More Troubles" was released in Italy on the VHS format in 2001 as part of the Star Trek - Animaletti Pericolosi boxset.

See also

• Star Trek: The Animated Series (Betamax)
• Star Trek: The Animated Series (LaserDisc)
• Star Trek: The Animated Series (DVD)
• Star Trek: The Animated Series (Blu-ray)