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The first releases of the series on Betamax in the US took place in {{y|1980}}. [[Paramount Home Video]] issued five volumes with two episodes each under the "Television Classics" banner. A further one-off release took place in {{y|1982}} under the Paramount Gateway Video label of the episode {{e|Space Seed}} coinciding with the theatrical release of {{film|2}}.
  
The first releases of the series on Betamax in the US took place in {{y|1980}}. [[Paramount Home Video]] issued five volumes with two episodes each under the "Television Classics" banner. A further one-off release took place in {{y|1982}} under the Paramount Gateway Video label of the episode {{e|Space Seed}} coinciding with the theatrical release of {{film|2}}.
   
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A complete release of the series would eventually follow starting from {{y|1985}}. Paramount issued episodes in batches, or "Groups" every few months in broadcast order (though the tapes were numbered in production order). Each tape contained a single episode and each Group had around 10 episodes each. Both parts of "The Menagerie" were issued on a single tape. These releases concluded in {{y|1988}} with the release of Groups 7 and 8 which contained the remaining episodes.
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A complete release of the series would eventually follow starting from {{y|1985}}. Paramount issued episodes in batches (or Groups as they called them) every few months in broadcast order (though the tapes were numbered in production order). Each tape contained a single episode and each Group had around 10 episodes each. Both parts of "The Menagerie" were issued on a single tape. These releases concluded in {{y|1988}} with the release of Groups 7 and 8 which contained the remaining episodes.
   
 
{{e|The Cage}} was released twice. The first had the black & white scenes from [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s copy of the original episode and was released in {{m|November|1986}}. Following the discovery of the missing color scenes a "All-Color Collector's Edition" was released in {{y|1989}}.
  
{{e|The Cage}} was released twice. The first had the black & white scenes from [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s copy of the original episode and was released in {{m|November|1986}}. Following the discovery of the missing color scenes a "All-Color Collector's Edition" was released in {{y|1989}}.
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Revision as of 22:31, 8 August 2013

Template:Realworld Star Trek: The Original Series was released on the Betamax format in both the US and the UK throughout the 1980s.

Betamax releases
The Original Series • The Animated Series • Star Trek films • The Next Generation

US releases

The first releases of the series on Betamax in the US took place in 1980. Paramount Home Video issued five volumes with two episodes each under the "Television Classics" banner. A further one-off release took place in 1982 under the Paramount Gateway Video label of the episode "Space Seed" coinciding with the theatrical release of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

A complete release of the series would eventually follow starting from 1985. Paramount issued episodes in batches (or Groups as they called them) every few months in broadcast order (though the tapes were numbered in production order). Each tape contained a single episode and each Group had around 10 episodes each. Both parts of "The Menagerie" were issued on a single tape. These releases concluded in 1988 with the release of Groups 7 and 8 which contained the remaining episodes.

"The Cage" was released twice. The first had the black & white scenes from Gene Roddenberry's copy of the original episode and was released in November 1986. Following the discovery of the missing color scenes a "All-Color Collector's Edition" was released in 1989.

Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3
Box sets and other collections
Tape Cover Episodes Release Date Reference
Season 1
01
Cover of Tape 1
"The Man Trap"
 February 1985 60040-06
02
Cover of Tape 2
"Charlie X"
 February 1985 60040-08
03
Cover of Tape 3
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
 February 1985 60040-02
04
Cover of Tape 4
"The Naked Time"
 February 1985 60040-07
05
Cover of Tape 5
"The Enemy Within"
 February 1985 60040-05
06
Cover of Tape 6
"Mudd's Women"
 February 1985 60040-04
07
Cover of Tape 7
"What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
 February 1985 60040-10
08
Cover of Tape 8
"Miri"
 February 1985 60040-12
09
Cover of Tape 9
"Dagger of the Mind"
 February 1985 60040-11
10
Cover of Tape 10
"The Corbomite Maneuver"
 February 1985 60040-03
11
Cover of Tape 11
"The Menagerie, Part I"
"The Menagerie, Part II"
 May 1985 60040-16
12
Cover of Tape 12
"The Conscience of the King"
 May 1985 60040-13
13
Cover of Tape 13
"Balance of Terror"
 May 1985 60040-09
14
Cover of Tape 14
"Shore Leave"
 May 1985 60040-17
15
Cover of Tape 15
"The Galileo Seven"
 May 1985 60040-14
16
Cover of Tape 16
"The Squire of Gothos"
 May 1985 60040-18
17
Cover of Tape 17
"Arena"
 May 1985 60040-19
18
Cover of Tape 18
"Tomorrow is Yesterday"
 May 1985 60040-21
19
Cover of Tape 19
"Court Martial"
 May 1985 60040-15
20
Cover of Tape 20
"The Return of the Archons"
 May 1985 60040-22
21
Cover of Tape 21
"Space Seed"
 November 1985 60040-24
22
Cover of Tape 22
"A Taste of Armageddon"
 November 1985 60040-23
23
Cover of Tape 23
"This Side of Paradise"
 November 1985 60040-25
24
Cover of Tape 24
"The Devil in the Dark"
 November 1985 60040-26
25
Cover of Tape 25
"Errand of Mercy"
 November 1985 60040-27
26
Cover of Tape 26
"The Alternative Factor"
 November 1985 60040-20
27
Cover of Tape 27
"The City on the Edge of Forever"[1]
 November 1985 60040-28
28
Cover of Tape 28
"Operation -- Annihilate!"
 November 1985 60040-29
Season 2
29
Cover of Tape 29
"Amok Time"
 November 1985 60040-34
30
Cover of Tape 30
"Who Mourns for Adonais?"
 November 1985 60040-33
31
Cover of Tape 31
"The Changeling"
 April 1986 60040-37
32
Cover of Tape 32
"Mirror, Mirror"
 April 1986 60040-39
33
Cover of Tape 33
"The Apple"
 April 1986 60040-38
34
Cover of Tape 34
"The Doomsday Machine"
 April 1986 60040-35
35
Cover of Tape 35
"Catspaw"
 April 1986 60040-30
36
Cover of Tape 36
"I, Mudd"
 April 1986 60040-41
37
Cover of Tape 37
"Metamorphosis"
 April 1986 60040-31
38
Cover of Tape 38
"Journey to Babel"
 April 1986 60040-44
39
Cover of Tape 39
"Friday's Child"
 April 1986 60040-32
40
Cover of Tape 40
"The Deadly Years"
 April 1986 60040-40
41
Cover of Tape 41
"Obsession"
 November 1986 60040-47
42
Cover of Tape 42
"Wolf in the Fold"
 November 1986 60040-36
43
Cover of Tape 43
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
 November 1986 60040-42
44
Cover of Tape 44
"The Gamesters of Triskelion"
 November 1986 60040-46
45
Cover of Tape 45
"A Piece of the Action"
 November 1986 60040-49
46
Cover of Tape 46
"The Immunity Syndrome"
 November 1986 60040-48
47
Cover of Tape 47
"A Private Little War"
 November 1986 60040-45
48
Cover of Tape 48
"Return to Tomorrow"
 November 1986 60040-51
49
Cover of Tape 49
"Patterns of Force"
 November 1986 60040-52
50
Cover of Tape 50
"By Any Other Name"
 November 1986 60040-50
51
Cover of Tape 51
"The Cage"
Color/B&W Version
 November 1986 60040-01
52 No image yet.
"The Omega Glory"
 September 1987 60040-54
53 No image yet.
"The Ultimate Computer"
 September 1987 60040-53
54 No image yet.
"Bread and Circuses"
 September 1987 60040-43
55 No image yet.
"Assignment: Earth"
 September 1987 60040-55
Season 3
56
Cover of Tape 56
"Spock's Brain"
 September 1987 60040-61
57
Cover of Tape 57
"The Enterprise Incident"
 September 1987 60040-59
58 No image yet.
"The Paradise Syndrome"
 September 1987 60040-58
59
Cover of Tape 59
"And the Children Shall Lead"
 September 1987 60040-60
60
Cover of Tape 60
"Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
 September 1987 60040-62
61 No image yet.
"Spectre of the Gun"
 September 1987 60040-56
62 No image yet.
"Day of the Dove"
 April 1988 60040-66
63 No image yet.
"For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
 April 1988 60040-65
64 No image yet.
"The Tholian Web"
 April 1988 60040-64
65 No image yet.
"Plato's Stepchildren"
 April 1988 60040-67
66
Cover of Tape 66
"Wink of an Eye"
 April 1988 60040-68
67
Cover of Tape 67
"The Empath"
 April 1988 60040-63
68 No image yet.
"Elaan of Troyius"
 April 1988 60040-57
69 No image yet.
"Whom Gods Destroy"
 April 1988 60040-71
70
Cover of Tape 70
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
 April 1988 60040-70
71
Cover of Tape 71
"The Mark of Gideon"
 April 1988 60040-72
72 No image yet.
"That Which Survives"
 April 1988 60040-69
73
Cover of Tape 73
"The Lights of Zetar"
 April 1988 60040-73
74 No image yet.
"Requiem for Methuselah"
 April 1988 60040-76
75 No image yet.
"The Way to Eden"
 April 1988 60040-75
76
Cover of Tape 76
"The Cloud Minders"
 April 1988 60040-74
77 No image yet.
"The Savage Curtain"
 April 1988 60040-77
78 No image yet.
"All Our Yesterdays"
 April 1988 60040-78
79 No image yet.
"Turnabout Intruder"
 April 1988 60040-79
80 No image yet.
"The Cage"
All-Color Collector's Edition
 1989 60040-99

Box sets and other collections

Release Cover Episodes Release Date Reference
Star Trek - Television Classics Volume 1 No image yet.
"The Menagerie, Part I"[2]
"The Menagerie, Part II"
 1980
Star Trek - Television Classics Volume 2 No image yet.
"Amok Time"
"Journey to Babel"
 1980
Star Trek - Television Classics Volume 3 No image yet.
"Mirror, Mirror"
"The Tholian Web"
 1980
Star Trek - Television Classics Volume 4
Cover of Television Classics Vol 4
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
 1980
Star Trek - Television Classics Volume 5 No image yet.
"Balance of Terror"
"The City on the Edge of Forever"
 1980
Star Trek: Space Seed No image yet.
"Space Seed"
 July 1982 60040
Star Trek - The Collector's Edition Star Trek - The Collector's Edition
All episodes from
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
 1986-1991

UK releases

A few Betamax tapes were issued in the UK by CIC Video and other labels in the early 1980s. All of these releases used packaging identical to the VHS releases with sometimes only a sticker being placed on the cover and spine to tell them apart.

Release Cover Episodes Certificate Release Date Catalogue Number
Mountain Video
Shore Leave
Cover of Mountain's release of "Shore Leave"
"Shore Leave"
 N/A 1980 VCF 1/025
EVC
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Cover of EVC's release of "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
 N/A 1981 EVC039
EVC
The Menagerie
Cover of EVC's release of "The Menagerie"
"The Menagerie, Part I"
"The Menagerie, Part II"
 N/A 1981 EVC199
Mountain Video
Trouble with Tribbles
Cover of Mountain's release of "The Trouble with Tribbles"
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
 N/A May 1982 VCF 1/081
Mountain Video
Amok Time
Cover of Mountain's release of "Amok Time"
"Amok Time"
 N/A June 1982 VCF 1/080
Mountain Video
Dagger of the Mind
Cover of Mountain's release of "Dagger of the Mind"
"Dagger of the Mind"
 N/A June 1982 VCF 1/082
Videon
Trouble with Tribbles
Cover of Videon's release of "The Trouble with Tribbles"
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
 N/A Unknown N2
CIC Video
Arena releases
Cover of CIC-Arena release of "Space Seed" & "The Changeling"
"Space Seed"
"The Changeling"[3]
 PG[4] April 1983 VHL 2057
Cover of CIC-Arena release of "Miri" & "The Empath"
"Miri"
"The Empath"
 PG[4] December 1983 VHL 2075
CIC Video
Double Bill
Cover of the Double Bill release
"Whom Gods Destroy"
"Plato's Stepchildren"
 PG[4] October 1984 VHR 2084

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Special Home Video Version" - Due to copyright issues the original recording of the music "Goodnight, Sweetheart" was replaced.
  2. ↑ This release is slightly edited to present the episode in one part, rather than two parts. The credits at the end of the episode and the closing credits are removed from Part I and the opening teaser recounting the events from Part I and the regular opening sequence are removed, instead doing a quick fade-out and cut into the first act of Part II.
  3. ↑ This release also included a trailer for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Originally released without a certificate, predating the Video Recordings Act 1984.

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