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Revision as of 03:35, 24 March 2014
Template:Realworld Star Trek: The Original Series has been released on VHS in multiple countries since the technology was developed.
VHS releases |
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The Original Series • The Animated Series • Star Trek films • The Next Generation • Deep Space Nine • Voyager • Enterprise |
Releases in the United Kingdom • Releases in the United States • Star Trek documentaries and specials |
US releases
Unofficial releases of episodes in the United States began in the late 1970s, with photo developer/video rental outlet Fotomat among those who issued episodes on VHS and Betamax. In 1980, Paramount Home Entertainment (then known as Paramount Home Video) released ten selected episodes on VHS in the United States, in five volumes of two episodes each: "The Menagerie, Part I"/"The Menagerie, Part II", "Amok Time"/"Journey to Babel", "Mirror, Mirror"/"The Tholian Web", "The Trouble with Tribbles"/"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", and "Balance of Terror"/"The City on the Edge of Forever". A special one-off release of "Space Seed" (Paramount Gateway Video VHS 60040) occurred in 1982 to tie in with the premiere of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The complete series was finally released over the course of the late 1980s, including both versions of "The Cage", first with Gene Roddenberry's workprint version, along with an introduction by Roddenberry produced especially for the VHS release in 1986, and the full-color version of the episode in 1989. The workprint version, complete with Roddenberry intro is available on Volume 40 of the original DVD releases and the TOS Season 3 DVD set. The color version was also released in 1995 on a tape by Paramount with "Where No Man Has Gone Before", as part of a four-tape boxed set featuring the pilots for the first four series.
Paramount reissued the VHS tapes in 1993 with new packaging and collectible Skybox trading cards for each episode.
CBS Video Library/Columbia House also issued tapes of the series in 1986, featuring two episodes per tape. For most of the run of the library releases, the introductory volume was "The Menagerie, Part I" and "The Menagerie, Part II".
Paramount fully phased out releases of the series on VHS by the end of the 1990s-early 2000s.
UK releases
Specific episodes of The Original Series were first released by CIC-Arena Video in the early 1980s. The series in its entirety was released twice in the UK by CIC Video - a two-episode-per-tape release from 1988-1991, and a three-episode-per-tape release from 1996-1998. The original releases were deleted on 29 March 1996.
- Release dates for the original 21 releases are not known. Dates in italics are approximations based on release frequency, where no exact date is available. UK products are normally released on a Monday.
Original release
The original CIC Video release was continuous, and did not separate out seasons. Consequently, the volume containing the final episode of a season will also have the first episode of the next season.
Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 |
Vol. | Cover | Episodes | Certificate | Release Date | Catalogue Number |
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1 | U | unknown | VHR 2207 | ||
Season 1 | |||||
2 | U | unknown | VHR 2210 | ||
3 | U/PG[2] | unknown | VHR 2244 | ||
4 | PG/U[2] | unknown | VHR 2247 | ||
5 | U | unknown | VHR 2250 | ||
6 | U/PG[2] | unknown | VHR 2253 | ||
7 | PG | unknown | VHR 2256 | ||
8 | PG | unknown | VHR 2258 | ||
9 | PG | unknown | VHR 2274 | ||
10 | PG | unknown | VHR 2275 | ||
11 | PG | unknown | VHR 2295 | ||
12 | PG | unknown | VHR 2305 | ||
13 | PG | unknown | VHR 2306 | ||
14 | PG | unknown | VHR 2307 | ||
15 | U | unknown | VHR 2311 | ||
Season 2 | |||||
16 | U | unknown | VHR 2328 | ||
17 | PG | unknown | VHR 2329 | ||
18 | PG | unknown | VHR 2343 | ||
19 | PG | unknown | VHR 2352 | ||
20 | U | unknown | VHR 2353 | ||
21 | U | unknown | VHR 2356 | ||
22 | U | 2 April 1990 | VHR 2357 | ||
23 | PG | 2 April 1990 | VHR 2358 | ||
24 | PG | 2 April 1990 | VHR 2359 | ||
25 | U | 7 May 1990 | VHR 2360 | ||
26 | U | 4 June 1990 | VHR 2361 | ||
27 | U | 2 July 1990 | VHR 2379 | ||
28 | U | 6 August 1990 | VHR 2380 | ||
Season 3 | |||||
29 | U | 3 September 1990 | VHR 2381 | ||
30 | PG | 3 September 1990 | VHR 2382 | ||
31 | PG | 3 September 1990 | VHR 2383 | ||
32 | PG | 1 October 1990 | VHR 2384 | ||
33 | PG | 1 October 1990 | VHR 2385 | ||
34 | PG | 7 January 1991 | VHR 2430 | ||
35 | PG | 7 January 1991 | VHR 2431 | ||
36 | U | 7 January 1991 | VHR 2432 | ||
37 | PG | 4 February 1991 | VHR 2433 | ||
38 | PG | 4 February 1991 | VHR 2434 | ||
39 | PG | 18 March 1991 | VHR 2435 | ||
40[3] | PG | 18 March 1991 | VHR 2436 |
Re-release
Each episode in the series features an introduction by either James Doohan or George Takei or Walter Koenig. This edition made use of new transfers of color corrected and cleaned-up footage, at the time called "digitally mastering", originally done for the Japanese LaserDisc editions Log 1 - Log 3. Released at the beginning of the DVD age this edition saw a limited production run, in anticipation of the first DVD release of the Original Series.
Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 |
Vol. | Cover | Episodes | Certificate | Release Date | Catalogue Number |
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Season 1 | |||||
1.1 | U | 24 June 1996 | VHR 4301 | ||
1.2 | PG | 8 July 1996 | VHR 4302 | ||
1.3 | U | 8 July 1996 | VHR 4303 | ||
1.4 | PG | 5 August 1996 | VHR 4304 | ||
1.5 | PG | 9 September 1996 | VHR 4305 | ||
1.6 | PG | 7 October 1997 | VHR 4306 | ||
1.7 | PG | 4 November 1996 | VHR 4307 | ||
1.8 | PG | 2 December 1996 | VHR 4308 | ||
1.9 | PG | 30 December 1996 | VHR 4309 | ||
1.10 | U | 13 January 1997 | VHR 4310 | ||
Season 2 | |||||
2.1 | PG | 3 February 1997 | VHR 4311 | ||
2.2 | PG | 24 February 1997 | VHR 4312 | ||
2.3 | PG | 10 March 1997 | VHR 4313 | ||
2.4 | U | 7 April 1997 | VHR 4314 | ||
2.5 | PG | 5 May 1997 | VHR 4315 | ||
2.6 | PG | 2 June 1997 | VHR 4316 | ||
2.7 | U | 23 June 1997 | VHR 4317 | ||
2.8 | U | 21 July 1997 | VHR 4318 | ||
2.9[4] | PG | 22 August 1997 | VHR 4319 | ||
Season 3 | |||||
3.1 | PG | 1 September 1997 | VHR 4320 | ||
3.2 | PG | 29 September 1997 | VHR 4321 | ||
3.3 | PG | 6 October 1997 | VHR 4322 | ||
3.4 | PG | 20 October 1997 | VHR 4323 | ||
3.5 | U | 24 November 1997 | VHR 4324 | ||
3.6 | PG | 5 January 1998 | VHR 4325 | ||
3.7 | PG | 2 February 1998 | VHR 4326 | ||
3.8 | PG | 2 March 1998 | VHR 4327 |
Box sets and other releases
Vol./Set | Cover | Episodes | Certificate[5] | Release Date | Catalogue Number |
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Mountain Video Shore Leave |
N/A | 1980 | VCF 1/025 | ||
EVC Where No Man Has Gone Before |
N/A | 1981 | EVC039 | ||
EVC The Menagerie |
N/A | 1981 | EVC199 | ||
Mountain Video Trouble with Tribbles |
N/A | May 1982 | VCF 1/081 | ||
Mountain Video Amok Time |
N/A | June 1982 | VCF 1/080 | ||
Mountain Video Dagger of the Mind |
N/A | June 1982 | VCF 1/082 | ||
Videon Trouble with Tribbles |
N/A | Unknown | N2 | ||
CIC-Arena Video releases | PG[7] | April 1983 | VHL 2057 | ||
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PG[9] | December 1983 | VHL 2075 | ||
Star Trek Double Bill! | PG[12] | October 1984 | VHR 2084 | ||
The Cage All Colour Collectors Edition[13] |
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U | 2 July 1990 | VHR 2374 | |
Star Trek - The Three Beginnings | PG | 31 January 1994 | VHR 2827 | ||
Star Trek - The Four Beginnings | PG | 1995 | |||
Star Trek - 30th Anniversary Trial Pack | No image yet. |
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15[14] | 2 January 1996 | |
Star Trek: The Original Series - Tricorder Pack | PG | 3 June 1996 | VHR 4373 | ||
Star Trek - Greatest Battles | 12 | 16 November 1998 | VHR 4732 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Mixed colour/black & white picture.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Curiously, the cover for this volume displays a double certificate, indicating that episodes were rated for releases separately, instead of as a single volume.
- ↑ A three episode tape to end the series. This was likely more profitable to produce and market than a single episode release.
- ↑ Two episode tape.
- ↑ In the case of sets, the certificate is over the set as a whole (unless stated otherwise).
- ↑ This release also included a trailer for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
- ↑ Originally released unrated, the volume received a rating after 1985.
- ↑ This release was the first time this episode could be seen in the UK - the BBC having banned it from its original airing in 1971 (the episode would not be seen until 5 January 1994).
- ↑ Originally released unrated, the volume received a rating after 1985.
- ↑ This release was the first time this episode could be seen in the UK - the BBC having banned it from its original airing in 1971 (the episode would not be seen until 19 January 1994).
- ↑ This release was the first time this episode could be seen in the UK - the BBC having banned it from its original airing in 1971 (the episode would not be seen until 22 December 1993).
- ↑ Originally unrated, the volume received certification after 1985.
- ↑ Released after an all-colour print of the episode was uncovered.
- ↑ This rating (provided by Amazon.co.uk) appears anomalous - all four pilot episodes individually are rated no higher than PG.