TOS-R Season 1 HD DVD

Template:Sidebar dvd Star Trek: The Original Series - Season One Remastered is a combination HD-DVD/DVD release of the remastered Original Series - the dual-sided discs contain HD-DVD content on one side, standard DVD content on the other. The episodes are presented in airing order, rather than production order, as has been the custom in previous releases.

The size of this package is almost identical to the prior DVD release. The box also contains 5 "Special Collector Data Cards" describing the contents of each disc.

Episodes

Disc	Episode
1	"The Man Trap" "Charlie X" "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
2	"The Naked Time" "The Enemy Within" "Mudd's Women"
3	"What Are Little Girls Made Of?" "Miri" "Dagger of the Mind"
4	"The Corbomite Maneuver" "The Menagerie, Part I" "The Menagerie, Part II"
5	"The Conscience of the King" "Balance of Terror" "Shore Leave"
6	"The Galileo Seven" "The Squire of Gothos" "Arena"
7	"Tomorrow is Yesterday" "Court Martial" "The Return of the Archons"
8	"Space Seed" "A Taste of Armageddon" "This Side of Paradise"
9	"The Devil in the Dark" "Errand of Mercy" "The Alternative Factor"
10	"The City on the Edge of Forever" "Operation -- Annihilate!" HD-DVD Special Features

Special Features

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Contents of the release

• Starfleet Access (HD-DVD only)
  • Seven episodes ("Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II", "Balance of Terror", "The Galileo Seven", "Space Seed", and "Errand of Mercy") feature "Starfleet Access". This is a split-screen method of presenting more information by showing icons on the right-hand column that, when selected, give more information about planets, ships, or lifeforms. There is also video footage featuring remastering team members David Rossi, Michael Okuda, and Denise Okuda, story editor D.C. Fontana, Trek expert Bjo Trimble, and writers Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Gary Lockwood and Sally Kellerman appear in video footage for "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Harve Bennett on "Space Seed", and Bob Justman also makes several appearances.
• Interactive Enterprise Inspection (HD-DVD only)
  • A simulation where the viewer is in the shuttlecraft Jefferies outside of the Enterprise, and can view video and audio describing the various parts of the ship.
• Spacelift: Transporting Trek Into the 21st Century
  • A 20 minute documentary on the remastering process.
• Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
  • A 13 minute collection of William Blackburn's home movies from the set.
• Birth of a Timeless Legacy (DVD only)
  • 24 minutes of interview footage of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Justman, Gene Roddenberry, etc.
• Reflections on Spock (DVD only)
  • Leonard Nimoy takes 12 minutes to discuss the character and his book I Am Not Spock.
• Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner (DVD only)
  • William Shatner spends 10 minutes discussing his love of horses.
• To Boldly Go ... Season One (DVD only)
  • A 19 minute retrospective of the first season. Ricardo Montalban and William Campbell make appearances.
• Sci-Fi Visionaries (DVD only)
  • A 16 minute interview with Robert Justman and Dorothy Fontana discussing the efforts to hire science fiction authors to give the show some literary depth.
• Kiss 'n' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century (DVD only)
  • An 8 minute montage of clips and interviews discussion the love interests in the series and films.
• Trekker Connections (DVD only)
  • A small series of "six degrees of separation" bits connecting the actors in a game format.
• Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (DVD only)
  • This 90 minute special from The History Channel aired for the 40th Anniversary Christie's auction and is hosted by Leonard Nimoy.
• Star Trek Online game preview (DVD only)
  • A 3 minute look at the upcoming game.

Followup Releases

The second and third seasons of the remastered version of Star Trek: The Original Series were originally announced for release in 2008 on the same combination HD-DVD/DVD format as the first season.

Season two was set for a 25 March 2008 release. However, in early December 2007, it was removed from the schedule, and was tentatively rescheduled for the summer of 2008. [1]

With Toshiba announcing their withdrawal from the HD-DVD market on 19 February 2008, these releases were canceled completely. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Season two had a DVD-only release on 5 August 2008. [6]

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