In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the first broadcast, Paramount owner CBS started to restore the episodes for an HD release on Blu-ray but also for future broadcasts and the online distribution. A simple conversion of the final cuts was impossible because they only were available on video in SD. Consequently, the original negatives were scanned in HD. In order to do so, more than 25,000 reels had to be dug up from the Paramount archieves and cleaned. Also because the original visual effects had been made for an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, the aspect ratio of the new HD versions remains unchanged. Some visual effects such as phaser shots and beaming processes have been re-created instead of converted. Furthermore, perspective goofs in space and misguided shadows have been corrected and so have some paintings.


Compared are the Original Version and the Remastered Version.

In order to keep it simple, repeated effects will be illustrated only once.

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The Enterprise travels to planet Rana IV in order to get into contact with the colonists that live there. Captain Picard and his team have to find out that the colony no longer exists and the planet was rvandalized. A team beams to Rana IV to observe the situation. Soon, they spot an undamaged house. Kevin Uxbridge and his wife Rishon - both botanists - seem to have survived the attack without getting harmed. They have no explanation to why they were not attacked as well. Captain Picard does not believe their story. Soon, the Enterprise gets attacked…

01:06
From the bridge we can see the planet and its surface.

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01:57
From the bridge we can see the surface.

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04:06
The Enterprise in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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10:49
The Enterprise in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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14:54
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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15:10
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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15:47
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet attacks.

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16:17
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet gets attacked by the Enterprise.

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17:45
The Enterprise in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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18:38
The Enterprise in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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23:41
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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24:03
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet attack.

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24:37
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet gets attacked by the Enterprise.

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24:49
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet fights with the Enterprise.

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25:12
The Enterprise flees.

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26:47
The Enterprise in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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30:06
The Enterprise in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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30:54
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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31:06
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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31:32
The space ship in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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31:59
The Enterprise destroys the space ship.

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32:49
The Enterprise in front of the digitally remastered planet.

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34:03
From the bridge we can see the surface.

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42:08
Kevin Uxbridge transforms into his real form – a "Douwd".

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42:14
From the bridge we can see the planet.

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