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.


This is a comparison between the Original Version and the Remastered Version.

In order to keep it simple, repeated effects do not have screenshots.

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The Barzaner spotted a rare wormhole in their sector which enables travelling long distances. The residents of Barzan want to sell the rights of the portal in order to make some money off of it. The Chrysalians, the Ferengi and the Caldonians want to buy it. The nevotiations begin. The Chrysalians are represented by Devinoni Ral who soon begins an affair with Deanna Troi. She finds out that he is part Betazoid which gives him an advantage in the negotiations in comparison to the other interested parties…

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The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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03:00
The wormhole was digitally enhanced.

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05:02
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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09:52
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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17:35
The wormhole was digitally enhanced.

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17:41
The wormhole was digitally enhanced. Additionally there are new effects of the shuttle flying through the wormhole.

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22:50
New effects when the shuttle flies through the wormhole.

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22:54
The wormhole was digitally enhanced.

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28:52
The wormhole was digitally enhanced.

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29:00
The wormhole was digitally enhanced.

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29:09
The wormhole was digitally enhanced.

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32:11
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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35:56
The explosion was digitally enhanced.

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