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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An emergency call leads the Enterprise to Galorndon Core. On the planet the troop finds a damaged battleship and a wounded Romulan. The landing team and the stranded stranger are getting beamed aboard - except for Geordi. The latter had lost contact to the Enterprise and stays on Galorndon Core. While he tries everything to get a connection to the crew he suddenly runs into another Romulan warrior. Meanwhile, Dr. Crusher tries to keep the Romulan on board alive…

06:07
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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08:34
The phaser beam was altered.

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12:28
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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12:45
The new planet can be seen from the bridge.

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12:59
The new planet can be seen from the bridge.

15:45
The orbiter was digitally enhanced.

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19:49
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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25:30
The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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42:37
The Enterprise and the Romulan Warbird in front of the altered planet.

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