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.


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

 

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The Enterprise crew finds a wrecked ship floating around in space, a wounded man is on board. Dr. Beverly Crusher manages to save him but he develops unusual healing powers in recovery. Not only heal his wounds incredibly fast but he can also heal others by touching them. But the man who is just being called John by Beverly suffers from amnesia. For that reason, he can't recall what happened to him. The heat gets cranked up when a ship from his home planet shows up and demands to extradite John because he is a wanted criminal...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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The Enterprise in front of the altered planet.

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The rays have been enhanced.

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