In celebration of the 25th anniversary of TNG's very first broadcast, Paramount-owner CBS began to have the episodes restored in HD-resolution not only for the Blu-Ray release, but also for future TV broadcasts and online distribution. A simple conversion of the final masters is not possible, because those were saved on SD-resolution video tapes, which is why the original film negatives are being rescanned via HD-sampling. In order to do so, the more than 25,000 original film reels had to be retreived from the Paramount archives and cleaned afterwards. The HD-versions are being created in Fullscreen format, because, among other things, the original visual effects were created for this format. Some special effects such as phaser shots or beaming processes were recreated and not converted. Additionally, perspective mistakes in outer space and wrong shadows have been corrected. Some matte paintings were redrawn, too.

The old TV run (among others German free TV) have been compared to the remastered version(Mo., 08.25.2014 7:10 pm, German TV broadcaster [i]Tele 5[/i]).

To keep this report clear, repeating effects are not always pictured.

 

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During a mission on Surata IV, Commander Riker is bit by a mysterious creature and infected with aggressive microbes. The infection rapidly spreads in his body and after a short while, Riker falls into a coma. Dr. Pulaski frantically searches for an antidote. She finds out that negative dreams suppress any further spreading of the unknown microbes. A race against time begins, because Commander Riker may not survive the see the end of the day.

 

 

 

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The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

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01:03
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

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01:47
The beaming-effect was slightly improved.

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02:32
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

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04:30
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

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06:40
The beaming-effect was slightly improved.

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07:55
The beaming-effect was slightly improved.

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08:08
The beaming-effect was slightly improved.

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09:08
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

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The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

13:43
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

16:08
The sky was changed.

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28:23
The phaser-effect was slightly improved.

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34:49
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

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35:22
The special effect was improved.

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35:28
The special effect was improved.

35:34
The special effect was improved.

35:41
The special effect was improved.

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35:46
The special effect was improved.

35:53
The special effect was improved.

36:02
The special effect for the energy whip was improved.

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36:03
The special effect for the energy whip was improved.

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36:15
The special effect for the energy whip was improved.

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39:30
The explosion was improved.

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40:02
Various special effects in Riker's flashback were improved.

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41:18
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

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42:37
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered planet.

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