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 (Tue., 26.08.2014 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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The famous astrophysicist Dr. Paul Stubbs goes aboard the Enterprise. An exceptionally large neutron star is about to be detonated. As Dr. Stubbs and the Enterprise crew eagerly await the explosion, the computer suddenly reports various strange malfunctions. It turns out that one of Wesley's scientific experiments has gone out of control. He has experimented with Nanites, tiny robots, and fallen asleep during his work. Dr. Stubbs wants to destroy the mini robots by all means, but they defend themselves...

 

 

 

 

 

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The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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00:51
View off the bridge.

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01:37
The star sucks matter off the neutron star.

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02:43
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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03:07
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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03:18
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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05:07
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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05:27
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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05:52
View off the bridge.

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06:20
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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08:03
The special effect for the replicator was slightly changed..

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08:18
The special effect for the replicator was slightly changed..

11:55
View off the bridge.

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13:28
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered star.

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19:29
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered star.

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20:56
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered star.

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27:48
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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34:04
The blue bolts were slightly altered.

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34:09
The blue bolts were slightly altered.

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34:13
The blue bolts were slightly altered.

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34:20
The blue bolts were slightly altered and Dr. Stubbs (aka Ken Jenkins, aka Bob Kelso from Scrubs) is shocked thoroughly.

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40:22
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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40:36
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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41:00
The explosion was improved.

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41:23
The Enterprise in front of the digitally altered neutron star.

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