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The Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 Blu-ray set brings home all 29 episodes from 1966-67, including “Balance of Terror,” “Space Seed,” “The Menagerie” and the Hugo Award-winning “The City on the Edge of Forever,” with remastered effects. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley star. It is in stock and dispatched within 2 business days. Add it to your cart today.
| Format | Blu-ray |
|---|---|
| Discs | 7 |
| Studio | Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Released | April 28, 2009 |
| Run time | 24 hours and 20 minutes |
| Condition | Not specified |
| Availability | In stock |
The Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 Blu-ray set brings home the first season of Gene Roddenberry's classic science fiction series, which aired on NBC from September 8, 1966 to April 13, 1967. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley star as Captain Kirk, Spock and Dr. McCoy across 29 episodes.
This is a Blu-ray release, so you will need a Blu-ray player or a game console that plays Blu-ray discs. It will not play in a standard DVD-only player.
Season 1 has 29 episodes, the most of any season of the original series. It premiered in Canada on CTV on September 6, 1966, two days before its NBC debut in the United States.
Several of the best-known Star Trek stories come from this first year. "Balance of Terror" introduces a Romulan ship with a cloaking device. "Space Seed" brings Khan aboard from his sleeper ship and later serves as the backstory for the second Star Trek film. The two-part "The Menagerie" sees Spock take his former captain, Christopher Pike, to the planet Talos IV, using footage from the original pilot, "The Cage."
"The City on the Edge of Forever" won a Hugo Award and was ranked No. 92 by TV Guide in 1997 and No. 80 in 2009.
The first season debuted on Blu-ray on April 28, 2009, with remastered effects. Before that, it appeared in 2007 as a 10-disc HD DVD set on hybrid DVD/HD DVD discs. The season was later reissued on September 6, 2016 as part of the Star Trek 50th Anniversary set.
In 2019, CBR rated this the 10th-best Star Trek season up to that time, a strong showing for a 1960s debut season. Owning Star Trek TOS Season 1 on Blu-ray keeps the voyages ready to replay in high definition.
Continue with the 1970s animated series, Star Trek: The Animated Series on Blu-ray, or jump ahead to Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1. Browse all our classic TV and sci-fi titles. For the full episode guide, see the Wikipedia article on the first season.
Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 Blu-ray: Questions Buyers Ask
How many episodes are in season 1?
There are 29 episodes, the most of any season of the original series.
Does it have the remastered effects?
The season debuted on Blu-ray on April 28, 2009 with remastered effects.
Will it play in my DVD player?
No. The Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 Blu-ray needs a Blu-ray player or a console that plays Blu-ray.
Which season 1 episode won a Hugo Award?
"The City on the Edge of Forever."
The Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 Blu-ray is in stock and dispatched within 2 business days. Standard US shipping is $4.99, and orders over $50 ship free. Read our return policy, then add it to your cart and boldly go.
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This is the Blu-ray edition, 7 discs.
Philip Fancher –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Wow
I never knew Star Trek could look this good. Everything pops, colors, textures, clothing, everything. Both the original and remastered versions are on the same disc, usually four episodes to a disc. Some have a picture in picture commentary, which is very neat. Going from 480p to 1080 was like watching the show with new eyes.
Sam Z –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Great DVD’s!!!
Great quality dvd!! Just bought the other OS seasons ( 2 & 3) as well because despite having supposed access to the tv app with my HOA, I can never get it to stream. Also, this way, by owning these wonderful copies of the DVD’s, I will not have to worry about the parent company withholding access to consumers. I’ve done this with two other original series DVD’s and it’s well worth it for those of us who both tire of entering credentials to view streaming services as well as tiring of commercial interruptions. Yay for these DVD’s!!!
Joffrey –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
OK –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
D.Zimmerman –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
A “must have” for Star Trek fans
I’ve only watched the first disk of this set, but I can already say that it’s a winner. The quality of the transfer and restoration work is stunning. Contrast has been improved, colors enhanced, and scratches and dirt specks have been almost entirely eliminated. The show never looked better than it does on these Blu Ray discs. I’m also pleased that it appears the restoration team did not use an aggressive film-grain removal process so that the footage still looks like 1960s film stock, just extraordinarily sharp and clear 1960s film stock. Sound is also excellent, whether you select the original monaural broadcast audio or the new 7.1 surround mix featuring a newly recorded music track using the original sheet music.
However, the producers didn’t simply restore the original footage but also replaced the original special effects with “enhanced” CGI recreations, but about this I am less enthusiastic and would have considered this a deal-breaker if not for the fact that Paramount wisely utilized seamless branching to include both the original effects and the new CGI effects on the same disc, leaving it up to the viewer to decide which version he prefers. The problem with the new and “improved” CGI effects is that they were done around 2007, and despite being only 14-years old at this point, have not aged nearly as gracefully as the original effects which are now over 50-years old. I know the CGI artists tried to capture a 1960s aesthetic so that their work wouldn’t look out of place within the context of the episodes, but the problem is, they captured a 2007 CGI aesthetic instead which, in my opinion, has not held up well and resembles something you would see in a video game cinematic. The original effects are certainly crude by today’s standard, but there’s a realness to them that I think is timeless. The thing to remember is that the original creators were not trying to achieve a 1960s aesthetic but were simply doing the very best work they could with the technology and techniques available at the time. I think the CGI team should have done the same. The more unforgivable problem with the new effects is that in some instances, dissolve transitions to special effects shots are necessarily started several seconds earlier than in the original episodes which ends up truncating several seconds of actor performances at the ends of scenes. For instance, an original edit will show Kirk turn and raise his eyebrows at Spock. In the “enhanced” version, Kirk’s turn and raised eyebrows are eliminated in favor of an early dissolve to a new CGI shot. I personally find this unacceptable and will always prefer the episodes as they were originally broadcast.
I have not delved into any of the special features, but no matter. Having the complete original Star Trek series, restored and unaltered from when it was originally broadcast, is worth the price alone.