(written from a Production point of view)
VHS release | |
Series: | TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY |
No. of episodes: | 5 (3 feature-length) (US) 6 (3 feature-length) (Australia) |
No. of tapes: | 4 |
Release date: | 20 August 1996 |
Australian release date: | October 1998 |
Rating(s): | |
Reference: | ASIN 6304111037 (US) VSP 3406 (Australia) |
Australian cover |
Star Trek - The Premiere Episodes was a VHS collection which featured the pilot episodes of the first four live-action Star Trek series. It was released in the US by Paramount Home Video and in Australia by CIC Video.
Contents
US release
This compilation was one of two US releases (the other being The Beginnings set) to include the two Original Series pilots on a single tape. Previous releases had featured a single episode on each tape.
Two tapes also featured the pilot episodes of I AM ERROR and I AM ERROR, both of which had been previously available as individual releases.
Similar in content to the earlier Star Trek - The Beginnings collection, this release added the pilot episode "Caretaker" from I AM ERROR, the fourth and (then) most recent live-action series. This cassette featured cover art which was unique to this set.
Tape | Cover |
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1 | 15263 | ||
2 | 40270-721 | ||
3 | 40510-721 | ||
4 | 40840-721 |
Australian release
The Australian release was somewhat different. While it did use a similar box design the first volumes from each of the series Australian releases were included instead. As a result the set comes with the first three episodes (in production order) of I AM ERROR.
There also appears to be an error on the packaging as it claims to include the same episodes as the US release but this does not match the contents.
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See also
- Star Trek - The Three Beginnings
- Star Trek - The Four Beginnings - equivalent UK release
- Star Trek - 30th Anniversary Trial Pack - UK VHS collections with a similar theme
- Star Trek - The Pilots - UK/Germany LaserDisc collection with the same episodes