TNG Season 1 DVD

Real world article

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Series:	TNG
Season:	One
No. of episodes:	25 (1 feature-length)
No. of discs:	7
Region 1 release date:	26 March 2002 12 March 2013 (re-released)
Region 2 release date:	1 April 2002 22 May 2006 (re-released)
Rating(s):
Reference:	ASIN B00005Y1NF (region 1) ASIN B00BHWG1AI (region 1 re-release) ASIN B00005UO5M (region 2) ASIN B000ERVG7K (region 2 re-release)
Year:	2364

Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Season One was a DVD release containing all of the episodes which were broadcast during the series' first season.

Episodes

Disc	Episode
1	"Encounter at Farpoint" (feature-length) "The Naked Now" "Code of Honor"
2	"The Last Outpost" "Where No One Has Gone Before" "Lonely Among Us" "Justice"
3	"The Battle" "Hide And Q" "Haven" "The Big Goodbye"
4	"Datalore" "Angel One" "11001001" "Too Short A Season"
5	"When The Bough Breaks" "Home Soil" "Coming of Age" "Heart of Glory"
6	"The Arsenal of Freedom" "Symbiosis" "Skin Of Evil" "We'll Always Have Paris"
7	"Conspiracy" "The Neutral Zone" Special Features

Special Features

• The Beginning – The genesis of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Gene Roddenberry's vision.

This special features the early days on "Encounter at Farpoint" as well as several behind the scenes interviews with Gene Roddenberry, Robert Justman, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Denise Crosby, Herman Zimmerman, Rick Berman, John de Lancie, Marina Sirtis, Wil Wheaton, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, as well as ILM artists Pat Sweeney and David Carson. The ILM part originated from that company's own 1987 promotional short, ILM Special Visual Effects, Star Trek The Next Generation, and was not a studio production.

• Selected Crew Analysis – The cast members who appeared in Season 1 discuss their roles.

The three parts "Casting", "Character Notes", and "Camaraderie" feature interviews with Rick Berman, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Jonathan Frakes, Wil Wheaton, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Denise Crosby, and John de Lancie.

• Making of a Legend – The production staff and actors who worked on Season 1 reminisce about their favorite episodes.

This special includes the parts "Visual Effects", "Artistic Design", "Make-Up", "VISOR", and "Music" and features interviews with Rick Berman, Patrick Stewart, Herman Zimmerman, Jonathan Frakes, Robert Justman, Peter Lauritson, Dan Curry, Michael Okuda, Rick Sternbach, Michael Westmore, Michael Dorn, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Jay Chattaway.

• Memorable Missions – Cast and crew discuss key episodes and the events of Season 1.

This special features interviews with Rick Berman, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Patrick Stewart, Dan Curry, Michael Westmore, Peter Lauritson, Armin Shimerman, Herman Zimmerman, Gene Roddenberry, and Denise Crosby.

Bonus disc

The following separate disc was for Region 1 available for a limited time at Best Buy and Media Play locations as a "retailer exclusive", which was not included for the other regions. [1]^(X)

• Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion CD-ROM.

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