TNG Season 5 UK VHS

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 was released on VHS in the UK in two different formats: a two-episode-per-tape release by CIC Video in 1992-1993, and a three-episode-per-tape release by Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) in 2002. The original release was deleted on 1 January 1998.

Releases[]

Dates in italics are approximations based on release frequency, where no exact date is available. UK products are normally released on a Monday.

From 1988 onward (starting with the Next Generation rentals), the UK CIC Video releases had served as the template for all Star Trek tape releases in the rest of Europe, Australasia (it being a PAL territory as well), and Japan (despite being a NTSC territory), with local branches of CIC Video responsible for either subtitling or dubbing in the language of the target market, as well as optionally adapting sleeve cover art to local tastes. The later Netherlands/Flanders video case sleeve cover art for example, was virtually indistinguishable from their UK counterparts, save for the ratings and text imprint language of the episode summaries/disclaimers on the back cover art, whereas some European countries, such as the Nordics, sometimes sported redesigned sleeve cover art.

Rental releases[]

The "Unification" two-parter was released to rental outlets in feature-length form in February 1992 to coincide with the UK release of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Along with the 1992-93 retail issues, a four-episode-per-tape release took place somewhere in mid-1990s, albeit exclusive to Blockbuster Video (UK) only. This release did not take account of season divisions, and so the volume containing the last episodes of a season would sometimes also include the first episodes of the next. These rental reissues differed in this respect from the retail releases by containing four episodes instead of two as what they called "Rental Exclusives". Obviously not intended for retail sale, some copies did turn up in the second hand market after all, among others through the UK Blockbuster Video rental chain itself^[1], after the VHS/DVD rental circuit ceased to exist a couple of years later.

Volume Number	Catalog Number	Episodes	Release Date
None	VHB 2598	"Unification I" "Unification II"^[2]	14 February 1992
Blockbuster Video release
26	VHB 2966	"Redemption II" "Darmok" "Ensign Ro" "Silicon Avatar"	Unknown, but judging from their cover sleeve design almost certainly alongside their 1992-93 retail counterparts
27	VHB 2967	"Disaster" "The Game" "Unification I" "Unification II"
28	VHB 2968	"A Matter Of Time" "New Ground" "Hero Worship" "Violations"
29	VHB 2969	"The Masterpiece Society" "Conundrum" "Power Play" "Ethics"
30	VHB 2970	"The Outcast" "Cause And Effect" "The First Duty" "Cost Of Living"
31	VHB 2971	"The Perfect Mate" "Imaginary Friend" "I Borg" "The Next Phase"
32	VHB 2972	"The Inner Light" "Time's Arrow"^[3]

CIC Video[]

New Stars. New Stories. New Worlds to Explore.

Sleeve changes[]

The character portraits have changed to reflect cast changes:

Wesley Crusher is replaced by Ro, Alexander joins Worf, and Troi's uniform changes from the red/grey to the grey/lilac uniform she begins to wear in this season.

Volume Number	Catalog Number	Cover	Episodes	Release Date
51	VHR 2606	ASIN B0F84LPXBV	"Redemption II" "Darmok"	7 September 1992
52	VHR 2607	ASIN B000057N6A	"Ensign Ro" "Silicon Avatar"	5 October 1992
53	VHR 2608	ASIN B00004RVJE	"Disaster" "The Game"
54	VHR 2638	ASIN B00004RPD7	"Unification I" "Unification II"
55	VHR 2639	ASIN B00004RPD8	"A Matter Of Time" "New Ground"	16 November 1992
56	VHR 2640	ASIN B00004RPD9	"Hero Worship" "Violations"	16 November 1992
57	VHR 2650	ASIN B00004RPDA	"The Masterpiece Society" "Conundrum"	11 January 1993
58	VHR 2651	ASIN B0FHF4YG6L	"Power Play" "Ethics"	11 January 1993
59	VHR 2658	ASIN B000057N6C	"The Outcast" "Cause And Effect"	15 February 1993
60	VHR 2659	ASIN B000057N6D	"The First Duty" "Cost Of Living"	15 February 1993
61	VHR 2660	ASIN B000057N6E	"The Perfect Mate" "Imaginary Friend"	15 March 1993
62	VHR 2661	ASIN B000057N6F	"I Borg" "The Next Phase"
63	VHR 2662	ASIN B0FHF6XXC5	"The Inner Light" "Time's Arrow"

Paramount Home Entertainment[]

Make It So

This was the final season of three-episode tapes released by PHE. Due to the dwindling VHS home video market, the division chose to focus exclusively on the DVD market which was still thriving at the time. (It should be noted that the TNG Season 5 DVD was released on the same day as VHS volume 5.6, and the entire series had been released on DVD by the time the last volume of this season on VHS went on sale.)

Volume Number	Catalog Number	Cover	Episodes	Certificate	Release Date
5.1	VHR 4760	ASIN B0FGWM92R4	"Redemption II" "Darmok" "Ensign Ro"	^[4]	24 June 2002
5.2	VHR 4761	ASIN B0CVS7M3MK	"Silicon Avatar" "Disaster" "The Game"		22 July 2002
5.3	VHR 4762	ASIN B000069JED	"Unification I" "Unification II" "A Matter Of Time"		5 August 2002
5.4	VHR 4763	ASIN B0CVS8F519	"New Ground" "Hero Worship" "Violations"		2 September 2002
5.5	VHR 4764	ASIN B00006HCM5	"The Masterpiece Society" "Conundrum" "Power Play"		7 October 2002
5.6	VHR 4765	ASIN B00006RHTX	"Ethics" "The Outcast" "Cause And Effect"		18 November 2002
5.7^[5]	VHR 4766		"The First Duty" "Cost Of Living" "The Perfect Mate" "Imaginary Friend"		2 December 2002
5.8^[5]	VHR 4767	ASIN B000071WJB	"I Borg" "The Next Phase" "The Inner Light" "Time's Arrow"		23 December 2002

Other releases featuring TNG Season 5 episodes[]

Volume/Set	Catalog Number	Cover	Episodes	Release Date
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Borg Box, Tape 2	VHR 2989	ASIN B00004CPRJ	"I Borg"	5 December 1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies, Volume 3	VHR 4103		"Redemption II" ^[7]	6 February 1995
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies, Volume 4	VHR 4104	ASIN B00004CLWH	"Unification I" "Unification II"^[2]	27 February 1995
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Full Length TV Movies, Volume 5	VHR 4105	ASIN B00004CQA4	"Time's Arrow"^[8]	13 March 1995
Star Trek - Crossovers Set, Tape 1	VHR 4223	ASIN B00005421I	"Unification I" "Unification II"	6 November 1995
Star Trek: The Next Generation - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition, Tapes 2, 3 & 4	VHR 4553	ASIN B0033GOIF6	"Darmok" "Cause And Effect" "The Next Phase" "The Inner Light"	29 September 1997

External links[]

Footnotes[]

↑ Rental copies had the distinct advantage over their retail counterparts in that they were much sturdier; confronted with intensive use, the rental copies were manufactured with much thicker tapes than the retail copies were, which improved their longevity substantially.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 In feature-length form.
↑ Also includes "Time's Arrow, Part II" and "Realm Of Fear" from TNG Season 6.
↑ This is the first TNG VHS volume to be rated as 12 – and an unusual one, as the original release of these episodes was not rated higher than PG. The new rating is likely as a result of changes in the certification system in January 2002; in addition, the 12 certificate wasn't introduced to home video releases until 1994.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Four episode tape. (This was usually done to keep the number of episodes per tape above three towards the end of a season.)
↑ In the case of sets, the certificate is over the set as a whole (unless stated otherwise).
↑ In feature-length form with "Redemption".
↑ In feature-length form with "Time's Arrow, Part II"

Previous UK VHS release:
TNG Season 4 UK VHS

Star Trek: The Next Generation UK VHS
TNG Season 5

Next UK VHS release:
TNG Season 6 UK VHS

LaserDisc (Vol. 1) • LaserDisc (Vol. 2) • US VHS • UK VHS • DVD • Blu-ray • Digital

[1] Rental copies had the distinct advantage over their retail counterparts in that they were much sturdier; confronted with intensive use, the rental copies were manufactured with much thicker tapes than the retail copies were, which improved their longevity substantially.

[fl-2] 2.0 ^2.1 In feature-length form.

[3] Also includes "Time's Arrow, Part II" and "Realm Of Fear" from TNG Season 6.

[4] This is the first TNG VHS volume to be rated as 12 – and an unusual one, as the original release of these episodes was not rated higher than PG. The new rating is likely as a result of changes in the certification system in January 2002; in addition, the 12 certificate wasn't introduced to home video releases until 1994.

[4ep-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Four episode tape. (This was usually done to keep the number of episodes per tape above three towards the end of a season.)

[6] In the case of sets, the certificate is over the set as a whole (unless stated otherwise).

[7] In feature-length form with "Redemption".

[8] In feature-length form with "Time's Arrow, Part II"

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