Rumoured details for the Season 1 release in August;

All episodes (in original air date order)
Two versions of "The Cage" (b/w and color)
Original episode trailers.
Text commentaries by the Okudas on "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Menagerie, "The Conscience of the King".
Documentaries/specials/interviews about: The birth of Star Trek (also containing new interviews with Shatner, Nimoy and Robert Justman)
"Life After Star Trek": William Shatner (including convention appearances and a visit to Shatner's ranch)
Season 1 production documentary ("To Boldly Go..."): Behind the scenes discussions about "The Naked Time", "The City On the Edge of Forever", "The Squire of Gothos" and "The Devil in the Dark")
Nimoy interview on Spock and his relationship to the role
Special on love in Star Trek (cast member interviews, not same content as on STIV DVD)
Kirk, Spock and Bones group special
Science fiction visionaries: D.C. Fontana, George C. Johnson, Richard Matheson, Harlan Ellison, Gene Coon, Gene Roddenberry. New interviews with Fontana, Justman, and John D.F. Black.
Imagining the final frontier. (no info)
Star Trek connections: info about connections between cast members, guest stars, producers and other shows and films.
Photo diary.


Sounds quite interesting. Although if they stick with the same £80 price tag that the TNG/DS9 and further VOY sets have had then I may have to think twice :(

Whereabouts did this extras list come from - it surprises me given what lacklustre we've had on the sets so far...

I also heard a rumour about Shatner and Nimoy getting together for commentaries, so it surprises me that there are no audio commentaries at all on this set (especially given the long list)!

Plus the air date order seems strange, given that every other time TOS has ben released, it's been in production order!

It's from the Region 2 Project.

Note, they're still rumoured at this point ;)
Although, given the hefty price tag, which is still rumoured to be up around the £80 mark then they're going to have to include more to justify that tag for what is quite an old series.

I'm disappointed they haven't got a commentary by the polystyrene boulder that was in every episode. :lol:

Seriously, though, can't wait!

Joking aside, that's one aspect of the DVD sets that have disappointed me, the lack of a character/actor provided commentary over a selection of the episodes.

For the prices that Paramount are charging us I hardly think they can put it down to costing them too much.

Totally agree. I think we're paying for the packaging more than anything else!

The packaging for the sets is excellent for the most part, but that plastic thing in the DS9 ones that actually holds the DVDs is lethal, you could probably snap one in half trying to get the damned thing out !!

The external packaging is good, but is it worth an additional £30 ?? No way :(

I quite like the B5 S1-S3 and Smallville style packaging myself. I know people have mentioned the longevity of the sets given the obvious wear and tear likely to occur, but still, they look good and they're nice and practical.

Amazon have got detailled information about the TOS sets:

SEASON 1:

Disc One:

The Man Trap
Charlie X
Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Naked Time

Disc Two:

The Enemy Within
Mudd's Women
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
Miri

Disc Three:

Dagger of the Mind
The Corbomite Maneuver
The Menagerie (Part I)
The Menagerie (Part II)

Disc Four:


The Conscience of the King
Balance of Terror
Shore Leave
The Galileo Seven

Disc Five:

The Squire of Gothos
Arena
Tomorrow is Yesterday
Court Martial

Disc Six:

The Return of the Archons
Space Seed
A Taste of Armageddon
This Side of Paradise

Disc Seven:


The Devil in the Dark
Errand of Mercy
The Alternative Factor
The City on the Edge of Forever

Disc Eight:

Operation: Annihilate!

Special Features
Discs 1–7:

Feature

Preview trailers for each episode on that disc
Discs 1, 3 and 4 only:

Feature

Text Commentaries - Text Commentary on the 4 episodes are done by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda - co-authors of The Star Trek Encyclopedia

Text commentary on Where No Man Has Gone Before (disc 1), The Menagerie, Part 1 and Part 2 (disc 3), The Conscience of the King (disc 4)

Disc 8:

Operation: Annihilate! preview trailer

The Birth of a Timeless Legacy - This is the definitive telling of how it all began. Included are interviews with cast and network executives and producers. Features new interviews with Shatner, Nimoy, and Robert Justman.

Life After Trek: William Shatner - We follow William Shatner around on his most current film and TV projects, charity events, conventions, trips, and hobbies including an exclusive invitation to his ranch to discuss his love of horses .

To Boldly Go… Season One: - Cast members and production crew members recall fond memories/stories of working on the series. Includes intimate details about struggles behind the scenes and specific episodes - "The Naked Time", "City on the Edge of Forever", "Devil in the Dark", and "The Squire of Gothos".

Reflections on Spock: - Leonard Nimoy discusses his character in depath, and explains why he chose to write two different books on the subject: "I Am Not Spock" and "I am Spock.".

Kiss & Tell: Romance in the Final Frontier (24th CENTURY) - William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig and others take a fun look at the many romantic relationships seen on the series.

Trek Connections Game - Instead of a regular "Trekker Trivia" style game, this "six degrees of Separation" text/photo featurette offers links between cast, crew, and guest stars to other films and tv shows, eventually circling back or ending on a TOS episode.

Photo Log

Sci-Fi Visionaries

Kirk, Spock and Bones: Trek's Great Trio

Envisioning the Final Frontier

Sci-Fi Visionaries - A look at Star Trek's famous writers - Gene Coon, Harlan Ellison, George Clayton Thomas, Richard Matheson, D.C Fontana, and Roddenberry - featuring interviews with Trek Writers. New interviews with D.C Fontana, Bob Justman and John D.F Black




SEASON 2

Disc 1:

Amok Time
Who Mourns for Adonis?
The Changeling
Mirror, Mirror

Disc 2:

The Apple
The Doomsday Machine
Catspaw
I, Mudd

Disc 3:

Metamorphosis
Journey to Babel
Friday's Child
The Deadly Years

Disc 4:

Obsession
Wolf in the Fold
The Trouble With Tribbles
The Gamesters of Triskelion

Disc 5:

A Piece of the Action
The Immunity Syndrome
A Private Little War
Return to Tomorrow

Disc 6:

Patterns of Force
By Any Other Name
The Omega Glory
The Ultimate Computer

Disc 7:

Bread and Circuses
Assignment: Earth

No Extras Listed



Season 3:

Disc 1:

Spock's Brain
The Enterprise Incident
The Paradise Syndrome
And the Children Shall Lead

Disc 2:

Is There In Truth No Beauty?
Spectre of the Gun
Day of the Dove
For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

Disc 3:

The Tholian Web
Plato's Stepchildren
Wink of an Eye
The Empath

Disc 4:

Elaan of Troyius
Whom Gods Destroy
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
The Mark of Gideon

Disc 5:

That Which Survives
The Lights of Zetar
Requiem For Methuselah
The Way to Eden

Disc 6:

The Cloud Minders
The Savage Curtain
All Our Yesterdays
Turnabout Intruder

Disc 7:

The Cage (Colour)
The Cage (Colour/B&W)

No Extras Listed

Thanks for that Phillip. I'm looking forward to them even more now :)

Yeah. I've decided I'm definitely having them as well.

These are the first Trek DVD sets where I've actively thought beforehand that I'm going to get them.

Still not sure on that third season though :P

You do get 'The Cage' - as well as several decent Season 3 stories - Enterprise Incident, Tholian Web and so on... :)

I'm still pissed off with the lack of commentaries though :angry:

Not sure about The Cage, I'd love it, but that means I have to get Spock's Brain as well :(

I'm actually getting quite excited about these dvds now. It's a long time since I watched TOS, and I have just given my entire TOS video collection to charity. Not only does that mean that I now need the dvds (!), but it also means I have cleared an entire shelf!! :lol:

Bring on The Man Trap :thumbsup:

Resurrecting an old thread here, but I've just had an email from Amazon saying they've dropped the price of season 1 to £49.99 :thumbsup:

I'm more tempted at that price. Might have to add that one to the DVD-buying schedule ;)

A bit of a long winded way of getting it, but if you go to www.play.com/sunmon, and enter the password SUNFRIDAY, you can get a free copy of a DVD (it's The Long Good Friday on Monday 23rd; different passwords on different days will get you other films - it's a Sun promotion), but after applying for it, you get an e-mail with a code for 10% off all your purchases and pre-orders :)

With TOS at £52 there, you can knock it down to about £47! :)

Just looking through everything else that's out before the end of the year, I doubt I'll be getting it until after Christmas afterall.

Do what I did and enter the Cult website competition :)

Costs you nothing, and there's a small chance of winning :)

Does that mean no rewatch until after Christmas?! :o

...and I've ordered it already... :rolleyes: ;)

What with the B5 rewatch and me trying to catch up with Farscape at some point, I don't think I'll have the time, but that shouldn't stop the rest of you ;)

It's okay, I was kidding about that one. How many rewatches can one man take? :unsure: :lol: ;)

Well, if you set aside one hour per episode, and watch 2 episodes a week, you have 2 hours per series. There are 24x7 = 168 hours in a week, which gives a maximum of 84 posible rewatches at any one time :)

Oh Phillip, did you really have to give him that kind of information ?? There'll be no stopping him now :P

:lol:

Oi!! :lol:

Anyway, I'm not the one having trouble fitting them in, am I James? :P ;)

Exactly !! :lol:

I can't keep up with the one I'm supposed to be doing, now Phillip's gone and paved the way for a multitude more :P

I'll definitely make time for the B5 rewatch, and I'll be catching up on the Farscape one, but beyond that, I've got no bleeding chance :fear: :lol:

I've actually taken it as something of a relief that The X Files rewatch has stalled ;)

You have :lol:

I think I managed the Pilot episode and Deep Throat and that was it :rolleyes:

Oddly, that's one of the rewatches I should be taking a little more seriously, there are more than a few episodes in there that I've not seen before :(

Oh well, another one to catch up on ;)

Careful what you wish for - Rob'll read this and start it up again! :lol:

Or have you banned him from the Star Trek board for posting spoilers? :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Rob knows better than to post Spoilers here :lol:

I think he's just been giving me moderating practice :unsure: :lol:

Yes, I'm sure it was intentional :lol:

Yes, because a blow by blow description of the final scene of the final episode of the series can't possibly qualify as a spoiler, can it Rob? :rolleyes: :lol:

Hmm, them's is trollish activities. Of course if he tried that here, I might have to put my Admin powers to use and IP ban him :lol: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm willing to bet Rob'd rise to the challenge :lol:

Doubtful. He wouldn't be able to gain access to the site at all :lol:

I could then change his password to block him gaining access by any other means.

Of course, I'm above such things however :lol: :lol: :lol:

Remind me never to upset you, James :lol: ;)

I'm not blessed with patience. When someone annoys me, they find out. Quickly. :lol:

Having said that, it takes a special kind of idiot. Carl or UBF fit the bill remarably well :rolleyes:

Made the mistake of stopping of at Tesco on the way home from work today. Bad idea. Nice shiny new TOS sets there on the stand :rolleyes:

Fortunately I've managed to resist temptation, but my willpower's wilting :lol:

Right then shall we take bets on how long Angel's will power will last until he pops up to Tesco's and buys the box set????

a week?

a day?

a hour?

he's already on his way???? :D :D :D

Ordinarily you'd probably be right Ken. But next month's pretty heavy DVD release-wise. The Star Wars trilogy boxset, The West Wing S4, Millennium Season 2, Roswell S3 shortly after that. Still got CSI S3 part 2 to get as well :rolleyes: