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The first release of '''''Star Trek: The Original Series''''' on [[Betamax]] was on 81 tapes. Each tape contained a single episode, and "The Cage" was released twice. The first had the black & white scenes from [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s copy of the original episode, while the second was the "rediscovered" all color version and was labeled as tape 99.
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'''''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''''' was released on the [[Betamax]] format in the US, UK and Australia throughout the 1980s.
   
 
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== Releases ==
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==US releases==
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The first releases of the series on Betamax in the US took place in {{y|1980}}. [[Paramount Home Video]] issued five volumes with two episodes each under the "Television Classics" banner. A further one-off release took place in {{y|1982}} under the Paramount Gateway Video label of the episode {{e|Space Seed}} coinciding with the theatrical release of {{film|2}}.
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A complete release of the series would eventually follow starting from {{y|1985}}. Paramount issued episodes in batches (or Groups as they called them) every few months in broadcast order (though the tapes were numbered in production order). Each tape contained a single episode and each Group had around 10 episodes each. Both parts of "The Menagerie" were issued on a single tape. These releases concluded in {{y|1988}} with the release of Groups 7 and 8 which featured the remaining 18 episodes. Some of these later episodes were released in both in Betamax-sized boxes and VHS-sized boxes with a "Beta" sticker and appropriate ISBN barcode added.
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{{e|The Cage}} was released twice. The first had the black & white scenes from [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s copy of the original episode and was released in {{m|November|1986}}. Following the discovery of the missing color scenes a "All-Color Collector's Edition" was released in {{y|1989}}.
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|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:black;" id="1"|[[TOS Season 1|Season 1]]
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 01 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 01]]
 
|{{e|The Cage}} Color/B&W version
 
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
 
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|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:black;" id="1"|[[TOS Season 1|Season One]]
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|[[File:TOS 06 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 1]]
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:{{e|The Man Trap}}
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|{{m|February|1985}}
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|style="text-align:center;" |02
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|style="text-align:center;" |2
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 02 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 02]]
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|[[File:TOS 08 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 2]]
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|{{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}
 
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:{{e|Charlie X}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|February|1985}}
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|60040-08
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|style="text-align:center;" |3
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|[[File:TOS 02 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 3]]
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:{{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}
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|{{m|February|1985}}
 
|60040-02
 
|60040-02
 
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|style="text-align:center;" |03
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|style="text-align:center;" |4
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 03 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 03]]
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|[[File:TOS 07 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 4]]
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|{{e|The Corbomite Maneuver}}
 
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:{{e|The Naked Time}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|February|1985}}
|60040-03
 
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|60040-07
|style="text-align:center;" |04
 
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 04 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 04]]
 
|{{e|Mudd's Women}}
 
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
|60040-04
 
 
|-
 
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |04
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|style="text-align:center;" |5
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 05 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 05]]
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|[[File:TOS 05 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 5]]
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|{{e|The Enemy Within}}
 
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:{{e|The Enemy Within}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|February|1985}}
 
|60040-05
 
|60040-05
 
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|-
|style="text-align:center;" |06
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|style="text-align:center;" |6
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 06 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 06]]
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|[[File:TOS 04 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 6]]
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|{{e|The Man Trap}}
 
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:{{e|Mudd's Women}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|February|1985}}
|60040-06
 
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|60040-04
 
|-
 
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |07
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|style="text-align:center;" |7
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 07 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 07]]
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|[[File:TOS 10 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 7]]
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|{{e|The Naked Time}}
 
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:{{e|What Are Little Girls Made Of?}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|February|1985}}
|60040-07
 
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|60040-10
 
|-
 
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |08
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|style="text-align:center;" |8
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 08 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 08]]
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|[[File:TOS 12 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 8]]
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|{{e|Charlie X}}
 
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:{{e|Miri}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|February|1985}}
|60040-08
 
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|60040-12
 
|-
 
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |09
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|style="text-align:center;" |9
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 09 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 09]]
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|[[File:TOS 11 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 9]]
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|{{e|Balance of Terror}}
 
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:{{e|Dagger of the Mind}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|February|1985}}
|60040-09
 
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|60040-11
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |10
 
|style="text-align:center;" |10
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 10 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 10]]
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|[[File:TOS 03 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 10]]
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|{{e|What Are Little Girls Made Of?}}
 
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:{{e|The Corbomite Maneuver}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|February|1985}}
|60040-10
 
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|60040-03
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |11
 
|style="text-align:center;" |11
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 11 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 11]]
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|[[File:TOS 16 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 11]]
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|{{e|Dagger of the Mind}}
 
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:{{e|The Menagerie, Part I}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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:{{e|The Menagerie, Part II}}
|60040-11
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
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|60040-16
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |12
 
|style="text-align:center;" |12
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 12 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 12]]
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|[[File:TOS 13 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 12]]
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|{{e|Miri}}
 
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:{{e|The Conscience of the King}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
|60040-12
 
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|60040-13
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |13
 
|style="text-align:center;" |13
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 13 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 13]]
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|[[File:TOS 09 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 13]]
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|{{e|The Conscience of the King}}
 
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:{{e|Balance of Terror}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
|60040-13
 
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|60040-09
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |14
 
|style="text-align:center;" |14
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 14 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 14]]
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|[[File:TOS 17 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 14]]
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|{{e|The Galileo Seven}}
 
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:{{e|Shore Leave}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
|60040-14
 
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|60040-17
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |15
 
|style="text-align:center;" |15
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 15 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 15]]
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|[[File:TOS 14 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 15]]
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|{{e|Court Martial}}
 
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:{{e|The Galileo Seven}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
|60040-15
 
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|60040-14
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |16
 
|style="text-align:center;" |16
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 16 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 16]]
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|[[File:TOS 18 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 16]]
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|{{e|The Menagerie, Part I}}<br/>{{e|The Menagerie, Part II}}
 
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:{{e|The Squire of Gothos}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
|60040-16
 
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|60040-18
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |17
 
|style="text-align:center;" |17
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 17 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 17]]
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|[[File:TOS 19 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 17]]
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|{{e|Shore Leave}}
 
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:{{e|Arena}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
|60040-17
 
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|60040-19
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |18
 
|style="text-align:center;" |18
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 18 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 18]]
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|[[File:TOS 21 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 18]]
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|{{e|The Squire of Gothos}}
 
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:{{e|Tomorrow is Yesterday}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
|60040-18
 
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|60040-21
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |19
 
|style="text-align:center;" |19
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 19 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 19]]
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|[[File:TOS 15 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 19]]
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|{{e|Arena}}
 
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:{{e|Court Martial}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
|60040-19
 
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|60040-15
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |20
 
|style="text-align:center;" |20
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 20 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 20]]
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|[[File:TOS 22 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 20]]
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|{{e|The Alternative Factor}}
 
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:{{e|The Return of the Archons}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|May|1985}}
|60040-20
 
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|60040-22
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |21
 
|style="text-align:center;" |21
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 21 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 21]]
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|[[File:TOS 24 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 21]]
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|{{e|Tomorrow is Yesterday}}
 
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:{{e|Space Seed}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
  +
|{{m|November|1985}}
|60040-21
 
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|60040-24
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |22
 
|style="text-align:center;" |22
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 22 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 22]]
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|[[File:TOS 23 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 22]]
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|{{e|The Return of the Archons}}
 
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:{{e|A Taste of Armageddon}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|November|1985}}
|60040-22
 
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|60040-23
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |23
 
|style="text-align:center;" |23
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 23 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 23]]
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|[[File:TOS 25 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 23]]
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|{{e|A Taste of Armageddon}}
 
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:{{e|This Side of Paradise}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|November|1985}}
|60040-23
 
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|60040-25
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |24
 
|style="text-align:center;" |24
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 24 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 24]]
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|[[File:TOS 26 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 24]]
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|
|{{e|Space Seed}}
 
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:{{e|The Devil in the Dark}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|November|1985}}
|60040-24
 
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|60040-26
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |25
 
|style="text-align:center;" |25
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 25 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 25]]
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|[[File:TOS 27 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 25]]
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|
|{{e|This Side of Paradise}}
 
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:{{e|Errand of Mercy}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|November|1985}}
|60040-25
 
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|60040-27
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |26
 
|style="text-align:center;" |26
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 26 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 26]]
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|[[File:TOS 20 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 26]]
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|
|{{e|The Devil in the Dark}}
 
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:{{e|The Alternative Factor}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
  +
|{{m|November|1985}}
|60040-26
 
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|60040-20
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |27
 
|style="text-align:center;" |27
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 27 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 27]]
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|[[File:TOS 28 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 27]]
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|
|{{e|Errand of Mercy}}
 
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:{{e|The City on the Edge of Forever}}<ref>"Special Home Video Version" - Due to copyright issues the original recording of the music "Goodnight, Sweetheart" was replaced.</ref>
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|November|1985}}
|60040-27
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |28
 
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 28 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 28]]
 
|{{e|The City on the Edge of Forever}}
 
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
 
|60040-28
 
|60040-28
 
|-
 
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |29
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|style="text-align:center;" |28
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 29 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 29]]
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|[[File:TOS 29 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 28]]
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|
|{{e|Operation -- Annihilate!}}
 
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:{{e|Operation -- Annihilate!}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1985}}
 
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|{{m|November|1985}}
 
|60040-29
 
|60040-29
 
|-
 
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:black;" id="2"|[[TOS Season 2|Season Two]]
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|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:black;" id="2"|[[TOS Season 2|Season 2]]
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|-
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|style="text-align:center;" |29
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|[[File:TOS 34 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 29]]
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|
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:{{e|Amok Time}}
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|{{m|November|1985}}
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|60040-34
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |30
 
|style="text-align:center;" |30
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 30 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 30]]
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|[[File:TOS 33 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 30]]
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|{{e|Catspaw}}
 
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:{{e|Who Mourns for Adonais?}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
 
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|{{m|November|1985}}
|60040-30
 
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|60040-33
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |31
 
|style="text-align:center;" |31
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|[[File:TOS 37 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 31]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Metamorphosis}}
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:{{e|The Changeling}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
|60040-31
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|60040-37
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |32
 
|style="text-align:center;" |32
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|[[File:TOS 39 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 32]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Friday's Child}}
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:{{e|Mirror, Mirror}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
|60040-32
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|60040-39
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |33
 
|style="text-align:center;" |33
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|[[File:TOS 38 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 33]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Who Mourns for Adonais?}}
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:{{e|The Apple}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
|60040-33
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|60040-38
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |34
 
|style="text-align:center;" |34
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 34 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 34]]
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|[[File:TOS 35 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 34]]
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|
|{{e|Amok Time}}
 
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:{{e|The Doomsday Machine}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
 
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
|60040-34
 
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|60040-35
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |35
 
|style="text-align:center;" |35
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|[[File:TOS 30 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 35]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Doomsday Machine}}
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:{{e|Catspaw}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
|60040-35
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|60040-30
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |36
 
|style="text-align:center;" |36
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|[[File:TOS 41 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 36]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Wolf in the Fold}}
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:{{e|I, Mudd}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
|60040-36
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|60040-41
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |37
 
|style="text-align:center;" |37
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|[[File:TOS 31 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 37]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Changeling}}
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:{{e|Metamorphosis}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
|60040-37
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|60040-31
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |38
 
|style="text-align:center;" |38
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|[[File:TOS 44 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 38]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Apple}}
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:{{e|Journey to Babel}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
|60040-38
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|60040-44
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |39
 
|style="text-align:center;" |39
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|[[File:TOS 32 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 39]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Mirror, Mirror}}
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:{{e|Friday's Child}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
|60040-39
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|60040-32
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |40
 
|style="text-align:center;" |40
  +
|[[File:TOS 40 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 40]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Deadly Years}}
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:{{e|The Deadly Years}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
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|''{{m|April|1986}}''
 
|60040-40
 
|60040-40
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |41
 
|style="text-align:center;" |41
  +
|[[File:TOS 47 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 41]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|I, Mudd}}
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:{{e|Obsession}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
+
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-41
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|60040-47
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |42
 
|style="text-align:center;" |42
  +
|[[File:TOS 36 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 42]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}
+
:{{e|Wolf in the Fold}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
+
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-42
+
|60040-36
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |43
 
|style="text-align:center;" |43
  +
|[[File:TOS 42 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 43]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Bread and Circuses}}
+
:{{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
+
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-43
+
|60040-42
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |44
 
|style="text-align:center;" |44
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS 44 Beta.jpg|150px|Tape 44]]
+
|[[File:TOS 46 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 44]]
  +
|
|{{e|Journey to Babel}}
 
  +
:{{e|The Gamesters of Triskelion}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
 
  +
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-44
 
  +
|60040-46
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |45
 
|style="text-align:center;" |45
  +
|[[File:TOS 49 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 45]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|A Private Little War}}
+
:{{e|A Piece of the Action}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
+
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-45
+
|60040-49
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |46
 
|style="text-align:center;" |46
  +
|[[File:TOS 48 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 46]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Gamesters of Triskelion}}
+
:{{e|The Immunity Syndrome}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
+
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-46
+
|60040-48
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |47
 
|style="text-align:center;" |47
  +
|[[File:TOS 45 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 47]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Obsession}}
+
:{{e|A Private Little War}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
+
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-47
+
|60040-45
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |48
 
|style="text-align:center;" |48
  +
|[[File:TOS 51 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 48]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Immunity Syndrome}}
+
:{{e|Return to Tomorrow}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
+
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-48
+
|60040-51
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |49
 
|style="text-align:center;" |49
  +
|[[File:TOS 52 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 49]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|A Piece of the Action}}
+
:{{e|Patterns of Force}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
+
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-49
+
|60040-52
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |50
 
|style="text-align:center;" |50
  +
|[[File:TOS 50 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 50]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|By Any Other Name}}
+
:{{e|By Any Other Name}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
+
|{{m|November|1986}}
 
|60040-50
 
|60040-50
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |51
 
|style="text-align:center;" |51
  +
|[[File:TOS 01 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 51]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Return to Tomorrow}}
+
:{{e|The Cage}}
  +
:Color/B&W Version
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
 
  +
|{{m|November|1986}}
|60040-51
 
  +
|60040-01
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |52
 
|style="text-align:center;" |52
  +
|[[File:TOS 54 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 52]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Patterns of Force}}
+
:{{e|The Omega Glory}}
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
 
|60040-52
+
|60040-54
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |53
 
|style="text-align:center;" |53
  +
|[[File:TOS 53 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 53]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Ultimate Computer}}
+
:{{e|The Ultimate Computer}}
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
 
 
|60040-53
 
|60040-53
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |54
 
|style="text-align:center;" |54
  +
|style="text-align:center;" |''No image yet.''
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Omega Glory}}
+
:{{e|Bread and Circuses}}
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
 
|60040-54
+
|60040-43
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |55
 
|style="text-align:center;" |55
  +
|[[File:TOS 55 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 55]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Assignment: Earth}}
+
:{{e|Assignment: Earth}}
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1986}}
 
 
|60040-55
 
|60040-55
 
|-
 
|-
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:black;" id="3"|[[TOS Season 3|Season Three]]
+
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:black;" id="3"|[[TOS Season 3|Season 3]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |56
 
|style="text-align:center;" |56
  +
|[[File:TOS 61 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 56]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Spectre of the Gun}}
+
:{{e|Spock's Brain}}
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
 
|60040-56
+
|60040-61
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |57
 
|style="text-align:center;" |57
  +
|[[File:TOS 59 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 57]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Elaan of Troyius}}
+
:{{e|The Enterprise Incident}}
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
 
|60040-57
+
|60040-59
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |58
 
|style="text-align:center;" |58
  +
|[[File:TOS 58 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 58]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Paradise Syndrome}}
+
:{{e|The Paradise Syndrome}}
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
 
 
|60040-58
 
|60040-58
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |59
 
|style="text-align:center;" |59
  +
|[[File:TOS 60 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 59]]
 
|
 
|
  +
:{{e|And the Children Shall Lead}}
|{{e|The Enterprise Incident}}
 
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
 
|60040-59
+
|60040-60
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |60
 
|style="text-align:center;" |60
  +
|[[File:TOS 62 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 60]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|And the Children Shall Lead}}
+
:{{e|Is There in Truth No Beauty?}}
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
 
|60040-60
+
|60040-62
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |61
 
|style="text-align:center;" |61
  +
|[[File:TOS 56 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 61]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Spock's Brain}}
+
:{{e|Spectre of the Gun}}
  +
|''{{m|September|1987}}''
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
 
|60040-61
+
|60040-56
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |62
 
|style="text-align:center;" |62
  +
|[[File:TOS 66 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 62]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Is There in Truth No Beauty?}}
+
:{{e|Day of the Dove}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-62
+
|60040-66
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |63
 
|style="text-align:center;" |63
  +
|[[File:TOS 65 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 63]]
 
|
 
|
  +
:{{e|For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky}}
|{{e|The Empath}}
 
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-63
+
|60040-65
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |64
 
|style="text-align:center;" |64
  +
|[[File:TOS 64 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 64]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Tholian Web}}
+
:{{e|The Tholian Web}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
 
|60040-64
 
|60040-64
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |65
 
|style="text-align:center;" |65
  +
|[[File:TOS 67 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 65]]
 
|
 
|
  +
:{{e|Plato's Stepchildren}}
|{{e|For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky}}
 
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-65
+
|60040-67
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |66
 
|style="text-align:center;" |66
  +
|[[File:TOS 68 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 66]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Day of the Dove}}
+
:{{e|Wink of an Eye}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-66
+
|60040-68
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |67
 
|style="text-align:center;" |67
  +
|[[File:TOS 63 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 67]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Plato's Stepchildren}}
+
:{{e|The Empath}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-67
+
|60040-63
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |68
 
|style="text-align:center;" |68
  +
|[[File:TOS 57 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 68]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Wink of an Eye}}
+
:{{e|Elaan of Troyius}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-68
+
|60040-57
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |69
 
|style="text-align:center;" |69
  +
|[[File:TOS 71 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 69]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|That Which Survives}}
+
:{{e|Whom Gods Destroy}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-69
+
|60040-71
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |70
 
|style="text-align:center;" |70
  +
|[[File:TOS 70 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 70]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Let That Be Your Last Battlefield}}
+
:{{e|Let That Be Your Last Battlefield}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
 
|60040-70
 
|60040-70
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |71
 
|style="text-align:center;" |71
  +
|[[File:TOS 72 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 71]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Whom Gods Destroy}}
+
:{{e|The Mark of Gideon}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-71
+
|60040-72
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |72
 
|style="text-align:center;" |72
  +
|[[File:TOS 69 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 72]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Mark of Gideon}}
+
:{{e|That Which Survives}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-72
+
|60040-69
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |73
 
|style="text-align:center;" |73
  +
|[[File:TOS 73 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 73]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Lights of Zetar}}
+
:{{e|The Lights of Zetar}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
 
|60040-73
 
|60040-73
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |74
 
|style="text-align:center;" |74
  +
|[[File:TOS 76 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 74]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Cloud Minders}}
+
:{{e|Requiem for Methuselah}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-74
+
|60040-76
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |75
 
|style="text-align:center;" |75
  +
|[[File:TOS 75 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 75]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Way to Eden}}
+
:{{e|The Way to Eden}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
 
|60040-75
 
|60040-75
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |76
 
|style="text-align:center;" |76
  +
|[[File:TOS 74 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 76]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Requiem for Methuselah}}
+
:{{e|The Cloud Minders}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
|60040-76
+
|60040-74
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |77
 
|style="text-align:center;" |77
  +
|[[File:TOS 77 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 77]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Savage Curtain}}
+
:{{e|The Savage Curtain}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
 
|60040-77
 
|60040-77
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |78
 
|style="text-align:center;" |78
  +
|[[File:TOS 78 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 78]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|All Our Yesterdays}}
+
:{{e|All Our Yesterdays}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
 
|60040-78
 
|60040-78
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="text-align:center;" |79
 
|style="text-align:center;" |79
  +
|[[File:TOS 79 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 79]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|Turnabout Intruder}}
+
:{{e|Turnabout Intruder}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1988}}
+
|''{{m|April|1988}}''
 
|60040-79
 
|60040-79
 
|-
 
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |99
+
|style="text-align:center;" |80
  +
|[[File:TOS The Cage All Color Collector's Edition US VHS Beta cover.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Tape 80]]
 
|
 
|
|{{e|The Cage}} all color
+
:{{e|The Cage}}
  +
:All-Color Collector's Edition
|style="text-align:center;" |-
 
  +
|{{y|1989}}
 
|60040-99
 
|60040-99
  +
|}
  +
  +
===Box sets and other collections===
  +
  +
{| class="grey chart" style="width:100%"
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Release
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Reference
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Cover
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Episodes
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Release Date
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|rowspan="5"|''Star Trek - Television Classics''
|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background-color:black;" id="box"|Box sets and other collections
 
  +
|Vol. 1
  +
|style="text-align:center;" |''No image yet.''
  +
|
  +
:{{e|The Menagerie, Part I}}<ref>This release is slightly edited to present the episode in one part, rather than two parts. The credits at the end of the episode and the closing credits are removed from Part I and the opening teaser recounting the events from Part I and the regular opening sequence are removed, instead doing a quick fade-out and cut into the first act of Part II.</ref>
  +
:{{e|The Menagerie, Part II}}
  +
|{{y|1980}}
  +
|-
  +
|Vol. 2
  +
|style="text-align:center;" |''No image yet.''
  +
|
  +
:{{e|Amok Time}}
  +
:{{e|Journey to Babel}}
  +
|{{y|1980}}
  +
|-
  +
|Vol. 3
  +
|style="text-align:center;" |''No image yet.''
  +
|
  +
:{{e|Mirror, Mirror}}
  +
:{{e|The Tholian Web}}
  +
|{{y|1980}}
  +
|-
  +
|Vol. 4
  +
|[[File:TOS Television Classics Vol 4 Beta.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Television Classics Vol 4]]
  +
|
  +
:{{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}
  +
:{{e|Let That Be Your Last Battlefield}}
  +
|{{y|1980}}
  +
|-
  +
|Vol. 5
  +
|style="text-align:center;" |''No image yet.''
  +
|
  +
:{{e|Balance of Terror}}
  +
:{{e|The City on the Edge of Forever}}
  +
|{{y|1980}}
  +
|-
  +
|''Star Trek: Space Seed''
  +
|BETA 60040
  +
|[[File:TOS Space Seed US Beta cover.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Space Seed]]
  +
|
  +
:{{e|Space Seed}}<ref name="twoktrailer">This release also included a trailer for {{film|2}}.</ref>
  +
|{{m|July|1982}}
 
|-
 
|-
|style="text-align:center;" |01
 
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS Collector's Edition.jpg|150px|Star Trek - The Collector's Edition]]
 
 
|{{BM|Star Trek - The Collector's Edition}}
 
|{{BM|Star Trek - The Collector's Edition}}
|style="text-align:center;" |{{y|1991}}
 
 
|
 
|
  +
|style="text-align:center;" |[[File:TOS Collector's Edition.jpg|150px|Star Trek - The Collector's Edition]]
  +
|
  +
:''All episodes''
  +
|{{y|1986}}-{{y|1991}}
 
|}
 
|}
   
==See Also==
+
==UK releases==
  +
A few Betamax tapes were issued in the UK by [[CIC Video]] and other labels in the early 1980s. All of these releases used packaging identical to the VHS releases with sometimes only a sticker being placed on the cover and spine to tell them apart.
*[[Star Trek: The Original Series (VHS)]]
 
  +
*[[Star Trek: The Original Series (LaserDisc)]]
 
  +
{| class="grey chart" style="width:100%"
*[[Star Trek: The Original Series (CED)]]
 
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Release
*[[Star Trek: The Original Series (DVD)]]
 
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Cover
[[Category:Video releases]]
 
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Episodes
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Certificate
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Release Date
  +
! style="text-align:center;"| Catalogue Number
  +
|-
  +
|Mountain Video<br/>''Shore Leave''
  +
|[[File:TOS Shore Leave UK Pre Cert Video.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Mountain's release of "Shore Leave"]]
  +
|
  +
:{{e|Shore Leave}}
  +
|N/A
  +
|{{y|1980}}
  +
|VCF 1/025
  +
|-
  +
|EVC<br/>''Where No Man Has Gone Before''
  +
|[[File:TOS WNMHGB UK Pre Cert Video.jpg|150px|center|Cover of EVC's release of "Where No Man Has Gone Before"]]
  +
|
  +
:{{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}
  +
|N/A
  +
|{{y|1981}}
  +
|EVC039
  +
|-
  +
|EVC<br/>''The Menagerie''
  +
|[[File:TOS The Menagerie UK Pre Cert Video.jpg|150px|center|Cover of EVC's release of "The Menagerie"]]
  +
|
  +
:{{e|The Menagerie, Part I}}
  +
:{{e|The Menagerie, Part II}}
  +
|N/A
  +
|{{y|1981}}
  +
|EVC199
  +
|-
  +
|Mountain Video<br/>''Trouble with Tribbles''
  +
|[[File:TOS Trouble with Tribbles UK Pre Cert Video.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Mountain's release of "The Trouble with Tribbles"]]
  +
|
  +
:{{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}
  +
|N/A
  +
|{{m|May|1982}}
  +
|VCF 1/081
  +
|-
  +
|Mountain Video<br/>''Amok Time''
  +
|[[File:TOS Amok Time UK Pre Cert Video.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Mountain's release of "Amok Time"]]
  +
|
  +
:{{e|Amok Time}}
  +
|N/A
  +
|{{m|June|1982}}
  +
|VCF 1/080
  +
|-
  +
|Mountain Video<br/>''Dagger of the Mind''
  +
|[[File:TOS Dagger of the Mind UK Pre Cert Video.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Mountain's release of "Dagger of the Mind"]]
  +
|
  +
:{{e|Dagger of the Mind}}
  +
|N/A
  +
|{{m|June|1982}}
  +
|VCF 1/082
  +
|-
  +
|Videon<br/>''Trouble with Tribbles''
  +
|[[File:TOS Trouble with Tribbles Videon UK Pre Cert Video.jpg|150px|center|Cover of Videon's release of "The Trouble with Tribbles"]]
  +
|
  +
:{{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}
  +
|N/A
  +
|''Unknown''
  +
|N2
  +
|-
  +
|rowspan="2"|[[CIC Video]]<br/>Arena releases
  +
|[[File:CICArena - Space Seed.jpg|150px|center|Cover of CIC-Arena release of "Space Seed" & "The Changeling"]]
  +
|
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:{{e|Space Seed}}
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:{{e|The Changeling}}<ref name="twoktrailer"/>
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|PG<ref name="precert">Originally released without a certificate, predating the {{w|Video Recordings Act 1984}}.</ref>
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|{{m|April|1983}}
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|BEL 2057
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|-
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|[[File:CICArena - Empath.jpg|150px|center|Cover of CIC-Arena release of "Miri" & "The Empath"]]
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|
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:{{e|Miri}}
  +
:{{e|The Empath}}
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|PG<ref name="precert"/>
  +
|{{m|December|1983}}
  +
|BEL 2075
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|-
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|[[CIC Video]]<br/>''Star Trek Double Bill!''
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|[[File:CIC Video - Plato's Stepchildren.jpg|150px|center|Cover of the Double Bill release]]
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|
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:{{e|Whom Gods Destroy}}
  +
:{{e|Plato's Stepchildren}}
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|PG<ref name="precert"/>
  +
|{{m|October|1984}}
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|BER 2084
  +
|}
  +
  +
==Australian releases==
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At least one rental tape was released in Australia in {{y|1987}} by [[CIC Video|CIC-Taft Home Video]].
  +
  +
{| class="grey chart" style="width:100%"
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! style="text-align:center;"| Episodes
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! style="text-align:center;"| Cover
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! style="text-align:center;"| Classification
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! style="text-align:center;"| Release Date
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! style="text-align:center;"| Catalogue Number
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|-
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|
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:{{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}
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:{{e|The Corbomite Maneuver}}
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|[[File:TOS WNMHGB TCM Australian Beta cover.jpg|150px|center|Cover of the Australian release of "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and "The Corbomite Maneuver"]]
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|PG
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|<!--Classified 12 March 1987-->{{y|1987}}
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|BEE 60040
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|}
  +
  +
==Footnotes==
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<references />
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==See also==
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*[[Star Trek: The Original Series (CED)|''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (CED)]]
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*[[Star Trek: The Original Series (VHS)|''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (VHS)]]
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*[[Star Trek: The Original Series (LaserDisc)|''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (LaserDisc)]]
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*[[Star Trek: The Original Series (DVD)|''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (DVD)]]
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*[[Star Trek: The Original Series (Blu-ray)|''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (Blu-ray)]]
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[[Category:Betamax releases]]

Revision as of 10:55, 16 August 2014

Template:Realworld Star Trek: The Original Series was released on the Betamax format in the US, UK and Australia throughout the 1980s.

US releases

The first releases of the series on Betamax in the US took place in 1980. Paramount Home Video issued five volumes with two episodes each under the "Television Classics" banner. A further one-off release took place in 1982 under the Paramount Gateway Video label of the episode "Space Seed" coinciding with the theatrical release of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

A complete release of the series would eventually follow starting from 1985. Paramount issued episodes in batches (or Groups as they called them) every few months in broadcast order (though the tapes were numbered in production order). Each tape contained a single episode and each Group had around 10 episodes each. Both parts of "The Menagerie" were issued on a single tape. These releases concluded in 1988 with the release of Groups 7 and 8 which featured the remaining 18 episodes. Some of these later episodes were released in both in Betamax-sized boxes and VHS-sized boxes with a "Beta" sticker and appropriate ISBN barcode added.

"The Cage" was released twice. The first had the black & white scenes from Gene Roddenberry's copy of the original episode and was released in November 1986. Following the discovery of the missing color scenes a "All-Color Collector's Edition" was released in 1989.

Season 1Season 2Season 3
Box sets and other collections
Tape Cover Episodes Release Date Reference
Season 1
1
Cover of Tape 1
"The Man Trap"
February 1985 60040-06
2
Cover of Tape 2
"Charlie X"
February 1985 60040-08
3
Cover of Tape 3
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
February 1985 60040-02
4
Cover of Tape 4
"The Naked Time"
February 1985 60040-07
5
Cover of Tape 5
"The Enemy Within"
February 1985 60040-05
6
Cover of Tape 6
"Mudd's Women"
February 1985 60040-04
7
Cover of Tape 7
"What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
February 1985 60040-10
8
Cover of Tape 8
"Miri"
February 1985 60040-12
9
Cover of Tape 9
"Dagger of the Mind"
February 1985 60040-11
10
Cover of Tape 10
"The Corbomite Maneuver"
February 1985 60040-03
11
Cover of Tape 11
"The Menagerie, Part I"
"The Menagerie, Part II"
May 1985 60040-16
12
Cover of Tape 12
"The Conscience of the King"
May 1985 60040-13
13
Cover of Tape 13
"Balance of Terror"
May 1985 60040-09
14
Cover of Tape 14
"Shore Leave"
May 1985 60040-17
15
Cover of Tape 15
"The Galileo Seven"
May 1985 60040-14
16
Cover of Tape 16
"The Squire of Gothos"
May 1985 60040-18
17
Cover of Tape 17
"Arena"
May 1985 60040-19
18
Cover of Tape 18
"Tomorrow is Yesterday"
May 1985 60040-21
19
Cover of Tape 19
"Court Martial"
May 1985 60040-15
20
Cover of Tape 20
"The Return of the Archons"
May 1985 60040-22
21
Cover of Tape 21
"Space Seed"
November 1985 60040-24
22
Cover of Tape 22
"A Taste of Armageddon"
November 1985 60040-23
23
Cover of Tape 23
"This Side of Paradise"
November 1985 60040-25
24
Cover of Tape 24
"The Devil in the Dark"
November 1985 60040-26
25
Cover of Tape 25
"Errand of Mercy"
November 1985 60040-27
26
Cover of Tape 26
"The Alternative Factor"
November 1985 60040-20
27
Cover of Tape 27
"The City on the Edge of Forever"[1]
November 1985 60040-28
28
Cover of Tape 28
"Operation -- Annihilate!"
November 1985 60040-29
Season 2
29
Cover of Tape 29
"Amok Time"
November 1985 60040-34
30
Cover of Tape 30
"Who Mourns for Adonais?"
November 1985 60040-33
31
Cover of Tape 31
"The Changeling"
April 1986 60040-37
32
Cover of Tape 32
"Mirror, Mirror"
April 1986 60040-39
33
Cover of Tape 33
"The Apple"
April 1986 60040-38
34
Cover of Tape 34
"The Doomsday Machine"
April 1986 60040-35
35
Cover of Tape 35
"Catspaw"
April 1986 60040-30
36
Cover of Tape 36
"I, Mudd"
April 1986 60040-41
37
Cover of Tape 37
"Metamorphosis"
April 1986 60040-31
38
Cover of Tape 38
"Journey to Babel"
April 1986 60040-44
39
Cover of Tape 39
"Friday's Child"
April 1986 60040-32
40
Cover of Tape 40
"The Deadly Years"
April 1986 60040-40
41
Cover of Tape 41
"Obsession"
November 1986 60040-47
42
Cover of Tape 42
"Wolf in the Fold"
November 1986 60040-36
43
Cover of Tape 43
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
November 1986 60040-42
44
Cover of Tape 44
"The Gamesters of Triskelion"
November 1986 60040-46
45
Cover of Tape 45
"A Piece of the Action"
November 1986 60040-49
46
Cover of Tape 46
"The Immunity Syndrome"
November 1986 60040-48
47
Cover of Tape 47
"A Private Little War"
November 1986 60040-45
48
Cover of Tape 48
"Return to Tomorrow"
November 1986 60040-51
49
Cover of Tape 49
"Patterns of Force"
November 1986 60040-52
50
Cover of Tape 50
"By Any Other Name"
November 1986 60040-50
51
Cover of Tape 51
"The Cage"
Color/B&W Version
November 1986 60040-01
52
Cover of Tape 52
"The Omega Glory"
September 1987 60040-54
53
Cover of Tape 53
"The Ultimate Computer"
September 1987 60040-53
54 No image yet.
"Bread and Circuses"
September 1987 60040-43
55
Cover of Tape 55
"Assignment: Earth"
September 1987 60040-55
Season 3
56
Cover of Tape 56
"Spock's Brain"
September 1987 60040-61
57
Cover of Tape 57
"The Enterprise Incident"
September 1987 60040-59
58
Cover of Tape 58
"The Paradise Syndrome"
September 1987 60040-58
59
Cover of Tape 59
"And the Children Shall Lead"
September 1987 60040-60
60
Cover of Tape 60
"Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
September 1987 60040-62
61
Cover of Tape 61
"Spectre of the Gun"
September 1987 60040-56
62
Cover of Tape 62
"Day of the Dove"
April 1988 60040-66
63
Cover of Tape 63
"For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
April 1988 60040-65
64
Cover of Tape 64
"The Tholian Web"
April 1988 60040-64
65
Cover of Tape 65
"Plato's Stepchildren"
April 1988 60040-67
66
Cover of Tape 66
"Wink of an Eye"
April 1988 60040-68
67
Cover of Tape 67
"The Empath"
April 1988 60040-63
68
Cover of Tape 68
"Elaan of Troyius"
April 1988 60040-57
69
Cover of Tape 69
"Whom Gods Destroy"
April 1988 60040-71
70
Cover of Tape 70
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
April 1988 60040-70
71
Cover of Tape 71
"The Mark of Gideon"
April 1988 60040-72
72
Cover of Tape 72
"That Which Survives"
April 1988 60040-69
73
Cover of Tape 73
"The Lights of Zetar"
April 1988 60040-73
74
Cover of Tape 74
"Requiem for Methuselah"
April 1988 60040-76
75
Cover of Tape 75
"The Way to Eden"
April 1988 60040-75
76
Cover of Tape 76
"The Cloud Minders"
April 1988 60040-74
77
Cover of Tape 77
"The Savage Curtain"
April 1988 60040-77
78
Cover of Tape 78
"All Our Yesterdays"
April 1988 60040-78
79
Cover of Tape 79
"Turnabout Intruder"
April 1988 60040-79
80
Cover of Tape 80
"The Cage"
All-Color Collector's Edition
1989 60040-99

Box sets and other collections

Release Reference Cover Episodes Release Date
Star Trek - Television Classics Vol. 1 No image yet.
"The Menagerie, Part I"[2]
"The Menagerie, Part II"
1980
Vol. 2 No image yet.
"Amok Time"
"Journey to Babel"
1980
Vol. 3 No image yet.
"Mirror, Mirror"
"The Tholian Web"
1980
Vol. 4
Cover of Television Classics Vol 4
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
1980
Vol. 5 No image yet.
"Balance of Terror"
"The City on the Edge of Forever"
1980
Star Trek: Space Seed BETA 60040
Cover of Space Seed
"Space Seed"[3]
July 1982
Star Trek - The Collector's Edition Star Trek - The Collector's Edition
All episodes
1986-1991

UK releases

A few Betamax tapes were issued in the UK by CIC Video and other labels in the early 1980s. All of these releases used packaging identical to the VHS releases with sometimes only a sticker being placed on the cover and spine to tell them apart.

Release Cover Episodes Certificate Release Date Catalogue Number
Mountain Video
Shore Leave
Cover of Mountain's release of "Shore Leave"
"Shore Leave"
N/A 1980 VCF 1/025
EVC
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Cover of EVC's release of "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
N/A 1981 EVC039
EVC
The Menagerie
Cover of EVC's release of "The Menagerie"
"The Menagerie, Part I"
"The Menagerie, Part II"
N/A 1981 EVC199
Mountain Video
Trouble with Tribbles
Cover of Mountain's release of "The Trouble with Tribbles"
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
N/A May 1982 VCF 1/081
Mountain Video
Amok Time
Cover of Mountain's release of "Amok Time"
"Amok Time"
N/A June 1982 VCF 1/080
Mountain Video
Dagger of the Mind
Cover of Mountain's release of "Dagger of the Mind"
"Dagger of the Mind"
N/A June 1982 VCF 1/082
Videon
Trouble with Tribbles
Cover of Videon's release of "The Trouble with Tribbles"
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
N/A Unknown N2
CIC Video
Arena releases
Cover of CIC-Arena release of "Space Seed" & "The Changeling"
"Space Seed"
"The Changeling"[3]
PG[4] April 1983 BEL 2057
Cover of CIC-Arena release of "Miri" & "The Empath"
"Miri"
"The Empath"
PG[4] December 1983 BEL 2075
CIC Video
Star Trek Double Bill!
Cover of the Double Bill release
"Whom Gods Destroy"
"Plato's Stepchildren"
PG[4] October 1984 BER 2084

Australian releases

At least one rental tape was released in Australia in 1987 by CIC-Taft Home Video.

Episodes Cover Classification Release Date Catalogue Number
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"The Corbomite Maneuver"
Cover of the Australian release of "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and "The Corbomite Maneuver"
PG 1987 BEE 60040

Footnotes

  1. "Special Home Video Version" - Due to copyright issues the original recording of the music "Goodnight, Sweetheart" was replaced.
  2. This release is slightly edited to present the episode in one part, rather than two parts. The credits at the end of the episode and the closing credits are removed from Part I and the opening teaser recounting the events from Part I and the regular opening sequence are removed, instead doing a quick fade-out and cut into the first act of Part II.
  3. 3.0 3.1 This release also included a trailer for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Originally released without a certificate, predating the Video Recordings Act 1984.

See also