Revisiting the original voyages

A friend lent me his DVD sets of the Star Trek: The Original Series. I'm slowly making my way through the 22 discs.

Each season comes in a brightly coloured clamshell case. All 79 episodes are here, plus the first pilot, The Cage, and lots of bonus features. You can find out more info at startrek.com.

Star Trek Season 1 DVD Box Set

The contents of the Star Trek Season 1 DVDs are as follows:

* Disc 1: "The Man Trap," "Charlie X," "Where No Man Has Gone Before,"* "The Naked Time"
* Disc 2: "The Enemy Within," "Mudd's Women," "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" "Miri"
* Disc 3: "Dagger of the Mind," "The Corbomite Maneuver," "The Menagerie, Part I,"* The Menagerie, Part II"*
* Disc 4: "The Conscience of the King,"* "Balance of Terror," "Shore Leave," "The Galileo Seven"
* Disc 5: "The Squire of Gothos," "Arena," "Tomorrow is Yesterday," "Court Martial"
* Disc 6: "The Return of the Archons," "Space Seed," "A Taste of Armageddon," "This Side of Paradise"
* Disc 7: "The Devil in the Dark," "Errand of Mercy," "The Alternative Factor," "The City on the Edge of Forever"
* Disc 8: "Operation: Annihilate!" & Bonus Features

* These four episodes have text commentary by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda

Special features:

The Birth of a Timeless Legacy
The definitive telling of how it all began: from the first pilot, "The Cage," to reshooting the pilot with William Shatner, to the many challenges leading up to its premiere on NBC in 1966. Included are interviews with cast and network executives and producers. Also featured are new interviews with William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Robert Justman.

Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner
Featured on each volume, this featurette follows one principal cast member around on their most current film and TV projects, charity events, conventions, trips, or hobbies. In Season One, William Shatner gives viewers an exclusive invitation to his ranch to discuss his love of horses.

To Boldly Go ...
Includes discussion of "The Naked Time," "The City on the Edge of Forever," "The Devil in the Dark" and "The Squire of Gothos" by cast and production crew members.

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

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

Original Preview Trailers & Photo Log

Star Trek Season 2 DVD Box Set

The contents of the Star Trek Season 2 DVDs are as follows:

* Disc 1: "Amok Time,"* "Who Mourns for Adonais," "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," & Bonus Features

*These two episodes have text commentary by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda

Special features:
"To Boldly Go ... " Season Two
Life Beyond Trek: Leonard Nimoy
Kirk, Spock, & Bones: Star Trek's Great Trio
Designing the Final Frontier
Star Trek's Divine Diva: Nichelle Nichols
Writer's Notebook: D.C. Fontana
Production Art
Photo Gallery
Preview Trailers

Star Trek Season 3 DVD Box Set

The contents of the Star Trek Season 3 DVDs are as follows:

* 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" – Restored Version and Original Version & Bonus Features

* These two episodes have text commentary by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda

Special features:
To Boldly Go ... Season 3
Life Beyond Trek: Walter Koenig
Chief Engineer's Log
Memoir From Mr. Sulu
Star Trek's Impact
A Star Trek Collector's Dream Come True
Production Art
Two Versions of Original Pilot "The Cage"
Original Preview Trailers