Star Trek: Fan Collective: Time Travel

4 DVD

DISC BREAKDOWN

DISC 1

Tomorrow is Yesterday - Star Trek Original Series 21 Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda

The City on the Edge of Forever - Star Trek Original Series 28

Yesterday's Enterprise - Star Trek The Next Generation 163 Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda

Cause and Effect - Star Trek The Next Generation 218

DISC 2

Time's Arrow, Part I - Star Trek The Next Generation 226

Time's Arrow, Part II - Star Trek The Next Generation 227

All Good Things... - Star Trek The Next Generation 747

DISC 3

Little Green Men - Star Trek Deep Space 9 480 Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda

Trials and Tribble-ations - Star Trek Deep Space 9 503

Year of Hell, Part I - Star Trek Voyager 176

Year of Hell, Part II - Star Trek Voyager 177

DISC 4

Endgame - Star Trek Voyager 828

If you want just one Star Trek DVD set in your collection, Star Trek Fan Collective: Time Travel may be it. Of the 15 time-bending episodes on the affordably priced four-disc set, two are perhaps the most acclaimed in franchise history: the Original Series' "The City on the Edge of Forever" (written by sci-fi giant Harlan Ellison) and Deep Space Nine' s "Trials and Tribble-ations" (in which the DS9 crew is cleverly edited into the original crew's "The Troubles with Tribbles" episode). The other selections are the Original Series' "Tomorrow Is Yesterday"; The Next Generation's "Yesterday's Enterprise," "Cause and Effect," the two-part "Time's Arrow," and the series finale "All Good Things..."; DS9's "Little Green Men"; and Voyager's two-part "Year of Hell" and series finale "Endgame."

One could quibble with the episode selection. Because the Fan Collectives were compiled by vote from fans, Voyager's series finale "Endgame" was included even though it was also on Fan Collective: Borg. It would have been nice to remove that duplicate and substitute the acclaimed DS9 two-parter "Past Tense," which would have been a better representation of that series than "Little Green Men" (in which the Ferengi travel to Roswell) and "Tribble-ations," both of which are deserving selections but considerably lighter in tone than the series as a whole. Also, Enterprise isn't represented at all. The only bonus features are new text commentaries on three episodes by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda.