The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) - 40th Anniversary Remastering

40th Anniversary Remastering

These episodes were remastered in 2006 with Part I first airing November 25, 2006, and Part II first airing December 2, 2006, as part of the remastered Original Series. Part I was preceded a week earlier by "Space Seed" and Part II was followed a week later by "The Corbomite Maneuver." Aside from remastered video and audio, and the all-CGI animation of the USS Enterprise that is standard among the revisions, specific changes to this episode also include the following:

• An ambitious shot at the start of the inset from "The Cage" combined a model shot of the Enterprise with an overhead shot of the crew on the bridge. This has been redone, with a CGI bridge and crew being transitioned seamlessly to live action.

• The Starbase 11 planet has been updated in CGI, adding more realism.

• The Starbase 11 background mattes have been reworked as CGI elements, adding more depth and realism, including the enhancement of the ringed planet in the sky. During the nighttime scene, the lights of air vehicles can be seen occasionally flying past.

• The Starbase 11 shuttlecraft has "STARBASE 11" written on the bow and is given the name Picasso.

• The viewing ports in the shuttlecraft and inside Pike's quarters now show moving star fields instead of static ones.

• Talos IV has been given a facelift as well.

• The disappearance of the stranded survivors is given a ripple effect, just like the one of Vina a few seconds earlier in the original version of the episode.

• The picnic scene with Pike and Vina in Part II has been given a new 3-D backdrop showing the Mojave City skyline.

• Character transition effects in Part II were given a fading warping effect.

• The clarity of the fortress on Rigel matte painting in Part II was enhanced, and some of the rocks in the foreground were changed.