the season one Blu-ray set on July 24, 2012. In order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation and promote the release of the first season on Blu-ray, the episodes "Datalore" and "Where No One Has Gone Before" received a theatrical release in the United States on July 23, 2012, in nearly 500 cinemas. "Datalore" was chosen by Star Trek experts Mike and Denise Okuda because of the fan favourite status of Brent Spiner. Episodes from "Encounter at Farpoint" to "Datalore" were released in Japan on LaserDisc on June 10, 1995, as part of First Season Part.1. This included half the first-season episodes with a total runtime of 638 minutes on 12-inch optical video discs. Notes See also "Silicon Avatar", episode revealing that the deadly crystalline entity was lured to the planet Omicron Theta by Lore "Inheritance", in which Data learns why he was given the memories of the colonists of Omicron Theta Galactus, a Marvel Comics character who consumes the life force of planets. References External links Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 1) episodes 1988 American television episodes Television episodes written by Gene Roddenberry