 " Ice " originally aired on the Fox network on November 5 , 1993 , and was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on November 10 , 1994 . The episode 's initial American broadcast received a Nielsen rating of 6 @.@ 6 with an 11 share ; about 6 @.@ 6 percent of all households with television and 11 percent of households watching TV viewed the episode , a total of 6 @.@ 2 million households and 10 million viewers . " Ice " and " Conduit " were released on VHS in 1996 , and the episode was released on DVD as part of the complete first season . 
