Product Details

• Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan
• Directors: Marc Daniels
• Writers: Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Carey Wilber
• Producers: Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Robert H. Justman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
• VHS Release Date: April 15, 1994
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300213285
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,510 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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"Space Seed" introduced Khan Noonien Singh (a viperlike Ricardo Montalban) to Trek lore. The trouble begins when Kirk and crew discover a derelict ship and its crew of 70 supermen aboard, all in suspended animation. Led by Khan, these strange people turn out to be the product of genetic experimentation in the 1990s and instigators of a so-called Eugenics War, i.e., the Third World War on Earth often mentioned on various Trek programs. Though displaced from his more violent time and place, Khan quickly overcomes his disorientation and shifts into conqueror mode, rapidly overtaking the Enterprise with the aid of a comely Federation historian who is swooning at his feet. As any Trek fan knows, "Space Seed" inspired Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, regarded by many as the best of the Trek feature films. --Tom Keogh

From the Back Cover

Captain Kirk matches wits with a race of supermen led by the tyrant Khan.

TREK TRIVIA
Ricardo Montalban reprised the role of Khan in the only Star Trek film based on an episode, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan.
The model of the Botany Bay vessel was later seen as a target in "The Ultimate Computer" and was featured in the 25th anniversary Star Trek display at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant episode....Khan is fantastically evil!, September 6, 2001

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historyone (Republic of Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 24: Space Seed [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Khan Noonian Singh. One of my favorite villians of all time is introduced in this classic episode. A leader of the 20th century "genetic wars", Khan is banished to the SS Botany Bay which is adrift in space for over 200 years until the USS Enterprise finds it beaconing signal and beams over to investigate. Then the fun begins....
Khan is taken to the Enterprise where nobody knows who he is yet, except maybe a lovely archeologist. When Khan is finally figured out, let's just say that his brilliant "evil" plan is almost carried out. One of Capt. Kirk's best nemisis to say the least. Khan and his crew of "superior beings" are sent to live on Seti Alpha 5 to start a colony on their own without help from the federation. People forget he and his people exist...Until 15 years later...Thus begins the movie Star Trek II: The wrath of Khan. What a great episode this is. Highly recommended.

Remember what Khan says, "Revenge is a dish best serve cold!"

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Chillingly Effective Villain in the Series, August 16, 2001

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"sukhisoo" (Mesilla Park, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 24: Space Seed [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ricardo Montalban turns in an extremely effective performance as Khan, a refugee from the Genetic Wars in the 1990s. Khan is stronger, more intelligent, and more charismatic than a typical human, but he is also more ambitious and egotistical.

The scenes where he seduces and later manipulates the historian, Lt. Givens, are unforgettable and chilling. His first scene with Dr. McCoy and the banquet are also top-notch, and very effective.

The story begins a little slowly, but as soon as Khan awakens, the episode becomes very engrossing, completely swallowing the viewer into the very well-written story.

One of the very best Star Trek episode in the series. A must-own for any Star Trek fan.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This episode gets a B+ grade and is in the Top 25, October 15, 1999

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"guerticusmaximus" (Vallejo, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 24: Space Seed [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A piece of one of history's great puzzles falls into place when Kirk's crew comes across the S.S. Botany Bay. The old-style, pre-warp sleeper ship contains the bodies in stasis of Khan Noonian Singh, a genetically engineered strongman and one of the great leaders of Earth's Eugenics War. Although disappearing without a trace then, Kahn soon reveals the ambition, strength and that conquered a quarter of the Earth -- and Kirk is forced to depend for survival on the dictator's new lover, the adoring ship's historian and seeming traitor to the crew.