Star Trek: The Next Generation - When The Bough Breaks (Full Frame)

VHS, 46 minutes, PARAMOUNT

The Enterprise accidentally discovers Aldea, a utopian world hidden behind a sophisticated shielding device. After initial contact is made, tragedy strikes when several children disappear from the Enterprise, Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) among them. The crew is shocked when the Aldeans reveal that they are responsible for this heinous crime. Having lost the ability to reproduce, the Aldeans need the children to perpetuate their dying race. As Picard struggles to find a method of penetrating the planet's shield, Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) discovers the Aldeans suffer from a radiation poisoning which is slowly destroying the planet's atmosphere. Can the starship crew rescue its children from a dying planet?.