Star Trek: The Next Generation - Where Silence Has Lease (Episode 28) (Full Frame)

VHS, 46 minutes, PARAMOUNT

Travelling to the Morgana Quadrant, the Enterprise TM is trapped in a dimensionless void. Giant human eyes soon appear on the main view screen, and the being identifies itself as Nagilum (Earl Boen). Nagilum tells Picard (Patrick Stewart) that he has decided to use the ship's crew to study the ways in which humans meet death. After killing one crew member, Nagilum tells the captain that his "experiment" will result in the extinction of at least one-third of the Enterprise's population. Unwilling to stand by and watch a systematic slaughter, Picard makes one of the most difficult decisions of his career. With Riker's support, Picard programs the auto-destruct system of the ship. Unless Nagilum can be stopped within twenty minutes, the Enterprise and its crew will be destroyed.