text: Production Razor was conceived and partially financed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal. The conglomerate's home video division approached Ronald D. Moore, the show's developer and executive producer, wanting a stand-alone product that could be sold in DVD-Video format only days after its Sci Fi broadcast. Moore called the proposal "an interesting opportunity" made even more attractive by the division's offer to subsidize part of its production costs. Moore was also happy to meet their other requirement, which was to produce 10 to 15 minutes' worth of scenes that would not be part of the broadcast version; he noted on the DVD audio commentary track that such a requirement was not a problem, since the rough cut of most of the show's episodes are always too long. He also noted that the division gave the crew the option of including scenes of violence or sex that would normally not meet Sci Fi's broadcast standards, but in the end Moore chose not to go that route, even cutting a torture scene that was part of the script during principal photography. Because of how the show's third season had ended, Moore decided "there was no way there could be a home video release that could stand alone and also work in the continuity of the show. It had to be something that took place before the season 3 cliffhanger."