Unlike the other alternate versions of the films in the Alien franchise, the Special Edition of Aliens was not created for the Alien Quadrilogy DVD box set in 2003 but actually evolved over a period of several years in the late 1980s/early 1990s. It originated with the film's broadcast television debut on CBS in 1989, which featured several deleted scenes reintegrated into the movie to extend its running time. These scenes included Ripley learning of her daughter's death, all sequences involving the robot sentry guns, and Ripley and Hicks exchanging their first names, although at the same time the film was censored for violence and profanity. The remaining extra footage in what is now known as the Special Edition was not added to the film until the extended cut was given a limited home vid