Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe . It ran for seven seasons from 1995 to 2001 , and follows a Starfleet vessel propelled seventy thousand light-years from Earth and its subsequent journey home .

Season 1 [ edit ]

Caretaker [1.1] [ edit ], parallax [1.3] [ edit ], time and again [1.4] [ edit ], phage [1.5] [ edit ], the cloud [1.6] [ edit ], eye of the needle [1.7] [ edit ], ex post facto [1.8] [ edit ], emanations [1.9] [ edit ], prime factors [1.10] [ edit ], state of flux [1.11] [ edit ], heroes and demons [1.12] [ edit ], cathexis [1.13] [ edit ], faces [1.14] [ edit ], jetrel [1.15] [ edit ], learning curve [1.16] [ edit ], season 2 [ edit ], the 37's [2.1] [ edit ], initiations [2.2] [ edit ], projections [2.3] [ edit ], elogium [2.4] [ edit ], non sequitur [2.5] [ edit ], twisted [2.6] [ edit ], parturition [2.7] [ edit ], persistence of vision [2.8] [ edit ], tattoo [2.9] [ edit ].

'If you have no spirits to guide you, I fear you will lose your way.'

'We are of the same hand.'

Cold Fire [2.10] [ edit ]

Tuvok: Without the darkness, how would we recognize the light?

Maneuvers [2.11] [ edit ]

Resistance [2.12] [ edit ], prototype [2.13] [ edit ], alliances [2.14] [ edit ], threshold [2.15] [ edit ], meld [2.16] [ edit ], dreadnought [2.17] [ edit ].

B'elanna Torres: I programmed it to use my voice. Listening to that deep male voice that the Cardassians first used is enough drive anyone crazy.

Death Wish [2.18] [ edit ]

Lifesigns [2.19] [ edit ], investigations [2.20] [ edit ], deadlock [2.21] [ edit ], innocence [2.22] [ edit ], the thaw [2.23] [ edit ].

Harry: I'm practicing for a performance. Paris: What, are we going to rendezvous with the Delta Quadrant Symphonic Orchestra?

Tuvix [2.24] [ edit ]

Resolutions [2.25] [ edit ], basics, part i [2.26] [ edit ], season 3 [ edit ], basics, part ii [3.1] [ edit ], flashback [3.2] [ edit ], the chute [3.3] [ edit ].

As you were crewman

The Swarm [3.4] [ edit ]

False profits [3.5] [ edit ], remember [3.6] [ edit ], sacred ground [3.7] [ edit ], future's end, part i [3.8] [ edit ], future's end, part ii [3.9] [ edit ], warlord [3.10] [ edit ], the q and the grey [3.11] [ edit ], macrocosm [3.12] [ edit ], fair trade [3.13] [ edit ], alter ego [3.14] [ edit ], coda [3.15] [ edit ], blood fever [3.16] [ edit ], unity [3.17] [ edit ], darkling [3.18] [ edit ], rise [3.19] [ edit ], favorite son [3.20] [ edit ], before and after [3.21] [ edit ], real life [3.22] [ edit ], distant origin [3.23] [ edit ], displaced [3.24] [ edit ], worst case scenario [3.25] [ edit ], scorpion, part i [3.26] [ edit ], season 4 [ edit ], scorpion, part ii [4.1] [ edit ], the gift [4.2] [ edit ], day of honor [4.3] [ edit ], nemesis [4.4] [ edit ], revulsion [4.5] [ edit ], the raven [4.6] [ edit ], scientific method [4.7] [ edit ], year of hell, part i [4.8] [ edit ], year of hell, part ii [4.9] [ edit ], random thoughts [4.10] [ edit ], concerning flight [4.11] [ edit ], mortal coil [4.12] [ edit ], waking moments [4.13] [ edit ], message in a bottle [4.14] [ edit ], hunters [4.15] [ edit ], prey [4.16] [ edit ], retrospect [4.17] [ edit ], the killing game, part i [4.18] [ edit ], the killing game, part ii [4.19] [ edit ], vis à vis [4.20] [ edit ], the omega directive [4.21] [ edit ], unforgettable [4.22] [ edit ], living witness [4.23] [ edit ], demon [4.24] [ edit ], one [4.25] [ edit ], hope and fear [4.26] [ edit ], season 5 [ edit ], night [5.1] [ edit ], drone [5.2] [ edit ], extreme risk [5.3] [ edit ], in the flesh [5.4] [ edit ], once upon a time [5.5] [ edit ], timeless [5.6] [ edit ], infinite regress [5.7] [ edit ], nothing human [5.8] [ edit ], thirty days [5.9] [ edit ], counterpoint [5.10] [ edit ], latent image [5.11] [ edit ], bride of chaotica [5.12] [ edit ].

Isn't Anyone going to sing "Hail to the Chief?

Gravity [5.13] [ edit ]

Bliss [5.14] [ edit ], dark frontier, part i [5.15] [ edit ], dark frontier, part ii [5.16] [ edit ], the disease [5.17] [ edit ], course: oblivion [5.18] [ edit ], the fight [5.19] [ edit ], think tank [5.20] [ edit ], juggernaut [5.21] [ edit ], someone to watch over me [5.22] [ edit ], 11:59 [5.23] [ edit ], relativity [5.24] [ edit ], warhead [5.25] [ edit ], equinox, part i [5.26] [ edit ], season 6 [ edit ], equinox, part ii [6.1] [ edit ], survival instinct [6.2] [ edit ], barge of the dead [6.3] [ edit ].

Think "Long live the Empire!"

Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy [6.4] [ edit ]

Alice [6.5] [ edit ], riddles [6.6] [ edit ], dragon's teeth [6.7] [ edit ], one small step [6.8] [ edit ], the voyager conspiracy [6.9] [ edit ], pathfinder [6.10] [ edit ], fair haven [6.11] [ edit ], blink of an eye [6.12] [ edit ], virtuoso [6.13] [ edit ], memorial [6.14] [ edit ], tsunkatse [6.15] [ edit ], collective [6.16] [ edit ], spirit folk [6.17] [ edit ], ashes to ashes [6.18] [ edit ], child's play [6.19] [ edit ], good shepherd [6.20] [ edit ], live fast and prosper [6.21] [ edit ], muse [6.22] [ edit ], fury [6.23] [ edit ], life line [6.24] [ edit ], the haunting of deck twelve [6.25] [ edit ], unimatrix zero, part i [6.24] [ edit ], season 7 [ edit ], unimatrix zero, part ii [7.1] [ edit ], imperfection [7.2] [ edit ], drive [7.3] [ edit ], repression [7.4] [ edit ], critical care [7.5] [ edit ], inside man [7.6] [ edit ], body and soul [7.7] [ edit ], nightingale [7.8] [ edit ], flesh and blood [7.9] [ edit ], flesh and blood, part ii [7.10] [ edit ], shattered [7.11] [ edit ], lineage [7.12] [ edit ], repentance [7.13] [ edit ], prophecy [7.14] [ edit ], the void [7.15] [ edit ], workforce, part i [7.16] [ edit ], workforce, part ii [7.17] [ edit ], human error [7.18] [ edit ], q2 [7.19] [ edit ], author, author [7.20] [ edit ], friendship one [7.21] [ edit ], natural law [7.22] [ edit ], homestead [7.23] [ edit ], renaissance man [7.24] [ edit ], endgame [7.25] [ edit ], miscellany [ edit ].

  • U.S.S. Voyager dedication plaque.

Cast [ edit ]

  • Kate Mulgrew – Captain Kathryn Janeway
  • Robert Beltran – Commander Chakotay
  • Tim Russ – Tuvok
  • Roxann Dawson – Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
  • Robert Duncan McNeill – Tom Paris
  • Garrett Wang – Ensign Harry Kim
  • Robert Picardo – The Doctor
  • Ethan Phillips – Neelix
  • Jeri Ryan – Seven of Nine [Seasons 4–7]
  • Jennifer Lien – Kes [Seasons 1–3]

About [ edit ]

  • Beltran : Chakotay was kind of a solitary character, at least from season four to seven. I think the first three seasons there were a lot of interesting storylines, and then I think a shift happened in the series after Jerri Taylor left. I think any time that a character has an interpersonal relationship that shows growth, and you could say that clearly about Chakotay and the captain. But after Seska left, it was only that relationship with the captain that had depth to it. Chakotay and Tuvok didn’t have much. Chakotay and Paris didn’t have much. Chakotay and the other characters, there wasn’t much of a relationship there. I always regretted that because there was a lot to explore.
  • Interviewer : You were always honest and open at the time about your displeasure with how Chakotay was utilized on the show. When you raised your concerns, did the powers that be listen?
  • Robert Beltran "Catching up with Robert Beltran" , Star Trek.com , July 20, 2012.
  • Interviewer : If somehow the Star Trek writers were to tap out one more Janeway story, with an assist from you, what story would you want to see told? Would you want her back on a ship and in command? Maybe you’d like to see her now that she’s been home for a while…
  • Kate Mulgrew "Catching up with Kate Mulgrew" , Star Trek.com , January 18, 2011.

References [ edit ]

  • ↑ Gonzalez, George A. (2016). The Absolute and Star Trek . Palgrave Macmillan (Springer). p. 20. ISBN 9783319477947 . OCLC 967548754 .  
  • ↑ a b Sherwin, Jill (2010). Quotable Star Trek . Simon & Schuster. p. 348. ISBN 9781451602623 . OCLC 899499309 .  

External links [ edit ]

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The Origins of 11 Famous Star Trek Lines

By rick marshall | nov 6, 2015.

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Few franchises have had the cultural impact of the various Star Trek television series and movies, and nowhere is that more evident than in the snippets of dialogue that have become a part of the American vernacular—and in some cases, found their way abroad, too. Here are 11 of the most notable Star Trek catchphrases, as well as a little more information about their origins.

1. "Live Long and Prosper"

The Vulcan greeting and the finger-separating hand gesture that accompanies it first appeared in the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series , during an episode titled “Amok Time.” Spock himself (actor Leonard Nimoy) has made no secret of the fact that the gesture and phrase were his idea, and that he based them on Orthodox Jewish blessings he remembered from his childhood. In the Jewish blessing, the position of the fingers forms the Hebrew letter “Shin,” which represents the name “Shaddai” (Almighty God). Nimoy put his own spin on the traditional gesture by holding up just one hand (instead of both) and changing up the verbal blessing slightly.

2. "Highly Illogical..."

While Spock never shied away from questioning the logic of those around him—usually Kirk—it wasn't until the second season that he took things up a notch and deemed the actions of the native inhabitants of planet Omega IV “highly illogical” in the episode titled “The Omega Glory.” Previously, it had always just been “illogical” or, in rare cases, “most illogical,” but it took a pair of natives attacking Kirk in a jail cell for Spock to pair his trademark raised-eyebrow reaction with the term “highly illogical.” The phrase would then be repeated in several more episodes, as well as the subsequent films and J.J. Abrams' reboot of the franchise.

Bonus: “Highly Illogical” was also the name of Leonard Nimoy's 1993 music album featuring several songs he recorded in the 1960s (including “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins”) as well as a few new tunes.

3. "Beam Me Up, Scotty"

One of the most interesting aspects of this phrase—a request directed at Chief Engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott for transport back to the USS Enterprise—is that it was never actually uttered in any of the Star Trek television series or movies. More often than not, the command was akin to “Three to beam up” or more directly, “Beam them up,” with the closest approximation being “Beam us up, Scotty” in a few episodes of the Star Trek animated series. However, William Shatner did say this line while reading the audio version of his novel Star Trek: The Ashes of Eden .

4. "I'm A Doctor, Not A..."

Everyone knows that Dr. Leonard McCoy is not an engineer, a coal miner, or an escalator, but that never stopped him from reminding his fellow crew members. The first time DeForest Kelley uttered his famous catchphrase as we know it was in a first-season episode titled “The Devil in the Dark.” In that episode, McCoy saw fit to let Kirk know that he was a doctor, not a brick-layer. It's worth noting that an earlier episode, “The Corbomite Maneuver," had him asking Capt. Kirk, “What am I, a doctor or a moon-shuttle conductor?” but it wasn't until much later in the season that we got the full line that would later be heard in just about every subsequent series, as well as the Star Trek films. The line even made it into J.J. Abrams' 2009 reboot, with Karl Urban (as McCoy) exclaiming, “I'm a doctor, not a physicist!”

5. "Make It So"

Captain Jean-Luc Picard's signature line was a part of Star Trek: The Next Generation from the very start, with actor Patrick Stewart uttering what would become his character's most memorable catchphrase in the pilot episode, “Encounter at Farpoint.” The episode was written by Gene Roddenberry himself, so it's likely that he wrote the line for Picard, though the phrase has been in use for quite a while in military circles as a way to tell someone to proceed with a command.

6. "To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before..."

The infinitive-splitting opening narration for each episode of Star Trek: The Original Series (with the exception of the pilot episodes) was famously recited by William Shatner, but the actual origins of the line are uncertain at best. Some reports suggest that it was inspired by a 1958 White House press booklet promoting the space program, though some have speculated that it came from a statement made by explorer James Cook following an expedition to Newfoundland. Writer Samuel Peeples, who authored the pilot episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” is often credited with the decision to make the phrase such a significant part of the series. The line was eventually repeated—with a few minor tweaks—in each iteration of the series and films.

7. "Khaaannnn!"

Possibly the most meme-friendly line of dialogue ever to come out of the Star Trek universe, this scream of rage originated in (no surprise here) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . Left marooned on a dead planet by the evil villain Khan then taunted about his predicament, Kirk let loose with a primal roar—and the rest was viral-video history.

8. "I'm Givin' Her All She's Got, Captain!"

Much like “Beam me up, Scotty,” this famous catchphrase often associated with USS Enterprise Chief Engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in Star Trek: The Original Series was never said in this exact form by actor James Doohan in the series or subsequent films. The closest approximation is a line in the second-season episode “The Changeling,” when Kirk asks Scotty to divert more power to the ship's shields. Scotty responds with, “Giving them all we got.” However, Doohan did utter every word of the famous line as part of a cameo in 1993's Loaded Weapon , in which he turns up as a panicky police officer trying to fix a coffee machine. Similarly, Simon Pegg used the same line “I'm givin' her all she's got, Captain!” in 2009's Star Trek reboot, in which he plays a young Montgomery Scott.

9. "Nuclear Wessels"

Russian crew member Pavel Andreievich Chekov's inability to pronounce the letter “V” became a recurring joke after the character was introduced in the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series as the ship's navigator. While it made for some funny moments throughout the series and subsequent movies, one of the most memorable pronunciation gaffes occurred during Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , when Chekov begins asking passers-by in 1980s San Francisco where he can find “nuclear wessels.” Even though Walter Koenig had been playing the character for almost 20 years before The Voyage Home hit theaters, the two-word line soon became indelibly connected with his portrayal of the character.

10. "Resistance Is Futile"

This famous line was first uttered by robotic aliens The Borg in the epic third-season finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation , titled “Best of Both Worlds, Part 1.” Not only did the 1990 episode offer up one of the greatest cliffhangers in television history, but it also coined a phrase that would live forever in the nightmares of fans—mainly because it was recycled for use in countless other series and films down the road.

11. "Set Phasers To Stun"

It was established early on in Star Trek: The Original Series that the phasers used by the crew of USS Enterprise had a “stun” setting (as mentioned in “The Man Trap” episode), and both Kirk and Spock often found themselves instructing their crewmates to use the non-lethal capabilities of their standard-issue weapons. However, it wasn't until the second season of Star Trek: The Animated Series that we first heard Kirk issue the command “Set phasers to stun.” The line eventually became an oft-repeated order in subsequent series, turning up in both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: The Next Generation , as well as many of the movies (including 2009's reboot).

This article originally appeared in 2013.

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Star Trek Week: 28 Universally Known Star Trek One-Liners

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Every corner of fandom has one-liners that have seeped into the consciousness of society, becoming universally recognizable. Of course, Star Trek is no different.

Here is a list of 28 Star Trek one-liners of which most people are aware. Some of these quotes have made their way into other areas of pop-culture. Some of these quotes have been paraphrased. Some have been used by judges when giving verdicts. There may be one, or two, on the list that escape some people.

1. Space: the final frontier. – Captain James T. Kirk and Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the opening title sequence for Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation

2. KHAAANNN! –Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

3. What does God need with a starship? –Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

4. Fascinating. – Mr. Spock in numerous episodes and movies.

5. Highly illogical. –Mr. Spock in numerous episodes and movies.

6. Live long and prosper. –Mr. Spock in numerous episodes and movies.

7. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. –Mr. Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

8. I have been and always shall be your friend. –Mr. Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

9. He's dead, Jim! – Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy in many episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series

10. I am a doctor, not a brick layer. * –Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Devil in the Dark

11. I'm a doctor, not an escalator. –Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode Friday's Child

12. I'm a doctor, not a mechanic. –Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Doomsday Machine

13. I'm a doctor, not an engineer. –Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode Mirror, Mirror

14. I'm a doctor, not a coal miner. –Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Empath

15. I'm not a magician, Spock, just an old country doctor. –Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Deadly Years

16. Dammit, Jim! –Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy in many episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series and the movies.

17. Treat her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home. –Doctor Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Encounter at Farpoint

18. I canna' change the laws of physics. – Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Naked Time

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19. I've giv'n her all she's got captain, an' I canna give her no more. –Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in many episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series

20. There be whales here! –Montgomery “Scotty” Scott in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

21. Engage! –Captain Jean-Luc Picard in many episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation

22. Make it so! –Captain Jean-Luc Picard in many episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation

23. Shut up, Wesley! –Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Datalore

24. There are four lights! –Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Chain of Command

25. Inquiry. – Data in many episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation

26. I am not a merry man! – Worf in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Qpid

27. It is a good day to die/ Perhaps today is a good day to die! –Worf says variation of “a good day to to die” a number of times. “It is a good day to die” was said in the Star Trek: The Next Generataion episode Sins of the Father . Worf says, “Perhaps today IS a good day to die!” in Star Trek: First Contact

28. Resistance is futile. – The Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager , and Star Trek: First Contact

The most misquoted popular one-line from Star Trek is, “Beam me up, Scotty.” Variations of this line are spoken, but not once was that actual line used.

What are some of your favorite one-liners?

__*__The “I'm a doctor” meme is also used by Doctor Julian Bashir in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , The Doctor (EMH) in Star Trek: Voyager, and Doctor Phlox in Star Trek: Enterprise .

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Star Trek’s Best Captain Catchphrases

By Ryan Britt

Each Star Trek captain had a distinct identity, perhaps best illustrated by their choice of catchphrase to illustrate their personality.

The OG Captain Kirk was known for his command, “Execute!” In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , he uses the decisive phrase twice .

Slightly less cool was Edward Jellico, captain of the USS Enterprise-D, who liked to tell Riker and Troi to “Get it done!”

An inexplicable standing ovation resulted when Kirk uttered his less-used “Take us out!” among reporters in Star Trek Generations .

Generations also found Captain Picard using a phrase he wasn’t usually known for: “Just do it!”

Captain Lorca kept it simple in Star Trek: Discovery . When he wanted to activate the spore drive, he commanded, “Go!”

Star Wars may have originated the phrase “Punch it!” but in the 2009 Star Trek reboot movie, Captain Pike used the command twice.

Anson Mount’s Captain Pike prefers “Hit it!” which is likely to be heard again in Strange New Worlds in 2021 or 2022.

Captain Freeman of the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks experiments with catchphrases, including “It’s warp time!” and “Warp me!”

Captain Janeway of Star Trek: Voyager said “Do it!” in a forceful way that almost commanded immediate compliance.

Michael Burnham debuted her Starfleet captain catchphrase recently on Star Trek: Discovery , commanding, “Let’s fly!”

Captain Jean-Luc Picard corners the market on catchphrases with his Star Trek: The Next Generation usage of “Make it so!”

This utterance is second only to Picard’s other well-known command, perhaps Star Trek ’s greatest catchphrase: “Engage!”

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Parallax (episode)

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Investigating an apparent distress call, Voyager becomes trapped inside the event horizon of a quantum singularity.

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  • 1.3 Act Two
  • 1.4 Act Three
  • 1.5 Act Four
  • 1.6 Act Five
  • 2 Memorable quotes
  • 3.1 Story and script
  • 3.2 Cast and characters
  • 3.3 Production
  • 3.4 Creating the shuttlecraft, shuttlebay, and spatial effects
  • 3.5 Continuity and trivia
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Summary [ ]

Carey, broken nose

Joseph Carey, after getting into a fight with B'Elanna Torres

In sickbay , Lieutenant Carey is being treated by The Doctor after getting into a conflict over the power grid in engineering with B'Elanna Torres . He is extremely furious with Torres, telling Chakotay and Tuvok that he wants her kept away from engineering after Chakotay tells Carey that he will have a word with Torres. Carey yells at Chakotay to " keep that woman out of my engine room and everything will be fine! " The two officers leave sickbay and discuss the situation in the corridor . A difference in opinion occurs when Tuvok wants Torres confined to the brig with the possibility that she'll receive a court martial on the ship, while Chakotay prefers to deal with her on his own. Chakotay is able to persuade Tuvok to let him deal with Torres and enters a turbolift alone, while Tuvok warns that he intends to make a full report in his security log . While proceeding to Torres' quarters, Chakotay is met by Crewman Jarvin and Ensign Seska , who let him know that they will support him if he seeks to take over the ship. Chakotay's bad mood becomes worse at being told this and threatens to personally throw them in the brig for mutiny if he hears it again, leaving Jarvin and Seska shocked.

In her quarters , Torres is fuming to the point that when she hears the door chime, she throws a plate at the door, which misses hitting Chakotay. He hands her a PADD containing information on Joe Carey's medical status, and furiously tells her that if she'd hit him a little harder she might have caused serious and permanent injury and now he has a Vulcan wanting to court martial her on one side and the Maquis ready to mutiny on the other. Torres mentions how much Carey irritates her. Chakotay tries to coax Torres into apologizing to Carey and getting to know him over a hot cup of pejuta , but Torres scoffs at the very idea. Chakotay then tells her that she could use the help and support of people like Carey if she wants to be the next chief engineer . Torres is suspicious about this, pointing out that Carey is next in line. But Chakotay tells her that she is the better engineer. He moves to leave her quarters, and Torres asks about what Captain Janeway thinks of the situation; Chakotay replies that he hasn't told her – yet.

Act One [ ]

In the briefing room , the senior staff members are discussing the situation of the power and personnel shortage, as Neelix and Kes invite themselves into the meeting. Given the energy shortage, dwindling rations and problems with the replicators , Kes recommends converting a cargo bay into a hydroponics bay so they can grow their own vegetables. Ensign Kim suggests cargo bay 2. Janeway agrees, and puts Kes in charge of the project. Janeway then brings up the open positions on the ship, and Chakotay passes her a list of former Maquis crew members he believes would make good officers. Seeing B'Elanna Torres' name on the list, Janeway wonders – following all the complaints she has heard about Torres – exactly what job it is that Chakotay thinks she can do. His response is " Chief engineer ." Somewhat taken aback, Janeway changes the topic to medical staff due to the fact that the the Emergency Medical Hologram , which is substituting as the chief medical officer, is unable to leave sickbay and also has no bedside manner. It is decided that someone should train as a field medic, and Tom Paris is unhappy at being selected (having taken two semesters of biochemistry in Starfleet Academy , he is the most qualified candidate). The staff briefing is interrupted when Voyager violently shakes; those present at the meeting all proceed to the bridge .

Janeway and Chakotay, 2371

Janeway and Chakotay discuss options

On the bridge, Seska reports that Voyager has encountered a spatial disturbance which is actually a type-4 quantum singularity . A ship is caught near the event horizon and sends a transmission to Voyager . The message is erratic and cannot be understood. Voyager sends a transmission back, but there's no response. Janeway inquires about a tractor beam , but Harry Kim reports that subspace interference in the area is extremely heavy. Chakotay contacts engineering and asks Torres, who recommends remodulating a tractor beam to match the subspace interference. Janeway, who is upset at Chakotay contacting Torres directly rather than consulting the senior officer in charge, interrupts Chakotay and puts Carey in charge. She then asks Chakotay to see her in her ready room .

In the ready room, Janeway tells Chakotay that his behavior on the bridge was unacceptable. Chakotay states that he contacted Torres because he felt that she would give him a quicker answer. He explains that, if she received a senior position and if the former Maquis crew members were granted more responsibility in general, they would finally become more loyal. Janeway argues that all the Starfleet officers have worked hard and earned their commissions, while the Maquis (apart from Chakotay, who was a command-level officer before his resignation from Starfleet) are untrained and undisciplined so it would be asking too much that the Starfleet crew be forced to accept a Maquis being promoted above them, especially one like Torres, who has already shown she can't control herself and couldn't handle the Academy. She then tells Chakotay that he needs to stop seeing them as specifically his crew. Chakotay retorts that he won't be Janeway's "token" Maquis officer and the reason he treats them as his own people is that, if he didn't look out for them, no one else would. Janeway tells him that she'll consider any other Maquis officer he wants to recommend, but he insists Torres is the right choice for chief engineer and asks Janeway to at least talk to Torres and get to know her better.

Act Two [ ]

Kes enters sickbay to retrieve some nitrogenated soil for her hydroponics bay. The Doctor begins commenting on how he is going to be used for every minor medical problem that's going to occur. Kes notices The Doctor's sensitivity in his behavior, but also notices that he appears shorter. The Doctor performs a diagnostic on his imaging processor and discovers he has decreased in height by 10.4 centimeters . He contacts Harry Kim and asks for assistance, but he's too busy. Before Kes leaves with her soil samples, she inquires if The Doctor has chosen a name, which he has not. She deactivates his program and leaves.

The subspace tractor beam has been completed and is used. The beam is able to penetrate the singularity's event horizon , but the new power relays installed begin to fail. Voyager is jolted and begins to be pulled into the singularity. Full reverse is engaged but the tractor beam cannot be disabled, causing massive hull stress. Janeway orders the impulse engines disengaged and Voyager begins moving forward again. She then orders the tractor beam disengaged, at which Carey cuts the power feed, manually; the tractor beam is disengaged. In need of help, Janeway orders setting a course for Ilidaria (a nearby, technologically-advanced society which Neelix had suggested might be willing to help) at full impulse.

Janeway addressing Torres

" Well, I think I know my way around an engine room, if that's what you mean. "

Janeway decides to follow Chakotay's suggestion to talk with Torres and invites her to her ready room. The captain tries to bond with Torres, by talking to her about her past, especially with Starfleet Academy. Torres then notes that she didn't like Starfleet 's system and angrily leaves, saying that she didn't want anything to do with Starfleet then and is sorry that she has to now. After Torres leaves, The Doctor contacts Janeway, using monitor input 47 , and notifies her of the error in his imaging system. He also relays news to her that nine crew members have reported severe headaches , muscle spasms , sudden waves of dizziness, all of which are possibly related to the quantum singularity. The ship jolts and Janeway returns to the bridge, while leaving the channel to The Doctor open.

Tom Paris, quantum singularity

" This isn't another singularity, it's the same one. "

Apparently, Voyager has found another type-4 quantum singularity that has all the same properties as the one discovered earlier. Reports indicate, however, that Voyager is back to the same position as before, and that it is the same quantum singularity.

Act Three [ ]

Voyager is turned in the opposite direction from the singularity and warp is engaged. At twelve million kilometers from the singularity, it appears ahead of the ship again. All departments are ordered to submit reports and a staff meeting is planned. Chakotay requests that Torres be invited along if she is still being considered as Chief Engineer, and Janeway decides to include her. In Engineering shortly beforehand, Carey submits news of the briefing to Torres, but tells her that he speaks for Engineering and warns her not to say anything unless directly asked, which prompts Seska to privately comment after he leaves to Torres that she should have broken more than his nose.

Kim dizzy

" Just dizzy, can't… can't focus. "

In a corridor, Tuvok and Kim discuss the singularity situation. Kim changes the subject and inquires about the conflict in engineering, noting that he has heard Starfleet and Maquis are figuratively at each other's throats. Kim, all of a sudden, collapses, complaining of extreme dizziness . Tuvok helps him up and begins to escort him to sickbay.

During the staff briefing, The Doctor reports that 27 more crew members have since encountered the symptoms he mentioned earlier (a number that includes Kim). The Doctor has no idea what's going on and therefore cannot provide a treatment. The shrinking is still occurring; at this point, he has lost 68 centimeters of height. The staff moves onto the subject of the singularity, for which no progress has been made. However, using the problem with the Doctor's imaging system, Torres (who has, in fact, been behaving herself) is able to determine that she could use a localized dampening field around the external sensors to contact the other ship. Janeway agrees with this idea and dismisses the staff to begin work. As Chakotay leaves, Janeway gives him a small nod to communicate that Torres is starting to impress her.

The deflector dish is modified and the dampening field is deployed. The crew receive the transmission from the ship again. It is cleared up and it becomes evident to the crew that it is the same message Janeway transmitted earlier. Torres applies the dampening field to the visual sensors, and the image of the ship resolves; it is Voyager .

Act Four [ ]

Paris confused

" Am I making any sense here? "

Torres has an explanation for the seeming duplication of the starship, so the staff returns to the briefing room. Torres uses a reflection in water as a metaphor for the current situation, except that what the Voyager 's crew is viewing is a time-delayed image of themselves. They estimate it will take nine hours until Voyager is destroyed by the singularity, so Torres recommends that they find a "crack" to escape. Remembering when they first entered the anomaly, Janeway and Torres think that Voyager made a hole in the event horizon and that they will need to find the same hole. Finishing each other's sentences, " warp particles " is the idea developed by Torres and Janeway; if all goes to plan, such particles will make the crack visible, allowing Voyager to fly out.

The deflector dish is deactivated and warp particles are routed to the deflector. The particles are deployed and Paris locates an irregularity in the event horizon. The hole is too small, so they will have to expand it. Torres recommends using a dekyon beam to expand the hole. Voyager is too far to emit the beam, so a shuttlecraft has to be used. With their understanding of the "finer points" of temporal mechanics , both Janeway and Torres board the shuttle and leave Voyager .

Act Five [ ]

On the shuttlecraft, the dekyon beam is prepared. Torres decides to use this moment to apologize to Janeway about her earlier behavior and also recalls that she left the Academy because she felt she couldn't make it in Starfleet. Janeway notes that Professor Chapman thought Torres was a promising cadet and, disappointed that she had quit, went as far as noting in her permanent record that he would support her re-entry if she ever decided to reapply. Torres is surprised to hear that, because she always felt that Chapman hated her and couldn't wait to see her kicked out of the Academy, but Janeway explains that some professors like students who challenge their assumptions, and many of Torres' teachers agreed that she had the potential to be an excellent officer. The shuttle arrives at the irregularity and the dekyon beam is charged. They get close enough to fire the beam and do so, causing the hole to start widening. It reaches a 65% increase in growth, as the shuttle starts to lose power. They turn around and return to find two Voyager s: they only have enough power to reach one with no way to communicate with the rest of the crew. Guessing, Janeway chooses the Voyager on the starboard side of the shuttlecraft while Torres chooses the one on the port side. Janeway realizes that the port one is moving towards the rift, which the real Voyager did, twenty minutes prior whereas the starboard one is pointed away to give them easier access to the shuttlebay . They go with Janeway's suggestion, which is indeed the correct one.

Chakotay and Torres in engineering

" There they are – your staff. " " I'll try not to break any of their noses. "

Voyager begins to move towards the rift, which is slowly closing. The rift length reaches 110 meters, which is too small to facilitate the ship's exit. Knowing this is their only chance of escape, Janeway decides they're going to smash their way through and orders full power to the impulse engines as they approach the rift. Shields fail and the port impulse engines lose power. Despite the problems, Voyager is able to punch its way out and clears the singularity. Relieved, Janeway orders that Voyager be at least a hundred million kilometers away from the singularity before commencing repairs.

The Doctor, tiny

" You know, I like you better this way. "

In engineering, Torres has earned the position of chief engineer. Her first duty is to bring the warp drive online by 1300 hours, which she says is impossible. Chakotay suggests she break a few noses, or at least bend a few to make it happen. After the commander departs, she orders some officers to work on getting the isolinear bank up and running but they don't respond until she says "please." Torres confronts Carey and asks for his help in her promotion as the new chief engineer. He gladly accepts, stating that she will never get anything less than his best, and they both shake hands. Meanwhile, on engineering's upper level, Janeway is observing Torres and the staff, as Chakotay joins her. Two crew members have already filed complaints about Torres' promotion and she may be in for a rough period of adjustment, Janeway notes, but she has a feeling that Torres will be a fine addition to the crew. Chakotay asks Janeway a question – off the record – if things had happened differently and they were on the Maquis ship now instead of Voyager , would Janeway have served under him? She responds, " One of the nice things about being captain… is that you can keep some things to yourself. "

And back in sickbay, The Doctor contacts Janeway again and once again requests a repair crew to fix his imaging systems, as he is now only several centimeters tall and unable to treat Lieutenant Paris' scratched hand, much to Tom's amusement.

Memorable quotes [ ]

" I didn't even come close to hitting him that hard. " " So, on the one side, I'm facing a Vulcan who wants to court martial you. And on the other, I'm facing all the Maquis who are ready to seize this ship over this. You've turned this into one lousy day for me, Torres! "

" Engine efficiency is down another fourteen percent. If we don't get more power to the warp drive, we're all going to have to get out and push. "

" I can do some wonderful things with vegetables, captain! My feragoit goulash is known across twelve star systems. "

" We have a problem. "

" Lieutenant, I understand you studied biochemistry at the Academy? " " Uh, only two semesters. " " Close enough. You've just volunteered to be a field medic. Report to The Doctor as soon as we're finished here. " " But, captain… "

" If I ever hear you talk that way again, I'll personally throw you in the brig for mutiny! "

" I've made a list of several Maquis candidates who would make good officers. " " B'Elanna Torres? She was the one involved in that incident with Mr. Carey? " " That's right. " " Just what job do you think she's suited for? " " Chief engineer. " " You're serious? " " Very. " " Regarding sickbay… "

" Now I know how Hippocrates felt when the king needed him to trim a hangnail."

" I've never found your twisted sense of humor very funny, Chakotay. "

" She struck a fellow officer. That is a court martial offense. " " She's a Maquis, and in the Maquis, sometimes you have to push people out of your way to get things done. "

" I will never cease to be amazed at the Human capacity for hyperbole. "

" Mr. Paris is about to impress us with his piloting skills. "

" Wait a minute, wait. Wait a minute. Let me get this straight. We were cruising along at warp seven. Then, we picked up a distress call and moved in to investigate. But now, you're saying that the other ship is actually just a reflection of us and that the distress call is actually just the captain's opening hail. But we picked up the distress call before she sent the hail. How could we have been seeing a reflection of something we hadn't even done yet? Am I making any sense here? " " No, but that's okay. "

" This isn't another singularity… it's the same one! "

" She's the best engineer I've ever known. She could teach at the Academy! You're right, captain; I do consider these to be my people because nobody else on this ship will look out for them like I will. And I'm telling you: you're going to have to give them more authority if you want their loyalty. " " Theirs or yours, commander? "

" I have no intention of being your token Maquis officer! "

" In command school, they taught us to always remember that maneuvering a starship is a very delicate process, but over the years, I've learned that, sometimes, you just have to punch your way through. Mr. Paris, full impulse power. "

"' 'Sometimes you just have to punch your way through.' I'll have to remember that one. "

" Can I ask you a question, off the record? If things had happened differently, and we were on the Maquis ship now instead of Voyager , would you have served under me? " " One of the nice things about being captain is that you can keep some things to yourself. "

Background information [ ]

Story and script [ ].

  • Jim Trombetta pitched the premise for this Star Trek: Voyager episode after having pitched several tech-heavy installments to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135) At this early stage, the story had the working title "Ghost Ship". ( Information from Larry Nemecek ) Supervising Producer Brannon Braga said of the Voyager pitch, " His concept was that there was a ship trapped in a quantum singularity and how do we get it out? " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34) The pitch was considered to be hard to execute, however. Trombetta noted, " That story was very complicated and possibly wasn't completely doable. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135) Braga similarly thought the pitch was "a highly technical premise to get working." ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 7 , p. 8) However, he also particularly liked the premise, referring to it as "a very cool idea." Executive Producer Jeri Taylor commented, " ['Parallax'] started as a really high-concept show right up Brannon Braga's alley, because it was some weird time distortion thing. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34)
  • The story pitch was bought early in the development of Star Trek: Voyager . Jeri Taylor noted, " 'Parallax' was one of the first concepts that we bought as we started into story development. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34)
  • One influence on this episode was the prospect of bonding the Voyager crew. Executive Producer Michael Piller stated, " I wanted the ship out there and into danger to see how the crew reacted. So we created this strange time-space anomaly that we were involved with, and then we were going to see how this crew would work together. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135) Brannon Braga remarked, " We knew we wanted to do a Maquis/Starfleet adjustment episode; and it needed to come early. It turned out that would be 'Parallax.' " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 76) Indeed, at least one of the reasons that Braga was eager to become involved in the early stages of Star Trek: Voyager (having missed the chance to work on the writing of the script for the pilot episode, " Caretaker ", due to having been on vacation) was that he wanted to have a hand in developing the characters. Of his earliest influence on the series, he said, " I was involved in developing the stories, and wrote the first episode after the pilot. I was very eager to get involved from the beginning, for all the obvious reasons. I wanted to see what it was like to shape characters. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 5 , p. 45)
  • The idea of B'Elanna Torres' promotion to the head of her department was transplanted into this episode. Jeri Taylor recalled, " We had planned originally to make B'Elanna the chief engineer and Tom Paris the conn officer in the pilot, and then it just seemed overkill, so we lifted that out and attached it to this. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135) Having Torres become the chief engineer in this episode not only set her up in that position for the rest of the series but also provided motive for the tension between the Maquis and Starfleet sides of the crew. Brannon Braga explained, " The [series] bible said the Chief Engineer is B'Elanna Torres. Well, she's not made chief engineer in the pilot. Her earning the job probably should be her first episode, which can also embody the Maquis-Starfleet conflict that is going on, because if you make a Maquis chief engineer, there are lots of Starfleet people in line for that job who are going to be pretty pissed off. So that was a good character situation to exploit. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 76) Braga also stated, " One of [the] things we wanted to accomplish with the first episode was getting B'Elanna into position as chief engineer, so that concept fit a lot of criteria. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 5 , p. 45)
  • The "Ghost Ship" pitch was discussed by the VOY writing staff at a story meeting in late May 1994 . Some of the ideas they discussed for this initial episode were B'Elanna becoming chief engineer and conflict with the crew. In the minutes from the meeting (dated 31 May 1994), the episode was referred to as including not only these two elements but also "Tuvok relationship", "pressure on Janeway and Chakotay", and the crew feeling a lack of connectedness. Additionally, a bracketed note concerning this first episode stated, " Possible marriage to 'Ghost Ship'. " [1]
  • "Ghost Ship" wasn't the only working title this episode had, as it was also initially called "Deep Time". [2] The episode was renamed this after the pitch was bought. ( Information from Larry Nemecek )
  • From the pitch, Brannon Braga developed the script, with help from some other contributors. Jeri Taylor recalled, " We bought the idea of the quantum singularity and then tried to make a story out of it, and several people added to it. The original writer had a vision for it and Brannon [Braga] took it over. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135)
  • The episode's script was a difficult one for Brannon Braga to pull together. ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 136) He noted, " 'Parallax' was a story that had some problems. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 5 , p. 45) While he was trying to write the script, Braga was also taking pitches – two or three a day, every day – as Jeri Taylor and Michael Piller (the only members of the series' writing team, at that point) were both busy with helping to cast the series, and stories were needed for the rest of the first season . ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 260)
  • Brannon Braga was unsure, while writing this episode, how the members of the series' main cast would perform the teleplay. " I wrote 'Parallax' without having seen any of the actors perform the roles, " he explained. " I didn't know how they were going to do it. " ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 171)
  • It was Brannon Braga who introduced the concept of a duplicated Voyager into the story. " Jim Trombetta [had come] up with the idea of our finding a ship in a quantum singularity, " Braga recalled, " and there were aliens trapped in there that we helped. What I did was cut the aliens out and say, 'Wouldn't it be cool if in fact it wasn't another ship, it was us and we've been trapped all along?' " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 136) Braga also said, " My only twist [to Trombetta's pitch] was that there is no ship; it's really us, and we've been trapped the whole time, we're just looking at a reflection, like being at the bottom of a lake looking up at the ice above. I thought that was kind of a cool thing. And there is the twist about seeing two Voyager s at the end. One is the reflection and one is real. Which one is which? " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34)
  • Another facet of the story that Braga introduced related to the hardship of life aboard Voyager . Jeri Taylor stated, " Brannon set up the conditions of the crew and the ship [....] For instance, the replicators are not fully functional, so people are on replicator rations. They have to get food and grow food. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135)
  • Brannon Braga lost no sleep worrying about the particulars of the technobabble used for the anomaly of this episode, as his top priority was dramatizing the plot itself. He explained, " Normally, the way we write stories is we come up with what we want to do dramatically […] We add science later. And it works out much better that way. Though 'a quantum singularity' is a mouthful, I decided to use it anyway; but I literally could have called it 'a quantum fissure ,' 'a quantum sinkhole,' anything. And who cares? Who really cares? " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34)
  • The first draft of the episode's script was issued on 19 August 1994 . ( Information from Larry Nemecek ) In that draft of the teleplay, the Maquis, as a group, weren't referred to as having problems with Voyager 's Starfleet contingent. On the contrary, an initial captain's log which would have started the episode included Janeway saying, " So far, the Maquis are working well with the rest of the crew… and seem to be willing to put aside their differences. It's an encouraging sign… "
  • Rather than begin with Carey in sickbay, the teaser of the first draft script focused on repairs to Voyager following the Kazon attack that takes place in "Caretaker". The maintenance work was to be shown with a montage accompanying Janeway's voiceover log entry.
  • In the scene where Kes takes some soil samples from sickbay, the first draft script had Tom Paris casually namecalling The Doctor – addressing him as "photon-face" and "Doctor Smoke and Mirrors" – and, after The Doctor revealed to Kes that Paris was attracted to her, she and Paris had a conversation about Human sexuality which ended with Paris uncertain, as he exited, about how Kes felt about him. She subsequently assumed "Doctor Smoke" might be The Doctor's real name.
  • B'Elanna was eating P'tokian spikefish , a Klingon food she had volunteered to receive from the ship's emergency rations, in the mess hall when Chakotay arrived there. They proceeded to have a discussion much like the one they have in the episode's teaser, though it took place later in the first draft script (i.e., as part of the second act). While arm wrestling, they reminisced about having served on the Zola together, where they had previously arm wrestled, and made mention of Torres having shattered the sternum of a crewmember named Jenkins on the ship, a long time ago. Chakotay admitted that he believed Jenkins had deserved the injury.
  • On the way to the Ilidaria system , Neelix mentioned to Janeway that he was familiar with the commander of the Ilidarian merchant fleet and advised her, when she began suffering a slight headache, to pinch her big toe, apparently an ancient Talaxian remedy. He was even about to demonstrate this medical treatment on her when she declined.
  • Janeway only approved of B'Elanna Torres as the chief engineer in the penultimate scene of the first draft script, talking directly with Chakotay as they walked through a corridor. In the last scene of the script, Chakotay showed B'Elanna her engineering staff, much as he does in the final version of the episode.
  • Brannon Braga had completed the teleplay by September 1994 . ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 323) The installment's final draft script was submitted on 11 October 1994 . [3] In summation of the writing process, Braga noted, " What I tried to do is come up with some interesting twists. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34) He elaborated, " I tried to put as many twists and turns in there as possible. It seemed like a good idea to do a weird time anomaly show, because they're generally very popular, and it afforded us the chance to develop conflict between some of the characters. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 5 , p. 45)
  • The scripted scene description for the moment when the distant and as-yet-unidentified future Voyager appears on the viewscreen stated, " We see the image of a distorted spacecraft – the ship is a ghostly smear, murky and wavering, as though seen through a funhouse mirror. " ( Star Trek Magazine  issue 128 , p. 94) Hence, the concept of essentially a "ghost ship" was retained despite the story and script having meanwhile undergone multiple changes.

Cast and characters [ ]

  • Jeri Taylor was pleased that this episode develops the relationship between Janeway and Torres. " We were able to put in place the whole arc of B'Elanna and Janeway, " Taylor noted. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34) She also remarked, " I think a nice arc occurs between B'Elanna and Janeway from conflict and skepticism to a real bonding, problem solving and, ultimately, affection. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135)
  • Michael Piller liked the character development of not only Janeway and Torres but also Chakotay. Piller commented, " What appealed to me most about 'Parallax' was how it illuminated the relationship between Chakotay and B'Elanna and Janeway; how Janeway was going to deal with this first issue with the Maquis, how Chakotay was going to be the man in the middle and how, ultimately, B'Elanna was going to fit into this crew. Essentially she went from being the most outside force on the ship to being brought into the inner circle […] Ultimately, what worked was the triangle between Chakotay, Janeway and B'Elanna. The more time we spent with that, the better the show became. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135)
  • As Brannon Braga had been unsure how the regular cast members would perform this episode's script, he found that their interpretations of his written material were completely different from his own. " Of course none of them did it the way I imagined it, " he noted. ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 171)
  • Actress Martha Hackett was cast in the role of Seska by Director Kim Friedman , who – a few months beforehand – had helmed the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine outing " The Search, Part I ", in which Hackett had portrayed T'Rul . Regarding Seska, Martha Hackett recalled, " When they first gave me the role, they said, 'You know, she's a member of the Maquis and she's one of Chakotay's gang before they joined up here. She's vigilant about the beliefs of the Maquis, the energy behind that kind of rebel: "We're gonna do it a little differently."' That was the background they gave me. " ("Saboteur Extraordinaire: Seska", VOY Season 2 DVD special features) The actress also remembered, " It was clear that her point of view was, we shouldn't have done this, why did we join up with the Federation? We should have stayed a splinter group. That was all that had been spelled out for me. " [4]
  • Robert Picardo has revealed that this episode provided him with a better understanding of his character of The Doctor than he had previously had. Picardo remembered, " I didn't quite get the joke […] until the third episode of the series, where Kes comes into The Doctor's office and asks for soil samples, and The Doctor goes off on this tirade about how he was designed for emergency medical use only and now every tiny, banal medical or scientific need was gonna be funneled his way and he was gonna be forced to do all these demeaning things, in his eyes. Here he was, the combination of everything that we know about medicine in the 24th century, so he has all of this wealth of knowledge. And yet anyone, any idiot on the crew, can turn him on or off like a light switch. Now that would piss me off. And that's what it did to The Doctor. It made him mad, and I think that that was the first major clue. " (" Voyager Time Capsule: The Doctor", VOY Season 7 DVD special features)
  • At the 2009 DragonCon, Garrett Wang recalled that Kim Friedman sent the cast of Voyager a video tape along with a letter shortly before "Parallax" was to begin shooting. The letter advised the cast to practice shaking before filming, as this episode had several scenes where Voyager was rocked by the quantum singularity. Friedman had included clips on the video tape of the Deep Space Nine episodes she had directed, where she felt the cast of that show had perfected the shaking she wanted. [5]

Production [ ]

Quantum singularity graphic

A graphic created for this episode but unused herein

  • A graphic of this episode's singularity was created for the episode but was ultimately not used here, subsequently being reserved as stock animation in case it was ever needed in later episodes. ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 8 , p. 44) The graphic was later reused in the third season episode " Displaced ".
  • This episode is a bottle show , the first such installment of Star Trek: Voyager . ( Delta Quadrant , p. 14)
  • The episode began shooting on Monday, 24 October 1994 , a date that did not leave much time for "Caretaker" to finish shooting and made filming of visual effects – which was busily being undertaken on "Caretaker" – even more hectic than it already was. When production on this episode was well under way, it was decided that several scenes of "Caretaker" would be reshot. ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , pp. 316, 321 & 325)
  • Although this episode's credits name Tom Benko as the episode's editor, the official reference book A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager (p. 318) claims that the episode was edited by Daryl Baskin .
  • The opening credits changed in this episode from how they were displayed in "Caretaker", with ranks being added to all of the "also starring" roster, except for B'Elanna Torres, who would have her rank added to the credits in the following episode.

Creating the shuttlecraft, shuttlebay, and spatial effects [ ]

Tereshkova

The Type 8 shuttlecraft eventually named the Tereshkova

  • This episode marks the first appearances of both a Type 8 shuttlecraft as well as Voyager 's shuttlebay .
  • Despite both Production Designer Richard James and Scenic Art Supervisor/Technical Consultant Michael Okuda firmly believing that Voyager should have a shuttlecraft design of its own, the series had no money in its first season budget for the design and construction of such a craft. Consequently, the interior of the shuttlecraft shown here was a slightly modified reuse of sets that had been used as the inside of the Type 6 shuttlecraft in Star Trek: The Next Generation . The Type 8 shuttlecraft's exterior was similarly a modified reuse of the Type 6 shuttlecraft miniature. ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , pp. 67 & 68) James and Okuda later got their wish with the creation of the Class 2 shuttle , which was first introduced in the second season episode " Threshold ".
  • The name of the Type 8 shuttlecraft in this episode, the Tereshkova , was only decided upon after Michael Okuda had suggested several names that had been rejected by either Richard James or the producers. On 5 December 1994 , Okuda considered the name Einstein , but he really wanted a female explorer's name to be used. For several minutes, he brainstormed for names with Assistant Art Director Louise Dorton and Senior Illustrator/Technical Consultant Rick Sternbach , tossing suggestions back and forth. These names included Amelia Earhart , Mary Leakey , Marie Curie , Christa McAuliffe , and Mae Jemison . Each suggestion was quickly discarded, however, either because it had been used before or was deemed inappropriate (such as out of deference to the woman's family members). Richard James, Art Director Michael L. Mayer , and Scenic Artist Wendy Drapanas arrived and joined in the discussion. James finally suggested Valentina Tereshkova , a Russian cosmonaut who became the first woman into space, and Okuda liked the suggestion immediately. ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , pp. 69-70)
  • To create the effect of the shuttlecraft landing in Voyager 's shuttlebay, Visual Effects Coordinator Joe Bauer created a low-budget model of the bay and optically married it to the Voyager studio model . " There you have […] [a] situation of sizing, " Bauer explained, " because the Voyager model is five feet and the shuttle model is a foot and a half to two feet, but if it were in scale it would be about an inch. The shuttle bay doesn't exist as a full set or even as a nice model so it was a matter of scrounging through some throw-away DS9 models from last year and I ended up rebuilding in cardboard a docking bay. We ended up doing a move going back into the Voyager and then did a match move, scaled to size, of the inside bay and then just composited it. Thank God it all lined up. This was something Amblin Imaging was approached to build, but it became expensive and we needed it quickly, so in this case it was faster to build a physical model. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 83)
  • A reflection of the shuttlebay is shown in the shuttlecraft's windshield as the craft approaches the bay. Explaining how the bay footage was altered to feature as the reflection, Joe Bauer stated, " We flopped it for that shot, defocused it, then used a device called a System G that can warp a piece of video and just warped it around the edges so it looked like it was defining a bent piece of plexi-glass. Then at the point in the POV shot where they are going in the door we raised the light level inside, just the kind of detail that tries to sell the shot. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 83)
  • The event horizon of the black hole was essentially a completely new effect. However, it was actually a mix of not only elements that were specially photographed for this episode but also images from Star Trek 's extensive library of stock elements. More specifically, the effect married cloud elements with silver cloth viewed through ripple glass, and liquid nitrogen filmed on the motion control stage at Image G. Philip Barberio , the visual effects supervisor on this episode, commented, " I actually had some money for that show to develop a whole effect so I played with stuff from our elements books and put this effect together with a cloud element made from liquid nitrogen, put into a Sony System G, then colorized and wrapped in clouds. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 82)

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Voyager flies through the event horizon

  • The tear in the event horizon proved to be the hardest element of the anomaly to visualize. Phil Barberio stated, " In 'Parallax,' I was drawing a blank on the tear. I asked [the writers] about it and they said, 'You know, a tear you can see space through.' " Fortunately, Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry had devised an inventive tearing effect using acetone dripped onto Styrofoam in front of a light that, as the foam was eaten away, would shine through, producing a very organic-looking effect. " We used that image to start with, " Barberio explained, " and then we created this background that was moving in four directions at the same time very slowly behind the hole so it gave it the look that it was being pulled toward the hole. Then we darkened that and reddened it. The first hole was roundly rejected, because it was too big and looked like the ship could sail through easily. They wanted it to be gummy, where the Voyager could barely squeeze through, so we made it smaller and added more veins originally used on the goo monster [the alien Caretaker ] from the pilot. They had some tests that weren't used and we put those into the opening as strands that would attach themselves to the ship as it goes through. As it punches through you see some residual stuff on the engine. Nothing's ever thrown away. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, pp. 82-83)

Continuity and trivia [ ]

  • When Janeway and Torres are returning from their shuttle trip and are faced with both Voyager s, Janeway says she is receiving identical readings from both ships. However, since neither she nor Torres are back on board Voyager at the time, the real ship should have a personnel count of two fewer than its reflection.
  • After being introduced in this episode, Seska went on to become a recurring character of the first two seasons of Star Trek: Voyager and eventually reveals – in the later first season installment " State of Flux " – that she is a Cardassian spy, surgically altered to look Bajoran . Martha Hackett knew, from the time she was first hired for this episode, that the role of Seska would be recurring, "but [the writers] didn't know what that would mean – they came up with the storyline as it went," Hackett explained. [6] In a retrospective interview, Hackett also said of the role, " It just kinda evolved […] They had no idea what direction Seska was gonna go in. It hadn't been… decided […] I think, with a new show, they're trying things out and, with this show in particular, they had all these new enemy species and they were in a new quadrant that they had never gone before. I think they were just trying things on for size, so it wasn't as if they were promising me this or that. " ("Saboteur Extraordinaire: Seska", VOY Season 2 DVD special features) Consequently, Martha Hackett was unaware, while acting in this episode, of her character's deviousness. " In the beginning I was just an energetic, contrary Maquis member, " she recalled. " I didn't know I was a spy. " [7] Hackett further explained, " When I first appeared on the show, Seska was just a member of the crew. It was only after I had done an episode that someone said, 'We may be making you a spy', but even then they weren't sure. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 34 , p. 37) The actress also stated, " They had it vaguely in mind that they were going to have this spy, but they hadn't worked it out yet. " [8]
  • In this episode, Seska is wearing a blue sciences division uniform but is sitting at the engineering station on the bridge . She appears in a yellow operations division uniform in later episodes. Martha Hackett has since stated that, in this episode, she was mistakenly costumed in the wrong color uniform. [9]
  • With the writers still finding their footing in the series at this point, Tom Paris exclaims, " It's the Voyager," instead of, " It's Voyager" (without the definite article). This was, in fact, the way that the ship was commonly referred to (at this point in the series and in the future) in interviews, etc., in keeping with previous Star Trek shows ("It's the Enterprise", or "It's the Defiant").
  • This episode includes the first appearances of not only a Type 8 shuttlecraft and Voyager 's shuttlebay but also the starship's conference room .
  • This episode marks the first occasion of many where Voyager encounters some sort of temporal phenomenon, in which the crew either visit the past, are visited from the future, or experience an alternate timeline. Voyager would go on to encounter these phenomena in " Time and Again ", " Eye of the Needle ", " Non Sequitur ", " Future's End ", " Future's End, Part II ", " Before and After ", " Year of Hell, Part II ", " Timeless ", " Gravity ", " Relativity ", " Blink of an Eye ", " Fury ", " Shattered ", and " Endgame ".
  • Tuvok wears the insignia of a lieutenant commander in this episode, as he does throughout the first season, despite being a lieutenant.
  • The Doctor also later requests Captain Janeway to access monitor input 47 when he informs her of his decreasing size due to the spatial distortions.
  • In this episode, Paris is tapped to become the Doctor's assistant, an idea described in an interview in Star Trek Magazine with writer Brannon Braga as a major intention which "soon went by the wayside." Despite this, the idea would resurface in the program's fourth season following the departure of Kes from the program.

Reception [ ]

  • Brannon Braga ultimately felt that, in this episode, he had written the characters as slightly too hard-edged and that it had taken a while for him to find their proper "voices." ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 136) Shortly after working on the episode, he noted, " Now I know how these actors are, and it's helping a lot. The actors definitely contribute to the creation of the character. " ( A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager , p. 171)
  • Of this episode's completed version, Braga remarked, " Too much tech, but some clever twists and some great character work. All in all, a good episode. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 136) He elaborated, " It's a very techy episode, and some people weren't too thrilled with it for that reason […] I thought it had some great character work in it. I also thought it was a good time anomaly show, something we had never seen, and it had a good twist when you realized the ship was Voyager . The 'lady or the tiger' gag at the end was a lot of fun, and I thought it had some good stuff in it. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 5 , pp. 45 & 46) Another reason why Braga was pleased with this episode was that both the character development herein and the episode's scientific plotline are very much connected. He observed, " I've always felt the best storytelling on TNG and on Voyager are stories that may have an A-and-B plot, but the A-and-B plots are integrally connected, as in 'Parallax,' or at least thematically connected. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 84) Braga also found, however, that the anomaly was ultimately too complex for viewers. He opined, " The quantum parallax is hard to grasp. " Braga took full responsibility for this level of complexity, adding, " Regretfully that's my fault. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34)
  • Both Jeri Taylor and Michael Piller liked how this episode balances character work with high-concept science fiction. Piller declared, " What made this show work for me was that this was a show about a crew coming together and not about a ship in jeopardy. " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135) Jeri Taylor stated that, even though the episode evolved from a highly technical premise, " Brannon was able to write a script that I think made the crew struggle with 'We're out here and things are not working and what do we do? Who's going to be The Doctor and who's going to be the Chief of Engineering?' […] So even though it felt high concept, it was very strongly rooted in character. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34) In addition, Taylor expressed approval of how Braga used the episode to establish some of the circumstances that the starship Voyager and its crew find themselves in, saying that introducing these elements was "giving us [the series' writing staff] things that we were able to have fun with." ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135)
  • This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 9.2 million homes, and a 14% share. It was the most watched episode of Voyager 's first season (on first airing) except for the series pilot, "Caretaker". [10] (X)
  • Cinefantastique gave this installment 3 out of 4 stars. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 27, No. 4/5, p. 34)
  • In their unofficial reference book Trek Navigator: The Ultimate Guide to the Entire Trek Saga (pp. 166-167), co-writer Mark A. Altman rates this episode 2 and a half out of 4 stars (defined as "average") while fellow co-writer Edward Gross rates the installment 3 out of 4 stars (defined as "good"). Altman describes the outing as "a surprisingly effective technoromp," enthusing about how the plot's technicalities are offset by the way that the episode embraces character problems "with gusto" and how it presents the technobabble in a more-or-less straight-forward manner. He approves of the way in which the episode tackles the simmering conflict between the two portions of Voyager 's crew, saying that the episode does so with "wit and intelligence" that "elevates" it. He raves, " The show succeeds marvelously in further defining the series ensemble in an effective and satisfying way. " In addition, Altman characterizes the time-related briefing room discussion between Janeway and Paris as "amusing" but is less enthusiastic about the storyline involving The Doctor's shrinking, saying the joke "doesn't quite work." Gross remarks on the originality, for an anomaly episode, of having a duplicate Voyager as a conceit and says that "the real meat" of the outing is the character interactions, especially the choosing of the ship's chief engineer. He concludes that the slowly developing relationship between Janeway and Torres is "both fascinating and believable to watch."
  • The unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 16) gives the episode a rating of 7 out of 10.
  • In its retrospective "Ultimate Guide", Star Trek Magazine gave this episode 3 out of 5 Starfleet-style arrowhead insignia. ( Star Trek Magazine  issue 164 , p. 29)
  • Ultimately, Jim Trombetta wished that Voyager 's regular writing team had taken his pitch in a slightly different direction than they had. " The way it should have come out was there really shouldn't have been two Voyager s, there should have been three, " he mused. " I wanted them to send the hologram doctor to each ship by crushing him into a burst of energy, sending him to the next one to warn them. It would have started out with him arriving on their ship trying to warn them but not being able to do it because he's all garbled. The original idea was more metaphysical and less character. It was what's going on and how do I figure it out? " ( Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages , p. 135)

Video and DVD releases [ ]

  • UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 1.2, catalog number VHR 4002, 10 July 1995
  • As part of the VOY Season 1 DVD collection

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

  • Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

Also Starring [ ]

  • Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
  • Roxann Biggs-Dawson as B'Elanna Torres
  • Jennifer Lien as Kes
  • Robert Duncan McNeill as Lieutenant Tom Paris
  • Ethan Phillips as Neelix
  • Robert Picardo as The Doctor
  • Tim Russ as Lieutenant Tuvok
  • Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim

Guest Stars [ ]

  • Martha Hackett as Seska
  • Josh Clark as Carey

Co-Star [ ]

  • Justin Williams as Jarvin

Uncredited co-stars [ ]

  • Derek Anthony as operations ensign
  • Jasmin Bischoff as operations officer
  • Tarik Ergin as Ayala
  • Gunnel Eriksson as operations officer
  • Kerry Hoyt as Fitzpatrick
  • Julie Jiang as operations lieutenant junior grade
  • Katsuki Kazuhiro as command officer
  • Hubie Kerns, Jr. as operations officer
  • Dennis Madalone as sciences officer
  • Coleman McClary as operations officer
  • Jordan Monheim as sciences officer
  • Trina Mortley as sciences officer
  • Tami Peterson as sciences ensign
  • Jerry Quinn as command officer
  • Simon Stotler as operations ensign
  • John Tampoya as Kashimuro Nozawa
  • Ondar Tarlow as sciences officer
  • Rod Wallace as operations officer
  • Debra Waters as command ensign
  • Audrey Williams as operations officer

Photo double [ ]

  • Mike Fujimoto – hand double for Garrett Wang

Stand-ins [ ]

  • Steve Giralo – stand-in for Josh Clark
  • Melba Gonzalez – stand-in for Roxann Biggs-Dawson
  • Sue Henley – stand-in for Kate Mulgrew
  • Cy Kennedy – stand-in for Robert Beltran
  • Nora Leonhardt – stand-in for Roxann Biggs-Dawson
  • Susan Lewis – stand-in for Martha Hackett and Roxann Biggs-Dawson
  • Zack Milan – stand-in for Robert Picardo and Justin Williams
  • Lemuel Perry – stand-in for Tim Russ
  • Jerry Quinn – stand-in for Robert Duncan McNeill
  • Ron – stand-in for Josh Clark
  • Jennifer Somers – stand-in for Jennifer Lien
  • Simon Stotler – stand-in for Ethan Phillips
  • John Tampoya – stand-in for Garrett Wang

References [ ]

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External links [ ]

  • " Parallax " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
  • " Parallax " at Wikipedia
  • "Parallax" at StarTrek.com
  • " "Parallax" " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
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22 Famous Star Trek Quotes that Will Live Forever

If you haven’t watched Star Trek , you’ve at least heard about it. The sci-fi television series created by Gene Roddenberry has earned millions of fans over the years.

Roddenberry was allegedly inspired by Gulliver’s Travels and a TV series called Wagon Train to create Star Trek.  Each episode of the series is built as an incredible adventure, but also as a morality tale, considering that the episodes depict cultural realities and conflicts like war and peace, sexism, human rights, religion, economics, loyalty , racism and technology.

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Due to this approach, Star Trek is not only about space adventure and exploration. The franchise is also recognized for being one of the first TV series with a multiracial cast and applauded for its attitude toward civil rights.

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The Star Trek world was full of wisdom and great lines, but here are 22 of the most meaningful quotes from its characters . 

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. — Dr. Boyce
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. — Spock
You may find that having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. This is not logical, but it is often true. — Spock
Live now ; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again. — Jean-Luc Picard
Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on. — Captain Kirk
With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. — Jean-Luc Picard
The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other. — Captain Kirk

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If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are. — Jean-Luc Picard
Insufficient facts always invite danger. — Spock
Perhaps man wasn’t meant for paradise. Maybe he was meant to claw, to scratch all the way. — Captain Kirk
In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see. — Spock
Compassion: that’s the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it’s the one thing that keeps men ahead of them. — Dr. McCoy
Change is the essential process of all existence. — Spock
Without followers, evil cannot spread. — Spock
Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome . You remove those obstacles. Without them to strengthen us, we will weaken and die. — Captain Kirk

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Curious, how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want. — Spock
One man cannot summon the future. But one man can change the present! — Spock
To all mankind — may we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth. — Garth
You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, and irrational fear of the unknown. There is no such thing as the unknown. Only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood. — Captain Kirk
A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior — mentally or otherwise. — Captain Kirk
Now, I don’t pretend to tell you how to find happiness and love, when every day is a struggle to survive. But I do insist that you do survive, because the days and the years ahead are worth living for! — Edith Keeler
Live long and prosper! — Spock

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Voyager's salamander episode was a "disaster", says star trek writer.

Star Trek: Voyager's season 2 episode "Threshold" was critically panned, but writer Brannon Braga explained why the episode was such a disaster.

  • Star Trek: Voyager's Brannon Braga regretted removing the evolution concept from "Threshold," believing it robbed the episode of its point.
  • "Threshold" fell apart due to its strange final arc focusing on Paris and Janeway's salamander transformation.
  • Despite being one of Star Trek's most controversial episodes, "Threshold" has gained a cult following over the years.

Star Trek: Voyager writer Brannon Braga called the episode "Threshold" a disaster for a very specific reason. "Threshold" was episode 15 of Voyager season 2, and is to date one of the most controversial episodes in the Star Trek timeline . The episode revolved around Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) on a mission to break the Warp 10 speed barrier, something that had been established in Star Trek: The Next Generation . However, when Paris succeeded in surpassing Warp 10, he began mutating into a salamander-like creature that kidnapped Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and mated with her on an alien planet.

Although the premise of "Threshold" held promise, and Paris's de-evolution after breaking Warp 10 was interesting in theory, the episode fell apart in its final arc. The revelation that both Paris and Janeway had turned into salamanders and Janeway had given birth to three babies in the time it took Voyager 's cast of characters to locate them caused "Threshold" to become too strange for critics and audiences alike . Brannon Braga, the episode's writer, had often cited "Threshold" as one of his worst outings for some particular reasons.

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Brannon braga’s “big mistake” turned star trek: voyager's salamander episode into a "disaster".

In Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, Braga discussed the writing of "Threshold," and revealed that he had originally intended for the episode's ending to be a little more high-concept. Braga stated that he had wanted to center the discussion of evolution as the episode's focal point , but had eventually taken this idea out in rewrites. However, he believed unequivocally that "Threshold" suffered because of this decision. Read Braga's full quote below:

"It's very much a classic Star Trek story, but in the rewrite process I took out the explanation, the idea behind the ending, that we evolve into these little lizards because maybe evolution is not always progressive. Maybe it's a cycle where we revert to something more rudimentary. That whole conversation was taken out for various reasons, and that was a disaster because without it the episode doesn't even have a point. I think it suffered greatly. I got the note that it wasn't necessary, but in fact it really had a lot to do with what the episode was about. Big mistake taking it out."

Braga is correct in stating that "Threshold" was " very much a classic Star Trek story ." In fact, it was not even the first Star Trek episode to deal with human de-evolution. The Star Trek: TNG season 7 episode "Genesis," which saw the USS Enterprise-D crew de-evolve due to a botched medical treatment, had a very similar concept at its core. However, "Threshold" choosing to center Paris and Janeway's strange salamander affair rather than keeping it focused on the evolution premise was where things ultimately fell apart. Adhering to Braga's original story plan might have made "Threshold" much less controversial.

How “Threshold” Became A Cult Classic Star Trek: Voyager Episode

"Threshold" is undeniably still contentious, but something interesting has happened in the years since its release. The episode has become a cult classic among Star Trek: Voyager audiences in the same way that fringe films often achieve this status. Many viewers have latched onto the strangest parts of "Threshold," namely the salamander de-evolution, Paris and Janeway's affair , and their erstwhile children, and come to love these plot elements precisely because of their weirdness . "Threshold Day," the anniversary of the episode's airing, has become almost a niche holiday for some Voyager fans, with dedicated feeds on websites X and Tumblr.

In general, a cult following is not uncommon for out-there movies or shows, such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show or Twin Peaks . However, it is interesting that cult status should be achieved by one specific Star Trek episode that was so derided at the time of its release. Other unpopular Star Trek episodes have never achieved the same level of status that "Threshold" has, and there have certainly been some strange concepts explored within the franchise. Ultimately, "Threshold" will always be Star Trek: Voyager 's weirdest episode, and both hated and loved for it.

Star Trek: Voyager is available to stream on Paramount+.

Source: Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman

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Star Trek: Data's 10 Best Quotes, Ranked

Since his introduction in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Data has always been a fan favorite, perhaps because he was more human than most humans.

Since the very first Star Trek episode debuted, they've worked hard to introduce plenty of intriguing new characters, species and worlds, but none has been more outstanding than Lieutenant Commander Data of the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation . Portrayed by Brent Spiner, Data was a synthetic android with artificial intelligence created by Dr. Noonien Soong (also portrayed by Spiner) in his own image. Though he may have been artificial, Data was perhaps one of the most real characters in the series.

While some have claimed Data to be a successor to Spock, offering a unique outsider's perspective and approach within a very human Starfleet, there's no denying that he quickly rose to stand in a league all his own. In his quest to understand human emotion, Data spent a significant amount of time exploring the very nature of humanity itself. From sadness and merriment to anger and love, Data practiced jokes to make others laugh, tried his hand at parenting, and even became a loving pet owner to Spot the cat. He endeavored into a romance or two, just to see what it might be like, and while it's hard to say he loved mystery and Sherlock Holmes, there's really no other way to describe his fascination.

Across the series and into the movies, Data became a shining example to everyone around him. In the first season of Picard , a retired Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) was seen often lamenting Data's absence from his life. Over the years, he'd come to think of him as his closest friend and confidant, and with good reason. Data's intelligence was matched only by his wisdom, and in the end, his humanity.

Artificial Intelligence is still often a terrifying concept to humanity, but Data was the exception. As a character, he left fans with plenty of profound statements and ponderings to mull over, and sometimes they are more human than human. His thoughtful commentary on humanity and life lingers on, leaving many to wonder how much easier life could be if everyone it approached it from the same standpoint as Data.

10 "I would gladly risk feeling bad at times..."

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Data's influence often extended to the children around him, like Timothy, whom he rescued in Season 5, Episode 11, "Hero Worship." Timothy's fascination with Data prompted the boy to proclaim to be an android himself, an effort to forget the horrors he'd seen and the way it made him feel. But Data pointed out that being an android had equal perks and flaws, saying, "I would gladly risk feeling bad at times, if it also meant that I could taste my dessert."

Data's reminder of how often humanity takes life's pleasures for granted was not unique. In his longing to experience life as a human, he could more easily see all the little things humans inadvertently ignore. Like how lucky they are to taste, touch, smell, see, hear, and then process the way it feels to truly experience something.

9 "In the event of a water landing..."

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Data spent a lot of time testing out jokes and trying to make people laugh. In the Star Trek: Insurrection film, he reminded everyone, "In the event of a water landing, I have been designed to serve as a flotation device." While hilarious, the funniest part about his little joke was that there was probably some truth to it. Dr. Soong had a bizarre sense of humor, and turning his most profound, intelligent creation into a flotation device to aptly serve the people around him wouldn't have been all that far-fetched.

8 "Yes, Sir. I am attempting to fill a silent moment with non-relevant conversation."

Data and Geordi standing side by side

Continuing his quest to learn and understand humanity, Data once created a subroutine that would allow him to engage in small talk in Season 6, Episode 18, "Starship Mine." After attempting to make small talk with Captain Picard, and then explaining his end goal, the captain directed him to a notorious small talk expert, Commander Calvin Hutchinson. As Data quickly came to understand after approaching Hutchinson, small talk has the capacity to become never-ending. But is it because life is filled with awkward moments, or does small talk only further enhance awkwardness?

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7 "Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most amusing."

Data telling jokes

When Deanna Troi was preparing to get married in Season 1, Episode 11, "Haven," nothing seemed to go her way--especially after her mother Lwaxana gets into an argument with her intended's fiancé about betazoids being superior to humans. Before Troi storms out in a rage, she begs them to stop their petty bickering, but once she's gone, Data asks them to keep it up. After all, not only is it a great study in human nature, but it's actually pretty funny.

6 "The real secret is turning disadvantage into advantage."

Data in front of Riker

When hearing-impaired negotiator Riva boarded the Enterprise, there was a lot of frustration between Riva and the crew. Picard ordered Data to learn sign language, so he could more easily act as an interpreter, but Riva's frustration made him want to abandon his mission and go home a failure. Troi tried to inspire him, using the above quote, which Data later translated back to the crew when Riva found his strength. People often forget that every aspect of life, regardless of one's circumstances, often provides them with a unique advantage others around them don't have. This reminder for everyone to turn what they consider to be a disadvantage into an advantageous strength is always relevant.

5 "I am superior, sir, in many ways, but I would gladly give it up to be human."

Data smirking at Picard

From his very first introduction in the pilot episode, Data made it very clear what he wanted. Physically and mentally superior to those around him, he felt a deep longing for that which he didn't have: humanity. He would spend the years that followed serving on the Enterprise and trying desperately to achieve the perfect human experience. Even when Q offered Data the chance to become human , the latter turned him down. Data recognized that he didn't physically need to be like everyone else to be human, or to have a very human experience. In many ways, he was more human than most of the people around him.

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4 "Prejudice is very human."

Data Star Trek TNG

The people around him often made their discomfort a little too obvious. Even Riker (Jonathan Frakes) , upon first meeting Data, had his doubts about working with an artificial intelligence. Data broke the ice with a very astute observation about prejudice being a human reaction, though to say this created a good foundation for their relationship is laughable. In time, Riker would definitely adjust, and much like everyone else in the crew, come to think of Data as a friend, but in the beginning he displayed one of humanity's worst traits in his prejudice against Data.

3 "Differences sometimes scare people."

Data and Lal Sniffing a flower TNG

Exploring the nature of humanity eventually led Data to creating life and becoming a parent. While he couldn't reproduce naturally, he did possess the ability to create an android using the knowledge of his own creator, Dr. Soong, so he did. His daughter Lal only seemed to further enhance Data's humanity, as he passed on as much as he could about his personal observations of life, just like a human father would.

His poignant observation, "Differences sometimes scare people. I have learned that some of them use humor to hide their fear," is a reminder that fear is often considered a weakness. Deflecting and hiding behind a wall of humor can provide a temporary reprieve from the fear, but eventually, the wall will come down.

2 "This is just a thing... and things can be replaced. Lives cannot."

Data In smoke

When faced with a community of humans who refuse to leave their land, even though they face inevitable death, Data tries desperately to steer them away. Fearing they will lose everything they have, the colony refuses to budge. It's difficult for people to sometimes look beyond the moment, toward the bigger picture. Letting go of the material for the sake of preserving one's own life isn't easy, but even Data knows that things can be replaced; people, not so much.

1 "Mortality gives meaning to human life."

Data and Spot TNG

Data never had to die. He could have gone on living eternally, but that wasn't what he wanted. In the first season of Picard , he was finally given a choice to end his life. When he expressed this to his friend and former captain, Picard struggled to understand. Data admitted that he didn't want to die, but he wanted to live briefly with the understanding that one day his life would end. This would help him appreciate every moment he was given, prompt him to take advantage of the time he had. Knowing that one is going to die brings life meaning in the most brilliant way, allowing a person to die feeling like they'd done everything in their power to live while given the chance.

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  • The lack of professionalism and respect for the chain of command on the USS Discovery leads to avoidable crises and makes it frustrating to board the ship.

Star Trek is a utopia. It depicts a vast universe of systems and planets, with many of them working peacefully toward common goals of exploration and peace. Thus, it's every Trekkie's dream to be aboard one of the iconic ships, but these vessels aren't all they're cracked up to be. Some of them come with grueling challenges, usually out of the crew's control. Granted, this danger goes with the territory of the great unknown, but that doesn't mean people have to like it.

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Such unexpected tribulations would make any ship into an unpleasant workplace. At best, members of the crew feel disillusioned by their experiences. At worst, they might die. Never knowing which day is their last might be a sign of a not-so-great work environment. Maybe humans should just stay on the ground. At least they'd be safe.

U.S.S. Voyager

The devils are inside the ship., star trek: voyager.

Release Date 1995-01-16

Creator Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor

Network UPN

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Here's a mission that no one signed up for. The Voyager departs for a standard roundup job: arrest a band of Maquis rebels. Unfortunately, an energy phenomenon strands both parties in an entirely different quadrant. This section of space has gone unexplored until now. That would normally be exciting , but calculations predict it will take 75 years to get back to Federation space. Thus, the crew and the Maquis must reluctantly work together to survive. While other ships strive to "go where no man has gone before," these wayward travelers just want to get home.

Being stranded anywhere is stressful. Any safety nets or feelings of control – normally present on Starfleet ships – are nonexistent. No contact with family or friends means the crew has no life away from the ship. Worse, that ship is now in a hostile environment. The officers have to share space with their enemies. Each side would easily kill the other over ideological differences. Maybe some people even change their allegiances. Given these factors, it's a wonder how anyone aboard the Voyager stays sane. It must be a credit to Captain Janeway's disciplined leadership .

U.S.S. Resolute

Ancient alien brainwashing and a crazy captain test this crew's resolve., star trek: resurgence.

Platform(s) Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox One

Released 2023-05-23

Developer(s) Dramatic Labs

Debuting in Star Trek: Resurgence , the Resolute is a science vessel, so it should be free of warfare. Sadly, it suffers from poor leadership: a captain more concerned with his career than his crew. This mindset leads him to take unnecessary risks with no mind for opposing counsel. Prior to the game's events, his actions inadvertently destroy a chunk of the ship and kill several people. The grueling travails should end here, but it's only the beginning.

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The Resolute soon finds itself in conflict with the Tkon: an ancient race of beings with technology more advanced than anything seen since. That's bad enough, but their deadliest weapon involves bio-morphing. They code their essence into a crystal and inject it into a new host. This process gradually overwrites the victim's personality and genetic makeup. Once the Tkon use it on the Resolute, its members no longer know whom to trust. The enemy is in their midst, and they have to fight their closest friends . They can never look at their fellow officers the same way again.

U.S.S. Discovery

These emotional failures have no business in starfleet., star trek: discovery.

Release Date 2017-09-24

Creator Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman

Network CBS

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+ with Showtime, fuboTV, Spectrum, Paramount+

Here, the lack of trust stems from an entirely different reason. The Discovery suffers from the malady of some modern Star Trek writing: the characters have a habit of acting like idiots. These officers act on emotion instead of logic or reason. There's also no professionalism or respect for the chain of command. Someone would naturally want to prioritize these concepts if they want a ship to function properly.

Their absence inevitably gets the Discovery into trouble. Its crew members regularly violate the Prime Directive because they feel like it. This behavior breeds hostility with the very cultures that they're meant to make peace with. This, in turn, leads to bombastic battles, widespread destruction, and death all around. To be fair, danger is part of the job when exploring the unknown, but these crises are easily avoidable . Such issues make it frustrating and borderline suicidal to board the Discovery.

U.S.S. Valiant

These kids should go back to the academy., star trek: deep space nine.

Release Date 1993-01-03

Creator Rick Berman, Michael Piller

Streaming Service(s) Pluto TV, Paramount+

Youth is an incredible boon, but it can also create a host of problems. The Valiant epitomizes those problems. This ship isn't even manned by Starfleet officers; its crew consists of cadets known as " Red Squad ." Granted, they are at the top of their class, but they're still kids. They lack the experience and perspective needed for the responsibility. They've never even functioned on a ship outside of wartime. As such, they have no concept of the Federation's core mission and the peaceful mindset that its officers should have. Instead, they're incredibly trigger-happy and always plunging into the next battle.

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The risks of this approach speak for themselves. It's easy for people to think themselves untouchable until they run into a tougher opponent or get in over their heads. Since they keep winning, though, these cadets pay no heed to those risks. Their age and success give them an over-inflated opinion of their own skills. What's more is that this attitude births a cult-like confidence in their leader, who continues stroking their egos while taking them on endless campaigns. Newcomers to this vessel would be afraid to even speak out, and that silence means that they never see their homes again. It just goes to show that academic knowledge doesn't equate to field expertise.

A half-baked revenge plan and poor design aren't befitting of the Romulans.

Star trek (2009).

Release Date 2009-05-08

Director J.J. Abrams

This Romulan mining vessel certainly looks imposing in the 2009 reboot flick , but one has to pity the poor souls onboard. The Narada is actually from over a hundred years in the future. Its crew members have just seen their world destroyed by a spontaneous supernova (don't ask), and their captain wants revenge on Spock for his failed rescue plan. This scheme involves waiting for the Vulcan to come through the same time-travel black hole that they emerged from. That wait takes over two decades.

Yes, these Romulans sit on their hands and do nothing productive for over two decades. It's a wonder none of them go stir-crazy. It's especially difficult considering their home, as they know it, is gone. The ship itself doesn't do much to ease that pain.

Not only is the vessel not a comforting environment, but it's a death trap . Darkness engulfs every room, with the only light being the occasional green glow. These elements create an oppressive atmosphere that would demoralize the bravest souls. Not to mention, it's very easy to fall...right into one of the bottomless pits lining the paths. Safety and basic convenience were clearly not in the builders' repertoire. Spending just five minutes here would be a nightmare, let alone twenty years. It's a miracle that the Romulans don't revolt. To coin a phrase from their Vulcan brethren, it's the only logical option.

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Best 22 Tuvok Quotes – Star Trek Voyager

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Tuvok Quotes - Star Trek Voyager

When it comes to Star Trek Voyager, Tuvok’s quotes are truly memorable. Explore the top 22 Tuvok quotes from the iconic series. Delve into the wisdom of the Vulcan with this curated collection of thought-provoking and insightful lines.

Tuvok Quotes

1- “The Oracle of K’Tal isn’t programmed to wear pyjamas.” – Tuvok

2- “My youngest child has been without a father for four years. Yet I am certain of her well being; that I conveyed my values to her before leaving. And I have confidence in the integrity of those around her. You have been an exemplary mother to Naomi, and she is in the hands of people you trust. She will survive, and prosper, no matter what becomes of us.” – Tuvok

3- “Then you haven’t lost your Humanity. You have reaffirmed it.” – Tuvok

4- “I am looking for Mr. Neelix’s instinct. Perhaps it will be marked” – Tuvok

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5- “Do you think you could possibily behave a little less like yourself?” – Tuvok

6- “We often fear what we don’t understand. Our best defence is knowledge.” – Tuvok

7- “That lovely tune is a traditional funeral dirge” – Tuvok

8- “I am curious. Have the Q always had an absence of manners? Or is it the result of some natural evolutionary process that comes with omnipotence?” – Tuvok

9- “My children occupy a significant portion of my thoughts, now more than ever.” – Tuvok

Tuvok Quotes - Star Trek Voyager

10- “Without the darkness, how would we recognise the light?” – Tuvok

11- “On the contrary, the demands on a Vulcan’s character are extraordinarily difficult. Do not mistake composure for ease.” – Tuvok

12- “When every logical course of action is exhausted, the only option that remains is inaction.” – Tuvok

More Tuvok Quotes

  • “I am a Vulcan, and my actions are dictated by logic.”
  • “Logic is the cement of our civilization, with which we ascend from chaos, using reason as our guide.”
  • “ Captain , my ability to function at peak efficiency may be compromised by my need to understand the complex behavior of humans.”
  • “Emotion is the enemy of logic.”
  • “It is more rational to sacrifice one life than six.”
  • “I find that the best way to make a decision is to gather all available information, analyze it from every angle, and then make the logical choice.”
  • “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.”
  • “There is a certain… logic, in avoiding unnecessary death.”
  • “It is not my nature to lie.”
  • “I have always found that diplomacy is best handled with a quiet voice and a tactical advantage.”

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