"Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) TV series 1995-2001

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Creators:

Rick Berman
Michael Piller
Jeri Taylor

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

16 January 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

"Are You A Voyager?" [rerun syndication tagline]

Plot:

Pulled to the far side of the Galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Captain | Hologram | Doctor | Alien

Awards:

Won 6 Primetime Emmys. Another 18 wins & 53 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 7	3:00 AM	SPIKETV	Counterpoint	#5.10
Wed. July 8	3:00 AM	SPIKETV	Latent Image	#5.11

Cast

Kate Mulgrew	...	Captain Kathryn Janeway / ... (170 episodes, 1995-2001)
Robert Beltran	...	Chakotay / ... (170 episodes, 1995-2001)
Roxann Dawson	...	B'Elanna Torres / ... (170 episodes, 1995-2001)
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Tom Paris / ... (170 episodes, 1995-2001)
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix (170 episodes, 1995-2001)
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor / ... (170 episodes, 1995-2001)
Tim Russ	...	Tuvok / ... (170 episodes, 1995-2001)
Garrett Wang	...	Harry Kim / ... (170 episodes, 1995-2001)
Tarik Ergin	...	Lieutenant Ayala / ... (113 episodes, 1995-2001)
Jeri Ryan	...	Seven of Nine / ... (102 episodes, 1997-2001)
Majel Barrett	...	Voyager Computer / ... (72 episodes, 1995-2001)
Jennifer Lien	...	Kes (71 episodes, 1995-2000)

Also Known As:

"Voyager" (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

45 min (172 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Klingon

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

Jeri Ryan turned down the role of Seven of Nine four times; she only accepted the part after repeated lobbying by executive producer Jeri Taylor.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the earlier seasons when the characters' ranks were included in the opening credits, Tuvok's rank is incorrectly listed as Lieutenant and not the appropriate rank of Lieutenant Commander. Tuvok wears two gold pips and a black pip on his collar, which indicates the rank of Lieutenant Commander. A Lieutenant would either have one gold and one black pip (Junior Grade), or two gold pips (full Lieutenant).

Quotes:

The Doctor: Small talk is a vital dating skill. It helps to establish a rapport with your companion.
Seven of Nine: Perhaps there's something to be said for assimilation after all.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Laserblast (#8.6)" (1996)

Gripping dangers while stranded in a distant, hostile space quadrant

This is yet another brilliant Star Trek series, this time the danger fraught adventures of the Federation star ship Voyager. As a result of the Caretaker's intervention, Voyager has been stranded in the generally hostile Delta Quadrant, 75 years travel from Earth, with little prospect of any return home in the foreseeable future and initially not even any communication with the distant Federation. The Voyager crew consists of some likewise stranded Maquis (including Chakotay & B'Elanna) who have been forced to join forces with the original Federation crew in a mutual struggle to survive and return safely to the Alpha Quadrant. Commanding Voyager is surely the Federation's most bold, determined, decisive, and feisty captain. Kathryn Janeway is a no nonsense lady who, given the risks inherent in this unexplored new quadrant, is frequently obligated to arm the photon torpedoes first and seek diplomacy later. Her stern voice commands 'Hail them!' when hostile species threaten, generally followed by the even more terse and severe call, 'Battlestations'. Captain Janeway, who is addicted to black coffee, has left a fiancé back home on earth. The Delta Quadrant really isn't a very friendly place. One of the first adversaries encountered is the Kazon, a brutal race subdivided into constantly warring factions. The Vidians have an unfortunate tendency to steal organs from living victims in their attempts to counteract the Phage, which has plagued their people for centuries. The Malon are the quadrant's polluters, dumping their garbage of deadly theta radiation wherever they can get away with doing so. The Hirogen are obsessed with the hunt, the pursuit of prey, the kill, and the collection of trophies. Species 8472 hails from fluidic space and boasts five genders. Most deadly is the ongoing threat of the ubiquitous Borg with their cubes, spheres, nasty Queen, and disquieting desire for assimilation. Janeway's calm, likable first officer, Chakotay, is a former Maquis of Native American origin. He has a tendency to navel gaze about his ancestors' spiritual beliefs. He & Janeway share a truly touching bond of mutual respect, friendship, and dependency, unhindered by the threat of romance... except once when stranded perhaps indefinitely alone together on a planet, when some sparks fly between them! Harry Kim is the innocent young operations officer, everyone's favourite boy next door, homesick for his parents and unlucky in love. The ship's ongoing romance is between Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres. B'Elanna is the feisty, hot tempered, half Klingon Chief Engineer. Tom is Voyager's cool, nonchalant, charming pilot / helmsman, who has a yen for old movies, Captain Proton, rock & roll, fast cars and even faster spacecraft. Midway through the series he designs a fancy new shuttle craft, the Delta Flyer. Tuvok and Neelix are polar opposites. Tuvok, the totally logical, openly emotionless Vulcan tactical officer, has left a wife & family back home on Vulcan. Needless to say, he experiences a pon farr during Voyager's travels! Tuvok's leisure pursuits include meditating, playing logic games such as kal-toh, and listening to Vulcan dirges. Neelix is the super friendly, warm hearted, enthusiastic cook and morale officer, a Talaxian who has lost his family as a result of a devastating weapon, the metreon cascade, on his home planet. Tuvok appears to barely tolerate Neelix, but underneath is a touching, unacknowledged affection. One of the more intriguing episodes sees a transporter glitch combine Tuvok & Neelix into one individual, Tuvix, with a truly unique personality mixture of the two. In my opinion, the only uninteresting crew member is Neelix's girlfriend, the lovely Kess, despite her developing special powers. Kess is an Ocampan, a Delta Quadrant race with a short life span, whose females incubate their young in a sac on their back. Kess is replaced mid way through the series by the totally compelling and endearing Seven of Nine, a Borg of human origin, severed from the collective during the fascinating two part episode, The Scorpion. The beautiful blonde Seven struggles to adjust to her newfound individuality as she punches up data in Astrometrics, ever efficient in her skin tight garb and pausing only long enough to regenerate. Perhaps the most lovable crew member is The Doctor, actually the Emergency Medical Hologram, but with more personality than any of the organic folk! He's a totally insufferable, arrogant, yet very appealing character who has a brief love affair of his own with a Vidian doctor. He also sings opera and has something of a crush on Seven, to whom he gives dating lessons (definitely Voyager's funniest episode). There's even a child aboard, the charming little half Ktarian Naomi Wildman, who was born on Voyager. Neelix reads her bedtime stories, but later she longs to become Captain's Assistant. Her role model is Seven with whom she plays kadiscat. New technologies introduced in the series include Voyager's bio-neural gel packs. Needless to say, the crew frequently encounter false leads that promise a quick trip home to the Alpha Quadrant. A number of their adventures involve disruptions in the time line. The most compelling time related episode is the two part Year of Hell, involving constant attacks by the Krenim time ship with its devastating temporal weapon. At the heart of the series is the crew's camaraderie in its assorted struggles to return to the Alpha Quadrant. Their goal is challenging, but it's the journey that counts. My sole complaint is the show's occasional intrusion into the theological realm with the Klingon Messiah, Klingon hell etc. Otherwise, it's a wonderful & unique science fiction series with a stellar cast. Finally, my compliments to the late Jerry Goldsmith for his amazing theme music. I call it the music of longing to go home.