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

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. Nov. 24	2:00 AM	SPIKETV	Good Shepherd	#6.20
Wed. Nov. 25	2:00 AM	SPIKETV	Live Fast and Prosper	#6.21

Cast

Kate Mulgrew	...	Captain Kathryn Janeway / ... (171 episodes, 1995-2001)
Robert Beltran	...	Chakotay / ... (171 episodes, 1995-2001)
Roxann Dawson	...	B'Elanna Torres / ... (171 episodes, 1995-2001)
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Tom Paris / ... (171 episodes, 1995-2001)
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix (171 episodes, 1995-2001)
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor / ... (171 episodes, 1995-2001)
Tim Russ	...	Tuvok / ... (171 episodes, 1995-2001)
Garrett Wang	...	Harry Kim / ... (171 episodes, 1995-2001)
Tarik Ergin	...	Lieutenant Ayala / ... (113 episodes, 1995-2001)
Jeri Ryan	...	Seven of Nine / ... (103 episodes, 1997-2001)
Majel Barrett	...	Voyager Computer / ... (74 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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Canada:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

In some early episodes, Neelix is seen training with Tuvok in ship's security. The writers' original intent was for Neelix to get a Starfleet commission and join Tuvok's security staff full-time, but this was eventually dropped (although in the alternate timeline of "The Year of Hell", Neelix does become a Starfleet security officer).

Goofs:

Plot holes: The way the Ocampa are shown to have offspring is an impossible situation. When Kes's body gets ready to have a child it is said the event only happens once in a female Ocampas life; the characters also spoke about preparing for "a child" not "some children". Kes has never mentioned having siblings and in flashbacks where she is a child she is not shown to have any. In the episode "Before and After" a possible future shows Kes and Tom Paris have a single daughter, Linnus who in turn has a single child, Andrew with Harry Kim. A species where the female can only have offspring at one event in her life and probably only a single birth would half in population every generation, if every single member had offspring. It would be impossible for a population of Ocampa to sustain itself, or even exist in the first place.

Quotes:

[Paris wants to use a shuttle for a dangerous rescue mission]
Chakotay: You don't mind if the rest of us give you a little help, do you, Paris? I'd hate to lose another shuttle.
Tom Paris: Your concern for my welfare is heart-warming.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: Not All Dogs Go to Heaven (#7.11)" (2009)

Far better than it's said to be

Voyager started off on shaky ground, but gradually levelled off into a good scifi show. It took TNG forever to find its unique niche and identity, and so it is for Voyager. It can be compared to the original Star Trek, in its go-where-no-one-has-gone-before identity.

Humor and drama, action and sometimes even horror are well-balanced in Voyager, the characters started off slightly odd but eventually became edgy but fast friends with each other. Even Neelix, the Talaxian who often looks as if he's wearing rejects from Quark's wardrobe, has become a far more palatable and even likable character.

If Neelix can make me laugh, then Voyager has its niche. :)