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| Rick Berman | .... | executive producer (171 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Merri D. Howard | .... | producer / co-supervising producer / ... (171 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Peter Lauritson | .... | supervising producer / producer (170 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Brannon Braga | .... | executive producer / supervising producer / ... (169 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Brad Yacobian | .... | line producer / co-producer (162 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| J.P. Farrell | .... | co-producer / producer (160 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Kenneth Biller | .... | co-producer / producer / ... (155 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Dawn Velazquez | .... | co-producer / associate producer (129 episodes, 1996-2001) |
| Joe Menosky | .... | producer / co-executive producer / ... (100 episodes, 1996-2000) |
| Wendy Neuss | .... | producer / co-producer (94 episodes, 1995-1998) |
| Jeri Taylor | .... | executive producer (94 episodes, 1995-1998) |
| Stephen Welke | .... | associate producer (77 episodes, 1998-2001) |
| Michael Piller | .... | executive producer (46 episodes, 1995-1996) |
| Robin Bernheim | .... | producer (26 episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Bryan Fuller | .... | co-producer (25 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| James Kahn | .... | supervising producer (25 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| David Livingston | .... | supervising producer (20 episodes, 1995) |
| Ronald D. Moore | .... | co-executive producer (2 episodes, 1999) |
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| Erwin H. Kupitz | .... | wig designer (169 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Jeff Lewis | .... | makeup artist (51 episodes, 1999-2001) |
| Belinda Bryant | .... | special makeup effects artist / makeup artist (50 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Suzanne Diaz | .... | makeup artist (28 episodes, 1998-2001) |
| Josée Normand | .... | hair designer / hair stylist (17 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Michael Westmore | .... | makeup designer and supervisor / makeup artist (17 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Tina Hoffman | .... | makeup artist (13 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Scott Wheeler | .... | makeup artist / key makeup artist (13 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Patricia Miller | .... | hair stylist (12 episodes, 1995) |
| Mark Shostrom | .... | makeup artist (10 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Greg Nelson | .... | makeup artist (10 episodes, 1995) |
| Karen Asano-Myers | .... | hair stylist (7 episodes, 1995) |
| Shawn McKay | .... | hair stylist (7 episodes, 1995) |
| Charlotte Parker | .... | hair stylist (5 episodes, 1997-2001) |
| Brad Look | .... | makeup artist (4 episodes, 1997-2001) |
| Natalie Wood | .... | makeup artist (4 episodes, 1997-2001) |
| Gloria Montemayor | .... | hair stylist (3 episodes, 1997-2001) |
| Suzan Bagdadi | .... | hair stylist (2 episodes, 1997) |
| Ellis Burman Jr. | .... | makeup artist (2 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| David Quashnick | .... | makeup artist (2 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| James Rohland | .... | makeup artist (2 episodes, 2000-2001) |
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| Adam Brandy | .... | staff makeup artist (unknown episodes, 2000) |
| Allan A. Apone | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Michael Burnett | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Monique DeSart | .... | hair stylist (unknown episodes) |
| Jake Garber | .... | special makeup effects artist (unknown episodes) |
| Cynthia Hernandez | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Michael Key | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Heather Koontz | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Barry R. Koper | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Margie Latinopoulos | .... | special makeup effects artist (unknown episodes) |
| Gilbert A. Mosko | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Ani Plotkin | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Alex Proctor | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Kathleen Sandoval | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Jennifer Turchi | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| R. Stephen Weber | .... | makeup artist (unknown episodes) |
| Derik Wingo | .... | special makeup effects artist (unknown episodes) |
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| Michael Okuda | .... | scenic art supervisor (170 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Alan Sims | .... | property master (170 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Denise Okuda | .... | computer & video supervisor (158 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Eric Rood | .... | on-set dresser (24 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Al Smutko | .... | construction coordinator (15 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Rick Sternbach | .... | senior illustrator (15 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Ed Miarecki | .... | props (15 episodes, 1995) |
| Geoffrey Mandel | .... | scenic artist (13 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Louise Dorton | .... | set designer / assistant art director / ... (9 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Wendy Drapanas | .... | scenic artist (9 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Jim Magdaleno | .... | scenic artist / junior illustrator (8 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Gary Speckman | .... | set designer (6 episodes, 1995) |
| Gayliann Harvey | .... | art department production assistant (5 episodes, 1998) |
| John Chichester | .... | set designer (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Daren Dochterman | .... | illustrator (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Jim Martin | .... | illustrator (2 episodes, 1995) |
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| James Van Over | .... | scenic artist (unknown episodes, 1999-2001) |
| Lloyd A. Buswell | .... | construction gang boss (unknown episodes) |
| Dragon Dronet | .... | props (unknown episodes) |
| Timothy M. Earls | .... | set designer (unknown episodes) |
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| Bill Wistrom | .... | supervising sound editor (170 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Jerry Trent | .... | foley artist (169 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Ashley Harvey | .... | sound editor (123 episodes, 1996-2001) |
| Dale Chaloukian | .... | sound editor (120 episodes, 1996-2001) |
| Daryl Lathrop | .... | adr recordist (119 episodes, 1995-1999) |
| Chris Trent | .... | foley mixer (117 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Masanobu 'Tomi' Tomita | .... | sound editor (17 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| James Wolvington | .... | supervising sound effects editor (17 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Alan Bernard | .... | sound mixer (14 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Ruth Adelman | .... | sound editor (13 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Miguel Rivera | .... | sound editor (12 episodes, 1995) |
| Doug Davey | .... | sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Chris Haire | .... | sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Richard L. Morrison | .... | sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1995) |
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| John Agalsoff Jr. | .... | boom operator (unknown episodes) |
| Marty Church | .... | foley mixer (unknown episodes) |
| Mark DeSimone | .... | adr mixer: New York (unknown episodes) |
| Wilson Dyer | .... | sound editor (unknown episodes) |
| Chris Elam | .... | sound recordist (unknown episodes) |
| Dennis Petersen | .... | sound recordist (unknown episodes) |
| Dennis C. Salcedo | .... | utility sound (unknown episodes) |
| Dean St. John | .... | adr mixer (unknown episodes) |
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| Jeffrey Baxter | .... | digital artist / digital compositor (171 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| John Hirota | .... | visual effects compositor assistant (50 episodes, 1999-2001) |
| David Lombardi | .... | CGI supervisor (25 episodes, 1998-2001) |
| Ron Thornton | .... | visual effects producer (20 episodes, 1996-2001) |
| Dan Curry | .... | visual effects producer / visual effects supervisor (19 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| David Stipes | .... | visual effects supervisor (18 episodes, 1995-1996) |
| P.J. Foley | .... | digital effects artist (13 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Edward L. Williams | .... | visual effects associate / visual effects coordinator / ... (12 episodes, 1995) |
| Mark Breakspear | .... | digital compositing artist (11 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Ronald B. Moore | .... | visual effects supervisor (10 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Brandon MacDougall | .... | visual effects / computer modeler (10 episodes, 1997-2001) |
| Philip Barberio | .... | visual effects series coordinator / visual effects coordinator / ... (9 episodes, 1995) |
| Arthur J. Codron | .... | visual effects assistant editor / visual effects associate / ... (7 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Chris Zapara | .... | visual effects (7 episodes, 2001) |
| Michael Backauskas | .... | visual effects coordinator (6 episodes, 1995) |
| Joe Bauer | .... | visual effects coordinator / visual effects supervisor (6 episodes, 1995) |
| Rony Soussan | .... | compositor (6 episodes, 1999-2001) |
| Mark Wendell | .... | digital effects artist / visual effects: titles (5 episodes, 1995-1996) |
| Elizabeth Castro | .... | visual effects coordinator / visual effects assistant editor (4 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Eric Chauvin | .... | matte paintings / matte artist (3 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| John F. Gross | .... | computer graphics supervisor (3 episodes, 1995-2000) |
| Chad Zimmerman | .... | visual effects associate / visual effects coordinator (3 episodes, 1997-2001) |
| Paul Hill | .... | visual effects compositor / digital compositor (3 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Gregory Rainoff | .... | animator / visual effects artist (3 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Eric Alba | .... | visual effects assistant / visual effects associate (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Robert D. Bailey | .... | visual effects supervisor (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Anthony Doublin | .... | miniatures (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Tony Meininger | .... | miniatures (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Donald Pennington | .... | miniatures (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Mitch Suskin | .... | visual effects supervisor (2 episodes, 1997-2001) |
| Patrick Zentis | .... | compositor: Open Films / matte artist: Open Films (2 episodes, 1997-1998) |
| Paul Villasenor | .... | visual effects assistant editor (2 episodes, 1997) |
| Karen N. Sickles | .... | visual effects coordinator (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Pam Vick | .... | digital compositor (2 episodes, 1999-2001) |
| Kyle Toucher | .... | visual effects artist (2 episodes, 1999) |
| Bruce Branit | .... | computer graphics supervisor / lead animator (2 episodes, 2000) |
| Jeremy Hunt | .... | computer graphics animator (2 episodes, 2000) |
| Fred Pienkos | .... | computer graphics animator (2 episodes, 2000) |
| John Teska | .... | CGI artist / animator / ... (2 episodes, 2001) |
| David R. Morton | .... | CGI supervisor (1 episode, 1998-2001) |
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| Dave Adams | .... | visual effects animator (unknown episodes) |
| John Allardice | .... | digital effects supervisor (unknown episodes) |
| Laura Barbera | .... | digital artist / visual effects animator (unknown episodes) |
| Jamie Baxter | .... | lead artist workforce pt 1&2: Digital Firepower (unknown episodes) |
| Bethany Berndt-Shackelford | .... | digital artist (unknown episodes) |
| Victor Bornia | .... | digital effects artist (unknown episodes) |
| Grant Boucher | .... | CGI supervisor (unknown episodes) |
| Danny Braet | .... | visual effects: EdenFX (unknown episodes) |
| John Campuzano | .... | tape operator (unknown episodes) |
| Steve Carpenter | .... | digital artist (unknown episodes) |
| Simon Coombs | .... | visual effects animator (unknown episodes) |
| John 'JD' Daniel | .... | digital artist (unknown episodes) |
| Brandon Davis | .... | digital effects artist (unknown episodes) |
| Jarrod Davis | .... | digital artist (unknown episodes) |
| Youssef Delara | .... | visual effects coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Mike Donahue | .... | system engineer (unknown episodes) |
| Pierre Drolet | .... | digital artist: Foundation Imaging (unknown episodes) |
| Leif Einarsson | .... | computer graphics lead animator: Digital Magic (unknown episodes) |
| Brian Fisher | .... | digital effects artist (unknown episodes) |
| John Grower | .... | animation supervisor: main titles / effects supervisor: main titles (unknown episodes) |
| Eric Guaglione | .... | animation supervisor: main titles (unknown episodes) |
| Edward Helmers | .... | visual effects animator (unknown episodes) |
| Tom Helmers | .... | visual effects animator (unknown episodes) |
| Sherry Hitch | .... | digital compositor (unknown episodes) |
| Ed Hoffmeister | .... | visual effects assistant editor (unknown episodes) |
| Russell Isler | .... | visual effects: final episode (unknown episodes) |
| Gregory Jein | .... | model constructor (unknown episodes) |
| Bruce Jones | .... | visual effects producer (unknown episodes) |
| Michael Kaelin | .... | compositor (unknown episodes) |
| Armen V. Kevorkian | .... | visual effects coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Mark Kochinski | .... | 3D artist (unknown episodes) |
| Koji Kuramura | .... | digital artist: Foundation Imaging (unknown episodes) |
| Errol Lanier | .... | digital modeler (unknown episodes) |
| Mike Leben | .... | motion control operator (unknown episodes) |
| Adam 'Mojo' Lebowitz | .... | computer graphics animation supervisor (unknown episodes) |
| Rodney J. McFall | .... | digital compositor (unknown episodes) |
| David B. Mooy | .... | digital modeler (unknown episodes) |
| Jose Perez | .... | visual effects (unknown episodes) |
| Kevin Quattro | .... | digital artist (unknown episodes) |
| Jim Rider | .... | motion control cameraman (unknown episodes) |
| Steven Joseph Rogers | .... | digital artist (unknown episodes) |
| Sean M. Scott | .... | visual effects (unknown episodes) |
| Ziad Seirafi | .... | visual effects coordinator (unknown episodes) |
| Emile Edwin Smith | .... | CG supervisor (unknown episodes) |
| Michael Stetson | .... | visual effects animator: Foundation Imaging (unknown episodes) |
| Lee Stringer | .... | visual effects animator (unknown episodes) |
| Claudia Sumner | .... | visual effects producer: Foundation Imaging (unknown episodes) |
| David Takemura | .... | visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes) |
| Ka Yaw Tan | .... | visual effects (unknown episodes) |
| Erik Tiemens | .... | storyboard artist: main title (unknown episodes) |
| Aristomenis Tsirbas | .... | digital artist (unknown episodes) |
| Kelly Wilcox | .... | animation supervisor: Equinox creatures (unknown episodes) |
| Lance Wilhoite | .... | visual effects producer (unknown episodes) |
| Bob Williamson | .... | digital compositor (unknown episodes) |
| Tom Williamson | .... | visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes) |
| Larry Younger | .... | assistant compositor (unknown episodes) |
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| Ben Betts | .... | key video engineer / video playback operator (170 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| George Santo Pietro | .... | dolly grip (66 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Gavin Ames | .... | steadicam operator (51 episodes, 1999-2001) |
| Michael Yarish | .... | still photographer (43 episodes, 1998-2001) |
| Robert Sordal | .... | first company grip (20 episodes, 1995) |
| Patric J. Abaravich | .... | electrician (16 episodes, 1995) |
| William L. Peets | .... | chief lighting technician (15 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Maricella Ramirez | .... | key first assistant camera (15 episodes, 1995) |
| Denise Okuda | .... | video coordinator / video supervisor (12 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Joe Chess | .... | camera operator (11 episodes, 1995) |
| Mark Vollmer | .... | grip (5 episodes, 1997-1998) |
| Randy Burgess | .... | first company grip (3 episodes, 1997) |
| Christian H. Burton | .... | second assistant camera (2 episodes, 1995-1999) |
| Larry Markart | .... | video playback operator (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Jayma L. Koerner | .... | assistant camera (2 episodes, 1996) |
| William L. Asman | .... | camera operator: video camera (2 episodes, 1997-1998) |
| Thomas Bango | .... | assistant camera (2 episodes, 1999) |
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| Paul McCallum | .... | additional still photographer (unknown episodes, 1998) |
| Tom Bookout | .... | first company grip (unknown episodes) |
| Brian S. Cooper | .... | rigging gaffer (unknown episodes) |
| Sean Fairburn | .... | camera operator (unknown episodes) |
| Peter B. Kowalski | .... | camera operator (unknown episodes) |
| Wren Maloney | .... | still photographer (unknown episodes) |
| Pernell Youngblood Tyus | .... | camera operator (unknown episodes) |
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| Michael Okuda | .... | technical consultant / technical advisor (170 episodes, 1995-2001) |
| Michael Piller | .... | creative consultant (125 episodes, 1996-2001) |
| Jeri Taylor | .... | creative consultant (77 episodes, 1998-2001) |
| Lisa Klink | .... | executive story editor / show staff writer / ... (74 episodes, 1995-1998) |
| Gayliann Harvey | .... | production assistant: art department / production assistant (71 episodes, 1998-2001) |
| Eric A. Stillwell | .... | production associate (52 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Bryan Fuller | .... | executive story editor / story editor (52 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Michael Taylor | .... | story editor / executive story editor (51 episodes, 1999-2001) |
| Jan Rudolph | .... | script supervisor (37 episodes, 1999-2001) |
| Jeffrey Schneider | .... | business affairs (36 episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Robert Doherty | .... | story editor / assistant to producers (26 episodes, 1997-2001) |
| Nick Sagan | .... | story editor (26 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Amy D'Alessandro | .... | titles (26 episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Phyllis Strong | .... | story editor (25 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Mike Sussman | .... | story editor (25 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Maggie Allen | .... | pre-production coordinator (24 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Jeremy Lang | .... | systems engineer: Foundation Imaging (17 episodes, 1997-2001) |
| André Bormanis | .... | science consultant (15 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Dan Curry | .... | title designer: main title / title designer (15 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Lolita Fatjo | .... | pre-production coordinator (15 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Cosmo Genovese | .... | script supervisor / scipt supervisor (15 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Diane Overdiek | .... | production coordinator (15 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| David Rossi | .... | production associate (15 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Rick Sternbach | .... | technical consultant / technical advisor (14 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Kenneth Biller | .... | executive story editor (14 episodes, 1995) |
| Sandra Sena | .... | production associate (12 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Zayra Cabot | .... | production associate (12 episodes, 1995) |
| Kristine Fernandez | .... | production associate (12 episodes, 1995) |
| Laurie Morgenthal | .... | power pod technician / remote head technician (9 episodes, 1996-2001) |
| Lisa White | .... | location manager (5 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Denise Okuda | .... | video coordinator (3 episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Kim Fitzgerald | .... | production associate (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Liz Radley | .... | video consultant (2 episodes, 1995) |
| Christopher Culhane | .... | assistant to producers (2 episodes, 1997) |
| Peter K. Orr | .... | armorer (2 episodes, 1998) |
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| James Bethea | .... | executive in charge: UPN (unknown episodes) |
| Brent Burpee | .... | systems engineer (unknown episodes) |
| Trisha Burton | .... | hand double: "Captain Janeway" (unknown episodes) |
| Allen Fogderude | .... | promotion manager (unknown episodes) |
| Joanna Fuller | .... | production assistant / production associate (unknown episodes) |
| Terry Matalas | .... | assistant to producer (unknown episodes) |
| Dylan Morss | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Michael O'Halloran | .... | assistant to producers (unknown episodes) |
| Jen Pray | .... | production assistant (unknown episodes) |
| Karen Ragan | .... | assistant to producer (unknown episodes) |
| Lenore Sena | .... | first assistant accountant (unknown episodes) |
| Suzie Shimizu | .... | production accountant (unknown episodes) |
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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.