"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 | Drama | 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:

Cult TV | Wormhole | High Tech | Busty Heroine | Lost In Space

Awards:

Won 6 Primetime Emmys. Another 18 wins & 53 nominations

Cast

Kate Mulgrew	...	Captain Kathryn Janeway / ... (172 episodes, 1995-2001)
Robert Beltran	...	Chakotay / ... (172 episodes, 1995-2001)
Roxann Dawson	...	B'Elanna Torres / ... (172 episodes, 1995-2001)
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Tom Paris / ... (172 episodes, 1995-2001)
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix (172 episodes, 1995-2001)
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor / ... (172 episodes, 1995-2001)
Tim Russ	...	Tuvok / ... (172 episodes, 1995-2001)
Garrett Wang	...	Harry Kim / ... (172 episodes, 1995-2001)
Tarik Ergin	...	Lieutenant Ayala / ... (116 episodes, 1995-2001)
Jeri Ryan	...	Seven of Nine / ... (104 episodes, 1997-2001)
Jennifer Lien	...	Kes (71 episodes, 1995-2000)
Majel Barrett	...	Voyager Computer / ... (70 episodes, 1995-2001)

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:PG | Canada:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

Each of the three live-action Star Trek series after the original "Star Trek" has had a cameo appearance by a character from its predecessor series in its premiere episode: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" had Spock, Dr. McCoy, and Scotty, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" had Captain Picard, and "Star Trek: Voyager" had Quark. Voyager also had William Riker, Deanna Troi, Reg Barclay, Geordi LaForge and Hikaru Sulu in guest appearances, and footage of James T. Kirk appeared in Deep Space Nine.

Goofs:

Continuity: Throughout the series, the number of crewmen on Voyager has fluctuated despite the fact that several have died over the course of the series, and only around eight have been added. The number of the crew has been as few as 125 and as many as 160.

Quotes:

Harry Kim: When I think about everything we've been through together, maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey, and if that journey takes a little longer, so we can do something we all believe in, I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Tom Paris: To the journey.
Chakotay: Hear here.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#25.12)" (2001)

Not the worst, as some would have you believe, and really quite good

Contrary to what many Trek nerds would have you believe, Voyager is not the worst Star Trek series, and is not at all a bad show. The acting is superior to that on the beloved The Next Generation (that comment alone will probably have people throwing their Spock ears at their monitors), and I think many of the stories were better. TNG stories always seemed to revolve around spacial anomalies and holodeck malfunctions, which became excruciatingly boring. I wasn't interested in seeing Picard dressed up like Sherlock Holmes and trying to solve a fake mystery, only to be trapped on the holodeck and have the safety mechanisms shut off. As many times as this happened, I would have shut the silly thing down and prohibited its use.

Voyager was so great because it truly put its protagonists into a situation that they could not extricate themselves from. For the first time since the original 1960's series, Star Trek characters truly went where nobody had gone before, discovering new races and acquiring knowledge. And they couldn't call on the federation to save them.

And no doctor has ever been as good in his role as Robert Picardo. That even includes DeForest Kelly, who was exceptional.

Jennifer Lien was also outstanding as Kes, who was very much missed after her departure from the series.

Voyager brought back a lot of the adventure that was inherent in the first Star Trek series, and was lost in TNG. Perhaps it didn't live up to its enormous potential, but it was still a very good series that is, unfortunately, far to often the target of hate by TNG purists and people who like to pick at microscopic details.