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

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Creators:

Rick Berman
Michael Piller
Jeri Taylor

Seasons:

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

Release Date:

16 JANUÁR 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. 10	2:00 AM	SPIKETV	Memorial	#6.14
Wed. Nov. 11	2:00 AM	SPIKETV	Tsunkatse	#6.15

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:

Before the premiere, it was announced that the male Native American character (Chakotay) would have a wolf as a "spirit guide" and would be seen frequently during the series, however, the wolf never appeared. (Though we did see Captain Janeway's and learned comedically that B'Elanna Torres tried to kill hers.)

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:

The Doctor: [to Tuvok] You're on your way back to being normal. Although I'm not sure how the word "normal" applies to a species that suppresses all their emotions.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in StarCraft (1998) (VG)

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.