Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager is the fourth in a series of sequels and prequels to the television show Star Trek. Voyager was produced for 7 seasons, from 1995 to 2001.

Table of contents

1 Background 2 Themes 3 Characters 3.1 Regular 3.2 Semi-Regular 3.3 One-time, Cameos or Infrequent spots 4 See also 5 External Links

Background

The series chronicles the journey of the Starship Voyager. Voyager has been stranded in the Delta Quadrant, a region of space about 75,000 light-years from Earth. It was the first and so far only Star Trek series to have had a female Captain as a lead character, Kathryn Janeway.

Themes

Voyager focused more on the themes presented in the original Star Trek series and ST:TNG, such as exploration and the human condition. A recurring theme was also the demonstration of democratic principles (peace, openness, freedom, cooperation, sharing) and deep philosophical issues such as the sense of self and what it means to be human. Another common plot theme was the implications of being stranded. Voyager had only limited resources, no back up and was cut off from the normal chain of command and institutions of its society. They had to struggle to survive and thus faced very different choices than Federation ships on more routine missions.

Characters

Regular

• Kathryn Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew
• Chakotay, played by Robert Beltran
• B'Elanna Torres, played by Roxann Dawson
• Kes, played by Jennifer Lien
• Tom Paris, played by Robert Duncan McNeill
• Neelix, played by Ethan Phillips
• The Doctor, played by Robert Picardo
• Tuvok, played by Tim Russ
• Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan
• Harry Kim, played by Garrett Wang

Semi-Regular

• Seska, played by Martha Hackett
• Naomi Wildman, played by Scarlett Pomers
• Icheb, played by Manu Intiraymi
• Q, played by John de Lancie

One-time, Cameos or Infrequent spots

• Reginald Barclay, played by Dwight Schulz
• Deanna Troi, played by Marina Sirtis
• William Riker, played by Johnathan Frakes
• Quark, played by Armin Shimerman
• Geordi LaForge, played by Levar Burton

Robert Duncan McNeill also played a different Starfleet character in the Next Generation episode "The First Duty." Ethan Phillips also appeared as a Ferengi in an Enterprise episode. Tim Russ played the character Devor in the Next Generation episode "Starship Mine" and also played Tuvok in a mirror universe on the Deep Space Nine episode "Through The Looking Glass."

See also

• Episode List

External Links

• Star Trek: Voyager at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek WikiWiki