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Voyager: “Phage” Review

“Phage” introduces an alien species into Star Trek: Voyager, with a little inspiration from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. However, does that influence from one of the most significant science fiction books

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Voyager: “Time and Again” Review

A time travel story will inevitably occur in a Star Trek show, whether it’s early or late in the series. The Voyager producers decided to include one early. Does “Time

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Voyager: “Parallax” Review

After finding something new and exciting to give viewers in the Star Trek universe with the series premiere “Caretaker”, Voyager airs its first standalone hour of storytelling. To follow up

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Voyager: “Caretaker” Review

On 16 January 1995, Star Trek: Voyager premiered on television. Coming hot on the heels of The Next Generation and running at the same time as Deep Space Nine, Voyager

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Tuvok – The Heart of the Voyager Crew

Tuvok was the first Vulcan to feature regularly in a Star Trek show since Spock in The Original Series. What made Spock so fascinating was the eternal dichotomy of his

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The Story of Composing “Falor’s Journey”

“It is a tale of enlightenment, consisting of 348 verses. It may not be necessary to include the complete narrative.” – Tuvok, “Innocence” In the second season of Star Trek:

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Voyager: “Caretaker” – A Summary of the Story

In Star Trek: Voyager’s pilot episode – the two-part “Caretaker” – there’s an initial promise of tension between the Starfleet and Maquis crews (it only plays out for a few

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Voyager‘s “Caretaker” in Review

Star Trek: Voyager’s pilot episode, the two-part “Caretaker”, had to accomplish several goals. It needed to introduce nine regular characters, plus the premise of the series, as well as getting

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“Threshold” is the Reason I Became a Trekkie (And It’s Good, Actually!)

If you’ve spent any amount of time amongst other Trekkies, eventually this question will come up: what was the episode that got you into Star Trek? A lot of my

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Fact or Fiction: Suspending Disbelief in Star Trek: Voyager

How often do you find yourself questioning the reality of a situation on TV or in movies? Do you wonder ‘how did they do that?’, or ‘where did they get

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