Twenty-five years ago today, the United Paramount Network debuted with the premiere episode of the third live-action
Star Trek spinoff,
Voyager. The first
Trek show to have a female lead, Captain Kathryn Janeway, played by Kate Mulgrew, joined Kirk, Picard, and Sisko in the ranks of
Trek captains. She was joined by a cast that included Robert Beltran, Robert Picardo, Robert Duncan MacNeill, plus a few people not named Robert: Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Jennifer Lien, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ, and, later, Jeri Ryan.
Every Monday and Thursday, starting next week, Tor.com will run my rewatch of an episode of
Stardate: 51762.4
Captain’s log. Paris is on the holodeck, playing mechanic to a 1969 Chevy Camaro. The EMH inserts himself into the program to find out why Paris hasn’t been reporting for his medical training, since he’s supposed to have taken over from Kes as the doctor’s assistant. Paris jokes that he’s practicing surgery on the car.
Paris is then summoned to the bridge, as they need his piloting skills.
Voyager has encountered a ship that has a coaxial warp drive. Paris has read up on this previously-believed-to-be-theoretical ship’s system. The ship is on the verge of exploding, but Paris comes up with a nifty maneuver that will enable