This is an episode list for the sciencefiction television series star trek. Distant origin theory at memory alpha, the star trek wiki. Although they even extract a live human from the voyager and present it to the voth ministry of elders, gegens work is banned as heresy. He referred to it as a great voyager episode and also said, its a really classic piece of star trek. The voth observing voyager on the ship, gegen jokes with veer, who is. He is the first native american main character in the. Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the federation is seventyfive years away at maximum warp speed, a starfleet ship must cooperate with maquis rebels to find a way home. He described it as the perfect episode because it included not only that. Oct 03, 2009 a nice take from star trek voyager on dinosaurs evolution, if they wouldnt have been extincted on earth. The voth returned in star trek online as part of the season eight expansion. This episode features the fictional star trek spacecraft the voth city ship, which was noted in 2015 as one of the largest fictional spacecraft.
Humans and voth share 47 genetic markers, leading to the conclusion that theyre from the same planet air vent escape. Even more amazing was the fact that the voth possessed technology that could cloak the huge vessel using a form of spatial displacement, rendering. Although the character isnt named in the episode, the star trek voyager companion billed as the official companion to star trek. Voyager arrived when the star trek franchise was at the peak of its popularity. Distant origin a scientist of a race called the voth goes on a determined search for the starship voyager, which he believes holds the key to his societys obscure origins. X cinefantastique rated this episode 2 and a half out of 4 stars. The distant origin theory contradicts the doctrine of chief minister odala and the powerful voth elders, who believe the voth were the first intelligent beings to evolve in the quadrant. May 05, 2020 a guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series star trek. Voyager, which aired on upn from january 1995 through may 2001. This star trek spinoff won seven emmy awards and starred kate mulgrew as the first female captain. In 2373, gegen and his assistant tova veer are able to prove their theory by comparing voth genes with genetic samples extracted from the remains of a crewmember of the u. The voth city ship was a massive transwarpcapable starship that served as the center of the voth civilization. The star trek franchise continues as the crew of the uss voyager follows a maquis ship into the badlands and ends up 70,000 light years from home. Even more amazing was the fact that the voth possessed technology that could cloak the huge vessel using a form of spatial displacement.
Star trek voyager s 3 e 22 distant origin recap tv tropes. Displaced one by one, the voyager crew begins to vanish, being replaced. Voyagers quest to return home is aided by a visitor from the future admiral kathryn janeway. Michelle her interests range from star trek, to history, archaeology. Voyagers efforts to build a generic star trek series can produce memorable and satisfying episodes of television there is very little about distant origin that demands to be set in the delta quadrant. Katrine begins to keep a journal at the request of her rebel groups newest member. This is the fourth television program in the star trek franchise, and comprises a total of 172 episodes over the shows seven seasons. Voth city ship memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Voyager is the third next generation star trek series, running for seven seasons from january 1995 through may 2001 the doublelength pilot episode saw the uss voyager, under the command of captain kathryn janeway, called in to apprehend a paramilitary group led by chakotay, a renegade starfleet officer.
Although writer and producer michael piller had left the production team on voyager at the beginning of the fourth season to work on star trek. Voth city starship model star trek official starship. The elders are unreceptive to his claims, but gegen finds a clue on the deceaseds uniform. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, robert duncan mcneill. Voyager encounters an alien race, but runs afoul of their principles. Voyager is the story of the long and slow death of a particular iteration of the star trek franchise.
The voth are sort of humanoid lizards, and the plot revolves around one particular scientist who has taken an interest in studying voth origins. Apr 11, 2019 this is a brilliant and smart episode, and gives us a different look at not only the voyager, but star trek as well, as we delve into a highly enjoyable science fiction story. In those stories, they ally themselves with the devore, turei, and vaadwaur. Distant origin is an episode that hinges on the kind of. Gegen picks up hogans skull and starts waxing lyrical and your little dog, too. The voth are an intelligent, spacefaring, bipedal saurian species that the uss voyager encountered in the delta quadrant. Ministry of elders at memory alpha, the star trek wiki.
The voth noticed voyager, however, and targeted the probe with a coronal mass ejection from the young star. A nice take from star trek voyager on dinosaurs evolution, if they wouldnt have been extincted on earth. The character was suggested at an early stage of the development of the series. Season 1 season 2 season 4 season 3 season 5 season 6 season 7.
In fact, distant origin arguably makes less sense as an episode set in the delta quadrant than it. However, janeway decides to risk voyagers shortcut home in order to destroy the borg and save millions of lives. And i think the gap between the voth and voyager is much greater than the cap between kirks enterprise and janeways voyager. Voyager identifies the remains as belonging to ensign hogan, the maquis crewman who was killed in a cave in voy. At nearly seven miles in length, the voth city ship was an awesome sight to behold and an incredible feat of engineering. The crew of that ship determined that the voth evolved from earths dinosaurs. The voth city ship located and captured the uss voyager in 2373 and proceeded to beam the federation starship aboard. Like remember before it, distant origin is a really great example of how star trek. It had retired the previous year, of its own volition after more than. Created by rick berman, michael piller, jeri taylor. An away team is captured by the vidiians, who extract torres klingon dna in an effort to find a cure for a disease ravaging their people. Seven of nine and tuvok are kidnapped while on an away mission and seven is forced to fight in their gladiatorlike competition or tuvok will not receive the medical attention that he requires.
Voyager is transported inside a massive voth cityship. On voyager s 75year journey back to earth, the crew members encounter unknown species as they draw closer to a mysterious quadrant of space. Insurrection, he described distant origin as the best episode of the series so far. Its rare that a star trek episode can have all three of those things, and this one does. The crew is held captive by the ministry of elders, who vow to kill them all unless gegen returns to face. It had retired the previous year, of its own volition after more than one hundred and seventy episodes. While pursuing the trail of maquis rebels, a newly. Voyager series is available on dvd through amazon and via streaming on netflix and amazon prime.
Voyager is the story of the long and slow death of a particular iteration of the star trek franchise voyager arrived when the star trek franchise was at the peak of its popularity. Tom ducks into a jeffries tube, though tuvok is stunned before he can follow alas, poor yorick. Portrayed by robert beltran, he is first officer aboard the starfleet starship uss voyager. Insurrection who turns out to be a disguise of the doctor, and a spy fly as a running gag until the doctor kills it. The voyager crews nickname for the planet in this episode is an inside joke, as planet hell is the unofficial name used by star trek production staff for their generic and oftreused cave set on paramount stage 16, a naming tradition that originally began during production on. With kate mulgrew, robert beltran, roxann dawson, jennifer lien.
The voth returned in star trek online as part of the season eight. When the borg assimilate a species they are usually given a number as they are categorized into the collective. They are opposed to the confederacy of the worlds of the first quadrant, a delta quadrant counterpart to the federation. The next generation had become a television institution. Two voth scientists find the remains of voyager crewman hogan, who died on the hanon planet where the crew was exiled by the kazon during the twopart. The star trek franchise continues as the crew of the uss voyager follows a maquis ship into the badlands and ends up 70,000 light years. The episode starts off with a group of aliens from a race called the voth. Chakotay comes across an alien race called the voth that presumably evolved from. Season 1 season 2 season 3 season 4 season 5 season 6 season 7. The voth were a seasonlong antagonist in star trek online, complete with space and ground battle zones, a plot arc and a repeatable mission that involves blasting your way into and raiding a city ship. The next issue of the star trek official starships collection features the voth city ship which appeared in star trek. External link edit edit source turei at memory alpha, the star trek wiki. A superior race, descended from earth dinosaurs, discovers voyager, but living proof of the controversial distant origin theory goes against widespread doctrine.
Theyre incredibly powerful, though their tech is missing the. The best about the episode are the countless little details and trivia, including zimmermans holographic environment with his assistant haley, a talking iguana named leonard, an ellora woman first seen in star trek. This is a brilliant and smart episode, and gives us a different look at not only the voyager, but star trek as well, as we delve into a highly enjoyable science fiction story. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series star trek. The 47 genetic markers that prove the voth are terrestrial in origin. The voth are a fantastic creation from michael westmore, but they are also incredibly goofy. Theres a scene where the voth capture the voyager by beaming it inside their own cityship. The episode suddenly turns to action when the voth officials decide they must kidnap the voyager in order to hide what gegen plans on revealing as the truth that supports his distant origin theory.
Would the borg be able to assimilate the voth from star. Of course among all of the borg drones ever seen in star trek voyager and in the movie star trek first contact there were not any assim. In the pilot episode of voyager, while the crew on the val jean seek to evade a cardassian vessel captained by gul evek richard poe in the badlands, the vessel is transported some 70,000 light years across the galaxy into the delta quadrant by the creature known as. Four episodes of voyager caretaker, dark frontier, flesh.
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