The Voyager Doctor's Key Moments
-
The Basics pt. 2
(3x1)
- In which we the viewer actually witness Doc thinking like a regular
person.
Also, he skillfully selects to behave as he had upon first activation to
trick old
nemesis Seska into believing he's just a program. The contrast makes us
realize how
far he's come already.
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-
The Swarm
(3x4)
- This superb B-Plot more than makes up for the ordinary A-Plot. The Doctor
is
facing a
cascade failure of his memory from having been active for over two years.
With the aid
of a holographic Dr. Lewis Zimmerman, a technique is devised to remedy the
degradation.
Noteworthy points:
- We see the Doctor pursue a hobby for the first time: opera.
- The affect of his deteriorating memory bears an uncanny resemblance to a
human
condition called Alzheimers.
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Future's End pt. 2
(3x9)
- MILESTONE ALERT! Doc gets his mobile emitter, a 29th century device
capable
of storing his massive program and projecting him on the spot. He can now
choose to
exist apart from the ship's holoprojection systems.
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-
Macrocosm
(3x12)
- Doc's first away mission off Voyager.
Unfortunately, he brings
back a
mutated virus via the transporter system. It multiplies and unleashes
an army of giant organisms, which incapacitate the crew.
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Darkling
(3x18)
- In an early episode called "The Cloud," Doc quips sarcastically: "Now
there's
an
interesting concept: a hologram who programs himself..." In this episode, he
tries just
that. It doesn't turn
out too good.
In an effort to improve his bedside manner, the Doctor adds behavioral
subroutines
culled from
holographic reproductions of historical figures, only to include their
adverse
personality quirks. The result is a Jekyll & Hyde battle over his matrix.
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-
Real Life
(3x22)
- MAJOR MILESTONE ALERT!!! The A-Plot focuses on the Doctor learning about
family life
on the holodeck. His holofamily is too picture perfect, so B'Elanna offers to
add some
random elements into the program to bring more reality to the experience.
What starts
out as blissfully
whimsical becomes aggravating and then tragic.
By the end of this
episode, the Doctor has reached humanity. From this point on, his development
in the
series becomes a matter of behavioral fine-tuning, reckoning with whatever
remaining
influence may be left of his programming, and learning to deal with those
things
which befall us humans.
Name number three: Kenneth.
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