The Voyager Doctor's Key Moments
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The Gift
(4x2)
- A turning point for the Doctor, when Kes must leave the ship in order to
prevent its
molecular destabilization.
Some advantages to employing artificial intelligences (AI's) are their
attention to detail and endurance. However, these qualities don't carry over
too well
socially or conversationally. AI's are incapable of discerning overkill in
themselves, and we see a brief example of this occur in this episode.
The Doctor cheerfully explains to Seven of Nine how her immune system is
starting to
kick in. He would have been content to extol the virtues of her natural
functions
indefinitely, when his simulated tongue was stayed by one of the
Captain's patented death stares.
As the series progresses, we will see him win notoriety for overkill. This
setback in the development of the Doctor's social nuances may be attributed
to Kes'
departure.
Without her there as a sounding board - to share his interests and to guide
him
through the finer points of
tactful behavior - he is on his own to negotiate an area he is incapable of
judging.
His output becomes directed to the crew as a whole.
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Revulsion
(4x5)
- The Doctor meets another hologram (other than those on Voyager's
holodecks) for
the first time. However, it won't be the first time he'll realize that just
because
other holograms are like him, that doesn't mean other holograms are like him.
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Message in a Bottle
(4x14)
- SERIES MILESTONE ALERT!!! He's certainly come a long way from the first
season,
when the Captain took a chance and sent a medical hologram into the holodeck
on a
non-medical away mission. She now sends the Doctor's program through a
Hirogen sensor
net to
the Alpha Quadrant, with the hopes that he can alert Starfleet of their
status.
Thanks to our favorite EMH, the Alpha Quadrant becomes aware of their
plight, and Starfleet
subsequently engages in efforts such as the Pathfinder Project to determine a
means
to get the
crew of Voyager home faster.
No doubt his having rescued a prototype Starfleet vessel with
the aid of its resident EMH Mark II (an inferior upgrade) must have made some
impression as
well (why isn't he more well known in the AQ for this? This had to have been
big
news).
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Prey
(4x16)
- The Doctor takes charge of teaching Seven of Nine the social graces.
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One
(4x25)
- The Doctor takes command of the ship for a month while the crew is in
stasis (was this
forgotten in Season 6's "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy"?).
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