Star Trek: Voyager: Author, Author

Air Date

Wednesday April 18, 2001

Production Code

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  9.7 Superb

  Reginald Barclay and Admiral Paris are able to contact Voyager using a com link. Barclay informs the crew that the com link will only work for 11 minutes a day. Janeway decides three people a day will be able to use the com link. hide show

  Reginald Barclay and Admiral Paris are able to contact Voyager using a com link. Barclay informs the crew that the com link will only work for 11 minutes a day. Janeway decides three people a day will be able to use the com link. Neelix has the crew pick isolinear chips to determine who gets to use it first. The whole crew has different numbers. The Doctor will be the first to use the com link. He contacts a famous Bolian publisher Ardon Broht of Broht & Forrester. The Doctor will be writing a book. The crew is a little uneasy. I rate this episode a 9.7

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• Stars

  • Robert Duncan McNeill Lt. Thomas "Tom" Paris
  • Garrett Wang Ensign Harry Kim
  • Jeri Ryan Seven Of Nine (season 4-7)
  • Tim Russ Lt. Commander Tuvok
  • Ethan Phillips Neelix
  • Roxann Dawson Lt. B'Elanna Torres
  • Robert Beltran Commander Chakotay
  • Kate Mulgrew Captain Kathryn Janeway
  • Robert Picardo The Doctor

• Guest Cast

  • Irene Tsu Mary Kim
  • Brock Burnett Male N.D.
  • Heather Young Female Sickbay Crewmember
  • Joseph Campanella Arbitrator
  • Barry Gordon Broht
  • Lorinne Vozoff Irene Hansen
  • Robert Ito John Kim
  • Irene Tso Mary Kim
  • Juan Garcia John Torres
  • Jennifer Hammon Female N.D.

• Art Directors

  • Louise Dorton Art Director

• Script Supervisors

  • Jan Rudolph Script Supervisor

• Special Effectss

  • Rich Ratliff Special Effects

• Make-Up Artists

  • Suzanne Diaz-Westmore Make-up Artist
  • Tina Hoffman Make-up Artist
  • Scott Wheeler Make-up Artist

• Hairstylists

  • Charlotte A. Parker Hairstylist
  • Viviane Normand Hairstylist

• Sound Mixers

  • Alan Bernard Sound Mixer

• Camera Operators

  • Douglas Knapp Camera Operator

• Music Editors

  • Gerry Sackman Music Editor

• Supervising Sound Editors

  • Bill Wistrom Supervising Sound Editor

• Sound Editors

  • Masanobu Tomita Sound Editor
  • T. Ashley Harvey Sound Editor
  • Dale Chaloukian Sound Editor
Episode Cast and Crew Details

• Trivia: The events in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Measure Of A Man" are mentioned in this episode. [edit]
• Stardate: 54732.3 [edit]
• Nitpick: After running the Photons Be Free program, Janeway orders the Doctor to her ready room, yet the next scene takes place in the briefing room. [edit]

• Roxann Dawson appears out of makeup as Lt. Tory. [edit]

• Neelix: (an old Talaxian expression) "When the road before you splits in two, take the third path." [edit]
• Janeway: (on screen) I'd made myself clear, but the Doctor disobeyed my direct orders. In the process, he endangered the ship and crew.
  Arbitrator: That's hardly commendable behaviour.
  Janeway: No, it wasn't. But it was human. Starfleet had programmed him to follow orders. The fact that he was capable of doing otherwise proves that he can think for himself. Your honour, centuries ago in most places on Earth, only landowners of a particular gender and race had any rights at all. Over time, those rights were extended to all humans and later, as we explored the galaxy, to thousands of other sentient species. Our definition of what constitutes a person has continued to evolve. Now we're asking that you expand that definition once more, to include our Doctor.
  (small pause, as Janeway stands up and moves over to a console)
  Janeway: When I met him seven years ago, I would never have believed that an EMH could become a valued member of my crew. And my friend. The Doctor is a person as real as any flesh and blood I have ever known. If you believe the testimony you've heard here, it's only fair to conclude that he has the same rights as any of us. [edit]
• Tuvok: (on screen) You claim the Doctor doesn't have the legal right to control this holo-program, yet you're promoting the fact that Voyager's EMH wrote it.
  Broht: Our most successful children's title is a program "written" by Toby The Targ. Fortunately, Toby hasn't tried to stop me from distributing any of his work.
  Tuvok: (on screen) But you don't deny that the Doctor is the creator of this holo-novel?
  Broht: No... (graps a coffee cup) but a replicator created this cup of coffee. Should that replicator be able to determine whether or not I can drink it?
  The Doctor: I object!
  Janeway: Doctor.
  Tuvok: An intriguing analogy, Mister Broht, but I have never encountered a replicator that could compose music, or paint landscapes, or perform microsurgery. Have you? [edit]

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