The weapon that is used against the Voyager crew seems just about the same as a 24 th century phaser. There must have been a real slow-down in progress. And she’s a good actress, too, very natural.Īnd now the nits: (1) I am not impressed with how little technology has developed between the 24 th and 29 th century. It’s great to have someone from the present (in this case, the young woman who is really ‘us’, the audience) commenting on Trek. I couldn’t help but harken back to Kirk yelling, "Well, double damn on you" to an irate driver, or Spock’s attempt to curse. Of course, nothing can quite match the way it was handled in Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home. The idea, when executed properly, fills me with glee. I love the idea of the juxtaposition of Star Trek characters from the future placed in the present. There is quite a lot of pain associated with having the flu, so why is he so surprised that Starling can inflict pain now? Yet, a few episodes earlier (‘Tattoo’), the doctor infected himself with the flu. The doctor states that he isn’t afraid of being tortured, because he can’t feel pain. If the doctor is a program that was downloaded onto Starling’s computer, why does Starling torture the doctor for information? Why doesn’t he just read the information from the program? Out of the rift comes the timeship, again commanded by Captain Braxton, but this time, he is only there to escort Voyager back to their proper time, and, unfortunately, place, despite Janeway’s request to be moved to the alpha quadrant. But Janeway manually programs a photon torpedo and blasts him just as he is about to enter the temporal rift and destroy the 29 th century. Paris and the woman pursue a dead end re: the timeship, allowing Starling to launch. But Starling’s associate finds a way to beam him back out. Chakotay and Torres take a shuttle, masked so that earth radar will not discover it, and beam Starling to the ship. The doctor, meanwhile, has refused to give info to Starling (great line: "If you need medical attention, I would refer you to a more local physician"), so Starling, at the touch of a key, inflicts pain on the doctor – the first time he has felt pain. Needing help, Tuvok and Paris ask the young woman scientist to aid them they are able to get a signal to the ship.
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