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[[Image:EMH backup module.jpg|thumb|The EMH backup module.]]The '''EMH backup module''' is a device carried on [[Starfleet]] [[Starship]]s equipped with [[Emergency Medical Hologram]]s. It carries a backup version of the EMH in case it is damaged or lost. Its memory is frequently updated.
The [[Emergency Medical Hologram]] backup module was a [[24th century]] [[computer]] memory storage device capable of storing data too complex or too large for contemporary [[starship]] systems. Such a device was part of [[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'']]'s [[sickbay]] computer systems, at least one of which was stolen during an attack by the [[Kyrian]]s. ([[VOY]]: "[[Living Witness]]")
 
   
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The [[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'''s]] EMH backup module was lost in an attack, and discovered centuries later by an alien race. ([[VOY]]: "[[Living Witness]]")
:''In the [[String Theory]] trilogy of [[novel]]s, it is revealed that there are several backup EMHs, most of them based on different versions of the Doctor according to when the information was 'saved'. In the second novel in the trilogy, [[Fusion (novel)|Fusion]], a [[Nacene]] who had infiltrated the crew by altering their memories was forced to shut down the Doctor and activate the first backup version (essentially the 'original' EMH), as the Doctor knew that she wasn't who she seemed. Despite his lack of practical experience, the new EMH was still able to confirm that the crew's memories had been altered, as well as explain why [[Harry Kim]] and [[Naomi Wildman]] had not been affected as per the episode [[VOY]]: "[[Deadlock]]"''
 
   
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EMH backup module

The EMH backup module.

The EMH backup module is a device carried on Starfleet Starships equipped with Emergency Medical Holograms. It carries a backup version of the EMH in case it is damaged or lost. Its memory is frequently updated.

The USS Voyager's EMH backup module was lost in an attack, and discovered centuries later by an alien race. (VOY: "Living Witness")