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==Links and References==
 
==Links and References==
 
===Guest Stars===
 
===Guest Stars===
*[[Nancy Bell]] as [[Ensign]] [[Ahni Jetal]]
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*[[Nancy Bell]] as [[Ahni Jetal]]
 
*[[Scarlett Pomers]] as [[Naomi Wildman]]
 
*[[Scarlett Pomers]] as [[Naomi Wildman]]
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===Co-Stars===
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*[[Majel Barrett]] as the [[computer voice]]
 
*[[Tarik Ergin]] as [[Ayala]] (uncredited)
 
*[[Tarik Ergin]] as [[Ayala]] (uncredited)
*[[Erin Price]] as [[Ensign]] [[Renlay Sharr]] (uncredited)
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*[[Erin Price]] as [[Renlay Sharr]] (uncredited)
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*[[John Tempoya]] as [[Kashimuro Nozawa]] (uncredited)
 
 
===References===
 
===References===
[[77th Emperor's Cup]]; [[acetylcholine]]; [[Ayala]]; [[annual physical]]; [[birthday cake]]; [[birthday party]]; [[chicken soup]]; [[Dante]]; [[holo-imager]]; [[Ahni Jetal]]; [[Kar-pek]]; ''"[[La Vita Nuova]]"''; [[photon torpedo]]; [[saki]]; [[Renlay Sharr]]; [[sickbay]]; [[Sumo]]; [[Takashi]]; [[type-9 shuttlecraft]]
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[[77th Emperor's Cup]]; [[acetylcholine]]; [[annual physical]]; [[antigen]]; [[Big Bang]]; [[bioelectric field generator]]; [[birthday cake]]; [[birthday party]]; [[canape]]; [[cellular regenerator]]; [[chicken soup]]; [[choline compound]]; [[coffee]]; [[cranial meninges]]; [[cyto-metabolism]]; [[Dante]]; [[deflector dish]]; [[dura mater]]; [[endocrine]]; [[fever]]; [[funeral]]; [[headache]]; [[herb]]; [[holo-imager]]; ''[[hors d'oeurve]]''; [[hydrogen]]; [[Kar-pek]]; "''[[La Vita Nuova]]''"; [[medical database]]; [[microlinear incision]]; [[neocortex]]; [[nervous system]]; [[neural membrane]]; [[neurosurgery]]; [[occipital plexus]]; [[photon torpedo]]; [[photonic energy]]; [[plasma relay]]; [[plasmic energy]]; [[probability]]; [[replicator]]; [[saki]]; [[sickbay]]; [[spinal cord]]; [[spinal shunt]]; [[subdermal scalpel]]; [[Sumo]]; [[synaptic shock]]; [[Takashi]]; [[triage]]; [[type-9 shuttlecraft]]
   
 
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Revision as of 19:27, 6 May 2007

The Doctor discovers that someone has tampered with his memory.

Summary

During a routine examination of Harry Kim, the Doctor discovers that he operated on Harry 18 months ago, even though neither of them remembers this. With the help of Seven of Nine, who was not yet aboard 18 months ago, the Doctor finds out that someone has modified his program so that it cannot access some memories of his. It turns out that his own crew made those modifications because he was supposedly malfunctioning. Captain Janeway orders that he should prepare to have the memories of his discoveries removed. The prospect of losing his memories makes him feel most uncomfortable. However Seven disagrees with the captain's decision because she feels that the Doctor deserves the same humanity and individuality that she was given. The captain is convinced and grants the Doctor full access to his memories of the 18 months old events. By that time he was having the choice of being able to rescue the life of either Harry Kim or Ahni Jetal. He chose to rescue Kim, however, his personality subroutines could not handle this choice, since the Doctor happened to choose the crewmember whom he was closer to - he believes that his personal friendship with Kim inordinately influenced his choice, and thus his program began to malfunction..


Now that the Doctor has his memories back, he shows the same signs of malfunctioning. In order to preserve his freedom as well as avoid another incident in the future, the Captain allows him to reason out his feelings. She orders round-the-clock watch on him on the holodeck. Eventually, he begins to recover while reading a poetry book.

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Log Entries

  • Captain's log, supplemental. Our doctor is now our patient. It's been two weeks since I ordered a round-the-clock vigil. A crew member has stayed with him at all times, offering a sounding board and a familiar presence, while he struggles to understand his memories and his thoughts. The chance of recovery? Uncertain.


Memorable Quotes

"The primordial atom... burst. Sending out its radiation, setting everything in motion. One particle collides with another, gases expand, planets contract, and before you know it we've got starships and holodecks and chicken soup."

- The Doctor

Background Information

  • In the special features for the Season 7 DVD boxed set, Robert Picardo mentions that this is his favorite Voyager episode, and the most important in the Doctor's character development.
  • The episode occurred 18 months after stardate 50979.
  • In the flashbacks, Tom Paris assists the Doctor in Sickbay, even though Kes had been the nurse by that time. Tom would become the medical assistant about 6 months after those events. But since a Starfleet vessel usually operates with a three eight hour shift rotation to cover each day, it stands to reason that Tom Paris and most likely others too worked at least a few shifts in sickbay each week. Kes maybe the only full time nurse on Voyager but it is unlikely she was the only one working in sickbay besides the Doctor.
  • The quotation that the Doctor reads at the end is purportedly a translation from Dante's La Vita Nuova, but it is actually a reworking of it. Possibly because the Voyager version is somewhat more touching as a stand-alone quote, various websites have erroneously attributed the Doctor’s version to Dante himself.
  • A different camera (presumably a handheld one, to give Robert Picardo) was used when looking through the Holo-imager. A downside of this is that a black line appears across any computer screens seen, as they are not specially aligned. This is most obvious on the shuttlecraft, just before the alien beams aboard.

Links and References

Guest Stars

Co-Stars

References

77th Emperor's Cup; acetylcholine; annual physical; antigen; Big Bang; bioelectric field generator; birthday cake; birthday party; canape; cellular regenerator; chicken soup; choline compound; coffee; cranial meninges; cyto-metabolism; Dante; deflector dish; dura mater; endocrine; fever; funeral; headache; herb; holo-imager; hors d'oeurve; hydrogen; Kar-pek; "La Vita Nuova"; medical database; microlinear incision; neocortex; nervous system; neural membrane; neurosurgery; occipital plexus; photon torpedo; photonic energy; plasma relay; plasmic energy; probability; replicator; saki; sickbay; spinal cord; spinal shunt; subdermal scalpel; Sumo; synaptic shock; Takashi; triage; type-9 shuttlecraft

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