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==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
 
{{VOY Season 3}}
 
{{VOY Season 3}}
   
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
Season three began with the departure of the [[Kazon]], and with them went a story arc pivotal to the progression of the previous two seasons. [[The Doctor]] undergoes perhaps the largest change of any of the principal characters in season three, when he gains freedom from Sickbay in {{e|Future's End}}, by way of an autonomous mobile emitter.
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Season three begins with the departure of the [[Kazon]], and with them a story arc pivotal to the progression of the previous two seasons. [[The Doctor]] undergoes perhaps the largest change of any of the principal characters in season three, when he gains freedom from [[sickbay]] in {{e|Future's End}}, by way of an [[mobile emitter|autonomous mobile emitter]]. The same episode also has [[Harry Kim]] taking command of ''Voyager'' for the first time when the four ranking bridge officers beam to [[1996]] [[Earth]], an important development for the character as an [[Ensign]] who cannot be promoted.
   
However, the most important moment of the season, and arguably of the entire series, takes place within the (at first glance) innocuous episode {{e|Fair Trade}}, when ''Voyager'' enters the [[Nekrit Expanse]]. Not only does this area of space mark the farthest extent of [[Neelix]]' knowledge, and the end of his usefulness as ''Voyager''{{'}}s guide to the [[Delta Quadrant]], but the ship's entry into the expanse draws a line in the sand between what went before, and what was still to come.
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However, the most important moment of the season, and possibly the entire series up to that point, takes place within the seemingly innocuous episode {{e|Fair Trade}}, when ''Voyager'' enters the [[Nekrit Expanse]]. Not only does this area of space mark the farthest extent of [[Neelix]]' knowledge, and the end of his usefulness as ''Voyager''{{'}}s guide to the [[Delta Quadrant]], but the ship's entry into the expanse draws a line in the sand between what went before, and what was still to come.
   
Three episodes later, {{e|Blood Fever}} saw the introduction of the [[Borg]] to the series, the inclusion of which was to have serious and far-reaching ramifications for the franchise from this point onwards. "Blood Fever" also introduced the very real possibility of a romantic interest between [[Tom Paris]] and [[B'Elanna Torres]], a relationship of singular importance not only to the development of the two characters involved, but also to the other crucial evolutionary step taken by the series in season three - the crew of ''Voyager'' as family. It is towards the end of {{e|Fair Trade}} that Janeway, while disciplining Neelix, first mentions this notion of familial allegiance.
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Three episodes later, {{e|Blood Fever}} features a brief introduction of the [[Borg]] to the series, the inclusion of which would have serious and far-reaching ramifications for the franchise from this point onwards. "Blood Fever" also introduced the very real possibility of a romantic interest between [[Tom Paris]] and [[B'Elanna Torres]], a relationship of singular importance not only to the development of the two characters involved, but also to the other crucial evolutionary step taken by the series in season three – the crew of ''Voyager'' as family. It is towards the end of {{e|Fair Trade}} that Janeway, while disciplining Neelix, first mentions this notion of familial allegiance.
   
 
"''I'm prepared to leave the ship, captain.''"<br />
 
"''I'm prepared to leave the ship, captain.''"<br />
"''Oh no, it's not that easy. You can't just run away from your responsibilities because you made a mistake. You're part of a family now, and you have obligations''".
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"''Oh no, it's not that easy. You can't just run away from your responsibilities because you made a mistake. You're part of a family now, and you have obligations.''"
 
: - '''Neelix''' and '''Janeway'''
 
: - '''Neelix''' and '''Janeway'''
   
It is also around this mid-point in the season that other, more subtle changes were being made to the overall look and feel of the franchise. Stage lighting underwent significant changes, most notably in {{e|Macrocosm}} where for the first time, darkened or blacked out set pieces were used to add tension to scenes. Prior to this, ''Voyager''{{'}}s decks and corridors were always largely flood-lit except in times of emergency.
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It is also around this midpoint in the season that other, more subtle changes were being made to the overall look and feel of the franchise. Stage lighting underwent significant changes, most notably in {{e|Macrocosm}} where for the first time, darkened or blacked out set pieces were used to add tension to scenes. Prior to this, ''Voyager''{{'}}s decks and corridors were always largely flood-lit except in times of emergency.
   
While attending a Sacramento, USA Convention in 2003 (uploaded onto YouTube), [[Kate Mulgrew]] commented that by early Season three, she felt as if she had successfully married the actress to the character, to the extent that the writers were able to "''back-off.''"
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While attending a Sacramento, USA, Convention in 2003 (uploaded onto YouTube), [[Kate Mulgrew]] commented that by early season three, she felt as if she had successfully married the actress to the character, to the extent that the writers were able to "''back-off.''"
   
"''And when they finally allowed Mulgrew to inhabit Janeway, she took off. I'd say that was about the end of the second/beginning of the third season.. Every nuance that I could give to her, all those subtle endowments that were mine, that Mulgrew brought to Janeway. That's when you fall in love. I couldn't do it without her, and she couldn't do it without me''". : - '''Kate Mulgrew'''
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"''And when they finally allowed Mulgrew to inhabit Janeway, she took off. I'd say that was about the end of the second/beginning of the third season. Every nuance that I could give to her, all those subtle endowments that were mine, that Mulgrew brought to Janeway. That's when you fall in love. I couldn't do it without her, and she couldn't do it without me.''" : &ndash; '''Kate Mulgrew'''
   
It would therefore appear that the writers and producers (and performers) had begun to find a direction, and with it came a developing continuity. The Borg, introduced in {{e|Blood Fever}} popped up again in {{e|Unity}}, and throughout the remainder of the series. [[John de Lancie]] returned as [[Q]] in {{e|The Q and the Grey}} providing continuity back to the suicide of [[Quinn]] in the [[VOY Season 2|second season]] episode, {{e|Death Wish}}. Also, the events of {{e|Distant Origin}} linked not only {{e|Fair Trade}}, but also the season two finale {{e|Basics, Part I}}. Writers also used events to tease the audience with what was to come in [[VOY Season 4|season four]], namely {{e|Before and After}} and the {{e|Year of Hell}}.
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It would therefore appear that the writers, producers, and performers had begun to find a direction and with it came a developing continuity. The Borg, introduced in {{e|Blood Fever}}, popped up again in {{e|Unity}}, and throughout the remainder of the series. [[John de Lancie]] returned as [[Q]] in {{e|The Q and the Grey}}, providing continuity back to the suicide of [[Quinn]] in the [[VOY Season 2|second season]] episode {{e|Death Wish}}. Also, the events of {{e|Distant Origin}} linked not only {{e|Fair Trade}}, but also the season two finale {{e|Basics, Part I}}. Writers also used events to tease the audience with what was to come in [[VOY Season 4|season four]], namely {{e|Before and After}} and the {{e|Year of Hell}}.
   
However, it could be argued that all the positive changes initiated from mid-season onwards largely pale into insignificance when compared with the season three finale, {{e|Scorpion}}, which sees ''Voyager'' entering a war-torn Borg space. To many, it is the moment when ''Voyager'' came of age. Audience figures leaped through the roof, and within half a season the show would become virtually unrecognizable from its previous seasons. Certainly, once ''Voyager'' entered the Nekrit Expanse in "Fair Trade", and later traversed Borg space in "Scorpion", the franchise would never be the same again.
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Possibly most significant is the season three finale {{e|Scorpion}}, which sees ''Voyager'' entering a war-torn Borg space. As ''Voyager'' came of age, audience figures leaped through the roof, and within half a season the show's writing and cinematography was largely unrecognizable from its previous seasons. Certainly, once ''Voyager'' entered the Nekrit Expanse in "Fair Trade", and later traversed Borg space in "Scorpion", the franchise was never the same.
   
==Background Information==
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==Background information==
* This season was broadcast concurrent with ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' [[DS9 Season 5|Season 5]], and {{film|8}} was released during its run.
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* This season was broadcast concurrently with {{s|DS9}} [[DS9 Season 5|Season 5]], and {{film|8}} was released during its run.
 
* Four episodes that aired as part of this season were produced during the [[VOY Season 2|second season]]. These episodes were (in production order) {{e|Sacred Ground}}, {{e|False Profits}}, {{e|Flashback}}, and {{e|Basics, Part II}}.
 
* Four episodes that aired as part of this season were produced during the [[VOY Season 2|second season]]. These episodes were (in production order) {{e|Sacred Ground}}, {{e|False Profits}}, {{e|Flashback}}, and {{e|Basics, Part II}}.
 
* Each of the four episodes that were moved from the second season to this one refer, in their opening credits, to actress [[Roxann Dawson]] as "Roxann Biggs-Dawson", whereas the opening titles sequences in the rest of this season's installments refer to her without the "Biggs" part of her name; this change signifies the fact that, between the second and third seasons, Dawson was divorced from [[Casey Biggs]] (who portrayed the character of [[Damar]] in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'').
 
* Each of the four episodes that were moved from the second season to this one refer, in their opening credits, to actress [[Roxann Dawson]] as "Roxann Biggs-Dawson", whereas the opening titles sequences in the rest of this season's installments refer to her without the "Biggs" part of her name; this change signifies the fact that, between the second and third seasons, Dawson was divorced from [[Casey Biggs]] (who portrayed the character of [[Damar]] in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'').
* Apparently, one story that ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''{{'}}s team of writer-producers planned to include in the season was discarded. During the hiatus between the second and third seasons, actor [[Robert Picardo]] said of the writers, "''They [...] have a comic story in mind in which some alien computer hacker hijacks the holographic Doctor's program and actually steals him off the ship! He's held hostage with a zany alien family, which should be fun.''" (''[[Star Trek Monthly issue 20]]'') Although this plot &ndash; in its entirety &ndash; was not included in the season, elements from the story do appear, such as The Doctor being kidnapped by a hacker ({{e|Future's End}} and {{e|Future's End, Part II}}) and interacting with an unusual family ({{e|Real Life}}), so it is another possibility (besides outright abandonment) that the aforementioned storyline was an early version of an episode that was produced.
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* Apparently, one story that {{s|VOY}}{{'}}s team of writer-producers planned to include in the season was discarded. During the hiatus between the second and third seasons, actor [[Robert Picardo]] said of the writers, "''They [...] have a comic story in mind in which some alien computer hacker hijacks the holographic Doctor's program and actually steals him off the ship! He's held hostage with a zany alien family, which should be fun.''" ({{STM|20}}) Although this plot &ndash; in its entirety &ndash; was not included in the season, elements from the story do appear, such as The Doctor being kidnapped by a hacker ({{e|Future's End}} and {{e|Future's End, Part II}}) and interacting with an unusual family ({{e|Real Life}}), so it is another possibility (besides outright abandonment) that the aforementioned story line was an early version of an episode that was produced.
* Characters which '[[Character crossover appearances|crossover]]' from other incarnations of ''Star Trek'': [[Hikaru Sulu]], [[Janice Rand]], [[Kang]], [[Dmitri Valtane]] & [[Lojur]] in {{e|Flashback}} and [[Arridor]] & [[Kol]] in {{e|False Profits}}.
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* Characters which "[[Character crossover appearances|crossover]]" from other incarnations of ''Star Trek'': [[Hikaru Sulu]], [[Janice Rand]], [[Kang]], [[Dimitri Valtane]], and [[Lojur]] in {{e|Flashback}}, and [[Arridor]] and {{dis|Kol|Ferengi}} in {{e|False Profits}}.
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* Because of being stranded in the [[Delta Quadrant]], the [[Starfleet uniform (late 2360s-early 2370s)|old ''DS9'' Starfleet uniforms]] worn by the ''Voyager'' crew are still used rather than replacing them with the [[Starfleet uniform (2370s)|new Starfleet uniforms]] which were seen in the ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' Season 5 episode {{e|Rapture}} and in ''Star Trek: First Contact''.
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==Credits==
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===Cast===
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;Starring:
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*[[Kate Mulgrew]] as {{Captain}} [[Kathryn Janeway]]
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;Also Starring:
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*[[Robert Beltran]] as [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]]
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*[[Roxann Dawson]] as [[Lieutenant jg]] [[B'Elanna Torres]]
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*[[Jennifer Lien]] as [[Kes]]
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*[[Robert Duncan McNeill]] as [[Lieutenant jg]] [[Tom Paris]]
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*[[Ethan Phillips]] as [[Neelix]]
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*[[Robert Picardo]] as [[The Doctor]]
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*[[Tim Russ]] as [[Lieutenant]] [[Tuvok]]
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*[[Garrett Wang]] as [[Ensign]] [[Harry Kim]]
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===Crew===
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;Executive Producerss
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* [[Rick Berman]]
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* [[Jeri Taylor]]
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;Supervising Producers
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* [[Brannon Braga]]
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* [[Peter Lauritson]]
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;Producers
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* [[Merri D. Howard]]
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* [[Wendy Neuss]]
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* [[Joe Menosky]]
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;Co-Producers
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* [[Kenneth Biller]]
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* [[J.P. Farrell]]
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'''Line Producer:''' [[Brad Yacobian]]<br />
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'''Creative Consultant:''' [[Michael Piller]]<br />
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'''Theme By:''' [[Jerry Goldsmith]]<br />
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'''Associate Producer:''' [[Dawn Velazquez]]<br />
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'''Story Editor:''' [[Lisa Klink]]<br />
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;Music By
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* [[Dennis McCarthy]] [[Basics, Part II (episode)]], [[False Profits (episode)]], [[The Swarm (episode)]], [[The Q and the Grey (episode)]], [[Macrocosm (episode)]], [[Coda (episode)]], [[Favorite Son (episode)]], [[Real Life (episode)]], [[Worst Case Scenario (episode)]]
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* [[Jay Chattaway]] [[Sacred Ground (episode)]], [[The Chute (episode)]], [[Future's End (episode)]], [[Future's End, Part II (episode)]], [[Blood Fever (episode)]], [[Rise (episode)]], [[Before and After (episode)]], [[Displaced (episode)]], [[Scorpion (episode)]]
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* [[David Bell]] [[Flashback (episode)]], [[Remember (episode)]], [[Warlord (episode)]], [[Fair Trade (episode)]], [[Unity (episode)]], [[Distant Origin (episode)]]
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* [[Paul Baillargeon]] [[Darkling (episode)]], [[Alter Ego (episode)]]
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'''Director of Photography:''' [[Marvin V. Rush]], A.S.C.<br />
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'''Production Designer:''' [[Richard D. James]]<br />
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;Editor
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* [[Daryl Baskin]]
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* [[Robert Lederman]]
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'''Unit Production Manager:''' [[Brad Yacobian]]<br />
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;First Assistant Director
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* [[Adele Simmons]]
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* [[Jerry Fleck]]
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'''Second Assistant Director:''' [[Arlene Fukai]]<br />
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;Casting By
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* [[Junie Lowry-Johnson]], C.S.A.
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* [[Ron Surma]]
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'''Original Casting By:''' [[Nan Dutton]], C.S.A.<br />
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'''Casting Executive:''' [[Helen Mossler]], C.S.A.<br />
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'''Costume Designer:''' [[Robert Blackman]]<br />
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'''Set Decorator:''' [[Leslie Frankenheimer]]<br />
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'''Visual Effects Producer:''' [[Dan Curry]]<br />
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;Visual Effects Supervisor
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* [[Mitch Suskin]]
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* [[Ronald B. Moore]]
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'''Scenic Art Supervisor / Technical Consultant:''' [[Michael Okuda]]<br />
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'''Senior Illustrator / Technical Consultant:''' [[Rick Sternbach]]<br />
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'''Make-Up Designed and Supervised By:''' [[Michael Westmore]]<br />
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'''Assistant Art Director:''' [[Louise Dorton]]<br />
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;Assistant Editor
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* [[Jacques Gravett]]
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* [[Lisa De Moraes]]
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;Visual Effects Coordinator
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* [[Arthur J. Codron]]
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* [[Cheryl Gluckstern]]
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'''Visual Effects Assistant Editor:''' [[Elizabeth Castro]]<br />
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'''Visual Effects Associate:''' [[Cheryl Gluckstern]]<br />
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'''Script Supervisor:''' [[Cosmo Genovese]]<br />
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'''Special Effects:''' [[Dick Brownfield]]<br />
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'''Property Master:''' [[Alan Sims]]<br />
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'''Construction Coordinator:''' [[Al Smutko]]<br />
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'''Scenic Artist:''' [[Wendy Drapanas]]<br />
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'''Junior Illustrator:''' [[Jim Magdaleno]]<br />
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'''Video Coordinator:''' [[Denise Okuda]]<br />
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'''Hair Designer:''' [[Josee Normand]]
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;Make-Up Artists
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* [[Scott Wheeler]]
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* [[Mark Shostrom]]
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* [[Greg Nelson]]
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* [[Bradley M. Look]]
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;Hair Stylists
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* [[Suzan Bagdadi]]
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* [[Karen Asano-Myers]]
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* [[Charlotte A. Gravenor]]
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'''Wardrobe Supervisor:''' [[Carol Kunz]]<br />
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'''Sound Mixer:''' [[Alan Bernard]], C.A.S.<br />
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'''Camera Operator:''' [[Doug Knapp]], S.O.C.<br />
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'''Chief Lighting Technician:''' [[Bill Peets]]<br />
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'''First Company Grip:''' [[Randy Burgess]]<br />
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;Key Costumers
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* [[Tom Siegel]]
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* [[Matt Hoffman]]
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* [[Kimberley Shull]]
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* [[Jamie Thomas]]
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'''Music Editor:''' [[Gerry Sackman]]
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'''Supervising Sound Editor:''' [[Bill Wistrom]]<br />
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'''Supervising Sound Effects Editor:''' [[Jim Wolvington]]<br />
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;Sound Editors
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* [[Masanobu Tomita]]
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* [[Ruth Adelman]]
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* [[Dale Chaloukian]]
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'''Visual Effects Assistant Editor:''' [[Elizabeth Castro]]<br />
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'''Production Coordinator:''' [[Diane Overdiek]]<br />
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'''Post Production Coordinator:''' {{dis|April Rossi|production staff}}<br />
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'''Production Associate:''' [[David Rossi]]<br />
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'''Pre-Production Coordinator:''' [[Lolita Fatjo]]<br />
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;Assistants to Producers
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* [[Robert J. Doherty]]
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* [[Christopher Culhane]]
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'''Stunt Coordinator:''' [[Dennis Madalone]]<br />
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'''Science Consultant:''' [[Andre Bormanis]]<br />
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;Main Title Design By
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* [[Santa Barbara Studios]]
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* [[Dan Curry]]
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'''Post Production Sound:''' [[Modern Sound]]<br />
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'''Filmed with PANAVISION® Cameras and Lenses'''<br />
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'''Motion Control Photography''' [[Image G]]<br />
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'''Digital Optical Effects:''' [[Digital Magic]]<br />
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'''Special Video Composting:''' [[CIS, Hollywood]]<br />
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'''Editing Facilities:''' [[Unitel Video]]<br />
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'''Computer Generated Effects:''' [[Foundation Imaging]]<br />
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=== Uncredited ===
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* [[Emmerson Denney]] &ndash; Voice/Dialogue Coach for [[Albie Selznick]] ("Macrocosm")
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* [[Nancy J. Hvasta Leonardi]] &ndash; Makeup Artist ("Displaced", "Worst Case Scenario", "Scorpion")
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[VOY Season 3 performers]]
 
* [[VOY Season 3 performers]]
 
* [[VOY Season 3 UK VHS]]
 
* [[VOY Season 3 UK VHS]]
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* [[VOY Season 3 US VHS]]
 
* [[VOY Season 3 DVD]]
 
* [[VOY Season 3 DVD]]
   
 
==External link==
 
==External link==
 
* {{startrek.com|star-trek-voyager-season-three-credits|VOY Season 3 credits}}
 
* {{startrek.com|star-trek-voyager-season-three-credits|VOY Season 3 credits}}
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Episodes

Title Episode Production number Stardate Original airdate
"Basics, Part II" 3x01 146 50032.7 1996-09-04
"Flashback" 3x02 145 50126.4 1996-09-11
"The Chute" 3x03 147 50156.2 1996-09-18
"The Swarm" 3x04 149 50252.3 1996-09-25
"False Profits" 3x05 144 50074.3 1996-10-02
"Remember" 3x06 148 50203.1 1996-10-09
"Sacred Ground" 3x07 143 50063.2 1996-10-30
"Future's End" 3x08 150 50312.5 1996-11-06
"Future's End, Part II" 3x09 151 50312.5 1996-11-13
"Warlord" 3x10 152 50348.1 1996-11-20
"The Q and the Grey" 3x11 153 50384.2 1996-11-27
"Macrocosm" 3x12 154 50425.1 1996-12-11
"Fair Trade" 3x13 156 Unknown 1997-01-08
"Alter Ego" 3x14 155 50460.3 1997-01-15
"Coda" 3x15 158 50518.6 1997-01-29
"Blood Fever" 3x16 157 50537.2 1997-02-05
"Unity" 3x17 159 50614.2 1997-02-12
"Darkling" 3x18 161 50693.2 1997-02-19
"Rise" 3x19 160 Unknown 1997-02-26
"Favorite Son" 3x20 162 50732.4 1997-03-19
"Before and After" 3x21 163 Unknown 1997-04-09
"Real Life" 3x22 164 50836.2 1997-04-23
"Distant Origin" 3x23 165 Unknown 1997-04-30
"Displaced" 3x24 166 50912.4 1997-05-07
"Worst Case Scenario" 3x25 167 50953.4 1997-05-14
"Scorpion" 3x26 168 50984.3 1997-05-21

Summary

Season three begins with the departure of the Kazon, and with them a story arc pivotal to the progression of the previous two seasons. The Doctor undergoes perhaps the largest change of any of the principal characters in season three, when he gains freedom from sickbay in "Future's End", by way of an autonomous mobile emitter. The same episode also has Harry Kim taking command of Voyager for the first time when the four ranking bridge officers beam to 1996 Earth, an important development for the character as an Ensign who cannot be promoted.

However, the most important moment of the season, and possibly the entire series up to that point, takes place within the seemingly innocuous episode "Fair Trade", when Voyager enters the Nekrit Expanse. Not only does this area of space mark the farthest extent of Neelix' knowledge, and the end of his usefulness as Voyager's guide to the Delta Quadrant, but the ship's entry into the expanse draws a line in the sand between what went before, and what was still to come.

Three episodes later, "Blood Fever" features a brief introduction of the Borg to the series, the inclusion of which would have serious and far-reaching ramifications for the franchise from this point onwards. "Blood Fever" also introduced the very real possibility of a romantic interest between Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres, a relationship of singular importance not only to the development of the two characters involved, but also to the other crucial evolutionary step taken by the series in season three – the crew of Voyager as family. It is towards the end of "Fair Trade" that Janeway, while disciplining Neelix, first mentions this notion of familial allegiance.

"I'm prepared to leave the ship, captain."
"Oh no, it's not that easy. You can't just run away from your responsibilities because you made a mistake. You're part of a family now, and you have obligations."

- Neelix and Janeway

It is also around this midpoint in the season that other, more subtle changes were being made to the overall look and feel of the franchise. Stage lighting underwent significant changes, most notably in "Macrocosm" where for the first time, darkened or blacked out set pieces were used to add tension to scenes. Prior to this, Voyager's decks and corridors were always largely flood-lit except in times of emergency.

While attending a Sacramento, USA, Convention in 2003 (uploaded onto YouTube), Kate Mulgrew commented that by early season three, she felt as if she had successfully married the actress to the character, to the extent that the writers were able to "back-off."

"And when they finally allowed Mulgrew to inhabit Janeway, she took off. I'd say that was about the end of the second/beginning of the third season. Every nuance that I could give to her, all those subtle endowments that were mine, that Mulgrew brought to Janeway. That's when you fall in love. I couldn't do it without her, and she couldn't do it without me." : – Kate Mulgrew

It would therefore appear that the writers, producers, and performers had begun to find a direction and with it came a developing continuity. The Borg, introduced in "Blood Fever", popped up again in "Unity", and throughout the remainder of the series. John de Lancie returned as Q in "The Q and the Grey", providing continuity back to the suicide of Quinn in the second season episode "Death Wish". Also, the events of "Distant Origin" linked not only "Fair Trade", but also the season two finale "Basics, Part I". Writers also used events to tease the audience with what was to come in season four, namely "Before and After" and the "Year of Hell".

Possibly most significant is the season three finale "Scorpion", which sees Voyager entering a war-torn Borg space. As Voyager came of age, audience figures leaped through the roof, and within half a season the show's writing and cinematography was largely unrecognizable from its previous seasons. Certainly, once Voyager entered the Nekrit Expanse in "Fair Trade", and later traversed Borg space in "Scorpion", the franchise was never the same.

Background information

  • This season was broadcast concurrently with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5, and Star Trek: First Contact was released during its run.
  • Four episodes that aired as part of this season were produced during the second season. These episodes were (in production order) "Sacred Ground", "False Profits", "Flashback", and "Basics, Part II".
  • Each of the four episodes that were moved from the second season to this one refer, in their opening credits, to actress Roxann Dawson as "Roxann Biggs-Dawson", whereas the opening titles sequences in the rest of this season's installments refer to her without the "Biggs" part of her name; this change signifies the fact that, between the second and third seasons, Dawson was divorced from Casey Biggs (who portrayed the character of Damar in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
  • Apparently, one story that Star Trek: Voyager's team of writer-producers planned to include in the season was discarded. During the hiatus between the second and third seasons, actor Robert Picardo said of the writers, "They [...] have a comic story in mind in which some alien computer hacker hijacks the holographic Doctor's program and actually steals him off the ship! He's held hostage with a zany alien family, which should be fun." (Star Trek Monthly issue 20) Although this plot – in its entirety – was not included in the season, elements from the story do appear, such as The Doctor being kidnapped by a hacker ("Future's End" and "Future's End, Part II") and interacting with an unusual family ("Real Life"), so it is another possibility (besides outright abandonment) that the aforementioned story line was an early version of an episode that was produced.
  • Characters which "crossover" from other incarnations of Star Trek: Hikaru Sulu, Janice Rand, Kang, Dimitri Valtane, and Lojur in "Flashback", and Arridor and Kol in "False Profits".
  • Because of being stranded in the Delta Quadrant, the old DS9 Starfleet uniforms worn by the Voyager crew are still used rather than replacing them with the new Starfleet uniforms which were seen in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 episode "Rapture" and in Star Trek: First Contact.

Credits

Cast

Starring
Also Starring

Crew

Executive Producerss
Supervising Producers
Producers
Co-Producers

Line Producer: Brad Yacobian
Creative Consultant: Michael Piller
Theme By: Jerry Goldsmith
Associate Producer: Dawn Velazquez
Story Editor: Lisa Klink

Music By

Director of Photography: Marvin V. Rush, A.S.C.
Production Designer: Richard D. James

Editor

Unit Production Manager: Brad Yacobian

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director: Arlene Fukai

Casting By

Original Casting By: Nan Dutton, C.S.A.
Casting Executive: Helen Mossler, C.S.A.
Costume Designer: Robert Blackman
Set Decorator: Leslie Frankenheimer
Visual Effects Producer: Dan Curry

Visual Effects Supervisor

Scenic Art Supervisor / Technical Consultant: Michael Okuda
Senior Illustrator / Technical Consultant: Rick Sternbach
Make-Up Designed and Supervised By: Michael Westmore
Assistant Art Director: Louise Dorton

Assistant Editor
Visual Effects Coordinator

Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Castro
Visual Effects Associate: Cheryl Gluckstern
Script Supervisor: Cosmo Genovese
Special Effects: Dick Brownfield
Property Master: Alan Sims
Construction Coordinator: Al Smutko
Scenic Artist: Wendy Drapanas
Junior Illustrator: Jim Magdaleno
Video Coordinator: Denise Okuda
Hair Designer: Josee Normand

Make-Up Artists
Hair Stylists

Wardrobe Supervisor: Carol Kunz
Sound Mixer: Alan Bernard, C.A.S.
Camera Operator: Doug Knapp, S.O.C.
Chief Lighting Technician: Bill Peets
First Company Grip: Randy Burgess

Key Costumers

Music Editor: Gerry Sackman Supervising Sound Editor: Bill Wistrom
Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Jim Wolvington

Sound Editors

Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Castro
Production Coordinator: Diane Overdiek
Post Production Coordinator: April Rossi
Production Associate: David Rossi
Pre-Production Coordinator: Lolita Fatjo

Assistants to Producers

Stunt Coordinator: Dennis Madalone
Science Consultant: Andre Bormanis

Main Title Design By

Post Production Sound: Modern Sound
Filmed with PANAVISION® Cameras and Lenses
Motion Control Photography Image G
Digital Optical Effects: Digital Magic
Special Video Composting: CIS, Hollywood
Editing Facilities: Unitel Video
Computer Generated Effects: Foundation Imaging

Uncredited

See also

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