Editing Star Trek: Voyager (section)

==Production==
===Development===
As ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' ended, [[Paramount Pictures]] wanted to continue to have a second ''Star Trek'' television series to accompany ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. The studio also planned to start a new [[television network]], [[UPN]], and wanted the new series to help it succeed.<ref name="pascale20090826">{{cite web|url = http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/26/rick-berman-talks-18-years-of-trek-in-extensive-oral-history/|title = Rick Berman Talks 18 Years of Trek In Extensive Oral History|publisher = TrekMovie.com|access-date = April 6, 2014|last = Pascale|first = Anthony|archive-date = March 30, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140330215222/http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/26/rick-berman-talks-18-years-of-trek-in-extensive-oral-history/|url-status = live}}</ref>

Initial work on ''Star Trek: Voyager'' began in 1993, when the seventh and final season of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and the second season of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' were in production. Seeds for ''Voyager''{{'}}s backstory, including the development of the [[Maquis (Star Trek)|Maquis]], were placed in several ''The Next Generation'' and ''Deep Space Nine'' episodes. ''Voyager'' was shot on the stages ''The Next Generation'' had used, and where the ''Voyager'' pilot "[[Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)|Caretaker]]" was shot in September 1994. Costume designer [[Robert Blackman]] decided that the uniforms of ''Voyager''{{'}}s crew would be the same as those on ''Deep Space Nine''.

''Star Trek: Voyager'' was the first ''Star Trek'' series to use [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI), rather than models, for exterior space shots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trekcore.com/blog/2013/07/voyagers-visual-effects-creating-the-cg-voyager-with-rob-bonchune/|title=Voyager's Visual Effects: Creating the CG Voyager with Rob Bonchune {{!}} TrekCore Blog|last=Staff|first=TrekCore|website=trekcore.com|date=July 19, 2013|access-date=January 1, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Babylon&nbsp;5]]'' and ''[[seaQuest DSV]]'' had previously used CGI to avoid the expense of models, but the ''Star Trek'' television department continued using models because they felt they were more realistic. [[Amblin Imaging]] won an Emmy for ''Voyager''{{'}}s opening CGI title visuals, but the weekly episode exteriors were captured with hand-built miniatures of ''Voyager'', its shuttlecraft, and other ships. This changed when ''Voyager'' went fully CGI for certain types of shots midway through season three (late 1996).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thelogbook.com/jcc/q3-04/voyager3/|title = DVD Reviews – Star Trek Voyager Season 3|publisher = Thelogbook.com|date = June 10, 2009|access-date = December 19, 2009|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090822193016/http://www.thelogbook.com/jcc/q3-04/voyager3/|archive-date = August 22, 2009|df = mdy-all}}</ref> [[Foundation Imaging]] was the studio responsible for special effects during ''Babylon&nbsp;5''{{'}}s first three seasons. Season three's "[[The Swarm (Star Trek: Voyager)|The Swarm]]" was the first episode to use Foundation's effects exclusively. ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' began using Foundation Imaging in conjunction with Digital Muse in season six. In its later seasons, ''Voyager'' featured visual effects from Foundation Imaging and Digital Muse. The digital effects were produced at standard television resolution and some have speculated that it cannot be re-released in HD format without re-creating the special effects.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Whitbrook|first1=James|title=The Detailed, Depressing Reason Deep Space Nine and Voyager May Never Get Full HD Versions|url=http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-detailed-depressing-reason-deep-space-nine-and-voy-1791962332|website=[[io9]]|date=February 3, 2017 |access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=February 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203180706/http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-detailed-depressing-reason-deep-space-nine-and-voy-1791962332|url-status=live}}</ref> However, ''Enterprise'' has been released in HD, but the special effects were rendered in 480p and upscaled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trekcore.com/blog/2013/03/review-star-trek-enterprise-season-1-blu-ray/|title=Review: Star Trek: Enterprise Season 1 Blu-Ray – TrekCore Blog|first=Adam|last=Walker|website=trekcore.com|date=March 16, 2013}}</ref>

===Casting===
[[File:Jeri Ryan 2010.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Jeri Ryan]], appearing at the [[Creation Entertainment|Creation]] ''Star Trek'' convention in 2010; she joined the cast in Season 4 of the show, as the ex-Borg character [[Seven of Nine]].]]
In the initial drafts, Captain Janeway was meant to have the name Elizabeth Janeway, and the actress [[Geneviève Bujold]] was cast for the role. Bujold had previous experience in films, but not in long TV series. Feeling uncomfortable with the demanding production, she left after only two days of filming the pilot. To keep production working and meet the deadlines the role was given to [[Kate Mulgrew]], who had already been considered an option during the casting. Mulgrew also proposed to rename the character as Kathryn Janeway.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/15/arts/real-star-trek-drama-enlisting-new-skipper.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm| title=Real 'Star Trek' Drama: Enlisting New Skipper| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=September 15, 1994| access-date=May 24, 2011| first=Andy |last= Meisler}}</ref> Mulgrew, with more experience in episodic TV series, soon became a fan favorite.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-why-voyager-janeway-bujold-mulgrew-quit/|title= Star Trek: Why Voyager's Original Captain Janeway Quit|author= Sean Ellard|date= June 23, 2021|publisher= CBR|accessdate=April 15, 2024}}</ref> [[Robert Beltran]] knew nothing about the ''Star Trek'' franchise or the significance within it of the role he was auditioning for. He just got the "Caretaker" script from his agent, liked the story and the character, and successfully auditioned for it. He was aware, because of being familiar with the industry, that a pilot episode may eventually lead to an ongoing series.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://treknews.net/2012/07/21/robert-beltran-star-trek-voyager-interview/|title= Robert Beltran Talks Voyager: "If People Can't Take The Truth, That's Fine With Me"|author= |date= July 21, 2012|publisher= Trek News|accessdate=April 17, 2024}}</ref> [[Robert Duncan McNeill]] had played the character of Nicholas Locarno in ''The Next Generation'''s [[The First Duty]]. Initially, Locarno would have returned in the Voyager series, but was later changed to a new character, Tom Paris. The casting notes mentioned that the producers wanted "a Robert Duncan McNeill type", which was noticed by McNeill's agent. He was eager to play the new character. He explained that "I get a call. My agent says, 'Hey, remember that ''Star Trek'' episode you did a few years ago?' He goes, 'They’re making a new show called Voyager and they literally put out a casting notice saying 'a Robbie Duncan McNeill type.' They put my name. Kinda like the character on TNG. Like, my name was in [it]. And I’m like, 'I’m right here! That’s me!' And so [my agent says], 'I think you should… you can do this.'"<ref>{{cite web |url= https://screenrant.com/robert-duncan-mcneill-star-trek-voyager-casting-story/|title= Star Trek's Robert Duncan McNeill Hilariously Explains Getting Cast As Voyager's Tom Paris|author= John orquiola|date= November 26, 2023|publisher= Screen Rant|accessdate=April 20, 2024}}</ref>

[[Robert Picardo]] auditioned for the role of Neelix, but his friend [[Ethan Phillips]] got it. Philips had already been cast in several minor roles in earlier ''Star Trek'' productions.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ethan-phillips-characters-roles-explained/|title= Star Trek: All 4 Characters Played By Ethan Phillips|author= John Orquiola|date= August 26, 2020|publisher= Screen rant|accessdate=April 20, 2024}}</ref> Reflecting on that, Picardo said, "And in that moment, I saved myself 6,000 hours of my life spent in a makeup chair."<ref name="confused">{{cite web |url= https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/robert-picardo-star-trek-voyager-reunion-interview|title= ROBERT PICARDO ON THAT BIG STAR TREK: VOYAGER REUNION AND 25 YEARS OF BEING CONFUSED FOR A DOCTOR|author= Adam Pockross|date= May 26, 2020|publisher= Syfy|accessdate=April 20, 2024}}</ref> However, after failing in the audition he was suggested to try for the character of the Doctor, which he got. He was initially unsure of his way to manage the character because of his limited participation in the pilot, and feared that he would be compared unfavorably with [[Brent Spiner]]. Spiner played the fan-favorite [[Data (Star Trek)|Data]] in ''The Next Generation'', another non-human being. "I was afraid I would be compared to him endlessly and unfavorably because he was so lovable and kind of childlike in his role and I was kind of, you know, crusty and curmudgeonly, and ... pissed off. And not a very cuddly character".<ref name="confused"/> He secured the job by improvising a line in the pilot. When he's left alone in sickbay and all scripted lines were said, he added "I believe someone has failed to terminate my program".<ref name="confused"/> He concluded saying "I'm a doctor, not a nightlight",<ref name="confused"/> imitating the catchphrase of [[Leonard McCoy]] ([[DeForest Kelley]]), the doctor of the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|original ''Star Trek'' series]]. The people laughed, and he was hired some hours later.<ref name="confused"/>

The series added a new main character during the mid-run, [[Seven of Nine]], by [[Jeri Ryan]]. So far in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, this had only happened in ''Deep Space 9'' with [[Worf]], which was a preexisting character and not a new one. Rick Berman explained that "I think after our first three years, the feeling was we wanted to add a bit of pizzazz to the show. We all agreed that we needed something to bring something fresh to the fourth season".<ref name="seven">{{cite web |url= https://www.etonline.com/jeri-ryans-25-year-star-trek-legacy-seven-of-nines-best-moments-on-voyager-picard-flashback-190208|title= Jeri Ryan's 25-Year 'Star Trek' Legacy: Seven of Nine's Best Moments on 'Voyager' & 'Picard' (Flashback)|author= Joe Bergren|date= September 3, 2022|publisher= ET|accessdate=April 21, 2024}}</ref> Berman was interested in the character of Data, a machine that wants to be human, but inverted the formula with a human that was turned into a machine and faces humanity as a new thing. For this purpose they used the [[Borg]], villains from ''The Next Generation'' that had a positive reception. Ryan liked both the premise of the character and the optimist view of the future of the ''Star Trek'' franchise, which she preferred over the darker series she could audition for at the time, and got the job with little problem.<ref name="seven"/>

===Music===
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Unlike ''The Next Generation'', where composer [[Jerry Goldsmith]]'s theme from ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' was reused, Goldsmith composed and conducted an entirely new main theme for ''Voyager''. As done with ''The Next Generation'' and ''Deep Space Nine'', a soundtrack album of the series' pilot episode "Caretaker" and a CD single containing three variations of the main theme were released by [[GNP Crescendo Record Co.|Crescendo Records]] in 1995 between seasons one and two.<ref>{{cite web|title = Jay Chattaway & Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek: Voyager (Music From The Original Television Soundtrack)| date=March 28, 1995 |url = http://www.discogs.com/Jay-Chattaway-Jerry-Goldsmith-Star-Trek-Voyager-Music-From-The-Original-Television-Soundtrack/release/1313773|publisher = [[Discogs]]|access-date = May 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek Voyager Main Title| year=1995 |url = http://www.discogs.com/Jerry-Goldsmith-Star-Trek-Voyager-Main-Title/release/1678599|publisher = [[Discogs]]|access-date = May 31, 2013}}</ref> In 1996, the theme was also released as a piano solo songbook.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Corporation|first=Hal Leonard Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ER-90PB5sMcC|title=Complete Star Trek Theme Music: Themes from All TV Shows & Movies : Piano Solo|date=1996|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-7935-5246-7|language=en}}</ref>

In 2017, La-La Land Records issued ''Star Trek: Voyager Collection, Volume 1'', a four-disc limited-edition release containing Goldsmith's theme music and tracks from [[Jay Chattaway]]'s "Rise", "Night", the two-parter "Equinox", "Pathfinder", "Spirit Folk", "The Haunting of Deck Twelve", "Shattered", "The Void", and the two-parter "Scorpion"; [[Dennis McCarthy (composer)|Dennis McCarthy]]'s "The 37's", the two-parter "Basics", "The Q and the Gray", "Concerning Flight", "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy", and the two-parters "Workforce" and "Year of Hell"; [[David Bell (composer)|David Bell]]'s "Dark Frontier"; and Paul Baillargeon's "Lifesigns".<ref>{{cite web |title= Star Trek: Voyager Collection, Volume 1 |url= http://startreksoundtracks.com/voy/voy-lala-1.html |series= Star Trek Soundtracks |access-date= August 20, 2017 |archive-date= November 18, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201118034806/http://startreksoundtracks.com/voy/voy-lala-1.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

In 2020, ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine said that the ''Voyager'' theme by Goldsmith was the best of all ''Star Trek'' television series' themes.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2020-05-26|title=Every "Star Trek" theme song ranked|url=https://www.newsweek.com/star-trek-theme-songs-ranked-next-generation-voyager-main-title-alexander-courage-movie-soundtrack-1506088|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref> The article elaborates, "...''Voyager'' recaptures some of the spacey ethereality of Courage's original vocal melody, while adding a deep space resonance that evoked the series' lost explorers, far from home among uncharted stars."<ref name=":4" />

===Reunions===
[[File:Voyager Panel 2009 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Robert Picardo, Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ at a Voyager panel in 2009; they played the roles of The Doctor, B'Elanna Torres, Neelix, and Tuvok, respectively]]
In August 2015, the main cast members (except [[Jennifer Lien]], who had retired from acting in 2002) appeared together onstage in Las Vegas for the 20th anniversary of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' at the 2015 Las Vegas ''Star Trek'' convention.<ref name="2015anniversary">{{Cite AV media | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prKmevxg9GU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/prKmevxg9GU| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live| title = The Official Star Trek Convention Vegas 2015 | publisher = Creation Entertainment | date = August 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Following a path set by [[Leonard Nimoy]], the first ''Star Trek'' actor to also direct in the franchise,<ref name=":5" /> [[Robert Duncan McNeill]] (Paris) and [[Roxann Dawson]] (Torres) went on to direct episodes of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', while [[Jonathan Frakes]], [[LeVar Burton]], and [[Andrew Robinson (actor)|Andrew Robinson]] (Garak of ''Deep Space Nine'') all directed episodes of ''Star Trek: Voyager''.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2021-04-09|title=Star Trek: Every Actor Who Also Directed Episodes Or Movies|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-actor-directed-movies-episodes/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}</ref>

The sets used for USS ''Voyager'' were reused for the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode "[[Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges]]" for her sister ''Intrepid''-class ship USS ''Bellerophon'' (NCC-74705). The sickbay set of USS ''Voyager'' was also used as the ''Enterprise''-E sickbay in the films ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]''. The ''Voyager'' ready room and the engineering set were also used as rooms aboard the ''Enterprise-''E in ''Insurrection''.

Production of episodes ran from June or July to March or April each year, with each episode typically taking about seven days to shoot.<ref name="Vergano">{{Cite news|last=Vergano|first=Dan|date=1997-08-13|title=YOU SAY 'STAR TREK' NEEDS A SCIENCE ADVISER? PSST! IT HAS ONE|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/1997/08/13/you-say-star-trek-needs-a-science-adviser-psst-it-has-one/bad126bf-283f-45a1-b805-12cb7eff24ae/|access-date=2021-03-27|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Shooting started at 7 a.m. each weekday and continued until finished for the day.<ref name="Vergano"/> The pilot episode "Caretaker" took 31 days to shoot and was one of the most expensive television pilots shot to that date.<ref name="hollywood">{{cite web|last1=Couch|first1=Aaron|last2=McMillan|first2=Graeme|date=September 8, 2016|title='Star Trek': 100 Greatest Episodes|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/star-trek-episodes-best-100-924455|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>