Editing Seven of Nine (section)

===Attire and filming issues===
Her initial costume as seen in "Scorpion" and the following episode, "The Gift", saw Seven of Nine as a full Borg. This outfit took some two-and-a-half hours for Ryan to get into, but an error was made in measuring the outfit by not taking into account the prosthetics that she was required to wear for the part. This cut off the blood supply through her [[External carotid artery|carotid artery]], causing her to pass out on two occasions. After a nurse was called twice to supply oxygen, the costume was modified to stop it from happening again.<ref name=babe/>

Once the character had the majority of the Borg implants removed, a new costume was required. Ryan wore a silver jumpsuit for the first few episodes, which director [[Jesús Salvador Treviño]] said that during the filming of the episode "[[Day of Honor]]" caused problems as "almost any camera angle inevitably winds up emphasising her sexuality."<ref name=simp9722/> Ryan described the new costume as "a little snug", and wore a [[corset]]-like item which gave the appearance of mechanical ribs.<ref name=babe/> At least one version of the costume had the corset built into it.<ref name=reunites/> In order to give her greater height, the shoes which formed part of her costume had four-inch (10&nbsp;cm) high heels.<ref>{{cite news|title=Star Trek Style|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83816480.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921204439/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83816480.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2014|access-date=September 7, 2014|work=Daily News|publisher=|date=March 26, 1998|url-access=}}</ref> She said in a 2012 interview that the suit by [[costume designer]] [[Robert Blackman]] was a "feat of engineering", but required a 20-minute production shutdown if she needed to use the toilet, as she needed that time plus assistance to get into and out of it.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/jeri-ryan-body-of-proof-star-trek-voyager_n_1413141.html |title=Jeri Ryan Of 'Body Of Proof' Recalls Her Days As Seven Of Nine On 'Star Trek: Voyager' |first= Chris|last= Jancelewicz|newspaper=Huffington Post |date=April 11, 2012 |access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref> She said that it was so fitted and figure hugging that it "might as well have been [[bodypaint|body paint]]".<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.trektoday.com/news/180202_02.shtml | title=TrekToday - Ryan Faces Catsuit Memories on 'Letterman'| date=3 October 2021}}</ref> The lengthy time it took to use the bathroom led to the actress not drinking any fluids, which in turn made her feel sick.<ref>{{Cite web|last=June 2020|first=Elizabeth Howell 09|title=How Borgs, Vulcans and doctors showed diversity on 'Star Trek: Voyager'|url=https://www.space.com/star-trek-voyager-cast-talk-diversity-reunion.html|access-date=2021-03-21|website=Space.com|date=9 June 2020|language=en}}</ref>

Treviño praised the subsequent changes to her costume in order to reduce its sexuality, saying that "it is much more sensible, because she's still an attractive person but then you get away from that titillation stuff which I think is so demeaning not only to the audience, but it's kinda of demeaning to what ''Star Trek'' is about."<ref name=simp9722>{{cite journal|last=Simpson|first=Paul|title=Man of Honour|journal=Dreamwatch|date=December 1997|issue=40|pages=22–23}}</ref> The later versions of her costumes still required 20 minutes to get into before filming could start,<ref name=transcript3>{{cite web|title=Jeri Ryan, "Seven of Nine" on Star Trek: Voyager|url=http://www.startrek.com/news/transcripts/ryan_021199.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011007072908/http://www.startrek.com/news/transcripts/ryan_021199.html|archive-date=October 7, 2001 |date=February 11, 1999|publisher=Star Trek.com|access-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref> but Ryan said they were much more forgiving, "In the silver costume, if I got goosebumps, you could see them. The brown costume is a thicker, stronger fabric. It's not quite so clingy, so the waist doesn't have to be cinched in."<ref name=ladyborg/> That version of the costume also removed the vertical bones of the corset, which allowed Ryan to have greater flexibility while wearing it.<ref name=ladyborg/>

One of the major remaining pieces of Borg technology that Ryan continued to wear for the part was what she described as "That little thing over my eye".<ref name=impish>{{cite news|last1=Rohan|first1=Virginia|title=Facial Prosthetics Mask Impish Smile|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22451289.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921204437/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22451289.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2014|access-date=September 7, 2014|work=The Record|publisher=|date=February 16, 1999|url-access= }}</ref> This was because the term that referred to it in the episodes would change depending on the writers and the episode itself, she explained that "Sometimes, it's my cortical implant. Sometimes, it's my cranial implant. Sometimes, it's my ocular implant."<ref name=impish/>