Concerning Flight
- Episode aired Nov 26, 1997
- TV-PG
- 46m
After aliens raid Voyager, Janeway discovers her Leonardo holodeck character living independently at a trading post under the patronage of a shameless "prince" of thieves.After aliens raid Voyager, Janeway discovers her Leonardo holodeck character living independently at a trading post under the patronage of a shameless "prince" of thieves.After aliens raid Voyager, Janeway discovers her Leonardo holodeck character living independently at a trading post under the patronage of a shameless "prince" of thieves.
- Leonardo da Vinci
- (as John Rhys Davies)
- Alien Guard
- (uncredited)
- Alien Trader
- (uncredited)
- Alien Trader
- (uncredited)
- Rotciv Visitor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJaneway says James T. Kirk claimed to have met Leonardo Da Vinci. This happened in Requiem for Methuselah (1969) when Kirk, Spock, and McCoy met a man named Flint, a 5000-year-old man from Earth, who claimed to have assumed the identity of many different artists throughout Earth's history, including Leonardo.
- GoofsWhen Voyager is trying to get the Captain back on board they're under attack with the shields up. It's been established that Voyager cannot transport anything through the shields. So they should not have been able to transport the Captain back to the ship.
- Quotes
[da Vinci is baffled by the "magic" technology he has encountered]
Captain Kathryn Janeway: Let me ask you something. If you were something other than a human being, if you were a different kind of animal... If you were a small bird, a sparrow, what would your world be like?
Leonardo da Vinci: I should make my home in a tree, in the branch of an elm. I should hunt insects for food, straw for my nest, and in springtime I should sing for a companion.
Captain Kathryn Janeway: And you would know nothing of the politics of Florence, the cutting of marble, or mathematics.
Leonardo da Vinci: Of course not.
Captain Kathryn Janeway: But why not?
Leonardo da Vinci: My mind would be too small.
Captain Kathryn Janeway: As a sparrow, your mind would be too small, even with the best of teachers?
Leonardo da Vinci: If Aristotle himself were to perch on my branch and lecture till he... fell off from exhaustion... still the limits of my mind would prevent me from understanding.
Captain Kathryn Janeway: And as a man, can you accept that there may be certain realities beyond the limits of your comprehension?
Leonardo da Vinci: If I could not accept that... then I would be a fool.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Lower Decks: Terminal Provocations (2020)
While there are some funny moments when Da Vinci joins Janeway on her journey, it ultimately doesn't make much sense. After some alien species mugged important technology from the Voyager, the crew is sent to retrieve the stolen computer and the doctor's mobile holo emitter. Somehow though, they are not so keen this time in returning ALL Starfleet technology. I remember when Janeway once was really concerned, that Starfleet technology in the wrong hands could change the balance of power in the delta quadrant. Well, obviously she forgot about that... On the planet's surface, Janeway and Tuvok run into Da Vinci (what a coincidence), that was somehow transferred to the surface when the ship computer has been stolen. Wearing the doctor's holo emitter, he is now able to walk around freely. He even has befriended himself with the head of the thieves that is now also his new patron and even provided him with a new workshop. Here you ask yourself: What does a 24th century mobster want from a 15th century artist and inventor that he would not even know? Da Vinci, as brilliant as he might have been, wouldn't achieve anything with computers, AI, warp drives and translocation devices. When he encounters the stolen computer for example, he thinks, that there is a mechanical woman inside a box. Not a big help for anyone I guess.
Also, Da Vinci is a hologram! Nothing more, nothing less. But Janeway treats him like a human being. If I would be chased down by bad guys with phaser guns, I would not talk to Da Vinci like to a 5 years old child, hiding the truth from him. What's the point in pretending this planet is America and the Portuguese have transported them there by sailing ships? You cannot hurt Da Vinci's feelings! If you need him later being Da Vinci again, just reset his program! Simple as that. This whole charade is really stupid. It would have made more sense, if Janeway would have someone reprogrammed Da Vinci's character to then have someone at her side that has the creativity and skill of Da Vinci paired with the knowledge of someone from the 24th century.
At the end, Janeway and Da Vinci escape the bad guys by flying away with a crude contraption built by Da Vinci. And the bad guys just watch, how they slowly fly away without firing a single shot at them. The whole scene has B-movie quality. Really, really bad. It is time for less hologram action! There is nothing at stake if holograms ride along. If Da Vinci would have "died" during the chase, I would have not cared at all. After all, he would not have been gone forever anyway. If needed, just start his program again and voilà, Da Vinci would have been back - even speaking English instead of Italian!
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- Runtime46 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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