Projections
- Episode aired Sep 11, 1995
- TV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
2.3K
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The Doctor tries to determine what is real and what is not when he is activated due to what appears to be a ship-wide emergency.The Doctor tries to determine what is real and what is not when he is activated due to what appears to be a ship-wide emergency.The Doctor tries to determine what is real and what is not when he is activated due to what appears to be a ship-wide emergency.
Roxann Dawson
- Lt. B'Elanna Torres
- (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
Renna Bartlett
- Wounded Voyager Officer
- (uncredited)
John Copage
- Science Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Heather Ferguson
- Command Officer
- (uncredited)
Ken Gruz
- Holographic Wounded Officer
- (uncredited)
Kerry Hoyt
- Crewman Fitzpatrick
- (uncredited)
Julie Jiang
- Voyager Ops Lt. j.g.
- (uncredited)
Ken Lesco
- Holographic Kazon-Nistrim
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the ship computer is reporting systems that are offline, it lists Sewer and waste management. A long running joke with Star Trek fans is that "bodily functions" such as visiting a toilet are never mentioned. This is one of the few times it is hinted.
- GoofsIt's established that the Doctor is on the holodeck and running a simulation. Lieutenant Barclay says he needs to destroy the holographic imaging system to confirm his being a real person. However even when the Doctor does do this he's still on the holodeck and therefore he wouldn't have disappeared because he destroyed the simulated holographic imaging system. Had he destroyed the real one in Engineering he would've indeed disappeared. This is clearly a false way to prove to the Doctor that he's real.
- Quotes
The Doctor: Did I program Mr. Paris to be so annoying?
Lt. Reginald 'Reg' Barclay III: Actually, I programmed him. I modeled him after my cousin, Frank.
The Doctor: Hmm, Computer, delete Paris.
- ConnectionsReferences 36 Hours (1964)
Featured review
One of the few awesome episodes from the first 3 seasons
There aren't a lot of episodes from the first 3 seasons of Star Trek voyager which I would call "must-see" for science fiction fans. But this episodes I'd argue is one of them. The others would be: Eye of the Needle, Deadlock, Distant Origin, Worst Case Scenario, and Scorpion part 1.
What makes this episode great is that it's mysterious from the start. And it keeps the viewer engaged throughout. It even adds an extra twist at the end after one thinks that the writers ran out of tricks.
The episode largely explores the idea of one character not knowing what is or isn't real. And being put in a situation where it's seemingly very important for him to make the correct determination about reality. All of these sorts of stories are very relatable because we know of people who are convinced of things which are false to their detriment. We know that many likable characters are still easily fooled.
And although this sort of story has been done before many times, it's interesting and different to see this sort of story from the perspective of a seemingly artificial form of life questioning if he isn't artificial. It's usually the other way around. It's easy to forget some of the important story details of this episode as well. And that makes it fun to re-watch. This episode also, although confusing, doesn't rely on time travel for creating the confusion or trying to resolve the confusion. And that's something that I appreciate given how common it seems for sci-fi writers to use time-travel or space-time anomalies as their tool for establishing confusing and interesting scenarios for their characters.
What makes this episode great is that it's mysterious from the start. And it keeps the viewer engaged throughout. It even adds an extra twist at the end after one thinks that the writers ran out of tricks.
The episode largely explores the idea of one character not knowing what is or isn't real. And being put in a situation where it's seemingly very important for him to make the correct determination about reality. All of these sorts of stories are very relatable because we know of people who are convinced of things which are false to their detriment. We know that many likable characters are still easily fooled.
And although this sort of story has been done before many times, it's interesting and different to see this sort of story from the perspective of a seemingly artificial form of life questioning if he isn't artificial. It's usually the other way around. It's easy to forget some of the important story details of this episode as well. And that makes it fun to re-watch. This episode also, although confusing, doesn't rely on time travel for creating the confusion or trying to resolve the confusion. And that's something that I appreciate given how common it seems for sci-fi writers to use time-travel or space-time anomalies as their tool for establishing confusing and interesting scenarios for their characters.
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