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| 1062.1 | Info from the Paramount "Voyager" site | DECCXL::WIBECAN | That's the way it is, in Engineering! | Fri Feb 14 1997 10:08 | 34 |
| The Darkling
Production: 161
First Showing: 2/19/97
To improve his performance as the ship's physician, The Doctor undertakes a
personality enhancement project on the Holodeck, incorporating several
accomplished historical figures' traits and temperaments into his Starfleet
database. But he also adopts several aberrant character traits from those
non-fictional figures and is soon over taken by a dangerous, cruel Mister
Hyde-like personality.
This episode carries a "TV PG" parental guideline.
Starring:
Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran as Chakotay
Roxann Biggs-Dawson as B'Elanna Torres
Jennifer Lien as Kes
Robert Duncan McNeill as Lt. Tom Paris
Robert Picardo as the Doctor
Ethan Phillips as Neelix
Tim Russ as Tuvok
Garrett Wang as Harry Kim
Guest Stars:
David Lee Smith as Zahir
Stephen Davies as Nakahn
Noel de Souza as Ghandi
Christopher Clarke as Lord Byron
Sue Henley as the Ensign
Written by: Alex Singer
Directed by: Alex Singer
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| 1062.2 | | DECCXL::WIBECAN | That's the way it is, in Engineering! | Thu Feb 20 1997 10:47 | 16 |
| Voyager is on a roll. This was a good one. Robert Picardo is probably the
best actor, or the best match of actor and character, on that show.
Spoilers...
I was quite surprised to see the Doctor was the attacker. Well done, that bit.
So Kes and Neelix broke up? I didn't quite catch that. I remember when she
was inhabited by that alien, but I thought things went back to normal after
that. Or maybe this is new? It leaves open the possibility of a Doctor-Kes
romantic attachment, which I guess we're supposed to anticipate given this
episode. (A three-year-old adult going out with a hologram. What a
storyline.)
Brian
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| 1062.3 | liked the dark suit on Kes though... | SMURF::PETERT | rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty | Thu Feb 20 1997 11:01 | 31 |
| Spoilers, I suppose...
I was not at all surprised that the Doctor was the attacker, I was
expecting it. Just another variation on the 'possession' theme that
the Trek writers seem so fond of.
And yeah, I was wondering about the Kes split from Neelix too.
I didn't think the recent Kes 'possession' counted either, but
I figured maybe I missed something as I don't follow this religiously.
Not quite up to the Chakotay 'possession' by the Borgling's last
week, but I did like the Ghandi with the spinning head.
Are we to assume that the doctor gained control at the last moment,
(which he didn't seem to remember) or that Doctor Hyde got
remorse and cancelled the scattering field, or that Bellona did
the honor's from on board ship?
PeterT
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| 1062.4 | Kes's outfit was great, super acting job by doc too | APLVEW::DEBRIAE | searching for the language that is _also_ yours | Thu Feb 20 1997 11:51 | 12 |
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Our household was shocked by the mention of Kes and Neelix having
broken up too. Glad we weren't alone. I don't think we've missed one VOY
episode yet this season, so we were confused. I thought Kes returned
back to 'normal' after the alien possession episode as well. Perhaps
the scene where she talks to Neelix in this episode was cut?
I enjoyed this one but it lacked any suspense since the promos made it
clear that the doctor was the villain from the outset. I also was
surprised that the halodoc would have messed with his own programming
so cavalierly. It was still a fun view though...
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| 1062.5 | | DECCXL::WIBECAN | That's the way it is, in Engineering! | Thu Feb 20 1997 14:35 | 8 |
| >> surprised that the halodoc ...
^^^^^^^
That would be the "good" doctor, as opposed to his alter ego, correct? Or did
you perhaps mean "holodoc" (as in "hologram" and "holodeck")? Somehow,
imagining the alter ego Doctor wearing a halo seemed a little strange...
Brian
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| 1062.6 | bit like "I'll just morf some OpenVMS internals with WNT" :-) | APLVEW::DEBRIAE | searching for the language that is _also_ yours | Thu Feb 20 1997 15:02 | 11 |
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Right, halodoc as in 'our good doctor'. I was surprised that, despite
his good intents of trying to improve his character, that he'd muck
with his own complex programming (even as slightly as he thought he was
doing) when in the past he relied on engineering's expertise in that
area.
Perhaps it's just a reference to his increased and growing
capabilities, but it seemed out of character to me (the way he used to
be). It didn't hurt the episode for me though...
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| 1062.7 | dump that orange hairball | DONVAN::KEEFE | | Fri Feb 21 1997 14:50 | 6 |
| One Doctor is worth ten Neelixes. Whatever did Kes see in him
in the first place, yeesh, he's of no interest at all.
Kes and Doctor seem much more natural together. I'm not always
wondering--what's she, doing with him??
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| 1062.8 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Patented Problem Generator | Fri Feb 21 1997 14:59 | 3 |
| Amen!
Preach it brother!
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| 1062.9 | | MAIL2::KMAHER | Un clavo saca otro clavo | Fri Feb 21 1997 15:00 | 7 |
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I digress, but on the vein of the Kes Neelix thing. Kes's life
expectancy is only 9 years, she's already 3. What happens to the lung
she donated to Neelex in another 6 years? Presumably that will wear
out about that time as well. Leaving Neelix Lung-less?
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| 1062.10 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Patented Problem Generator | Fri Feb 21 1997 15:34 | 1 |
| The doctor will find a way to extend her life expectancy.
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| 1062.11 | | MAIL2::KMAHER | Un clavo saca otro clavo | Fri Feb 21 1997 16:56 | 2 |
| so maybe she'll live longer, but the lung she gave to neelix will die,
taking him along with it.....
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| 1062.12 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Patented Problem Generator | Sat Feb 22 1997 17:01 | 1 |
| I am not opposed to that idea.
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| 1062.13 | | DECCXL::WIBECAN | That's the way it is, in Engineering! | Sun Feb 23 1997 13:45 | 9 |
| >> Right, halodoc as in 'our good doctor'.
So the holodoc split into the halodoc and the helldoc? :-)
^ ^
(I guess he didn't quite split; he was the same old holodoc plus this evil
helldoc, so there really wasn't any halodoc at all.)
Brian
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| 1062.14 | LEARN AS YOU GO! | LEVELZ::MARENGO_J | Jim Marengo - Do I smell Lilacs? | Mon Feb 24 1997 12:07 | 7 |
| Regarding the idea of the holodoc messing with his own programming:
I thought it was a goal of most computer engineers/designers/visionaries to have
computers learn and adapt. This could just be a visual means of demonstrating
that capability.
JAM
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| 1062.15 | holodoc borrowed bedside manner from 2001 HALodoc? | APLVEW::DEBRIAE | searching for the language that is _also_ yours | Mon Feb 24 1997 14:23 | 4 |
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Don't know where that insistent 'a' came from, all I can say is that I
had HAL on my mind after watching 2001 again. :-)
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| 1062.16 | | MAIL1::LOCOVARE | Resistance is Futile | Tue Feb 25 1997 10:23 | 13 |
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I loved the scene with B'lana where she is telling him that all
these people had dark threads running thru them.
The doc is touching her leg and she is telling him to be careful
because "someone" may hurt him...
Re: Kes..I never saw anything about them breaking up..and about
lifespan..remember they ran into that other group who knew how
to extend their lives...so it is possible..I forget how they
did it..part of the space they were in?
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| 1062.17 | good acting by picardo | 37119::BOBB | Janet Bobb dtn:339-5755 | Wed Feb 26 1997 13:49 | 13 |
| Liked this one. Especially liked the first scene where the Doc and
B'lana are talking and his manner is inappropriate... "unless you want
me to knock you across the room.....Doctor have you been messing with
you subroutines again?"
Good job by Picardo to depict another personality. Fun scene would be
the evil doctor and the possessed kes (from a few episodes ago).
Hopefully the figure out how the doctor's portable hologram/device
works. It's bound to get destroyed/broken in some episode with him
bouncing all over the place now!
janetb.
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| 1062.18 | | GEMGRP::WEISSMAN | | Mon Mar 10 1997 15:48 | 3 |
| Does anyone in ZKO have a tape of this episode that I could borrow? Thanks.
--Larry
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| 1062.19 | Bravo, Picardo! | EVMS::SCHUETZ | VMS Clusters Memory Channel 381-6075 | Thu Mar 20 1997 16:50 | 6 |
| I have to congratulate Picardo on a job well done.
He even managed to LOOK like a different person, not just have
different mannerisms. Very tough to change his face like that.
Ditto on borrowing the tape. I've missed a few episodes this
season; doesn't anyone bother to tape these anymore?
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