Voyager Receives a Message from Pre-Warp Society

[@malcontender6319]

I still think this is one of their best episodes, the Doctor gets to live an entire life of his own.

[@biocapsule7311]

Agree, still my favorite STV episode. And it always sadden me that he left an orphan kid behind without ever knowing what happen to him. The only thing I can imagine is that his son will be well educated, but he will never know where his father went.

[@BookerGoodwin]

@@biocapsule7311 I think he took in a poor pregnant mom and delivered the baby. The mom liked the name Jason. It would have been nice if they threw in a line about how he is having trouble adjusting to his new life.

[@maurenovick]

The whole concept for this episode was great and makes me miss the old days of Trek.

[@Rubyofthedead]

Watching an entire civilization evolve from Stone Age to warp-capable in a few days was a pretty amazing idea, and they pulled it off well.

[@wazscience]

im still surprised he had kids.

[@KENOMAN1969]

I love that the doctor lived there for years, had a girlfriend, changed his appearance, and was a fan of the local sports teams. When he got back he was so excited to be home but he was also a complete local of society they were watching. Yet he was only gone a short time in Voyagers time frame.😅

[@Golddess]

Had a son too.

[@OptimusWombat]

@@Golddess ad adoptive one, but yes.

[@TommygunNG]

He became a loyal member of the particular society where he landed. He spoke of a war among the nations on the planet, saying that “we” engaged in such and such against enemies. Reverse the situation, with aliens coming to Earth and landing in the United States, it would be very un-PC today to depict them take America’s side in anything. (To do so for our enemies, however…)

[@thesailormercury2]

​@@TommygunNGhe has a life that would make data jealous think about it the doctor. did all that in three years.

[@bjornjoseph]

Think he injected her with some random guys baby batter

[@thedawkturr4481]

Watching the rise and evolution of a civilization. Encountering and hearing their own version of Carl Sagan, and eventually Neil Armstrong. Hands down one of my favorite episodes.

[@DarkKnight52365]

it definitely added alot to the borg mythos

[@fuzzywzhe]

If they waited around for a month or so, the planet would have developed the technology to return them to Earth.

[@sparkyshore3543]

Blink of an Eye is absolutely my favorite episode of the entire series.

[@BeachcomberNZ]

Then you should read a hard sci-fi novel called 'Dragon's Egg' by Robert L Forward. I think the Voyager story was based on that book, as it's very similar.

[@UteChewb]

@@BeachcomberNZ Dragon's Egg is amazing. Life on a neutron star, and done convincingly.

[@looneyburgmusic]

One of the best episodes in all of Star Trek...

[@mtlreiner]

Agreed. This is the pinnacle.

[@mupsoftaren]

Not only the series, it's the distilled essence of what 'Star Trek' means, it is the most star treky star trek episode of all.

[@TheCNYMike]

I liked it when the astronaut came aboard later and he and the Doctor talked about sports teams.

[@SirZapdos]

Mountain or Lakeside?

[@TheCNYMike]

@@SirZapdos Mountain, of course. Don't tell me you're a Lakeside supporter!

[@SirZapdos]

@@TheCNYMikeYou really were on the surface

[@TheCNYMike]

@@SirZapdos How they doing this year?

[@michaelmclaughlin261]

@@TheCNYMike I'll go into voluntary exile before I support Mountain!

[@kaywatson6505]

The ending was perfect. The old Astronaut sitting there at the end of his life watching the sky ship warp away forever.

[@sparks2429]

People hate on voyager but it had some really unique episodes

[@cindycampbell3761]

One of my favorite episodes was "Shattered." I liked how it was a nice look back at significant moments from the show.

[@dotdashdotdash]

I think Voyager got better with each season.

[@ShortArmStrongArm]

People are just jealous of the size of Janeway’s testicles

[@mjlee29]

Voyager is up there with Enterprise as my top two favorites. Everything from the look of the ships to the characters and the writing that made some all time standouts.

[@brain8484]

yes dull people

[@uscdave1124]

Not only is this one of my favorite Voyager episodes, I put it right up beside "The Inner Light' from TNG as an example of one of the best sci-fi stories ever produced for television.

[@michalperach984]

I haven't seen it, or any Voyager episode, but this showed up on my suggestions, and all I could think of was that wonderful TNG episode. I saw it so many years ago, but I'll never forget it.

[@ozpin8329]

@@michalperach984 I highly recommend watching it, as someone who loves The Inner Light. This episode absolutely feels like an homage to that one, and you don't really need any knowledge of Voyager except the basic premise to appreciate it. I think it's not just some of the best that Voyager has to offer, but some of the best Trek as a whole does. Voyager has its issues and I'd say it had the wildest quality swings of any Trek from that era, but when it nails it, it does it in a way no other Trek does. This is one of those episodes.

[@sarahberkner]

It's based on a book called The Dragon's Egg, it was just a little weird but I'd recommend it.

[@sommmeguy]

"To hell with the prime directive" is right up there in how often it was used with other phrases such as "he's dead, Jim" and "resistance is futile"

[@adaster98]

I still love how an EMH whom was designed to operate for a few days in an emergency becomes a full fledged crew member and even goes on away missions.

[@ozpin8329]

When I first started watching Voyager I thought the EMH was just a reskinned version of Data, plotwise. It was great to see him develop over the course of the series going through roughly the same journey but in entirely different ways and personalities.

[@odysseusrex5908]

The way they wrote the doctor, over the course of the show, is the best thing about the entire series.

[@AmyThePuddytat]

*who

[@fr9714]

Absolutely. There was another episode where he survives 700y into the future as well. The only bad thing was how his holo matrix was depicted. Some advanced 29th century tech allowing him some sort of corporeal existence and he wears it loosely on his sleeve. Lol. One flick and he's gone..

[@andypetrovich2155]

It was probably his "mobile emitter" with enhanced battery life.

[@piotrd.4850]

This was about most creative and I'd argue - the best episode of Voyager and also one of very best in whole franchise. "respond if you can or if you wish" - faq, tear jerker....

[@OutyMan]

Reminds me of my favorite TNG Episode: The Inner Light, where Picard experiences a lifetime amongst a long-dead civilization.

[@kaywatson6505]

The Inner Light That was an incredible episode. What a clever way to save the memory of an entire civilization. That episode was truly Sci Fi not Science Fantasy.

[@drhacknslashzombietimelord6768]

I consider this one to be one of the best VOYAGER episodes.

[@madsleonardholvik3040]

Agreed! Great episode that I've watched lots of times.😊

[@Blemmo]

this is the first time for me i hear Janeways original voice. It's amazing, how the German dubbing matches her so well. Live long and prosper folks.

[@darknase]

German dubbing sucks. Watch the whole series and come back ...

[@christopherkraft1327]

This is an excellent episode, one of my favorites!!! Thanks for sharing another exciting video!!! 🖖🖖

[@April-dv2pb]

You're welcome, Christopher. 🖖

[@Locutus]

Good episode. It's a unique concept. Definitely one of Voyager's better episodes.

[@dhinton1]

Voyager had a ton of GREAT concept episodes.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

Also inspires "Orville's" "Mad Idolatry," which is basically a mix of VOY's "Blink of an Eye" with TNG's "Who Watches the Watchers."

[@mafuletrekkie]

It is actually based on a book called "Dragon's Egg". Worth a read.

[@TheInquisitiveShark]

This was a great episode. Good writing.

[@XSilver_WaterX]

All those concepts comes from drugs and grandeur delusions.

[@nealeorinick1700]

I love Voyager. This was a great episode about the Doctor who gets to have an entire life (much like Picard in The Inner Light episode ) outside of Voyager.

[@richardmcgowan1651]

Best episode of Voyager and in my personal top 10 episode of Trek overall. The wee side story of the Doctor is just perfect for his character.

[@RealBadGaming52]

It’s great

[@Randomnessisreasuring]

@@RealBadGaming52 It could have been a two parter with the returned astronaut being interrogated.

[@RealBadGaming52]

@@Randomnessisreasuring seeing as the astronauts where from the planets 1960s faze , it could play put like a Paranoia triller

[@LGranthamsHeir]

The episode that inspires The Orville's "Mad Idolatry" episode about a pre-quantum society that advanced by 700 years every 10 Earth days, and in the process made the ship's first officer their God 😉 3:00 The EMH and Isaac are their respective ship's "observers" to the alien planets...

[@jack1701e]

Even if it was something of a copy of this episode that just means we got two great episodes with a great storyline, I've seen both and get the same feeling from it. It's the kind of sci fi we need more of!

[@mafuletrekkie]

They are both actually based upon a book called "Dragon's Egg".

[@MarijnvdSterre]

@@mafuletrekkie Are they? I am sure MacFarlane did see this episode, I don't know if he read that book. That this episode is based on "Dragon's Egg" is very likely though. Even if it isn't that out of the box concept to think of. Certainly a possibility that more than one people thought of it (but like I said, I do think this one is indeed based on the book)

[@mafuletrekkie]

@@MarijnvdSterre I would be shocked if MacFarlane never read Dragon's Egg.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

@@mafuletrekkie I wouldn't. I'd be more shocked that he hadn't seen this episode. He's a raving Trekkie. The Orville was supposed to BE a Trek show...but CBS rejected it. All he's ever really wanted to do was Trek.

[@stephengamber7000]

Thank you for posting. I never knew of this episode and just watched it. What a great idea and story. I would have liked to learn more about the developing cultures - would have liked a longer episode going into greater detail.

[@alkaline3mc]

I like how their universal translators are instantly able to interpret a language they ever never been exposed to before.

[@MichaelThe-Pyro]

well, to be fair they have a catalogue of millions of known languages by this point so running an algorithm based upon that wouldnt be all that difficult with such a data base and computing power.

[@karadan100]

Would make the name redundant otherwise. :)

[@Locutus494]

That's... that's the whole purpose of the universal translator. 🤦‍♂

[@Peatingtune]

Considering the humanoid species of the galaxy were seeded by a progenitor race in Trek Lore, it stands to reason there would be certain patterns common to humanoid spoken language that would make it possible, with millions of examples and the input and influence of linguists from multiple species, to auto-translate the transmission. Non-humanoid languages likely pose a challenge to the UT, although they have examples of those as well that could be helpful to work with. At any rate it helps that 24th century computers are so fast.@@MichaelThe-Pyro

[@bigpoppa1234]

Just because Voyager had no idea what was there, doesn't mean other species couldn't know it.

[@jack1701e]

Blink of an Eye is quintessentially star trek, always brings a lump to my throat!

[@stevef.8708]

This was one of my most favorite Star Trek episodes across all the series!

[@dr.veronica6155]

Yeah, the idea that the Prime Directive should stop them from responding is absurd. The whole point of the Prime Directive is to ensure that pre-warp cultures aren't exposed to the existence of the greater galactic community and to avoid cultural contamination, but the people on this planet are already fully aware that at least some civilization exists that can travel through space and their culture has already been effected by it. Refusing to respond at this point seems meaningless. Sometimes the Prime Directive is taken way too seriously. Most Federation captains would apparently be totally fine with condemning billions to painful death if a pre-warp civilization with billions of people found their planet dying, rather than make contact and save them.

[@nonya13]

One of my favorite episodes of Voyager.

[@quillquickcard8824]

If you enjoyed this episode of Voyager, and especially the concept, please read the book Dragon's Egg. It is the book from which this concept from lifted, and the book is one of the most phenomenal pieces of hard science fiction I've ever read. The book centers around a human expedition to a passing neutron star, upon the surface of which lives a race of miniscule 12-eyed sapient plasmoids called the Cheela. They are amazingly and delightfully alien, and the cultural exchanges toward the end of the book are beautiful.

[@lordbucket7755]

"At that moment, she became the greatest mathematician in the history of the world."

[@glennmartin6492]

That's the one. I remember the title of the sequel.

[@magsteel9891]

Thanks, I will check it out

[@Bonez0r]

Just adding the name of the author here in case someone can't find the book: Robert L. Forward

[@spudhead169]

They said earlier that 1 day on the planet is 1 second on voyager. That's 86,400x times faster. Assuming they understood the spectrum properties of different bands, they'd know to use a relatively high frequency transmission to penetrate the atmosphere without the signal bouncing. If that's higher than around 3MHz the signal would transition into infra-red. At that point it is no longer possible to receive as regular radio regardless of the equipment.

[@edinfific2576]

Actually, below 3MHz can also penetrate the atmosphere. 3-30MHz is reflected back. And since it was the first radio signal they've used, it was early development which was likely low enough freqency to translate into UHF or even higher, and Seven may have used "Ultra-High" merely as a description instead of an Earthly specification.

[@darrellhagan6124]

True but why analyze? Just enjoy!

[@JamesAreySeattle]

One of my absolute favorite single episodes from any Star Trek series.

[@davidgriffin3692]

This is one of my favorite episodes in Star trek!

[@MKDumas1981]

"Blink of an Eye". One of my favorites.

[@JB-pk3bz]

"You'd be going only as an observer." (Captain Janeway stares directly into the Doctor's eyes.) "You're not to make contact." Every time a Star Fleet captain does that, why do we hear it as almost a dare?

[@christopherg2347]

Didn't the Doctor end up making children down there?

[@Locutus]

Starfleet, not Star Fleet.

[@Locutus]

@@christopherg2347 I don't think he had 'biological' children, but yes, he did have a family.

[@uncletaylorify]

He basically met a single mom and spent several years with her and her kids.

[@JB-pk3bz]

@@Locutus Star Fleet or Starfleet. Both have been utilized. Take a look at the 1979 Star Trek game, Star Fleet Battles.

[@teresalewelling7318]

One of my most favorite show’s

[@lazersly]

I loved the concept of this episode. This is Star Trek.

[@Chris.Tee.11b]

One of the best episodes of voyager.

[@ironcito1101]

I love these situations where there aren't obviously good or bad choices. When they had to choose whether to separate Tuvix, when Archer had to decide whether to create a short-lived clone of Trip to save his life, when there were people living on a planet about to be destroyed and they refused to be evacuated, when they were planning to send Hugh with a "virus" to destroy the Borg... One could argue either way and not be right or wrong. Star Trek had several of those over the years. I much prefer those stories rather than the stereotypical good-vs-evil like Dukat, Ru-afo and Shinzon.

[@walternelson2687]

Moodkindred. I also dislike Space-Satan vs Space Moses, but enjoy the rest of DS9.

[@SystemParanoia]

Captain insaneway murdered tuvix 😢

[@Galilee1964]

"You'll be going only as an observer." Funny, that sounds like what Janeway said to Tom Paris at the beginning of Caretaker. Both Tom and the Doctor became much more than just observers.

[@F40PH-2CAT]

One of the best Voyager episodes.

[@tred6292]

The Doctor’s offer to go down reminds me of Issac from The Orville. Only Issac actually succeeded to go down, and there he found he didn’t have to do anything.

[@1Shalnark1]

Interesting to note that during the early Star Trek, the next generation episodes, the federation regularly makes contact with and even trades with pre-warp civilizations.

[@alienlife7754]

Another rare good episode of this show. We never heard any more about the Doctor’s life on this world. Would have been interesting to at least hear him mention it now and then.

[@allenr316]

"You're going only as an observer. You are NOT to make contact." How many other people's response to that statement was "Pfft... yeah right."

[@ArgentPure]

My favorite episode by far!

[@erictaylor5462]

This was one of the better Voyager episodes. I didn't really care for the show much, but they did have several good episodes. Some were even very good.

[@wordyblerd7723]

This is Voyager's finest episode. Just stellar science fiction and so well executed.

[@priruss357]

For sheer entertainment value, I still rank Bride of Chaotica just a hair above Blink of an Eye. For serious navel-gazing, yes Blink of an Eye wins.

[@Cinnemax77]

BY FAR the best of the Star Trek series

[@PaulCashman]

Great concept! Dr. Robert L. Forward, a writer and aerospace engineer, wrote some SF books that take this sort of time-differential to an even greater extreme when humans encounter a civilzation on a neutron star...that evolves from barbarism to FAR past human technology in a matter of days. "Dragon's Egg" is the title of the first book. Brilliant stuff.

[@altha-rf1et]

One of my favorite episode

[@TonyTube407]

This is one of my favorite Voyager episodes for sure. Very thoughtful.

[@dumaskhan]

every star trek series has an episode like this. Even the Orville has an episode like this.

[@peterhoulis1184]

Voyager was an awesome series

[@PowerKorrupts]

What an awesome episode this was!

[@kimberlytaylor5886]

One of my favorite Voyager episodes

[@Wolfen443]

This is like the episode in The Next generation where Picard is transported to a long-gone civilization by a probe, right?, I guess.

[@secret.headquarters]

This was my favourite episode of Voyager. Such a good idea

[@r.p.4683]

I can't imagine Picard telling a woman 'you are not to make contact" as close as Janeway did to the doctor. He would get to HR really fast. lol

[@UltimatumNo5]

Personally don’t think he would need to say it to a woman considering how few of them we seem to see on away missions. Picard would probably say the same thing to Riker after sex with the Malcorian physician played by Bebe Neuwirth.😍

[@j.macmillan2293]

A wonderful episode.

[@whtxombi4955]

This episode was excellent! One of the best.

[@drockjr]

I wish this story was discussed again. The doc spent YEARS, having first hand research and knowledge of a whole civilization. It would have been neat to see what effect it would have had on his character growth. Maybe give the doc PTSD from an event. Or whatever. Anything could have added to such a unique concept. Oh well. Great episode

[@travisjames3517]

Berman and Braga never cared for character growth.

[@drockjr]

@travisjames3517 yeah, it always comes back to those two it seems

[@travisjames3517]

@@drockjr They, literally, destroyed the franchise to the point a while decades ago went by before a new series aired after “Enterprise.” Jolene Blalock was so mad at them that she refused to attend the ENT wrap party. Keep them away from anything Star Trek.

[@drockjr]

@travisjames3517 idk man, "these are the voyages" seemed to be the best, most well written finale of trek history. 😄 🤣

[@adammclaughlin845]

@drockjr These Are The Voyages would have been a superb mid-season episode or the first half of a two-parter, but it wasn't well judged to make it the ENT farewell episode. If it pissed the ENT cast off it cannot have been the right move.

[@chiggs5904]

It's amazing how aliens always speak perfect English.

[@appo9357]

One of my favorite episodes.

[@SpaceOddity4214]

That episode touched my heart 💗

[@randomrazr]

they prpob culd have done an entire episode of the doctor being down their

[@elizabetha8565]

They did a shirt story about the Dr being down there in Distant Shores. It was really well done. It's called 18 minutes.

[@rayjenks-l7d]

i wish they had spent more episodes and time with this man what a theory !and a great episode !

[@jment34]

One of the best episodes in voyager and star trek.

[@docsavage8640]

Compared to everything we've gotten from Paramount/CBS since Voyager has made Voyager look like Shakespeare in retrospect.

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

This is genuinely one of the best moments of sci-fi storytelling on TV ever.

[@aaronboothproduction]

Spoiler Alert: He makes A LOT of contact.

[@MrBiggles53]

Cowboy observation only 😁

[@yesyesyesyes1600]

one of my favorite episodes

[@moretoknowshow1887]

Still one of the best ST episodes.

[@thephantomeagle2]

Easily on of my favorites. It seems to be a 1st for sci-fi

[@claudemaassen2963]

This episode is one of my most favorite one of all the Star Trek series.

[@aaron1983]

I love Voyager. Time well spent.

[@smshapi]

One of my favorite episodes!

[@jimcoughlin9932]

Great show!

[@ismike1982]

Easily a top 5 episode of Voyager.

[@arbjful]

One of the best episodes

[@scottwatts3879]

I agree that this was one of the best Voyager episodes.

[@fastertrackcreative]

" You will be going only as an observer, you are not to make contact" Does anything but

[@0prayus]

Voyager remains our family's favourite ❤

[@odysseusrex5908]

This is one of the best, if not the best, episodes in this series.

[@lemontec]

I watched more voyager than TNG because my dad bought the entire vhs set when I was 10. Episodes like this make it my favorite Star Trek series to this date.

[@Exarathas]

I love this episode so much!

[@Kand1nSky]

wonderful episode this was

[@andypeterson2126]

I feel like they should make a spin-off series where we follow the doctor for those three years

[@mds_main]

I always loved this episode a lot

[@jasonkutlik2414]

Growing up I always wanted Jeri Ryan to play with my nanoprobe.😅 Ahhhh 7 of 9... Tertiary adjunct of unimatrix zero one.

[@Gukworks]

This episode has much meaning to me. It was my late twin brothers favorate episode of Voyager.

[@friendofvinnie]

It's a great show

[@TheHalcyonAnon]

This was one of my favorite episodes. The Orville paid homage to this one also.

[@KeithRowley418]

Excellent series.

[@williamchessher5938]

Outstanding episode

[@JohnS-il1dr]

We had great episodes like this in Voyager. How the hell did that Salamander episode get greenlit??

[@griffithandy2950]

I love the two big reasons in the first scene that makes voyager great.

[@McRocket]

Fantastic episode, imho. One of my favs of the series. I find time travel in sci-fi has been overused to the point that it is little more than a sci-fi cop out. But this version of it seems plausible(ish)... and really works for me(ish). Thank you for posting this video. You seem to make great choices to post. BTW - this is a great example of why I think Starfleet was incredibly selfish to watch pre-warp species. Even if their intentions were benign. If Starfleet is SO big on not interfering with other worlds like this? Then stay away from them completely. Curiosity is not enough of a justification for risking tremendous damage to a pre-warp species. ☮

[@Technobabylon]

"You'd be going only as an observer. You are not to make contact." *proceeds to start a family*

[@Kevin_Kennelly]

The signal is amplitude modulated. That is AM radio. Slow it down so we can hear the transmission. "Big Marty sells carpet cheaper."

[@CommentsProbablyDeleted]

I remember seeing a similar episode in the Orville.

[@walterw8223]

Great episode but it always bothered me a bit why they didn't just wait in that solar system a little while longer, until the planet evolved so far they could solve the time issue and help them with some warp >9.9+ tech to get them get home a lot faster.

[@alienmicrobes]

Not a Voyager fan, but I really liked this episode, and how it depicted a society evolving through time.

[@michaelkeithduncan]

A follow up episode about these people would have been pretty cool, like they catch up to them in the next season super advanced