![]() Of spiritual engagements that frequent Voyager scripter Ronaldĭ. Metaphor-rich engagement with childhood violence and memory (“ The Raven”). We got a revolution fought in the safety of dreams (“ Unimatrix Zero”) and a Set in the 2370s, Voyager episodes ping-ponged wonderfullyīetween genres and modes. To carry a series, Voyager brought us some of the mostĬonvulsively inventive humanist science fiction this side of early Stephen Moffat-era Doctor Who. Janeway (Obie-Award-winner Kate Mulgrew), the first female Trek captain Them from a fresh-and to some viewers, off-putting-angle. Were very much in the Star Trek wheelhouse it just came at Some grrl power screed in Starfleet regalia. Than Buffy, which debuted two years later, it was the most feminist show in Women conveyed sexual power without shame and anger without guilt. Strong man, and more audaciously, it didn't seem to trouble itself over howįans would receive this. On Voyager, female authority was assumed and unquestioned Seen before or since: a series whose lead female characters’ agency andĪuthority were the show. ![]() ![]() Voyager, at once the most Star Trek-ian of accomplishments and the most despised object of fanboy loathing in theįranchise's nearly 50-year history. From 1995-2001, it offered American audiences something never As we mourn Abrams’ macho Trek obliteration, it’s a good time to revisit ![]()
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