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Season one cast

Season one cast

The first season of Star Trek: Voyager debuted on 16 January 1995, with sixteen episodes that ran through 22 May 1995.

Episodes

Watched? Title Episode Production number Stardate US release date

"Caretaker" 1x01/02 40841-721 48315.6–48317 1995-01-16

"Parallax" 1x03 40841-103 48439.7 1995-01-23

"Time and Again" 1x04 40841-104 Unknown 1995-01-30

"Phage" 1x05 40841-105 48532.4 1995-02-06

"The Cloud" 1x06 40841-106 48546.2 1995-02-13

"Eye of the Needle" 1x07 40841-107 48579.4 1995-02-20

"Ex Post Facto" 1x08 108 Unknown 1995-02-27

"Emanations" 1x09 40840-109 48623.5 1995-03-13

"Prime Factors" 1x10 40840-110 48642.5 1995-03-20

"State of Flux" 1x11 40840-111 48658.2 1995-04-10

"Heroes and Demons" 1x12 40840-112 48693.2 1995-04-24

"Cathexis" 1x13 40840-113 48734.2 1995-05-01

"Faces" 1x14 40840-114 48784.2 1995-05-08

"Jetrel" 1x15 40840-115 48832.1 1995-05-15

"Learning Curve" 1x16 40840-116 48846.5 1995-05-22

Summary

Captain Kathryn Janeway's chief of security, Lieutenant Tuvok, has disappeared while involved in a counter-espionage mission aboard a Maquis ship, whose last known position was somewhere in the Badlands. While en route to investigate Tuvok's disappearance, the maiden voyage of the Federation starship USS Voyager ends in disaster as the ship and her crew are pulled seventy thousand light years into the far reaches of the Delta Quadrant. After locating the missing Maquis ship nearby, and learning of the enormity of their predicament, the crew ascertains that an extra-galactic entity called the Caretaker is responsible for pulling them across the galaxy in an attempt to find a compatible species to mate with. The Caretaker confides in Janeway that he is dying and requires a mate to continue caring for a species who live nearby known as the Ocampa. After witnessing the death of the Caretaker, Janeway makes the decision to destroy his technology to prevent it falling into the hands of a local malevolent species known as the Kazon. The firefight which ensues results in both the destruction of the Caretaker's "array" and the renegade Maquis ship; in an act of self-sacrifice, the only way for Voyager's crew to return to the Alpha Quadrant is lost.

After incorporating the Maquis crew, as well as a Talaxian, Neelix, and an Ocampa, Kes, Voyager sets a course for home.

Initial tension and mistrust between the opposing Starfleet and Maquis crews is explored in "Parallax", "Prime Factors", and "Learning Curve". The consequences of isolation and loss on the crew begin to develop in "The Cloud" and "Eye of the Needle", and the crew are also teased with the possibility of returning home several times throughout the first season, only to have it cruelly snatched away. The Kazon reappear and prove to be a powerful nemesis, while in "Phage" an additional threat is introduced, in the disease ravaging organ-harvesting Vidiians. Crucially, Janeway's decision to maintain Voyager as a Starfleet vessel is brought sharply into focus when a member of the former Maquis crew, Ensign Seska, is revealed to be a Cardassian spy, and in a showdown with Janeway, defects to the Kazon.

Each of the primary cast members gets a chance to develop their characters in the first season. Chakotay's heritage and relationship with Janeway are highlighted in "Parallax", "The Cloud", "State of Flux", and "Cathexis". B'Elanna Torres becomes the ship's new Chief Engineer in "Parallax", reveals more of her Klingon character in "Faces", and begins to adjust to Starfleet's code of conduct in "Prime Factors". Lieutenant Tom Paris is falsely accused of murder in "Ex Post Facto", Ensign Harry Kim experiences death in "Emanations", while Lieutenant Tuvok learns to adapt in "Learning Curve". Neelix loses a lung in "Phage" and faces up to the loss of his family, and his species' virtual genocide in "Jetrel". Kes' mental abilities begin to assert themselves in "Time and Again" and "Cathexis", and The Doctor (EMH) slowly begins to experience new emotions, and gain new rights, privileges, and responsibilities in "Eye of the Needle" and "Heroes and Demons".

Background information

Credits

Based Upon Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry

Starring

Also starring

The credits for "Caretaker" initially listed all of the "Also Starring" cast without listing their respective ranks.
The credits for "Parallax" added ranks to all of the "Also Starring" except Biggs-Dawson.
The above shown list reflects their final format presented beginning with "Time and Again".

Guest and co-stars

Crew

Created by
Rick Berman
Michael Piller
Jeri Taylor
Theme by
Jerry Goldsmith
Co-Producer
Wendy Neuss
Producers
Merri Howard
Peter Lauritson
Brannon Braga ("Parallax"–"Learning Curve")
Supervising Producer
David Livingston
Executive Producers
Rick Berman
Michael Piller
Jeri Taylor
Executive Story Editor
Kenneth Biller ("Parallax"–"Learning Curve")
Casting by
Nan Dutton, CSA ("Caretaker")
Kathryn S. Eisenstein ("Caretaker")
Junie Lowry-Johnson, CSA ("Parallax"–"Learning Curve")
Ron Surma ("Parallax"–"Learning Curve")
Original Casting by
Nan Dutton, CSA ("Parallax"–"Learning Curve")
Kathryn S. Eisenstein ("Parallax"–"Prime Factors")
Music by
Jay Chattaway ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "The Cloud", "Emanations"–"Prime Factors", "Cathexis", "Learning Curve")
Dennis McCarthy ("Parallax", "Phage", "Eye of the Needle"–"Ex Post Facto", "State of Flux"–"Heroes and Demons", "Jetrel")
David Bell ("Faces")
Director of Photography
Marvin V. Rush, ASC ("Caretaker"–"Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors"–"Learning Curve")
Joe Chess, Jr. ("Emanations")
Production Designer
Richard D. James
Edited by/Editors
J.P. Farrell ("Caretaker")
Daryl Baskin ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "Eye of the Needle", "Prime Factors", "Cathexis", "Learning Curve")
Tom Benko, ACE ("Parallax", "The Cloud", "Emanations", "Heroes and Demons", "Jetrel")
Robert Lederman ("Phage", "Ex Post Facto", "State of Flux", "Faces")
Unit Production Manager
Brad Yacobian
First Assistant Directors
Jerry Fleck ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors", "Heroes and Demons", "Faces", "Learning Curve")
James S. Griffin ("Parallax")
Adele Simmons ("Phage", "Eye of the Needle", "Emanations", "State of Flux", "Cathexis", "Jetrel")
Second Assistant Director
Arlene Fukai
2nd Second Assistant Director
Michael DeMeritt ("Caretaker")
Costume Designer
Robert Blackman
Set Decorator
Jim Mees
Visual Effects Producer
Dan Curry
Visual Effects Supervisors
David Stipes ("Caretaker", "Eye of the Needle", "Emanations", "State of Flux", "Cathexis", "Jetrel")
Philip Barberio ("Parallax")
Robert D. Bailey ("Time and Again", "Eye of the Needle")
Joe Bauer ("Phage")
Ronald B. Moore ("The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors", "Heroes and Demons", "Faces", "Learning Curve")
Post Production Supervisor
Dawn Velazquez
Supervising Editor
J.P. Farrell ("Parallax"–"Learning Curve")
Scenic Art Supervisor/Technical Consultant
Michael Okuda
Senior Illustrator/Technical Consultant
Rick Sternbach
Make-Up Designed and Supervised by
Michael Westmore
Art Director
Andrew Neskoromny ("Caretaker"–"Time and Again")
Michael L. Mayer ("Phage"–"Learning Curve")
Set Designers
Gary Speckman ("Caretaker"–"Parallax", "Phage", "Eye of the Needle", "Emanations")
Louise Dorton ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors"–"Learning Curve")
John Chichester ("Caretaker")
Visual Effects Coordinators
Michael Backauskas ("Caretaker", "The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors", "Heroes and Demons", "Faces", "Learning Curve")
Joe Bauer ("Caretaker"–"Parallax", "Emanations", "State of Flux", "Cathexis", "Jetrel")
Edward L. Williams ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "Eye of the Needle")
Visual Effects Assistant Editor
Arthur J. Codron ("Caretaker")
Visual Effects Series Coordinator
Philip Barberio ("Phage"–"Prime Factors")
Edward L. Williams ("State of Flux"–"Learning Curve")
Visual Effects Associate
Frederick G. Alba ("Caretaker")
Edward L. Williams ("Parallax", "Phage"–"The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto"–"Prime Factors")
Arthur J. Codron ("State of Flux"–"Learning Curve")
Script Supervisor
Cosmo Genovese
Special Effects
Dick Brownfield
Property Master
Alan Sims
Construction Coordinator
Al Smutko
Scenic Artists
Jim Magdaleno ("Caretaker"–"Parallax", "Phage", "Eye of the Needle", "Emanations", "State of Flux", "Cathexis", "Jetrel")
Wendy Drapanas ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors", "Heroes and Demons", "Faces", "Learning Curve")
Illustrator
Jim Martin ("Caretaker")
Video Coordinator
Denise Okuda
Video Consultant
Liz Radley ("Caretaker")
Video Playback Operators
Larry Markart ("Caretaker")
Ben Betts ("Caretaker")
Hair Designer
Josée Normand
Make-Up Artists
Greg Nelson ("Caretaker"–"Phage", "Ex Post Facto"–"Emanations", "State of Flux"–"Learning Curve")
Tina Hoffman ("Caretaker"–"Time and Again", "The Cloud"–"Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors"–"Heroes and Demons", "Jetrel"–"Learning Curve")
Scott Wheeler ("Caretaker"–"Parallax", "Phage"–"Eye of the Needle", "Emanations"–"State of Flux", "Cathexis"–"Jetrel")
Mark Shostrom ("Caretaker", "Time and Again"–"The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto"–"Prime Factors", "Heroes and Demons"–"Faces", "Learning Curve")
Hair Stylists
Patricia Miller
Karen Asano-Myers ("Caretaker"–"Parallax", "Phage", "Eye of the Needle", "Emanations", "State of Flux", "Cathexis", "Jetrel")
Shawn McKay ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors", "Heroes and Demons", "Faces", "Learning Curve")
Wardrobe Supervisor
Carol Kunz ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors", "Heroes and Demons", "Faces", "Learning Curve")
Camille Argus ("Parallax", "Phage", "Eye of the Needle", "Emanations", "State of Flux", "Cathexis", "Jetrel")
Sound Mixer
Alan Bernard, CAS
Camera Operator
Joe Chess, SOC ("Caretaker"–"Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors"–"Learning Curve")
Ron High, SOC ("Emanations")
Chief Lighting Technician
Bill Peets
First Company Grip
Bob Sordal
Key Costumers
Tom Siegel ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors", "Heroes and Demons", "Faces", "Learning Curve")
Camille Argus ("Caretaker")
Matt Hoffman ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "Prime Factors", Heroes and Demons", "Faces", "Learning Curve")
Jamie Thomas ("Caretaker"–"Parallax", "Phage", "Eye of the Needle", "Emanations", "State of Flux", "Cathexis", "Jetrel")
Kimberley Shull ("Parallax", "Phage", "Eye of the Needle", "Emanations", "State of Flux", "Cathexis", "Jetrel", credited as Kimberly Thompson-Shull until "Emanations")
Music Editor
Gerry Sackman
Supervising Sound Editor
Bill Wistrom
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Jim Wolvington
Sound Editors
Miguel Rivera
Masanobu Tomita
Ruth Adelman
Assistant Editor
Lisa De Moraes ("Caretaker")
Post Production Sound
Modern Sound (credited as Modern Sound Hollywood, CA in "Caretaker")
Production Coordinator
Diane Overdiek
Post Production Coordinator
Cheryl Gluckstern
Production Associates
Kristine Fernandes
Kim Fitzgerald ("Caretaker")
Zayra Cabot
David Rossi
Sandra Sena ("Parallax"–"Learning Curve")
Pre-Production Coordinator
Lolita Fatjo
Casting Assistant
Libby Goldstein ("Caretaker")
Casting Executive
Helen Mossler, CSA
Stunt Coordinator
Dennis Madalone ("Caretaker"–"Time and Again", "The Cloud", "Ex Post Facto", "State of Flux"–"Faces", "Learning Curve")
Transportation Captain
Stewart Satterfield ("Caretaker")
Location Manager
Lisa White ("Caretaker", "Time and Again", "State of Flux")
Science Consultant
Andre Bormanis
Main Title Design by
Santa Barbara Studios
Dan Curry
Re-Recording Mixers
Chris Haire, CAS ("Caretaker")
Doug Davey ("Caretaker")
Richard Morrison, CAS ("Caretaker")
Filmed with Panavision ® Cameras and Lenses
Motion Control Photography
Image G
Digital Optical Effects
Digital Magic ("Caretaker"–"Jetrel")
Pacific Ocean Post ("Learning Curve")
Computer Animation
Amblin Imaging ("Caretaker", "Phage")
Santa Barbara Studios ("The Cloud")
Computer Generated Effects
Amblin Imaging ("Eye of the Needle", "Emanations")
Special Video Compositing
CIS, Hollywood
Editing Facilities
Unitel Video
Matte Paintings
Illusion Arts ("Caretaker")
Eric Chauvin ("Caretaker")
Miniatures
Tony Meininger ("Caretaker")
Wonderworks ("Caretaker")
Don Pennington ("Caretaker")
Tony Doublin ("Caretaker")
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Dolby Surround
Paramount® A Viacom Company

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