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- Episode 07x20

Episode: 07x20
Title: Author, Author
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 266
First Aired: Apr. 18, 2001

Season 7 » Episode #20 - Author, Author

Star Trek: Voyager - 07x20 Author, Author

Summary: Stardate: 54732.3 The holographic Doctor creates tension as the ship prepares to establish a new communication link, which will give crew members a few minutes of contact with friends and family back in the Alpha Quadrant.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain Jenkins	played by Kate Mulgrew
Commander Katanay	played by Robert Beltran
Chakotay	played by Robert Beltran
B'Elanna Torres	played by Roxann Dawson
Lt. Torrey	played by Roxann Dawson
Tom Paris	played by Robert Duncan McNeill
Lt. Marseilles	played by Robert Duncan McNeill
EMH Mark I	played by Robert Picardo
Tuvok	played by Tim Russ

Season 7 / Episode 20: - Author, Author

The Doctor: I could use your help with the rewrites.
Tom Paris: Really? You realize, as a writer I'm a little unsophisticated.
The Doctor: No; I believe the phrase you're looking for is 'lowbrow'.

Season 7 / Episode 20: - Author, Author

The Doctor: [from his introduction] You're about to take part in a thrilling first-person narrative. You will take on the role of an Emergency Medical Hologram, the Chief Medical Officer aboard the starship Vortex.
Tom Paris: "Vortex"?
The Doctor: As our story begins, an anomaly has hurled your ship thousands of light years across the galaxy. Your mission: to uphold your medical and ethical standards, as you struggle against the crew's bigotry and intolerance. Persons with vascular disorder should consult a physician before running this program.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: Seven of Nine's aunt claimed she had visited the aunt's home at age 6 - however - during the 5th season episode "Dark Frontier: Part 2" - the EMH claimed that Seven of Nine was 4 years old when her parents departed on their Borg research mission.

TRIVIA

As in The Next Generation episode "The Measure Of A Man", the rights of non-organic lifeforms are at issue in this episode. While it had been determined that Data, although being a machine, was not Starfleet property and thus had the right to choose what to do with his life. It was not acknowledged in this episode that the Doctor is a person, but he was rather granted the status of an artist.
Voyager's crew complement is given as 146 (including the Doctor).
Tuvok's fictional counterpart, Tulak, sports a goatee, not unlike the Mirror Universe's Spock in The Original Series: "Mirror, Mirror".
600th live action episode of Star Trek produced.
The Doctor uses a Klingon aphrodisiac on Two of Three in Tom Paris's altered holonovel, a reference to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan where Admiral Kirk wondered if Dr. McCoy's second present to him on his birthday was a Klingon aphrodisiac.