When auditioning for the part of the holographic doctor, Robert Picardo was asked to say the line "Somebody forgot to turn off my program". He did so, then ad-libbed "I'm a doctor, not a light bulb" and got the part.
Geneviève Bujold was originally cast to play Captain Janeway, but a few days into filming the first episode, she abruptly quit.
At one point, several male actors read for the role of Janeway in the event Paramount had cold feet over casting a female lead. Among the actors who read for the part: Nigel Havers and Gary Graham
Each of the three live-action Star Trek series after the original Star Trek: The Original Series has had a cameo appearance by a character from its predecessor series in its premiere episode: Star Trek: The Next Generation had Dr. McCoy Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had Captain Picard, and "Star Trek: Voyager" had Quark. Voyager also had William Riker, Deanna Troi, Reg Barclay, Geordi LaForge and Hikaru Sulu in guest appearances, and footage of James T. Kirk appeared in Deep Space Nine.
The Doctor's name was originally going to be "Dr. Zimmerman" (after longtime Star Trek production designer Herman F. Zimmerman), but this was dropped. Several early episodes, however, identify the character as Zimmerman in the closed captions. It was later established that Zimmerman was the name of The Doctor's programmer, and the character appeared in episodes of 'Star Trek:Voyager (1995)' and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The real last name of actress Jeri Ryan also happens to be Zimmerman.
Just before 'Star Trek:Voyager (1995)' began, Tim Russ had made several various Star Trek appearances. Russ appeared as a human crew member on the Enterprise-B in Star Trek: Generations. He also appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a Klingon in the episode "Invasive Procedures" (#2.4), and as a member of a terrorist gang stealing explosives from the Enterprise-D in episode: #6.18 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Starship Mine" in which he suffered a nasty demise.
Robert Duncan McNeill who plays Thomas Eugene Paris in this series, also appeared in the TNG episode _"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) {The First Duty (#5.19)})_ as Nicholas Locarno. Locarno was originally supposed to be on Voyager instead, but various legal issues, like having to pay royalties to the writers of "The First Duty" for every single episode of Voyager Locarno would appear in made the idea unworkable, so they turned him into a different character. Tom Paris' background and personality were based in part on Locarno.
Tim Russ, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo and Ethan Phillips are the only four Voyager cast members to appear in any of the Star Trek movies. Mulgrew had a cameo as the newly-promoted Admiral Janeway in Star Trek: Nemesis. Picardo and Philips both had cameo appearances in Star Trek: First Contact with Picardo reprising his role as The Doctor, and Philips playing a Maitre d' in a holodeck program. Tim Russ appeared in Star Trek: Generations as one of the officers on the bridge of the Enterprise-B.
Thus far, all five Star Trek series have featured at least one character who is the first of their species in Starfleet. In 'Star Trek:Voyager (1995)' there are two: the holographic Doctor (EMH), and Icheb (Brunali/Borg). Neelix (Talaxian), Kes (Ocampan) and Seven of Nine (Human/Borg) also served specific functions on the ship, but were never formally inducted.
Jeri Ryan turned down the role of Seven of Nine four times; she only accepted the part after repeated lobbying by executive producer Jeri Taylor.
The number 47 pops up many times on computer screens, serial numbers, dates and so on. This tradition was started by writer/co-producer Joe Menosky and was soon picked up by the rest of the production team. Menosky said that he choose that particular number because when he was a graduate student at Pomona College, the professor of mathematics, Donald Bentley proved as a joke that all numbers are equal to 47.
The character of Ensign Samantha Wildman was named after a real person, a little girl who died tragically in an accident. The girl's organs were donated to save the life of the wife of episode writer Jimmy Diggs (II). The real Samantha loved animals, so Ensign Wildman was cast as the head of Voyager's xenobiology department.
The Paramount sound stage where the majority of the 'Star Trek:Voyager (1995)' interiors were located, was condemned and demolished following the completion of filming of the series finale in 2001. 'Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)' crew quarters, transporter rooms, and portions of Engineering were the only sets that became part of the U.S.S. Voyager following the filming of Star Trek: Generations. All other TNG Enterprise sets were demolished.
Star Trek: Voyager was the first official program to air on the United Paramount Network (UPN) during its inaugural season in 1995. Of all the programs that were part of UPN's inaugural season lineup (including Pig Sty, Platypus Man, Marker, Nowhere Man, and Legend), Voyager was the only show to last more than one season. 'Legend' starred John de Lancie who played the popular character Q. Upon the conclusion of the Voyager's 7th season (and the series itself), UPN almost immediately began to air the next Star Trek spin-off series: Star Trek: Enterprise.
Near the end of the series, Dominic Keating tried out for a role in the show. He was turned down because Rick Berman wanted him for his new series, Star Trek: Enterprise.
The introduction of Seven of Nine is sometimes credited with saving the series from possible cancellation after its first few seasons, as the sexy character sparked a revival of publicity in the show. In reality however, her arrival did little to increase ratings aside from the first few episodes in which she appeared, afterwards the show's ratings continued to drop below the levels of the previous season.
The show's first season ended prematurely when UPN decided to air several season one episodes at the beginning of season two, instead.
Like its predecessors, the series used a large filming model of the starship where the show takes place. It wasn't until the last few seasons that a computer generated (CGI) starship replaced the 6-foot model. Nevertheless, the "USS Voyager" seen in the opening credits (which date back to late-1994), is totally CGI.
Seven of Nine's full designation is Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One.
This is the only Star Trek series whose title sequence remained unchanged throughout its run, aside from one casting change (the replacement of "Jennifer Lien as Kes" with "Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine"), and the changing of Roxann Dawson's name from the original Roxann Biggs-Dawson. The characters' ranks were also dropped from their names later during the series run.
Seven of Nine's real name, as revealed in an early appearance, is Annika Hansen.
In some early episodes, Neelix is seen training with Tuvok in ship's security. The writers' original intent was for Neelix to get a Starfleet commission and join Tuvok's security staff full-time, but this was eventually dropped (although in the alternate timeline of "The Year of Hell", Neelix does become a Starfleet security officer).
The 'Star Trek Crews' from all the Star Trek series were ranked #2 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (1 August 2004 issue).
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