Heroes And Demons 

When Harry disappears during his Beowulf holonovel, Chakotay and Tuvok, sent to investigate, disappear as well. Not wanting to lose anymore crewmembers, the Doctor's transferred to the holodeck to investigate.

Director:

Les Landau

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (based upon "Star Trek" created by), Rick Berman (created by)

Stars:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Kate Mulgrew	...	Capt. Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran	...	Cmdr. Chakotay
Roxann Dawson	...	Lt. B'Elanna Torres (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
Jennifer Lien	...	Kes
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Lt. Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix (credit only)
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor
Tim Russ	...	Lt. Tuvok
Garrett Wang	...	Ensign Harry Kim
Marjorie Monaghan	...	Freya
Christopher Neame	...	Unferth
Michael Keenan	...	Hrothgar
Majel Barrett	...	Voyager Computer (voice)

Storyline

Beaming over samples from a protostar contaminates Voyager with photonic energy, adversely affecting the holodeck where Ensign Kim runs his Beowulf holonovel. Kim disappears, and when Tuvok and Chakotay investigate, they disappear, too. Janeway turns to the photonic Doctor as the only crewman who can deal with this problem without harm, thus giving the Doctor his first experiences outside of sick bay, with duties beyond medical.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to beowulf | sword | warrior woman | forest | spanish moss | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Janeway's new hairstyle was actress Kate Mulgrew's actual hair. It was dropped after two episodes as it was difficult to keep in place.

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Goofs

When the doctor walks with Freya in the forest, she shows him a powerful plant. The doctor, who has encyclopedic knowledge, identifies the plant as a fungus called Amanita Muscaria and says it is poisonous. If the writers had chosen any other mushroom, this would be an obscure goof noticed only by mycologists or other mycophiles, but the Amanita Muscaria is the most readily and broadly identified mushroom in the world - the big red one with the white dots. What is shown is a handful of white flimsy mushrooms, perhaps the edible oyster mushrooms or white chantrelles.

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Quotes

The Doctor: You might want to put some ice on that. It'll take down the swelling.

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Soundtracks

Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title
Written by Jerry Goldsmith
Performed by Jay Chattaway

User Reviews

A lot of good, a lot of bad.

"Heroes and Demons" is the sort of Star Trek story that I generally hate--a holodeck tale. Too often in the various Trek shows this gimmick was overused--as if the writers had run out of ideas so they placed the crew in the old west, the time of Robin Hood or in a Sherlock Holmes story. I realize some people liked these sort of shows but they so often had little to do with the series and seemed like filler. In this case, however, there still is a bit to like...even if it is set within the story "Beowulf"--and as a student, I HATED "Beowulf"!

When the show begins, Torres and the Captain are performing an experiment. Little do they realize that they are NOT dealing with some inert space material but a living being. The entity takes up residence in the holodeck and that is a problem because it then attacks folks who try to battle Grendel--as Grendel is this entity. So, because it is harmful to people, the Doctor is given his chance to go one a mission into the program and try to rescue three lost crew members.

It's nice seeing more of the Doctor. He's definitely my favorite of the crew and seeing him come into his own in this story is a lot of fun. Enjoyable but overall a mixed bag.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

Greek English

Release Date:

24 April 1995 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1