Living Witness 

The Doctor awakens in the museum of an alien culture seven hundred years in the future, where Voyager is thought to have been a passing warship full of cold-blooded killers.

Director:

Tim Russ

Writers:

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

Stars:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kate Mulgrew	...	Capt. Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran	...	Cmdr. Chakotay
Roxann Dawson	...	Lt. B'Elanna Torres (credit only)
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Lt. Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor
Tim Russ	...	Lt. Tuvok
Jeri Ryan	...	Seven of Nine
Garrett Wang	...	Ensign Harry Kim
Henry Woronicz	...	Quarren
Rod Arrants	...	Vaskan Ambassador Daleth
Craig Richard Nelson	...	Vaskan Arbiter
Marie Chambers	...	Kyrian Arbiter
Brian Fitzpatrick	...	Tedran, Kyrian Rebel Leader
Morgan H. Margolis	...	Vaskan Rioter

Storyline

When The Doctor's back-up module is found, his program is brought on-line for the first time in seven hundred years. In the future, Kyrian Museum of Heritage teaches a history that writes Voyager as playing a detrimental role in beginning their Great War with the Vaskans. The Doctor is the only living witness and sets the record straight, but the new "facts" give way to old tensions from the formerly warring races and the museum curator and The Doctor find themselves amidst violence and destruction instead of the peace and understanding they hoped for.

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Plot Keywords:

interrogation by torture | revisionist history | museum | simulation | beating | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character Quarren shares his name with a "Star Wars Galaxy" species of squid-faced people.

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Goofs

In Star Trek: Voyager: The Swarm the doctor had a close call with "death" (i.e. his program was degrading), but here it's proven that he can be backed up, like a flash or DVDR.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Captain Kathryn Janeway: [in the historical simulation] When diplomacy fails, there's only one alternative: violence. Force must be applied without apology. It's the Starfleet way.

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Connections

Referenced in The Orville: Lasting Impressions (2019)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Good episode on historical perspective

Good episode focused on the doctor and how history can be skewed

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

Greek English

Release Date:

29 April 1998 (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