Tsunkatse 

Seven of Nine and Tuvok are kidnapped while on an away mission and Seven is forced to fight in their gladiator-like competition or Tuvok will not receive the medical attention that he requires.

Director:

Michael Vejar (as Mike Vejar)

Writers:

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

Stars:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Kate Mulgrew	...	Captain Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran	...	Chakotay
Roxann Dawson	...	B'Elanna Torres
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor
Tim Russ	...	Tuvok
Jeri Ryan	...	Seven of Nine
Garrett Wang	...	Harry Kim
Jeffrey Combs	...	Penk
J.G. Hertzler	...	Hirogen Hunter
Dwayne Johnson	...	The Champion (as The Rock)

Storyline

Seven of Nine and Tuvok are kidnapped while on an away mission and Seven is forced to fight in their gladiator-like competition or Tuvok will not receive the medical attention that he requires.

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Plot Keywords:

gladiator | martial arts | blood sport | shore leave | training | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 February 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only appearance of frequent "Star Trek" guest stars Jeffrey Combs and J.G. Hertzler within "Star Trek: Voyager". Both actors played significant recurring roles on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) which had recently ended, and Combs went on to play a frequently appearing guest on Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).

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Goofs

Seven is away from Voyager for much longer than her regeneration cycle. Despite this she never shows any of the ill effects associated with failing to regenerate.

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Quotes

[Seven and the Hirogen Hunter are being treated in sickbay after being rescued from Penk's ship]
Seven of Nine: Would you excuse us?
The Doctor: [with a wary glance at the Hirogen] Very well. But if you should need anything - an analgesic, a phaser rifle - don't hesitate to ask.

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Connections

Referenced in WWE SmackDown Live: Strange Alliances (2000)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

It's a lot of fun until it's someone you love

Voyager is taking shore leave on some planet. Inexplicably, some of the crew, including Chakotay and Torres, enjoy going to a 'sporting' event that is a lot like the gladiators. Their enjoyment of this made little sense in light of how pacifistic and nice folks from the Federation are in the 24th century. Regardless, their enjoyment is cut short when they see Seven of Nine in the arena getting her butt kicked. But the ship cannot beam her out, as it turns out that the fighters are NOT right in front of them but are fighting remotely and their holograms appear in the arena. This means Seven IS fighting but not on this planet. Where is she, how are they going to get her back and what about Tuvok? After all, he was on a shuttle with her when she was kidnapped.

The only thing that I didn't like was seeing Voyager crew members attending such a nasty thing. It just didn't make sense. But it was otherwise interesting and worth seeing.