VOY Season 3


Episodes

Summary
Season three begins with the departure of the Kazon. The Doctor gains freedom from sickbay in , by way of an autonomous mobile emitter. The same episode also has Harry Kim taking command of Voyager for the first time when the four ranking bridge officers beam to 1996 Earth.

Voyager enters the Nekrit Expanse in . This area of space marks the farthest extent of Neelix' knowledge and the end of his usefulness as Voyagers guide to the Delta Quadrant.

Three episodes later,  features a brief introduction of the Borg to the series, the inclusion of which would have serious and far-reaching ramifications for the franchise from this point onwards. "Blood Fever" also introduced the very real possibility of a romantic interest between Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres, a relationship of singular importance not only to the development of the two characters involved, but also to the other crucial evolutionary step taken by the series in season three – the crew of Voyager as family. It is towards the end of  that Janeway, while disciplining Neelix, first mentions this notion of familial allegiance.

"I'm prepared to leave the ship, captain."
"Oh no, it's not that easy. You can't just run away from your responsibilities because you made a mistake. You're part of a family now, and you have obligations."
 - Neelix and Janeway

It is also around this midpoint in the season that other, more subtle changes were being made to the overall look and feel of the franchise. Stage lighting underwent significant changes, most notably in  where for the first time, darkened or blacked out set pieces were used to add tension to scenes. Prior to this, Voyagers decks and corridors were always largely flood-lit except in times of emergency.

While attending a Sacramento, USA, Convention in 2003 (uploaded onto YouTube), Kate Mulgrew commented that by early season three, she felt as if she had successfully married the actress to the character, to the extent that the writers were able to "back-off."

"And when they finally allowed Mulgrew to inhabit Janeway, she took off. I'd say that was about the end of the second/beginning of the third season. Every nuance that I could give to her, all those subtle endowments that were mine, that Mulgrew brought to Janeway. That's when you fall in love. I couldn't do it without her, and she couldn't do it without me." : – Kate Mulgrew

It would therefore appear that the writers, producers, and performers had begun to find a direction and with it came a developing continuity. The Borg, introduced in , popped up again in , and throughout the remainder of the series. John de Lancie returned as Q in , providing continuity back to the suicide of Quinn in the second season episode . Also, the events of  linked not only , but also the season two finale . Writers also used events to tease the audience with what was to come in season four, namely  and the .

Possibly most significant is the season three finale , which sees Voyager entering a war-torn Borg space. As Voyager came of age, audience figures leaped through the roof, and within half a season the show's writing and cinematography was largely unrecognizable from its previous seasons. Certainly, once Voyager entered the Nekrit Expanse in "Fair Trade", and later traversed Borg space in "Scorpion", the franchise was never the same.

Background information
 This season was broadcast concurrently with  Season 5, and  was released during its run.
 Four episodes that aired as part of this season were produced during the second season. These episodes were (in production order) , , , and . Each of the four episodes that were moved from the second season to this one refer, in their opening credits, to actress Roxann Dawson as "Roxann Biggs-Dawson", whereas the opening titles sequences in the rest of this season's installments refer to her without the "Biggs" part of her name; this change signifies the fact that, between the second and third seasons, Dawson was divorced from Casey Biggs.
 Apparently, one story that Voyagers team of writer-producers planned to include in the season was discarded. During the hiatus between the second and third seasons, actor Robert Picardo said of the writers, "They […] have a comic story in mind in which some alien computer hacker hijacks the holographic Doctor's program and actually steals him off the ship! He's held hostage with a zany alien family, which should be fun." () Although this plot – in its entirety – was not included in the season, elements from the story do appear, such as The Doctor being kidnapped by a hacker ( and ) and interacting with an unusual family (), so it is another possibility (besides outright abandonment) that the aforementioned story line was an early version of an episode that was produced.
 Characters which "crossover" from other incarnations of Star Trek: Hikaru Sulu, Janice Rand, Kang, Dimitri Valtane, and Lojur in  from , and Arridor and  in  from the  episode .
 Because of being stranded in the Delta Quadrant, the s worn by the Voyager crew are still used rather than replacing them with the  which were seen in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 5 episode  and in Star Trek: First Contact.

Credits

Guest and co-stars
 VOY Season 3 performers

Crew
Executive Producerss
 Rick Berman
 Jeri Taylor
Supervising Producers
 Brannon Braga
 Peter Lauritson
Producers
 Merri D. Howard
 Wendy Neuss
 Joe Menosky
Co-Producers
 Kenneth Biller
 J.P. Farrell
Line Producer: Brad Yacobian
Creative Consultant: Michael Piller
Theme By: Jerry Goldsmith
Associate Producer: Dawn Velazquez
Story Editor: Lisa Klink
Music By
 Dennis McCarthy Basics, Part II (episode), False Profits (episode), The Swarm (episode), The Q and the Grey (episode), Macrocosm (episode), Coda (episode), Favorite Son (episode), Real Life (episode), Worst Case Scenario (episode)
 Jay Chattaway Sacred Ground (episode), The Chute (episode), Future's End (episode), Future's End, Part II (episode), Blood Fever (episode), Rise (episode), Before and After (episode), Displaced (episode), Scorpion (episode)
 David Bell Flashback (episode), Remember (episode), Warlord (episode), Fair Trade (episode), Unity (episode), Distant Origin (episode)
 Paul Baillargeon Darkling (episode), Alter Ego (episode)
Director of Photography: Marvin V. Rush, A.S.C.
Production Designer: Richard D. James
Editor
 Daryl Baskin
 Robert Lederman
Unit Production Manager: Brad Yacobian
First Assistant Director
 Adele Simmons
 Jerry Fleck
Second Assistant Director: Arlene Fukai
Casting By
 Junie Lowry-Johnson, C.S.A.
 Ron Surma
Original Casting By: Nan Dutton, C.S.A.
Casting Executive: Helen Mossler, C.S.A.
Costume Designer: Robert Blackman
Set Decorator: Leslie Frankenheimer
Visual Effects Producer: Dan Curry
Visual Effects Supervisor
 Mitch Suskin
 Ronald B. Moore
Scenic Art Supervisor / Technical Consultant: Michael Okuda
Senior Illustrator / Technical Consultant: Rick Sternbach
Make-Up Designed and Supervised By: Michael Westmore
Assistant Art Director: Louise Dorton
Assistant Editor
 Jacques Gravett
 Lisa De Moraes
Visual Effects Coordinator
 Arthur J. Codron
 Cheryl Gluckstern
Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Castro
Visual Effects Associate: Cheryl Gluckstern
Script Supervisor: Cosmo Genovese
Special Effects: Dick Brownfield
Property Master: Alan Sims
Construction Coordinator: Al Smutko
Scenic Artist: Wendy Drapanas
Junior Illustrator: Jim Magdaleno
Video Coordinator: Denise Okuda
Hair Designer: Josee Normand
Make-Up Artists
 Scott Wheeler
 Mark Shostrom
 Greg Nelson
 Bradley M. Look
Hair Stylists
 Suzan Bagdadi
 Karen Asano-Myers
 Charlotte A. Gravenor
Wardrobe Supervisor: Carol Kunz
Sound Mixer: Alan Bernard, C.A.S.
Camera Operator: Doug Knapp, S.O.C.
Chief Lighting Technician: Bill Peets
First Company Grip: Randy Burgess
Key Costumers
 Tom Siegel
 Matt Hoffman
 Kimberley Shull
 Jamie Thomas
Music Editor: Gerry Sackman
Supervising Sound Editor: Bill Wistrom
Supervising Sound Effects Editor: Jim Wolvington
Sound Editors
 Masanobu Tomita
 Ruth Adelman
 Dale Chaloukian
Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Elizabeth Castro
Production Coordinator: Diane Overdiek
Post Production Coordinator: 
Production Associate: David Rossi
Pre-Production Coordinator: Lolita Fatjo
Assistants to Producers
 Robert J. Doherty
 Christopher Culhane
Stunt Coordinator: Dennis Madalone
Science Consultant: Andre Bormanis
Main Title Design By
 Santa Barbara Studios
 Dan Curry
Post Production Sound: Modern Sound
Filmed with PANAVISION® Cameras and Lenses
Motion Control Photography Image G
Digital Optical Effects: Digital Magic
Special Video Composting: CIS, Hollywood
Editing Facilities: Unitel Video
Computer Generated Effects: Foundation Imaging

Uncredited 
 Emmerson Denney – Voice/Dialogue Coach for Albie Selznick ("Macrocosm")
 Nancy J. Hvasta Leonardi – Makeup Artist ("Displaced", "Worst Case Scenario", "Scorpion")

Media releases
 VOY Season 3 UK VHS
 VOY Season 3 US VHS
 VOY Season 3 DVD

External link
 

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