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'Voyager' Coming To Home Video
Cinescape is reporting that on the 4th of April, Voyager tapes will be available in video stores throughout the country . . . This is also the date 'Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace' will debut on video.

Note! Suncoast website states VHS Expected Release Date: April 4, 2000 :

1. Star Trek Voyager: 1 & 2 / Caretaker
2. Star Trek Voyager: 3 / Parallax
3. Star Trek Voyager: 4 / Time-Again
4. Star Trek Voyager: 6 / Cloud
5. Star Trek Voyager: Phage

(Added March 18 from Star Trek Continuum)

03.16.00 Product News: Home Video Wrap-Up

Star Trek: Voyager fans waiting for VHS editions need wait only a short while longer. April 4 will also see the release of Star Trek: Voyager's first six episodes; "Caretaker Part I and II," "Parallax," "Time and Again," "Phage" and "The Cloud."

On May 2, more Star Trek: Voyager episodes will be released on VHS; "Emanations," "Ex Post Facto," "Eye of the Needle," "Prime Factors" and "State of Flux."

Robert J. Doherty Interview

BY: ? IN STAR TREK: THE MAGAZINE

The youngest member of STAR TREK: VOYAGER's writing staff talks to us about how he made it onto the team, and his work on the show so far.

Rob Doherty was no stranger to Brannon Braga and the other writers when he joined the staff after the July 4th weekend last year; he had been at Paramount for almost three years, as an intern and then as assistant to writer Kenneth Biller. "I came out here through internship, just out of college," Rob says. "I was an English major. When I was coming closer to graduation, I guess I was planning to go into something like short fiction writing. It didn't really occur to me until quite late to pursue screenwriting.

Longtime fan

"I graduated in '96 and I did the same internship as Brannon had done, the academy of TV Arts and Sciences. I had no idea I would be placed at STAR TREK: VOYAGER; I sent an application to the Academy and they just said I would be based on a one-hour drama somewhere, somehow!"

Rob had been a fan of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION for several years. "I had watched that pretty religiously during college. VOYAGER I really hadn't seen because I was at school in this tiny little farm town in central New York and we didn't get UPN , so I really hadn't seen VOYAGER before I got home that summer."

Life as an intern

Arriving at Paramount, Rob was surprised to find out that an intern's role is treated very seriously. "I thought it was going to be a lot of running errands and stuff," he says, "but the internship is really very rewarding to anybody who does it here. You're included in all the meetings, all of the story breaks, the production meetings, stuff like that; it's really getting a writer's eye view of the production process. It's rare that you're asked to make copies or coffee or anything like that. I was encouraged when I was an intern to speak out and contribute ideas. Everyone's treated with a great deal of respect; there's really no such thing as a bad idea. It was tough for me because I was pretty quiet and soft-spoken it took me a while before I could speak up!

"I was interned for that summmer of '96. Following my internship, an opening came up with Ken; I worked with him on kind of a trial basis for a little while, then I finally got hired as his assistant." Rob learned a lot during this time, and wrote Season Four's 'Vis a Vis,' where the alien Steth exchanges DNA with Tom Paris--the last in a long line of victims--so as to take on his appearance. "I was thrilled," says Rob. "It was the first script I had ever had produced, and we had Dan Butler from 'Frasier' guest-starring; that was a thrill too."

The following season, Rob wrote the teleplay for two shows: 'Infinite Regress [by Jimmy Diggs and Robert Doherty],' . . . and 'Bliss [by Bill Prady]. . . .'

When we spoke, Rob had worked on two teleplays for Season Six, 'Riddles' and 'Tsunkatse'; the former came from a story by STAR TREK science advisor Andre Bormanis. "I just took a pass at the story and got the teleplay," says Rob. "You might know that Roxann Dawson directed it; I thought she did an incredible job.

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"'Tsunkatse' was a story by Gannon Kenney. Brannon had plenty of notes on how the sport could be depicted and produced, so again it was a big team effort and all of the staff contributed."

Second-in-command Chakotay was heavily featured in 'Tsunkatse,' in a role Rob feels worked well. "He was kind of filling in for Janeway for much of the episode, so it was an opportunity to see him in a real command position. He was great; he really pulled it off."

J. G. Hertzler Interview

BY: ? IN STAR TREK: THE MAGAZINE

"As Martock, J.G. Hertzler became one of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE's most popular quest stars. Now that the series is over, he looks back at his career as a Klingon general with great fondness."

"He has just finished filming an episode of STAR TREK: VOYAGER, 'Tsunkatse,' in which he plays a Hirogen.

"I was in West Virginia, doing a convention with Robert O'Reilly [Gowron] and Alice Krige [the Borg Queen], when I got the call. They said VOYAGER wants to use you as a hunter, a Hirgen. I didn't know what that was at that time because my world had been DS9, but I said, 'Yeah, I'd love to work on VOYAGER, if I'm there.' So I got home, and the days were great because it was right in the middle of several things."

In the story, Seven of Nine is pitted against against several aliens, including John's Hirogen, in a wrestling match. "I was on my son's first hunt, and in the middle of that I was just beamed out involuntarily by this organization, the Morcadians. We don't know who they are, but I've been in this arena, in this gladiatorial thing, for 19 years; there's no way out of it, you have to fight, or else you die. Jeffrey Combs [who played Weyoun] plays the organizer of this whole thing. His character is as slimy as they come. Greasy, slimy, and you've gotta love him."

Looking Forward

And, since John is almost completely unrecognizable every time he appears in STAR TREK, He's looking forward to the possibility of coming back whenever they need someone who is "Big and noisy, with an incredibly attractive presence and charisma. I love working in latex--I love working in masks. There's a few of us actors that prefer it, and I'm one...."Although it doesn't look particularly likely in the near future, I hope we'll have a chance to do some film work with the Klingons, with Martok and Worf. I look forward to a film appearance," he smiles, "mainly because I'd love to climb into the gear again."

From TV Guide

Roxann Dawson

Seven Days: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

See on January 5, 2000 The disappearance of a top-ranking admiral leads to a stormy reunion between Parker and a former flame (Roxann Dawson) when her vessel tangles with the Chinese off the coast of Taiwan.

Adm. Newman: James Antonio. Lasalle: Kevin Patrick Walls. Olga: Justina Vail. Ballard: Sam Whipple. Ramsey: Nick Searcy.

Cast: Jonathan LaPaglia, Don Franklin, Justina Vail, Norman Lloyd, Nick Searcy, Sam Whipple, Alan Scarfe

From TV Zone Magazine

Roxann Dawson Jumping Ship

"Star Trek: Voyager’s chief engineer comes down to Earth for an adventure on the high seas"

In her role as ex-Maquis rebel and half-human, half-Klingon Lieutenant B’Elanna Torres on Star Trek: Voyager, Roxann Dawson has spent the past five years following Captain Kathryn Janeway’s orders while learning how to conduct herself as a Starfleet officer.

A New Task

Back in October, the actress had the chance to sit in the captain’s chair when guest-starring as United States Navy officer Commander Keagle on UPN’s popular Time travel series Seven Days. According to her, cruising the waters off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia was a bumpy but welcome respite from warping through the Delta Quadrant.

“I’m used to working on a soundstage where everything is calm – there is no weather in Space – and suddenly I was out on a naval vessel in the middle of a storm,” says Dawson. “So that took some getting used to, but I still enjoyed myself. It was nice not having to wear the Klingon make-up that I do on Voyager. That allowed me a great deal of creative freedom that I haven’t felt in a while as an actress.

“Besides the make-up, Keagle is quite unlike B’Elanna in that she comes from a different background and has her own life and set of goals. Yes, she’s a military officer and the only female on an all-male ship, so I suppose some of the job-related challenges she faces might be similar to those B’Elanna experiences on Voyager. However, I still feel that there are more differences than similarities between them and that’s part of what made Keagle so refreshing to play.”

In the second-season Seven Days episode Saving the Admiral, Frank Parker (Jonathan LaPaglia) is reunited with his old flame Commander Keagle during a Back-Step mission in which he must undo the misguided handiwork of a psychotic Joint Chief of Staff who is aboard her ship. “The story is written in such a way that the relationship between Keagle and Parker is hinted at but not actually spelt out in any great detail,” notes Dawson.

“All we really know", continues Dawson, "is that they haven’t seen each other in quite a long time, so that leaves a lot open to the imagination. I think when you’re faced with playing someone like this you have to invent a whole backstory for them and an entire relationship that they had with this other person. You then use this as the subtext to guide you in the scenes between both characters.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better actor to play opposite than Jonathan LaPaglia,” she adds. “He’s very passionate about his work and is willing to take risks in his acting. Jonathan’s totally committed to making Seven Days as good as it possibly can be and is open to other peoples’ ideas and suggestions. This certainly helped foster a productive and creative working environment.”

Believe it or not, being cast as Keagle came as a complete surprise to Dawson. “The Seven Days production people actually contacted the production team on Voyager without me knowing it,” says the actress. “They cleared my days and enabled me to do the project before ever approaching me about it. They sent me the script and I really liked the role. Once they worked everything out they offered me the job. That doesn’t happen very often in this business, so I was quite flattered.”

After finishing work on Seven Days, the actress was back at her post in engineering as B’Elanna Torres on Voyager. She and her fellow castmembers had returned to Paramount Studios in June to begin filming the show’s sixth season. One of the first episodes they shot, Barge of the Dead, features Dawson’s feisty Klingon alter ego. In it B’Elanna convinces Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) to allow her to enter a coma-like state so that she can help her mother Miral (Karen Austin), whose soul is trapped in Klingon purgatory.

“That is probably the most exhausting Voyager episode I’ve ever done just because B’Elanna is so present in it. Everything is through her perspective, and there is no B-storyline to switch to, so that made it very tiring. "Also, working from morning until night under all the make-up made for long days and very short turnarounds, which meant I barely made it home and back to work in time. Some nights it was easier for me to sleep in my trailer on the Paramount lot...”

Steven Eramo

Roxann is appearing in the episode entitled 'Saving the Admiral', scheduled to air on Wednesday the 12th of January, 2000.

From Yahoo

Marina Sirtis Set to Guest Star on an Upcoming Episode Of Paramount's 'Star Trek: Voyager'--Dwight Schultz also Guest Stars

Wednesday September 15, 3:17 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Paramount Television Group
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Marina Sirtis who starred for seven seasons on ``Star Trek: The Next Generation'' is set to guest star in Paramount Network Television's multiple Emmy Award-winning series, ``STAR TREK: VOYAGER'' for UPN. Dwight Schultz, who guest starred in several episodes of ``Star Trek: The Next Generation'' will also appear in this episode. Sirtis and Schultz will reprise their roles as Counselor Troi and Lieutenant Barclay, respectively, in the episode entitled ``Pathfinder,'' which begins filming this week. The episode is tentatively scheduled to air on Wednesday, December 1 at 9:00 PM on UPN.

``Pathfinder,'' which takes place on Earth, revolves around Barclay's obsession with contacting Voyager. During his project to contact Voyager, Barclay becomes consumed with his holographic recreations of the Voyager crew. Barclay seeks advice from his old friend from the Starship Enterprise, Counselor Troi who helps him deal with his growing problem.

Sirtis who is best known for her portrayal of Deanna Troi has also portrayed the same character in Paramount's blockbuster feature films, ``Star Trek: Generation,'' ``Star Trek: First Contact'' and most recently in, ``Star Trek: Insurrection.'' Her additional, feature film credits include ``The Wicked Lady'' with Faye Dunaway, ``Death Wish III opposite Charles Bronson, ''Blind Date`` with Bruce Willis and ''The Thief of Baghdad.``

Schultz's feature film credits include ``Star Trek: First Contact '' as Lieutenant Barclay, as well as ``Fat Man and Little Boy'' with Paul Newman, ``The Long Walk Home'' and ``The Temp'' with Tim Hutton and Laura Flynn Boyle, Schultz's television credits include starring in the popular television series ``The A-Team.''

At the helm of the Starship Voyager is Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway. The series also stars Robert Duncan McNeill as Ensign Tom Paris, Robert Beltran as First Officer Chakotay, Tim Russ as Tactical Officer Tuvok, Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim, Roxann Dawson as Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres, Ethan Phillips as Neelix, Robert Picardo as the Doctor and Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.

Rick Berman and Brannon Braga are executive producers of ``STAR TREK: VOYAGER.'' ``STAR TREK: VOYAGER'' based on ``Star Trek'' created by Gene Roddenberry, was created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor. ``STAR TREK: VOYAGER'' is produced by Paramount Network Television for UPN. The Paramount Television Group is part of the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc.

From Vidiot's Voyager Page

Viacom and CBS Merge

What does this mean for UPN? Well, FCC rules do not allow a company to have more than one network. Depending on when the paperwork is signed, UPN should be allowed to complete the season.

From Backstage Pass
First, the deal with CBS may take as much as a year to get ironed out, so it's pretty certain that Star Trek: Voyager and 7 Days will get a full season's run. After that, look for Voyager to leave the air with a new Trek series to begin on CBS around the middle of the 2000 - 2001 season. It will be the first Trek series on a major (Big 3) network since 1969. Another thought that has been mentioned around the studio has been a big sweeps mini series for Trek's 35th anniversary in 2001.

For complete details on this developing story, visit Backstage Pass.

Great News from Vidiot's Voyager Page
Paramount is Releasing Star Trek: Voyager to Syndication. The past episodes will be available this fall. They will be seen five days a week! UPN has been advertising scenes with Seven of Nine so there will be at least four seasons of Voyager--but probably five.

Star Trek: Voyager will be launching into syndication on September 13th. The new Star Trek: Voyager season takes off on September 22nd!

If you are looking for a schedule of Star Trek: Voyager in syndication, the UPN Affiliates each have their own schedule. Dallas/Fort Worth is showing five episodes (Monday--Friday) at 9 P.M. Little Rock has episodes on Saturday and Sunday at 9 P. M. New Orleans only shows one episode on Sunday at 9 P.M. Then there are others who are not showing any syndicated episodes.

Another Universe's interview with Kate Mulgrew

"New Husband, New Contract Highlight Her Year"

"After a bicoastal courtship, Mulgrew and Hagan were married April 19th in a small ceremony in Sanibel, Florida (there are details in the July 5 People Magazine, in which the Hagan-Mulgrew nuptials share space with the latest royal wedding)."

"While the actress expressed hope that the addition of former Deep Space Nine producer Ron Moore to the staff would encourage storylines which would connect Voyager to the Alpha Quadrant, Moore's departure last week may have limited such possibilities."

"My great wishes for this season...I really want a featured episode with Roxann [Dawson, who plays B'Elanna Torres] and one with Bob [Picardo, who plays the Doctor], where they are integral to what's happening not only on the ship, but with me," she revealed. "I have a very close personal relationship with both of them, those two, and I feel that Roxann has suffered a bit in the past year."

"In this year that we stand alone, I want it to be really great," added Mulgrew, referring to the as-yet-unnamed new Star Trek series that executive producer Rick Berman told USA Today is already in the works. With Deep Space Nine off the air and no new Next Generation films planned, "It's like being a member of a large family and suddenly everyone goes away to college and you have the house to yourself. I don't know what they're going to do next, but my guess is that they'll bring it on during our seventh season. That gives us this year to be wild."

From The Official Scarlett Pomers Homepage.

From Starland Online Magazine

(Added June 14, 1999) Rick Berman has been making hints there is a new show up his sleeve. The big question isn't whether there will be a new series, but rather what kind of SF show? Many of the people working on the recently cancelled DS9 series have been asked to make themselves available for the new show this fall. Actual details are hard to come by, but it should be noted that Berman has not announced if the series will be made for the struggling UPN or for the more lucrative syndication market. The new series could be available for TV as early as September 2000. His comments to the LA Times have revealed that the show will definitely be a Star Trek spin-off, but he seems to be, wisely, keeping the changing details under wraps.

From Starland Online Magazine

Our beloved Doctor died Friday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. His wife of 55 years, Carolyn was at his side. Leonard Jackson Kelley was always a good friend and classy individual.

KathE and Karolyn (my wife and sister-in-law) had the great privilege of running DeForest's fan club for a time and felt proud to know the Kelley's personally. I occasionally talked with him and his wife over dinner and spent some time at the two conventions that we produced where he was a guest. De and his wife shared much joy in the letters they would receive from McCoy's fans. De waxed proud over the accomplishments of those that wrote to mention McCoy as an inspiration in their lives. De and Carolyn took the time to correspond with those people and turned them into fans of DeForest and Carolyn Kelley.

Carolyn is currently being treated for illness at the Hospital and could probably use your encouragement during this difficult time. Address your correspondence to: Carolyn Kelley c/o Motion Picture and Television Country Home and Hospital 23388 Mulholland Drive Woodland Hills, CA 91364.

Ronald D. Moore joins STAR TREK:VOYAGER

(Added May 31, 1999-- Star Trek: The Magazine) Veteran STAR TREK writer Ronald D. Moore is soon to join STAR TREK: VOYAGER as co-executive producer. Ron has a long history of involvement with STAR TREK. He joined the writing staff of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION in its third season and worked on that show until it finished. He then transferred to STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE, where he became a co-executive producer. During this time, he also co-wrote the feature films STAR TREK GENERATIONS and STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT with VOYAGER's current executive producer, Brannon Braga.

Ron has never written for VOYAGER and will begin contributing stories with the start of Season Six. Filming for the new season starts when the cast and crew return to Paramount studios on June 8.

(Added April 25, 1999 from Totally Kate: The Kate Mulgrew Page)

Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan and actress Kate Mulgrew, Starfleet Capt. Kathryn Janeway on "Star Trek: Voyager," have quietly married. The ceremony, which reportedly included only the couple and a close friend of Mulgrew's, took place Monday [April 19] in Florida.

Hagan, who will give the afternoon commencement address at Cleveland State University May 9, and receive an honorary doctorate from the university during the ceremony, did not run for re-election for commissioner last year, a post he had held since 1983. The father of two daughters is now serving as a consultant to CSU's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, in charge of developing the college's new Civic Forum speakers' program. Hagan is also a consultant to the nonprofit Mandel Foundation.

Mulgrew, the mother of two sons, is expected to return for at least one more season as Capt. Janeway. However, don't confuse TV with real life. It was only acting when, on a recent "Star Trek: Voyager" episode, Mulgrew's character gave a big romantic smooch to a passenger aboard the USS Voyager.

Parts from the Robert Beltran Chat at Star Trek Continuum
March 4, 1999

Linda asks:
Do you think the show is going in the right direction?

Robert Beltran:
When I find out what that direction is, I will tell you. Let me expand on that... I don't see the obvious advantage of going back to the Alpha Quadrant. We're still going to be dealing with aliens, just with different noses.

Red Dwarf asks:
Is it just a rumor, or will you really be BOXING in an upcoming Voyager episode? And...do you still blow the most lines of any actor on the show?

Robert Beltran:
I will be boxing in an upcoming episode... Yes, I am still the one who blows the most lines.

Peter Northwood asks:
In 5 single words, how would you describe Chakotay AND yourself ( I mean 5 for each!!)?

Robert Beltran:
Chakotay...
Limp...
Weasely...
Cowardly...
Homosexual...
Charming...

For me...
Facetious...
Indifferent...
Immoral...
Cold...
But loveable...
:)
:)

Actually, Chakotay and I have very little in common - in the unimportant areas. In the important areas such as loyalty, friendship, duty, etc... we are very similar. But he's the only gay one.

Mike Plane asks:
Hi Robert, will there be any further romance between Chakotay and Janeway?

Robert Beltran:
It's surprising to me that Captain Janeway touches me more now that we obviously do not have a romantic relationship, but I don't believe anything romantic will ever happen.
This year.

hirogen asks:
Is it true that in the episode "waking moments" there was to be a steamy love scene with Janeway and Chakotay but Kate Mulgrew objected?

Robert Beltran:
Wherever you got your information, it's wrong. That never happened. Don't believe every damn thing you read!

Queen Arachnia asks:
How do you feel about the fans' clamor to see Janeway and Chakotay romantically involved?

Robert Beltran:
I think the fans made that obvious to the writers and to the producers and they ran with it for awhile, but then they decided that it probably would not be a good idea for us to have a romantic relationship. So relax... enjoy the Virginia Madsens and the Kate Vernons that come along and I certainly will. And we should all be happy.

missy asks:
Any truth to the rumor on the internet that you are planning to leave the show?

Robert Beltran:
I'd like to know how people know this about me when I don't even know it. I have no plans to leave the show, but then of course, they can fire me any damn time they want to.

Captain Maley asks:
Are you happy with Chakotay's development as a character? What would you personally like to see?

Robert Beltran:
In general, yes I'm very happy with Chakotay's development. Unfortunately, in a tv show, things develop slowly. So I have to constantly remind myself to be patient. All of us do. But the writers have come up with some fun and challenging episodes for me. As far as what I would like to see... I honestly prefer the writers to come up with storylines. That's what they're paid to do. I'm paid to just learn the lines. And say them when I can. So far, things have been working well that way.

Richard Freitag asks:
Are we going to see Chakotay's own Holodeck program?

Robert Beltran:
Yes. But I can't tell you what it is yet.

BBanzai asks:
The character Chakotay is very professional and controlled, while, from previous chat transcripts, Mr. Beltran appears to be freewheeling and seat-of-the-pants (good things, in my opinion). Do you enjoy playing opposite your own inclinations? I would. :

Robert Beltran:
Yes. Thank you for being able to distinguish the actor from his character. Some people still don't get it. And yes, I do enjoy playing characters that are removed from my own personality. It's more of a challenge.

Rdakin- Big Fan- From Canada asks:
Think back, a few years ago. When you found out you would be serving under a female captain, what was your reaction? I'm not calling you a sexist pig, I'm just curious.

Robert Beltran:
I was looking forward to working with the female captain, who was at the time, Genevieve Bujold. That's why I made the decision to audition for the role. Besides the fact that I thought it was a good role. So you mustn't assume men are sexist pigs, but thank you for your curiousity.

Robert Beltran:
I want to thank everybody for logging in. I hope my sense of humor doesn't offend anybody... I do take my job seriously, but not too seriously. I hope everyone understands that. And I can honestly say I had a good time, and appreciate the questions and the interest. I hope to see you all someday at a convention on on the street somewhere, or another chat.

(August 14, 1998 Season 5) Kate Mulgrew expressed in Another Universe Mania Magazine "I understand that UPN was very anxious to establish this character [Seven], to get the ratings up and so on and so forth. Mission accomplished, and now we have to go back to what makes Voyager really compelling, which are the nine characters telling the story," she said flatly. "We've shot six episodes this season, and it's everybody but Seven - and but me, too, everybody's going to get their due. I cautioned them, and I think they know that balance must be restored - it's just very important that we tell the story of this group of people and it in no ways becomes exclusive to one or two, because then it really loses its heart."

(Season 5)In the article "We'll Always Have Paris" by Michelle Erica Green, "McNeill did have to sacrifice some down time this year to working out to lose the 25 pounds he says he gained during his wife's pregnancy. "I actually got up to 217 pounds, which is a lot for me. This year I went back to a Star Trek outfit from two years ago when I was a lot thinner, so I was very happy about that. I hate working out, sometimes that shows, but the roles I play, a lot of times they want guys who are really buff. This hiatus I discovered spinning, it's basically a bicycle class where you go in like an aerobics studio where they have the old-fashioned stationary bikes with the big heavy flywheel, and they put music on really loud and talk you through as if you're going on a road race. You end up sprinting and racing and climbing hills. For the first time in my life, I want to go."

"The former heartthrob of All My Children has a substantial resume of theater credits, but is trying to move into directing. His first efforts, the Voyager episodes "Sacred Ground" and "Unity," were extremely well-received; "Unity," which featured a colony of ex-Borg, was one of the highest-rated episodes of the third season. He will be directing a Voyager episode late this season. (Another Universe Mania Magazine.)