VOY - Delta Quadrant - Unofficial Guide to Voyager by Star Trek

Author:Star Trek [Star Trek]
Language: deu
Format: epub
Tags: \Star Trek
Published: 2011-01-02T07:58:43.448000+00:00

Verdict: Bob Picardo does his best with this take on Jekyll and Hyde, but can't save it. He's good at doing the bunched-over leering Darkling, but there's no good reason why the Darkling should be hunched over and leering, other than that it's the cliche for Mr Hyde.

Kes's new boyfriend is pretty limp too. Still, Lien and Picardo make a good pair. 5/10.

#160: 'Rise'

by Brannon Braga from a story by Jimmy Diggs Directed by Robert Scheerer Music by Jay Chattaway US air date 26-02-97

Plot: Trying to help the inhabitants of the planet Nezu stave off a meteorite bombardment, a shuttle carrying Tuvok, Neelix and some Nezu crashes near a gallacite mine. With a meteorite due to destroy the area in hours, their only hope of getting a signal to Voyager is to ascend a nearby orbital tether. A carriage is repaired and activated, but it soon becomes apparent that a murderer is on board, desperate to protect a secret.

Deja Vu?: Arthur C Clarke's novel The Fountains of Paradise introduced the concept of an orbital elevator.

Voyager Database: Neelix spent two years working on tether maintenance on Rinax, and helped rebuild twelve carriages. These turn out to have been one-tenth scale models for the prototype.

The presence of trianium alloy in the asteroids proves they are artificial. The Iranian Order fake natural disasters, and take over abandoned planets when their populations have evacuated them.

(Lack of) Continuity: Neelix envisions and talks to his dead family every night, and names the' carriage Alixia, after his sister (see 'Jetrel').

Tuvok gives everyone tri-ox shots to oxygenate the blood (TOS-'Amok Time').

Ye Canna Change the Laws o' Physics: The idea of an orbital elevator is a real one championed by some scientists, though I personally can't see how it wouldn't get mangled by coriolis forces... It would operate by magnetic levitation, already used for some trains in Japan. Stopping the carriage would risk losing maglev cohesion, which is true, though the Japanese trains needn't worry, as they don't travel vertically.

Puzzles: How were Tuvok and company beamed back during a battle? The shields would have to be down for transport, and that would leave the ship vulnerable. When did Tuvok catch the padd? He was rather occupied when it was blown out of the carriage.

Bloopers: In the opening bridge scene, Garrett Wang can be seen relaxing at the back, clearly thinking he's not in shot.

There's no sign of the toroidal antenna that is supposed to be on the shuttle's hull.

The side-on view of the carriage shows it to be a different design from when seen from the top.

When Neelix opens the carriage door, everyone acts as if they're fighting against the depressurisation - but objects on the seats rest quite comfortably with no sign of being ruffled.

Learn Your Lines: Doc: 'Vulcans are notoriously difficult to impress. Mr Tuvok rarely acknowledges my brilliance.'

Highs: Tuvok demonstrates his strength to the miner. Sklar gives Neelix a kicking. The last scene is very Riggs and Murtaugh.

Lows: The shots of the carriage - the sparks are like something out of Flash Gordon.

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