Darkling (Star Trek: Voyager)

"Darkling" is the 60th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 18th episode of the third season. This show focuses on the holographic Doctor, a self-aware computer program aboard the starship USS Voyager that is struggling with re-programming himself.

"Darkling"
Star Trek: Voyager episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 18
Directed byAlexander Singer
Story byBrannon Braga
Joe Menosky
Teleplay byJoe Menosky
Featured musicPaul Baillargeon
Production code161
Original air dateFebruary 19, 1997 (1997-02-19)
Guest appearances

The episode debuted on UPN on February 19, 1997.[1]

Plot

While Kes pursues a romantic interest, the Doctor attempts to improve his program by including elements of the personalities of famous people that he admires, taken from holocharacters of them. The darker, less well-known sides of these people's personalities form a second, evil personality. This evil version of the Doctor attempts to murder an alien from the planet being visited by Voyager by pushing him off a cliff. The evil twin also temporarily paralyzes Lt. Torres when she discovers it. It later jumps off a cliff with Kes but is beamed back to Voyager while falling. At the end of the episode, the Doctor's program is restored to normal. As the episode concludes, the Doctor is heard reciting part of the Hippocratic Oath.

Reception

In 2017 this episode was noted as featuring scary or eerie Star Trek content.[2] In 2018, TheGamer ranked this one of the top 25 creepiest episodes of all Star Trek series.[3] They note a series of disturbing behaviors by the EMH program in this episode, and were disappointed that many of the program's malfunctions were not addressed.[3]

Media releases

This episode was released on DVD on July 6, 2004, as part of Star Trek Voyager: Complete Third Season, with Dolby 5.1 surround audio.[4][5] The season 3 DVD was released in the UK on September 6, 2004.[6]

In 2017, the complete Star Trek: Voyager television series was released in a DVD box set , which included it as part of the season 3 discs.[7]

References
  1. TV.com. "Star Trek: Voyager: Darkling". TV.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  2. "18 eerie, disturbing and downright scary Star Trek episodes". H&I. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  3. "25 Creepy Star Trek Scenes That Set Phasers To Stun". TheGamer. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  4. Ordway, Holly E. (July 7, 2004). "DVD Talk Star Trek Voyager: Complete Third Season". www.dvdtalk.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  5. "Star Trek: Voyager, Season 3 Review | DVD Video Review | The Digital Fix". Film @ The Digital Fix. 2004-09-06. Archived from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  6. Foster, Dave (August 10, 2004). "Star Trek Voyager: Season 3 in September". The Digital Fix. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  7. Wright, Matt. "REVIEW: "Star Trek: Voyager" – The Complete Series on DVD". TrekMovie.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.


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