Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)
| "Caretaker" | |
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| Star Trek: Voyager episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 & 2 (or 1 pilot) |
| Directed by | Winrich Kolbe |
| Story by |
Rick Berman Michael Piller Jeri Taylor |
| Teleplay by |
Michael Piller Jeri Taylor |
| Featured music | Jay Chattaway |
| Production code | 101 & 102 |
| Original air date | January 16, 1995 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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"Caretaker" is the first and second episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. This series pilot premiered as one double-length episode on January 16, 1995, as the first telecast of the fledgling UPN network. It was later split into two parts for syndication. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they were stranded in the Delta Quadrant far from the rest of the Federation.
The two hour long debut version was seen by 21.3 million people in January 1995. "Caretaker" has existed in two forms, a single hour and half show and as two episodes.
After a scrolling text introduction to the Cardassian and Federation relationship with the Maquis rebels, the opening scene shows the Cardassians pursing a smaller Maquis spacecraft. The Maquis ship escapes into the Badlands, a dangerous nebula, where the Cardassian vessel is damaged by a plasma storm and the Maquis ship is caught in a displacement wave.
On Earth, Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation starship USS Voyager recruits Tom Paris, a captured Maquis, from a New Zealand prison to help track down the missing Maquis spacecraft. She's looking for her security chief, who was aboard the ship as a Federation spy at the time of its disappearance. Leaving from Deep Space Nine, Voyager journeys to the Badlands, where it is scanned by a "coherent tetryon beam" before being struck by a displacement wave that wreaks havoc on the ship.
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