Caretaker (Voyager episode)
| "Caretaker" | |
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| Star Trek: Voyager episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 & 2 |
| 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.
In early 2371, the Federation starship USS Voyager is launched from Deep Space Nine and ordered to the Badlands to find a missing Maquis ship. Upon entering the Badlands, Voyager is scanned by a "coherent tetryon beam" before being struck by a displacement wave of some type of "polarized magnetic variation," wreaking havoc on the ship.
When the crew recovers they find themselves in the Delta Quadrant, over 70,000 light years from Federation space. A number of the crew are dead, including the second-in-command, helm officer, and chief engineer; the medical staff are also dead, forcing the crew to rely on the Emergency Medical Hologram for aid. However, before they get their bearings, they are brought aboard a nearby array by a being called the Caretaker. Aboard the array, the crew see through a holographic simulation and discover the Maquis crew, unconscious and undergoing strange medical experiments. Before they can react, the Voyager crew are also subjected to the same experiments. Later, both crews recover consciousness and find they are each missing one crew member; Harry Kim from Voyager, and the Maquis B'Elanna Torres. Further attempts to negotiate with the Caretaker are fruitless as he insists there's no time for such talk. Captain Janeway offers to work with the Maquis leader Chakotay to unite their crews to find their missing persons and return to the Alpha Quadrant.
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