Janeway Lambda one

Janeway Lambda one
Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway in the governess costume from the holonovel Janeway Lambda one.
Plot element from the Star Trek franchise
First appearance	Star Trek: Voyager "Cathexis" (1995)
Created by	Jeri Taylor
Genre	Science fiction
In-story information
Type	Holodeck technology
Function	Recreational use

Janeway Lambda one is a holonovel, or advanced virtual reality adventure, experienced by one of the characters in the sci-fi television series Star Trek: Voyager. It is a sub-plot that runs across several episodes of seasons one and two of the series. In the holonovel, Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), finds a temporary escape from her responsibilities as captain of the starship Voyager by playing the role of governess Lucille Davenport in a Gothic fantasy set in Victorian England. The holonovel includes Michael Cumpsty as Lord Burleigh, and Thomas Dekker and Lindsey Haun as Burleigh's children. Carolyn Seymour also guest stars as the housekeeper Mrs. Templeton; Seymour previously played two separate Romulan commanders in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Starting with Janeway Lambda one, Voyager's writing team conceived the holonovel as an expansion of the holodeck technology shown earlier in the Star Trek franchise, and a futuristic take on the audiobook. Jeri Taylor, creator of the Star Trek: Voyager series, originally conceived the Janeway Lambda one holonovel as a simulation of Western fiction in which Captain Janeway would assume the role of a pioneer woman struggling to contend with the elements and to care for her family. The holonovel's genre was later changed to a work of Gothic fiction set in 1840s England after Mulgrew refused to work with horses, and the realization that shooting outdoor locations would exceed the show's budget. The set for the Burleigh manor was constructed on Paramount Stage 16, and was nicknamed "the Jane Eyre set" by the film crew. The holonovel was compared to Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw and Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca.