[Voyager] "Night" Mission Log

"Night"

|| 2 || Mission Review

Production Number: 195 (STV501)
Original air date: 10/14/98

Written by: Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Directed by: David Livingston

Guest Stars:

Ken Magee as Emck
Steve Dennis as Night Alien
Martin Rayner as Dr. Chaotica

Shuttle Count:

unknown

Notes:

This episode filmed Thursday, June 4 through Friday, June 12, 1998.
Voyager visits an extremely large area of space with no stars.
Tom Paris debuts this season's recurring holodeck program, "Captain Proton". Tom plays the title character, while Seven and Harry are Constance Trueheart and Proton's (currently unnamed) sidekick. This holoprogram is the second holonovel shown (the first being Janeway's Gothic Holonovel from the first season), and appears to fill the same role as the "Sandrine's" program (first season), the Neelix's Hawaiian resort (third season), and Da Vinci's lab (fourth season).
The new aliens in this episode have reflective silver eyes and are invisible unless you shine light on them.

The Author's Keyboard:

[[7/3]] Bryan Fuller:
What were the origins of the Cap'n Proton storyline?
Mister Brannon Braga. The inspiration was the classic 30's/40's serials... Flash Gordon, etc. You'll love it.
[[7/24]] Brannon Braga:
We're trying to push the envelope. We're tired of seeing aliens with funny foreheads.

The crew of the USS Voyager is unsettled as a secluded and conflicted Captain Janeway reflects on the decisions she's made along the mission and the consequences those judgements have had for them all. But soon the team of the USS Voyager encounters two never before seen alien species--a nocturnal alien and its foe, the Malon--and knows that one will not survive without their intervention. Knowing that coming to their aid makes a detour through dark, desolate space necessary, the captain alone must once again determine her crew's fate.

Paramount's STAR TREK: VOYAGER Begins Production on its Fifth Season; Brannon Braga Named Executive Producer

HOLLYWOOD, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Network Television's Emmy Award- winning STAR TREK: VOYAGER begins production on its fifth season this week. STAR TREK: VOYAGER remains the #1 television series on UPN among households, Adults 18-49, 25-54 and Men 18-49, 25-54. Production resumes with an episode entitled "Night" which will premiere Wednesday, October 14 (9:00- 10:00 PM) on UPN. In the episode filming this week, Voyager encounters a large "void" of space where they will be forced to travel without contact with other worlds or beings. The result leaves the entire crew in a state of cabin fever - and Captain Janeway (series star Kate Mulgrew) doubting her decision to lead the U.S.S. Starship Voyager on its original mission.

Additionally, Brannon Braga has been named executive producer of STAR TREK: VOYAGER. Braga will serve alongside Rick Berman as executive producer of the series who most recently served as co-executive producer of STAR TREK: VOYAGER and has been an integral creative force on the show since its inception. Braga began his career with Star Trek when he received the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Writing Internship which later led to a permanent writing post on Paramount's "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Braga has written over 50 Star Trek episodes, including the critically-acclaimed final episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" entitled "All Good Things" for which he won the Hugo Award for excellence in science fiction writing. His feature film credits include co-writing Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek: Generations" and "Star Trek: First Contact."

STAR TREK: VOYAGER will air Wednesdays at 9:00 PM this fall on UPN. The series chronicles the 24th century explorations of the Starship U.S.S. Voyager as it searches for a way back to Earth from the remote reaches of the Delta Quadrant. Combining skilled dramatic storytelling with stunning special effects, the fifth season of STAR TREK: VOYAGER promises to provide thrilling new adventures, strange alien races and continued exploration of uncharted territories.

STAR TREK: VOYAGER has garnered 11 Emmy nominations and won numerous accolades including the 1996 Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Portrayal of the American Scene" which it shared with the other Star Trek series. Most recently, Kate Mulgrew was awarded the Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series and the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actress.

The cast of STAR TREK: VOYAGER includes Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway; Robert Duncan McNeill as Lieutenant Tom Paris; Robert Beltran as First Officer Chakotay; Roxann Dawson as Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres; Tim Russ as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok; Garrett Wang as Ops/Communications Officer Harry Kim; Ethan Phillips as Neelix; Robert Picardo as the Doctor; and Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.

Rick Berman and Brannon Braga are executive producers of STAR TREK: VOYAGER. STAR TREK: VOYAGER based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, was created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor. The Paramount Television Group is part of the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc.

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