star trek next generation voyager crossover

The Best On-Screen Star Trek Crossovers Ranked

Since the 1980s, the long running "Star Trek" franchise has seen multiple generations, starships, and different crews explore the final frontier. From the original 1960s "Star Trek," to "The Next Generation," "Deep Space Nine," and "Voyager" from the '90s, to the more recent editions like "Discovery," "Lower Decks" and "Strange New Worlds," different eras speak to different groups of fans. 

All the various spinoff shows and movies released over the course of 50 years have created many opportunities for characters from different "Star Trek" installments to meet on-screen. In the days before  the MCU , "Star Trek" was one of the first deeply interconnected media franchises with on-screen crossovers reinforcing the connectivity of its universe. From cameos to bona fide crossover events, "Star Trek" has seen plenty of epic team-ups with characters from different shows and movies getting together in new adventures.

From a meeting of captains and a trip into the past to the resurrection of long-dead heroes, this is a list of the best on-screen crossovers ever seen in "Star Trek."

14. Emissary (Deep Space Nine)

"Emissary" is the pilot episode of "Deep Space Nine" in which the Enterprise from "The Next Generation" docks at the former Cardassian station to open the series. "DS9" features onetime "TNG" recurring character Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney), and this appearance from his former crewmates from the Enterprise helped ease fans into the idea of exploring a strange new series.  

Though the crossover elements in this entry are relatively minor — hence its low spot on this list — it does feature the franchise's only meeting between Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Commander Sisko (Avery Brooks), the two leads of their respective series. Their lone scene together makes it immediately clear that Brooks' Sisko does not operate anything like Picard. In a tense exchange that demonstrates the differences between the two officers, the emotionally charged Sisko tests the calm and collected Picard with the notion that he may be considering leaving Starfleet altogether.

But in the rawest moment between the two, Sisko reminds the Enterprise's captain that they've actually met before ... in battle. Some years earlier, Sisko was aboard a ship that confronted the Borg at Wolf 359 when Picard was the villain called Locutus of Borg in the "TNG" two-parter "The Best of Both Worlds." Unfortunately, "Emissary" is just one of two episodes in which members of "TNG" and "DS9" meet while both shows were on the air.

13. Projections (Voyager)

A crossover with "The Next Generation," the "Star Trek: Voyager" Season 2 episode "Projections" guest stars "TNG" recurring character Reginald Barclay (Dwight Schultz) despite the series being set on opposite sides of the galaxy. A mind-bending mystery, it centers on The Doctor (Robert Picardo) who is activated in sickbay to find the ship deserted after an attack from the Kazon. But just as the episode appears to be turning into an action-thriller, The Doctor gets a visit from Barclay, who tells him that he's not really on Voyager and isn't a holographic doctor at all. Instead, his name is Lewis Zimmerman — a Starfleet researcher on Earth.

Insisting The Doctor is really human, Barclay claims that Voyager is actually a holodeck simulation to test the effects of long-term deep space assignments. But thanks to a radiation surge, something went wrong, and now Zimmerman is trapped in the simulation and suffering delusions from radiation poisoning. The only way out, according to Barclay, is to destroy the ship, ending the program. Now The Doctor must decide what is real; if he chooses wrong, his program — or his life — could be lost.

Thanks to a clever plot to get a "TNG" cast member aboard "Voyager," viewers were treated to another appearance by fan-favorite Schultz back in the role of Barclay. His chemistry with Picardo certainly helped convince "Voyager" producers to bring him back later in the series.

12. Birthright (The Next Generation)

In 1993, "Star Trek" had two different series airing alongside each other for the first time in the franchise's long history with the launch of "Deep Space Nine." But after the "DS9" opener, the two crews would only participate in one more full-blown crossover during the two years they would both share the airwaves in a "Next Generation" episode titled "Birthright." Unfortunately, the crossover aspect really only applies to the first half of the two-parter. 

The Enterprise arrives at DS9 for some diplomatic talks on Bajor. We get a humorous scene with Geordi (LeVar Burton) aboard the station sampling some of the food at the replimat while Picard and Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) enjoy the promenade. The meat of the episode involves Data (Brent Spiner) working with Bashir (Alexander Siddig) aboard the Enterprise when the android officer discovers an apparent glitch in his systems that results in hallucinations.

Secondarily, in the subplot that becomes the basis of the second part of the story, Worf (Michael Dorn) is approached by a Yridian who tells him that his father Mogh may still be alive, held prisoner by Romulans on a far-off world. A strong episode with a pair of intriguing stories, it shows Worf is right at home on DS9 where he winds up full time just a couple of years later. 

11. Defiant (Deep Space Nine)

Following the end of "Star Trek: The Next Generation,"  the crew of the Enterprise headed to the big screen, but that didn't mean the crossovers with sister series "Deep Space Nine" and "Voyager" had to end. In the third season "DS9" episode "Defiant," the show is paid a visit by an individual who appears to be Commander Riker, who stops off at the station while apparently on shore leave. Riker hits it off with Major Kira (Nana Visitor) and asks to see their new little warship, the USS Defiant.

But instead of touring the ship, Riker kidnaps Kira and steals the starship, revealing that he's actually Thomas Riker, the genetic clone of the Enterprise's first officer created in the "TNG" episode "Second Chances." Now a member of the Maquis, he plans to use the Defiant to expose a secret fleet of Cardassian ships he claims are assembling in a nearby nebula. With the Maquis now in possession of the most powerful ship in the sector, Sisko must team up with Dukat (Marc Alaimo) to try and stop him.

With guest star Jonathan Frakes returning in an unexpected reprisal of a nearly forgotten character, "Defiant" is more than just a "TNG" crossover. It's also a gripping adventure that explores the tense relationship between the Federation and the Cardassians, as well as between Sisko and Dukat.

10. Pathfinder (Voyager)

Dwight Schultz made five appearances on "The Next Generation" as Reginald Barclay but, believe it or not, he made more on "Star Trek: Voyager." And it's not just Schultz who makes the "Voyager" sixth season episode "Pathfinder" a crossover — it's the return of Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi. It's also Barclay's first official visit to the series after he's revealed as a computer hallucination in "Projections."

A researcher working on a project to locate Voyager in the Delta Quadrant, Barclay meets with Troi to discuss the serious issues he's faced with his superiors. It seems that Barclay has become obsessed with Voyager, living inside a holodeck recreation of the ship and ultimately gets removed from the project due to his instability. Believing that only he holds the key to finding and communicating with Voyager, Barclay takes matters into his own hands and breaks into Starfleet's research lab to take control of the project.

An unconventional episode centered entirely on Barclay and Troi, the crew of Voyager only appear at the tail end of the episode when they finally make contact with Starfleet Command in one of the most emotional moments of the series. As for Marina Sirtis, she would reprise her role as Troi in two more episodes of "Voyager," including "Lifeline," which narrowly missed making this list.

9. Star Trek (2009)

In 2009, J.J. Abrams relaunched the "Star Trek" franchise with the efficiently titled film "Star Trek," featuring an all-new cast aboard the Enterprise. But to the surprise of many, the film includes the return of one of the most beloved characters from "Star Trek: The Original Series" — Spock, played by Leonard Nimoy.

In the film, Spock inadvertently creatures a rift in space and an alternate reality by failing to save the Romulans' doomed home world. While he's pursued by a vengeful Romulan called Nero, Spock is thrown into this alternate universe more than 100 years in the past, where he meets a younger version of James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and recruits him to help stop the villainous madman by assembling the crew of his original Enterprise in this new reality.

Nimoy's unexpected return as Spock was celebrated by fans and provided the movie's only link to the old universe of "Star Trek" stories. He reprised the role in a cameo in the film's sequel, "Into Darkness," marking the only crossover to date between the "Prime Timeline" and the "Kelvin Timeline" of stories. But beyond the excitement of seeing Nimoy put the pointed ears on one more time, the film was a big hit with moviegoers and critics alike  and panned out as one of the best blockbuster movies of the 2000s , kicking off a new series of cinematic "Star Trek."

8. Blood Oath (Deep Space Nine)

Few crossovers are as amusing as the "Deep Space Nine" episode "Blood Oath." The story sees the unlikely return of three characters from the original "Star Trek" series more than 30 years later. This trio of Klingons includes Kor (John Colicos) from "Errand of Mercy," Kang (Michael Ansara) from "Day of the Dove," and Koloth (William Campbell) as Koloth, who spars with Kirk in "The Trouble with Tribbles."

In "Blood Oath" we learn that all three share more than just a history with the original Enterprise; they are all good friends with a deep bond. Years earlier, a notorious criminal called the Albino (Bill Bolender) murdered each of the Klingons' firstborn sons, and they swore an oath to hunt him down and make him pay. But one other individual took the oath with them — Ambassador to Qo'noS Curzon Dax, former host of Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell). Feeling bound by duty to aid in their quest, Jadzia joins the three Klingons in a mission to kill the Albino now that Kang has finally learned of his whereabouts.

In a story of brotherhood, loyalty, and revenge, the three returning actors slipped neatly back into their roles and made "Blood Oath" an early "DS9" classic. Colicos even returned a few more times, making Kor a recurring character on the series.

7. Death Wish (Voyager)

Set in the far-flung Delta Quadrant, "Star Trek: Voyager"  required serious sci-fi shenanigans to cross over with any of the other series in the franchise, but it managed to do so quite a few times during its seven-season run. One of its most important crossovers comes in the form of the Season 2 entry "Death Wish," which includes appearances by the immortal trickster and foil of Captain Picard, Q (John de Lancie), as well as a cameo from Jonathan Frakes as Commander Riker.

While on their journey back to Earth, Voyager comes across a comet that turns out to be a prison for a member of the Q Continuum. After he's inadvertently released from confinement, it's discovered that this new Q — dubbed Quinn (Gerrit Graham) — was sentenced to eternal imprisonment for attempting to end his own life. Once Quinn is freed, Voyager is visited by Q from "The Next Generation," who wants to put Quinn back in his cell. When Quinn asks for asylum, Q agrees to a hearing, and one of the witnesses he calls is none other than the Enterprise's first officer, William T. Riker.

Like Kor, Q would become a recurring presence on "Voyager," with "Death Wish" the first part of a storyline that explores the nature of the Q Continuum. Though the episode examined deep, thought-provoking issues, there's no denying that its inclusion of "TNG" favorites Q and Riker help make it a standout.

If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline​ at​ 1-800-273-TALK (8255)​.

6. Star Trek: Generations (1994)

Without a doubt, the biggest "Star Trek" on-screen crossover has to be the 1994 film "Star Trek: Generations," which sees the two Enterprise captains meeting for the first time. After the conclusion of "The Next Generation" television series, the time had arrived for the crew to jump to the big screen. To mark the occasion, the studio did what many might have thought impossible — getting William Shatner back to star alongside Patrick Stewart's Captain Picard for an epic adventure that literally passes the torch of "Star Trek" movies to the next generation.

In the first part of the film, set during Kirk's era, the original Enterprise captain is seemingly swept up by a dangerous spatial distortion called the Nexus and seemingly killed. Decades later, a villainous madman called Soran (Malcolm McDowell) believes the Nexus to be the key to immortality and sets out to destroy entire planets in order to draw it to him. But with the Nexus' incredible power, Picard manages to resurrect the long-lost James T. Kirk. Together, they save millions of lives and stop Soran once and for all.

Though it wouldn't be the most fondly remembered among the  "Star Trek" movies,  there's no denying that bringing together two generations of "Trek" makes it a major milestone. 

5. Flashback (Voyager)

Original "Star Trek" star George Takei took his character Sulu to the captain's chair of the USS Excelsior in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," a movie that includes a memorable opening sequence in which his ship is rocked by the destruction of a Klingon moon. Though we never get to see the further adventures of the Excelsior, Takei got a chance to return to Sulu in a landmark episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" produced to coincide with the franchise's 30th anniversary.

In "Flashback," a terrible mind-altering disease infects Vulcan security chief Tuvok (Tim Russ). For a cure, he must mind meld with Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) to explore his memories. Janeway and Tuvok must re-examine the events in Tuvok's past and identify the origins of his illness if they are to find a cure. In these memories, we learn that Tuvok was a young ensign aboard the USS Excelsior under Captain Sulu when Kirk and the Enterprise were caught up in a plot to assassinate the Klingon chancellor. 

Recreating the events of "Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country" with a new twist, Takei hops back into the guise of Captain Sulu with style and seeming ease to the delight of "Trek" fans everywhere. In fact, some — including actress Grace Lee Whitney who played Janice Rand in the episode — claimed that "Flashback" was intended as a backdoor pilot for a Sulu series. Sadly, such a spinoff never materialized.

4. Sarek (The Next Generation)

While the two-hour pilot episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"  features a brief cameo from "Original Series" star DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy, the 1987 series eschewed crossovers with its iconic parent series for its first few years. But by Season 3, the series felt comfortable making some connections, beginning with its first major guest appearance from a character originating in the classic "Star Trek" in the aptly titled episode "Sarek."

The father of Spock, Sarek (Mark Lenard) appears in the classic episode "Journey to Babel" as well as in four of the feature films. Here, Picard's Enterprise is instructed to escort the aging Ambassador Sarek on the final mission of his illustrious career — negotiating a peace treaty with the enigmatic Legarans. But when he comes aboard, the crew begins exhibiting strange behavior that is traced back to the ambassador, who we learn has been suffering a rare and incurable Vulcan disease. While Sarek denies his condition, Picard must find a way to convince Sarek to do what's best for his mission, even if it means making a personal sacrifice.

An important episode that explores how society treats the aged and infirm as well as a direct allegory for Alzheimer's, the episode was packed with powerful moments, with Lenard and Stewart at the top of their game. One of several highly rated episodes that year, "Sarek" helped make the series' third season one of its very best.

3. Relics (The Next Generation)

By the sixth season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" the series had featured a pair of prominent crossovers, but there was still one more venerated visitor to come. "Relics" brings back the original Enterprise's chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan) for one of the most crowd-pleasing episodes of the show's entire run. There was no time-travel needed here, as the writers came up with a clever way to literally transport Scotty from one generation to the next.

The episode opens with Picard and the Enterprise-D detecting a distress signal coming from the surface of a Dyson sphere — an artificial globe constructed around a star. When they go aboard, they are shocked to discover a transporter pattern that's been trapped in the system for nearly 75 years. When they re-materialize it, it's none other than Scotty. Now aboard an all-new Enterprise, Scotty finds himself a man out of time and he struggles to find a place for himself. But when the Enterprise becomes trapped inside the sphere, it's up to the two Enterprise engineers — Scotty and Geordi LaForge — to save the day.

"Relics" was filled with iconic moments, including a signature scene set on the holodeck where the bridge of the original Enterprise was lovingly recreated. But it's also an episode that looks at what it means to get older, making it both a touching installment and a fun crossover.

2. Unification (The Next Generation)

When "The Next Generation" first launched, many might have expected to see the series lean on its iconic ancestor with a parade of guest appearances from classic characters. But producers wanted the series to forge its own path without relying on connections to its predecessor, so they largely stayed away from such crossovers. But following the successful episode "Sarek," they dabbled in a bit more nostalgia. The series' fifth season features arguably its biggest guest star ever: Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock.

A much-hyped two-part installment, "Unification" begins with the stunning announcement that Ambassador Spock has gone missing and may have defected to the Romulans. With orders from Starfleet to track down the wayward Vulcan legend, Picard and Data go undercover on Romulus. There they find a dissident movement hoping to reshape Romulan politics with the goal of reunifying their society with their Vulcan cousins. Spock is there not as a defector, but as a deeply invested member of the Romulan underground who hopes to help the dissidents gain acceptance. But not all is as it seems, and Spock and Picard soon discover a secret Romulan plot that could tip the balance of power in the quadrant.

Beyond Spock's return and the thrilling political intrigue, "Unification" also saw the return of the Romulan Commander Sela , played by Denise Crosby. In one of the finest hours of "TNG," Nimoy was in top form, with some of Spock's best moments coming in scenes opposite Picard and Data. 

1. Trials and Tribble-ations (Deep Space Nine)

There has been no better or more expertly executed crossover in "Star Trek" than in the legendary "Deep Space Nine" adventure "Trials and Tribble-ations." Not just because it sent the crew of the station back in time to the original "Star Trek" era; not just because it revisited one of the most beloved episodes in the franchise, but because the episode was well-written, lovingly produced, and just plain fun. 

A near-perfect episode, it used a mix of archival footage and then-cutting edge CGI techniques perfected in movies like "Forrest Gump" to allow Sisko, Dax, Bashir, Worf, Odo, and O'Brien to interact with the likes of Kirk, Spock, Scotty, and Uhura. In this new adventure, a Klingon disguised as a human who was once beaten by Kirk travels back in time to the site of his defeat with a plan to assassinate the Enterprise's captain in the past. Sisko and his crew follow him back in time, revisiting the events of "The Trouble with Tribbles" and must find a way to stop Darvin without altering the timeline.

One of the highest-rated episodes of the series, it was thanks to a chance encounter at a pizza restaurant in California that producers were able to snag "Original Series" guest star Charlie Brill, who played Arne Darvin back in 1966, to reprise his role (via  StarTrek.com ). But make no mistake, "Trials and Tribble-ations" isn't just great because of the special effects or the crossover with Kirk — it's a fantastic all-around episode in its own right.

• Search forums

Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.

Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.

• Welcome to the Trek BBS!
• General Trek Discussion

DS9 and Voyager in Chronological Order

• Thread starter DigificWriter
• Start date Sep 10, 2016

DigificWriter

Vice admiral.

• Sep 10, 2016

Hi, all. Just for fun, I ended up putting together a Chronological Guide for Deep Space Nine and Voyager that covers the first 5 seasons of DS9 and the first 3 seasons of Voyager, and figured I'd share it with my fellow Trek fans. [Deep Space Nine Season 1] Emissary (Deep Space Nine 1x01/1x02) Past Prologue (Deep Space Nine 1x03) A Man Alone (Deep Space Nine 1x04) Babel (Deep Space Nine 1x05) Captive Pursuit (Deep Space Nine 1x06) Q-Less (Deep Space Nine 1x07) Dax (Deep Space Nine 1x08) The Passenger (Deep Space Nine 1x09) Move Along Home (Deep Space Nine 1x10) The Nagus (Deep Space Nine 1x11) Vortex (Deep Space Nine 1x12) Battle Lines (Deep Space Nine 1x13) The Storyteller (Deep Space Nine 1x14) Progress (Deep Space Nine 1x15) If Wishes Were Horses (Deep Space Nine 1x16) Dramatis Personae (Deep Space Nine 1x17) The Forsaken (Deep Space Nine 1x18) Duet (Deep Space Nine 1x19) In the Hands of the Prophets (Deep Space Nine 1x20) [Deep Space Nine Season 2] The Homecoming (Deep Space Nine 2x01) The Circle (Deep Space Nine 2x02) The Siege (Deep Space Nine 2x03) Cardassians (Deep Space Nine 2x04) Invasive Procedures (Deep Space Nine 2x05) Melora (Deep Space Nine 2x06) Rules of Acquisition (Deep Space Nine 2x07) Necessary Evil (Deep Space Nine 2x08) Second Sight (Deep Space Nine 2x09) Rivals (Deep Space Nine 2x10) Sanctuary (Deep Space Nine 2x11) The Alternate (Deep Space Nine 2x12) Armageddon Game (Deep Space Nine 2x13) Paradise (Deep Space Nine 2x14) Whispers (Deep Space Nine 2x15) Shadowplay (Deep Space Nine 2x16) Playing God (Deep Space Nine 2x17) Profit and Loss (Deep Space Nine 2x18) Blood Oath (Deep Space Nine 2x19) The Maquis, Part 1 (Deep Space Nine 2x20) The Maquis, Part 2 (Deep Space Nine 2x21) The Wire (Deep Space Nine 2x22 Crossover (Deep Space Nine 2x23) The Collaborator (Deep Space Nine 2x24) Tribunal (Deep Space Nine 2x25) The Jem'Hadar (Deep Space Nine 2x26) [Deep Space Nine Season 3/Voyager Season 1] The Search, Part 1 (Deep Space Nine 3x01) The Search, Part 2 (Deep Space Nine 3x02) The House of Quark (Deep Space Nine 3x03) Equilibrium (Deep Space Nine 3x04) Second Skin (Deep Space Nine 3x05) The Abandoned (Deep Space Nine 3x06) Civil Defense (Deep Space Nine 3x07) Meridian (Deep Space Nine 3x08) Fascination (Deep Space Nine 3x09) Defiant (Deep Space Nine 3x10) Past Tense, Part 1 (Deep Space Nine 3x11) Past Tense, Part 2 (Deep Space Nine 3x12) Caretaker (Voyager 1x01/1x02) Parallax (Voyager 1x03) Life Support (Deep Space Nine 3x13) Time and Again (Voyager 1x04) Heart of Stone (Deep Space Nine 3x14) Phage (Voyager 1x05) Destiny (Deep Space Nine 3x15) The Cloud (Voyager 1x06) Prophet Motive (Deep Space Nine 3x16) Visionary (Deep Space Nine 3x17) Distant Voices (Deep Space Nine 3x18) Eye of the Needle (Voyager 1x07) Ex-Post Facto (Voyager 1x08) Through the Looking Glass (Deep Space Nine 3x19) Improbable Cause (Deep Space Nine 3x20) The Die is Cast (Deep Space Nine 3x21) Emanations (Voyager 1x09) Prime Factors (Voyager 1x10) State of Flux (Voyager 1x11) Heroes and Demons (Voyager 1x12) Explorers (Deep Space Nine 3x22) Family Business (Deep Space Nine 3x23) Cathexis (Voyager 1x13) Shakaar (Deep Space Nine 3x24) Faces (Voyager 1x14) Jetrel (Voyager 1x15) Learning Curve (Voyager 1x16) Projections (Voyager 1x17) Elogium (Voyager 1x18) Twisted (Voyager 1x19) Facets (Deep Space Nine 3x25) The Adversary (Deep Space Nine 3x26) The 37s (Voyager 1x20) [Deep Space Nine Season 4/Voyager Season 2] Initiations (Voyager 2x01) Non Sequitur (Voyager 2x02) The Way of the Warrior (Deep Space Nine 4x01/4x02) Persistence of Vision (Voyager 2x03) The Visitor (Deep Space Nine 4x03) Hippocratic Oath (Deep Space Nine 4x04) Partuition (Voyager 2x04) Tattoo (Voyager 2x05) Indiscretion (Deep Space Nine 4x05) Rejoined (Deep Space Nine 4x06) Cold Fire (Voyager 2x06) Little Green Men (Deep Space Nine 4x07) Maneuvers (Voyager 2x07) Resistance (Voyager 2x08) Starship Down (Deep Space Nine 4x08) Prototype (Voyager 2x09) The Sword of Kahless (Deep Space Nine 4x09) Our Man Bashir (Deep Space Nine 4x10) Alliances (Voyager 2x10) Homefront (Deep Space Nine 4x11) Threshold (Voyager 2x11) Meld (Voyager 2x12) Dreadnought (Voyager 2x13) Death Wish (Voyager 2x14) Paradise Lost (Deep Space Nine 4x12) Lifesigns (Voyager 2x15) Investigations (Voyager 2x16) Crossfire (Deep Space Nine 4x13) Return to Grace (Deep Space Nine 4x14) Deadlock (Voyager 2x17) Sons of Mogh (Deep Space Nine 4x15) Bar Association (Deep Space Nine 4x16) Innocence (Voyager 2x18) Accession (Deep Space Nine 4x17) The Thaw (Voyager 2x19) Tuvix (Voyager 2x20) Rules of Engagement (Deep Space Nine 4x18) Hard Time (Deep Space Nine 4x19) Resolutions (Voyager 2x21) Shattered Mirror (Deep Space Nine 4x20) Basics, Part 1 (Voyager 2x22) The Muse (Deep Space Nine 4x21) For the Cause (Deep Space Nine 4x22) To the Death (Deep Space Nine 4x23) The Quickening (Deep Space Nine 4x24) Body Parts (Deep Space Nine 4x25) Broken Link (Deep Space Nine 4x26) [Deep Space Nine Season 5/Voyager Season 3] Apocalypse Rising (Deep Space Nine 5x01) Basics, Part 2 (Voyager 3x01) False Profits (Voyager 3x02) The Ship (Deep Space Nine 5x02) Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places (Deep Space Nine 5x03) ...Nor the Battle to the Strong (Deep Space Nine 5x04) The Assignment (Deep Space Nine 5x05) Sacred Ground (Voyager 3x03) Trials and Tribble-ations (Deep Space Nine 5x06) Let He Who is Without Sin (Deep Space Nine 5x07) Things Past (Deep Space Nine 5x08) Flashback (Voyager 3x04) The Chute (Voyager 3x05) Remember (Voyager 3x06) The Ascent (Deep Space Nine 5x09) The Swarm (Voyager 3x07) Future's End, Part 1 (Voyager 3x08) Future's End, Part 2 (Voyager 3x09) Warlord (Voyager 3x10) The Q and the Grey (Voyager 3x11) Rapture (Deep Space Nine 5x10) The Darkness and the Light (Deep Space Nine 5x11) Macrocosm (Voyager 3x12) The Begotten (Deep Space Nine 5x12) Fair Trade (Voyager 3x13) Alter Ego (Voyager 3x14) For the Uniform (Deep Space Nine 5x13) Coda (Voyager 3x15) Blood Fever (Voyager 3x16) In Purgatory's Shadow (Deep Space Nine 5x14) Unity (Voyager 3x17) By Inferno's Light (Deep Space Nine 5x15) Rise (Voyager 3x18) Doctor Bashir, I Presume (Deep Space Nine 5x16) A Simple Investigation (Deep Space Nine 5x17) Business as Usual (Deep Space Nine 5x18) Darkling (Voyager 3x19) Ferengi Love Songs (Deep Space Nine 5x19) Ties of Blood and Water (Deep Space Nine 5x20) Favorite Son (Voyager 3x20) Before and After (Voyager 3x21) Real Life (Voyager 3x22) Children of Time (Deep Space Nine 5x21) Soldiers of the Empire (Deep Space Nine 5x22) Blaze of Glory (Deep Space Nine 5x23) Distant Origin (Voyager 3x23) Empok Nor (Deep Space Nine 5x24) Displaced (Voyager 3x24) In the Cards (Deep Space Nine 5x25) Worst Case Scenario (Voyager 3x25) Call to Arms (Deep Space Nine 5x26) Scorpion, Part 1 (Voyager 3x26) Note 1: This chronology attempts, whenever/wherever possible, to order things by Stardate, and relies on a number of "missing" Stardates that may or may not be Canonical depending on your own point of view. Note 2: Any assistance/suggestions people could give me in terms of arranging/ordering the episodes for DS9 Season 6/Voyager Season 4 and DS9 Season 7/Voyager Season 5 would be greatly appreciated. Note 3: First post updated to place Dax back in production/story order in spite of its Stardate. Note 4: First post updated to correct an unconscious error I'd made in accidentally flipping Sanctuary and The Alternate  

Regardless of stardates, I wouldn't split multi-parters that way. No way there's time for four eps of VOY between Homefront and Paradise Lost , or seven eps of DS9 between Basics part 1 and 2 .  

^ Actually, there is. Homefront's Stardate is 49170.65 (placing its events in March), while Paradise Lost's Stardate is 49364 (placing its events in May). That's a gap of a little more than 2 months. As for Basics 1 and 2, the Stardate I have for Part 1 is 49700.0 (placing its events in September), with the listed Stardate for Part 2 being 50032.7 (placing its events in January, which is a gap of about 4 months. Both DS9 and Voyager had a habit of jumping ahead significantly in time between the events of Parts 1 and 2 of some of their multiparters.  

DigificWriter said: As for Basics 1 and 2, the Stardate I have for Part 1 is 49700.0 (placing its events in September), with the listed Stardate for Part 2 being 50032.7 (placing its events in January, which is a gap of about 4 months. Click to expand...

Aside from Lifesigns and Investigations, Voyager was diligent and meticulous in its use of Stardates (as was DS9), so it makes no sense to ignore Stardates because you're basically ignoring narrative intent by doing so. If Stardates weren't important, they wouldn't have been used. Anyway, this is getting somewhat off-subject. Does anybody have suggestions as to how to chronologically arrange DS9 Season 6/Voyager Season 4 and DS9 Season 7/Voyager Season 5?  

http://thestartrekchronologyproject.blogspot.com.au/ Also, where does your stardate for Basics part 1 even come from? The ep doesn't actually have one.  

^ The problem with that particular listing is that it isn't "technically" chronological given that it more or less just relies on airdate rather than actual storyline narrative relative to individual arcs, episodes, and events. Regarding the Basics 1 Stardate, I cribbed it from another user's post in a thread that was posted on here a few years back: http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/chronological-viewing-order-missing-ds9-voy-stardates-found.212584/  

TonyLeung82

Lieutenant commander.

DigificWriter said: ^ As for Basics 1 and 2, the Stardate I have for Part 1 is 49700.0 (placing its events in September), with the listed Stardate for Part 2 being 50032.7 (placing its events in January, which is a gap of about 4 months. Click to expand...

ok, you already answered my question. Nevertheless it is not really convinving...I also would not put Basic Part 1 in September and Part 2 in January.  

DigificWriter said: Regarding the Basics 1 Stardate, I cribbed it from another user's post in a thread that was posted on here a few years back: Click to expand...

I'm choosing to assume that the person who posted the Stardate for Basics 1 and others didn't just arbitrarily make up the number he/she gave, meaning that it came from somewhere at least semi-official, even if it wasn't ultimately used in the episode itself.  

Fleet Captain

Didn't the video releases of the time have stardates printed on them? Unfortunately if nothing was ever specified in the episode then the video company made them up. Ah here we go. Found it. This was the cover of Voyager 3.1 released in the UK by CIC video. http://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2015/2/23/2/a/2/2a2e7a3e-bb61-11e4-8480-b77c24f60d99.jpg  

retroenzo said: Didn't the video releases of the time have stardates printed on them? Unfortunately if nothing was ever specified in the episode then the video company made them up. Ah here we go. Found it. This was the cover of Voyager 3.1 released in the UK by CIC video. http://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2015/2/23/2/a/2/2a2e7a3e-bb61-11e4-8480-b77c24f60d99.jpg Click to expand...

Just trying to find a picture of 2.11 (with Basics, part 1) and failing.  

Hmm it's not great but here's the cover on Amazon. I can't make out the stardate listing as the image is so poor but there's definitely a stardate there. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Trek-...96&sr=8-1&keywords=star+trek+voyager+vhs+2.11  

retroenzo said: Hmm it's not great but here's the cover on Amazon. I can't make out the stardate listing as the image is so poor but there's definitely a stardate there. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Trek-...96&sr=8-1&keywords=star+trek+voyager+vhs+2.11 Click to expand...

TonyLeung82 said: Yeah true, difficult to read. I can not read it either Click to expand...

Two episodes from the end of the second season of the Star Trek seires set on board a Federation ship stranded seventy years from Earth. In 'Resolutions', stardate 49690.1, Chakotay and the Captain are left on an idyllic planet when they are infected with a mystery virus. Janeway orders Tuvok to continue the voyage home without them. In 'Basics - Part One', stardate 49700.0, Seska sends a message to Chakotay that she has given birth to his son, and that the infant's life is in danger. The crew have to decide if Seska is telling the truth or whether she is setting a trap. Click to expand...

You can't go by made up stardates for a VHS cover. Not unless you're willing to accept that DS9's fourth season episodes Little Green Men, Crossfire, and Return to Grace actually happened during the first half of DS9's third season. Not to mention the VHS cover placing Homefront and Paradise Lost in the same period despite having proper on-screen stardates given.  

retroenzo said: Ah I just found it. Scroll down to the product description and it says this. Click to expand...

The duration of the events in this episode transpire over a period of approximately three months, making it one of the longest times the viewers spend with the characters in a single episode of Star Trek [...]. Nevertheless, Ken Biller ultimately thought this episode insufficiently indicates the passage of time herein. " I was disappointed, because I felt it was repetitive, " he commented. " That is another problem with the style of our show – I don't fault Jeri for that at all – which is how to convey the passage of time. If you go back and listen to the ship's logs, the idea was they were months stuck on that planet and I don't think it felt like that when you watched it. Maybe we should have done more to show the passage of time. That was a show that needed a montage sequence or Chakotay to grow a beard or something. " The duration of this episode's events are: The first four weeks spent in orbit of "New Earth" searching for a cure. The next six weeks with Voyager resuming its journey home. The final six weeks involving Voyager 's return to "New Earth," after obtaining a cure. Click to expand...

Tosk said: You can't go by made up stardates for a VHS cover. Not unless you're willing to accept that DS9's fourth season episodes Little Green Men, Crossfire, and Return to Grace actually happened during the first half of DS9's third season. Not to mention the VHS cover placing Homefront and Paradise Lost in the same period despite having proper on-screen stardates given. Click to expand...

Sign up / Register

• Star Trek: Enterprise
• Star Trek - The Original & Animated Series
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Star Trek: Voyager
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Star Trek: Picard
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Star Trek: Prodigy
• Star Trek Movies I-X
• Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe
• Future of Trek
• Trek Gaming
• Trek Literature
• Fan Fiction
• Fan Productions
• CSI (at Talk CSI)
• Science and Technology
• Sports and Fitness
• Web Sites/Design
• Miscellaneous
• Site Forums

Den of Geek

Star Trek Voyager: An Episode Roadmap

Our viewing guide for Star Trek Voyager, if you want to get going quickly...

• Share on Facebook (opens in a new tab)
• Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab)
• Share on Linkedin (opens in a new tab)
• Share on email (opens in a new tab)

This article originally ran on Den of Geek UK .

Maps To TV Shows: Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then Maps To TV Shows is for you!

In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation ? Do you want to get the overall gist of the aliens arc on The X-Files ? Or perhaps you’d rather avoid aliens and watch the highlights of their Monsters of the Week? Do you just want to know who that guy dressed like Constantine is? In these articles, we’ll provide you with a series of routes through long-running shows designed for new viewers so that you can tailor your journey through the very best TV has to offer. While skipping most of season one. It gets better.

N.B. Since part of the aim of these articles is to encourage new viewers, spoilers will be kept to a minimum. However, be aware that due to the nature of the piece, certain elements of world-building, bad guy-revelation, late character arrivals etc. will be spoiled, and looking at the details of one suggested ‘route’ may spoil another.

Ad – content continues below

Poor Voyager is probably Star Trek ’s least loved child overall. It competes with Enterprise for the dubious honour of the title Least Popular Series of Star Trek , and unlike Enterprise , it is rarely defended on the grounds of trying to do something interesting at some point its run or just starting to get good when it got cancelled. It also produced the only episode seriously considered as a rival to Spock’s Brain for the position of Worst Episode of Star Trek  Ever Made, and the fact it later produced two episodes that might be said to be even worse doesn’t really help its case.

Watch Star Trek: Voyager on Amazon Prime

However, Voyager is my personal favorite series of Star Trek . For all its many flaws, it offered a likeable set of characters who often didn’t seem to be taking any of it too seriously. It is, to date, the only Star Trek series with a female captain in the starring role, and for those of us of the feminine persuasion, that’s a draw (plus Kate Mulgrew’s Janeway is her own breed of awesome, even if she seems to change her mind about the Prime Directive from week to week). It boasted two talented actors in Robert Picardo and Jeri Ryan and made use of them – too much, perhaps, but if you’ve got it, flaunt it. The rest of the crew were also good actors when given good material, and pleasant company to be in on a weekly basis.

When I was growing up, we watched Voyager as a family (two teenagers, two parents) and everyone was able to enjoy it equally, while its episodic nature, so frustrating to those who preferred Deep Space Nine ’s more arc-based structure, was perfect for the four of us to relax with from week to week without worrying if we missed an episode. I also watched it with friends from school, and again, being able to jump around the series picking whichever episode we felt like watching without explaining a complicated arc to someone who hadn’t seen it before was a bonus. It’s purely a matter of personal taste, but some of us actually like episodic television.

I’m pretty sure I’ll never convince Voyager ’s detractors to see it in a fresh light, but for anyone who’d like to give the show a go to see if it was really as bad as all that, these suggested routes through the series may help. Alternatively, if you’re curious to see why the show has such a bad reputation (or if you hate Voyager and want to revel in how right you feel you are), there is a hate-watch route and for all that I love it, it had to be said, Voyager did produce some real stinkers in its day. Entertaining stinkers in some cases, at least!

Route 1: Honestly, this show is really good

There are a few of us for whom Voyager is our favourite series of Star Trek , and hopefully these episodes will show you why. Even season two produced some gems among what was, overall, a rather dull experience (one of Voyager ’s problems was that the first series featured the usual teething troubles, and the second series was really quite bad, which presumably put off a lot of viewers).

Season One:

Eye Of The Needle

Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox!

Caretaker is one of Star Trek ’s best pilots; many were disappointed with the show because they felt its promise was not followed up on (those of us who started watching later in its run were less likely to be disappointed, of course). To describe what makes Eye Of The Needle great would be to spoil it so we won’t, while Faces features some fine character work from Roxann Dawson as B’Elanna Torres. Add Ex Post Facto , a fairly bland but quite fun episode, if you like whodunnits.

Season Two:

Tuvok’s dark side was always worth seeing and it comes out the strongest in Meld , while ‘the holographic doctor falls in love’ is a much better episode than it sounds in Lifesigns , which explores illness and self-confidence, among other things. Death Wish is probably the best Q episode in all of Star Trek , while Deadlock toys with being really quite brutal for a moment (before pulling back – this is still Star Trek , after all). If you enjoy more experimental episodes, add The Thaw , which appears on some people’s ‘best of’ lists and others’ ‘worst of’ – it’s certainly an acquired taste but it’s genuinely creepy (on purpose) and please note, its virtual world pre-dates The Matrix . Tuvix is also rather controversial, but raises some interesting issues and features some good performances.

Season Three:

Future’s End Parts 1&2

Before And After

Scorpion Part 1

The Chute features energetic performances from Robert Duncan McNeil and Garrett Wang, and some lovely cinematography in a fairly intense story. Future’s End is good time travel-based fun while Before And After features a teaser for one of the series’ best stories, season four’s Year Of Hell . The first two-parter to feature the Borg, Scorpion Part 1, was really excellent – the Borg were rather over-used later in the series, but in this initial appearance, they are as terrifying and as impressive as ever. Add Basics Part 2 for a great performance (as always) from Brad Dourif. Add Macrocosm if Die Hard on Voyager with giant bugs, starring Janeway in a vest, is your particular cup of tea.

Season Four:

Scorpion Part 2

Year Of Hell Parts 1&2

Message In A Bottle

Living Witness

Latest TV reviews

The rings of power season 2 episode 7 review: the battle of eregion comes to life, agatha all along episode 3 review: down the witches' road, slow horses season 4 episode 4 review: returns.

Hope And Fear

Season four was Voyager ’s strongest season overall and included of its best overall episodes – Scorpion Part 2 , Year Of Hell (in which the use of the reset button is entirely justified) and Living Witness , an exploration of the nature of history which also finds time for the always enjoyable Alternate Evil Crew trope. Much of the season was dedicated to developing new character Seven of Nine, somewhat to the detriment of the other regulars at times, but Seven is a genuinely fascinating character and most of the episodes exploring her slow transition back to humanity were good hours, One among them. Voyager didn’t have much of an arc plot, but season four also saw major developments in what arcs it did have, particularly in the hilarious Message In A Bottle . Add The Killing Game Parts 1&2 for a story that doesn’t make much sense if you look at it too closely, but it isn’t half fun to watch.

Season Five:

Counterpoint

Latent Image

Bride Of Chaotica!

Someone To Watch Over Me

Equinox Part 1

Unintentional hilarity aside, Voyager often did comedy really quite well, and Bride Of Chaotica! is surely its funniest hour. Timeless , the show’s 100th episode, is excellent, Drone is less about the Borg than you might think, while Counterpoint and Latent Image are strong, bittersweet instalments. The season once again goes out with a strong cliffhanger in Equinox Part 1 .

Season Six:

Equinox Part 2

Blink Of An Eye

Equinox Part 2 continues Voyager ’s tradition of providing mostly satisfying resolutions to cliffhangers, while Riddles and Memorial once again give the cast a chance to shine with dramatic material. Add Muse for some fun meta-fiction.

Season Seven:

Body And Soul

Workforce Parts 1&2

Author, Author

Body And Soul and most of Author, Author continue Voyager ’s strong set of light-hearted episodes, while Lineage is one of its best character pieces as well as a nice little science fiction story, and a perfect bookend to season one’s Faces . Add Endgame for a finale that does the job well enough, though it included some serious misfires that mean it would be left off most people’s Best Of lists.

Route 2: Crossovers and connections

Voyager is, so far, the latest-set Star Trek series – only the Next Generation feature film Nemesis (plus the odd time travel story) is set further in the future. As a series, then, it offers conclusions rather than foundations for later series. There’s still some crossover fun to be had, though.

As is usually the case, the pilot episode features as appearance from a regular character from another series of Star Trek , in this case, Deep Space Nine ’s Quark (logically enough, as the ship sets off from Deep Space Nine). Add Eye Of The Needle for a rare appearance of a Romulan in the Delta Quadrant.

Projections

Star Trek: The Next Generation ’s Reg Barclay made a number of appearances on Voyager , beginning with Projections . Death Wish also features a very brief (one-line) cameo from another Next Generation regular.

False Profits

Flashback is Voyager ’s celebratory episode marking 30 years of Star Trek , and it lives in the shadow of Deep Space Nine ’s spectacular Trials and Tribble-ations , but is decent enough itself, featuring appearances from Original Series characters Hikaru Sulu and Janice Rand. False Profits is a direct sequel to Next Generation episode The Price .

There were no crossovers as such in season four, but Message In A Bottle and Hunters refer to events from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .

Voyager ’s 100th episode features a cameo from The Next Generation ’s Levar Burton, who also directed.

Pathfinder , featuring Barclay and another Next Generation character, Deanna Troi, was the beginning of a new plot development that would see Barclay and other Alpha Quadrant characters appearing more regularly, including in Life Line .

As in season six, we get a couple more forays into the Alpha Quadrant, mostly featuring Barclay.

Route 3: The shipping news

As ever, romance is not entirely Star Trek ’s forte, but Voyager did manage to produce one of its better-realised romantic couplings, as well as a relationship or two that had audiences rooting for further developments (and, it has to be said, some less successful efforts….).

State Of Flux

Faces lays the groundwork for Voyager ’s most successful romantic pairing, while Caretaker and The Cloud feature both the early stable relationship of Neelix and Kes and the quick establishment of a relationship and a dynamic between Janeway and Chakotay that had large numbers of fans hoping for further romantic developments between them. State Of Flux focuses on one of Chakotay’s more tumultuous romantic entanglements.

Non Sequitur

Parturition

Resolutions

Elogium is pretty terrible, but it’s one of the more significant Neelix/Kes episodes, though Tuvix is much better. Parturition is even worse, largely because it focuses on the early Neelix/Kes/Paris love triangle (though on the plus side, it features an actual food fight). Non Sequitur features one of Harry Kim’s least disastrous romantic interludes, while Resolutions is the only episode that properly addresses the Janeway/Chakotay connection that was so popular among fans. Technically, Threshold , an episode so bad it was later written out of Star Trek canon, features two regular characters having sex with each other (and babies, even). It’s not exactly romantic, though – but earlier scenes do play up the Paris/Kes and (more briefly) Paris/Torres ships in a more serious way, before it all goes totally bonkers. Add Persistence Of Vision for visuals on B’Elanna’s sexual fantasies.

The Q And The Grey

Blood Fever

Harry finds a woman who is a) not real and b) prefers a Vulcan over him in Alter Ego , so his romantic prospects continue to worsen. The Q And The Grey suggests that Janeway’s pulling power is really quite extraordinary and Coda plays up the Janeway/Chakotay relationship a little, though by Unity he’s gone off her and started pursuing Borg. Blood Fever properly kicks off the Paris/Torres relationship, but Displaced features a rather more nuanced look at that pairing. Add The Chute if you’re a fan of slash fiction (all potential subtext, this being 1990s Star Trek ) and Remember for B’Elanna experiencing someone else’s romantic relationship. Favorite Son features another of Harry Kim’s doomed romances, but it’s not worth watching for that reason. Or any reason, really, except to laugh at rather than with it.

Day Of Honor

The Killing Game Parts 1&2

Unforgettable

This is Paris and Torres’ season as far as romance goes, though Chakotay gets it on with Virginia Madsen in Unforgettable . Add The Gift for the resolution of Kes’s relationships, and Waking Moments for a glimpse into Harry Kim’s romantic fantasies.

Nothing Human

Romance for Chakotay in Timeless , Janeway in Counterpoint , Janeway’s ancestor in 11:59 , Tuvok (well, romantic feelings directed at Tuvok) in Gravity and unrequited love for the Doctor in Someone To Watch Over Me . Nothing Human is probably the best episode for Paris/Torres in this season; in Extreme Risk , B’Elanna’s friend and former crush actually does more to help her than her boyfriend. Add Course: Oblivion for more romantic scenes.

Ashes To Ashes

Alice (along with, to an extent, Memorial ) is the main Paris/Torres episode from this season. Theoretically, Fair Haven and Spirit Folk are romantic episodes, but that’s no reason to watch quite possibly the worst episodes of any series of Star Trek ever made. Ashes To Ashes is rather nonsensical, but as Kim’s annual doomed romances go, it’s a sight better than Favorite Son or The Disease .

Human Error

Natural Law

Making up for lost time and tying off some loose ends, romance was everywhere in season seven, for Paris and Torres ( Drive , Lineage , Prophecy , Workforce , Endgame ), Janeway ( Shattered , which revisits Janeway/Chakotay briefly, and Workforce ), the Doctor ( Body And Soul , Endgame ) and Neelix ( Homestead) . The main relationship highlighted in Human Error and Natural Law and also concluded in Endgame was, shall we say, not very popular, but if it has any fans, those are the episodes to watch.

Route 4: OK, this might be why Voyager isn’t everyone’s favourite…

Like all series of Star Trek , Voyager also produced some entertainingly bad stinkers that are truly entertaining when hate-watched with friends. Maybe even a higher than usual number. We’ve still avoided the truly dull episodes for the most part, though – these are terrible in a hilarious and sometimes spectacular way.

It’s a classic Voyager quote – “There’s coffee in that nebula!” – but that doesn’t make The Cloud any good. It does, however, make it entertaining. Parallax and Learning Curve are pretty bad too, but also very dull ( Learning Curve is worth watching only for the equally classic line “Get the cheese to sickbay!”).

It’s tempting, even as a fan, to say ‘all of it’, but some season two episodes are actually quite good (see above) while most of the rest are deathly dull. However, Elogium features space sperm trying to have sex with the ship, Twisted has everyone get lost on Deck 6 (a normal day for some of us who are navigationally challenged) and Parturition features two senior officers having a food fight in the mess hall. For some people, add The Thaw , which is Voyager ’s equivalent of Marmite.

And then there’s Threshold . Threshold , frequently derided as the worst episode of Star Trek ever made, is truly glorious in its awfulness. One of the tragedies of the episode is that Robert Duncan McNeil puts in a really passionate performance and some of the material, if attached to a different story, would be some really nice body horror stuff. But all you have to do is read a summary of the events of the episode (including impossible speeds, a shuttle that turns into the Infinite Improbability Drive from The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy , crew members turning into giant lizard-slug-things, and giant lizard sex) to see how stupendously ridiculous, but importantly also truly entertaining in its own special way, it is. If you haven’t heard of it, though, skip the online summaries and just watch it, preferably with a very large drink in hand, and let the B movie daftness wash over you. It’s so, so very awful, I think I kinda love it.

Favourite Son

Nothing can quite compare to the high/low that was Threshold , but The Q And The Grey follows up one of the best Q episodes with one of the daftest, Blood Fever demonstrates that the practicalities of ponn farr were probably best left behind in the 1960s, and Favorite Son is… well it’s nearly as ridiculous as Threshold , actually, but not quite so spectacularly entertaining, as Harry Kim falls for a lure so transparent only someone as stupid as the Cat from Red Dwarf (in series six’ Psirens , when the same trick is tried on him) could be expected to fall for it.

Season Four is Voyager ’s strongest season overall, and its mis-fires tend to be dull or dubious rather than entertainingly hilarious, though if you enjoy ridiculous ‘science’, you might enjoy Demon .

Once Upon A Time

The Disease

Once Upon A Time ’s main plot is just a bit dull, but it features one of those horrifying children’s holodeck programmes also sometimes seen on The Next Generation . The Disease is another Harry Kim romance episode. It is, in its defense, slightly better than Favorite Son .

Spirit Folk

Everyone talks about Threshold , but for me, these are by far the worst episodes of Voyager , and probably of all of Star Trek (yes, including Spock’s Brain ). Offensive on every level, especially if you have Irish ancestry, and don’t even think about the practicalities of the captain retiring to a private room with a holographic character, on a holodeck – that is, a small, square room with no real walls, furniture etc. in it, that could easily malfunction at any moment – still also inhabited by other people, to have sex. Ew.

Prophecy revolves around a Klingon messianic prophecy, while Q2 features Q’s teenage son (played by John de Lancie’s real life son Keegan, who is a perfectly good actor, but the material is cringe-inducing). ‘Nuff said.

Route 5: Time travel

In season three, Captain Janeway expressed her extreme dislike of time travel and time paradoxes. She might as well have been a horror movie character saying “I’ll be right back.”

Time And Again

Time And Again is by the numbers but perfectly serviceable Star Trek , while Eye Of The Needle is Voyager ’s first really classic episode – perhaps that’s why they decided to feature the wonders of time travel quite so often in later years.

Technically there are no real time travel episodes in this season, though a couple of characters appear out of time in Death Wish .

Some of the Voyager crew’s ongoing problems with time travel are kicked off in Future’s End , while Before And After is a rather good backwards episode. Flashback , as the title implies, features flashbacks, though not actual time travel.

Add The Killing Game for a holodeck-based episode in which much of the crew believe they are people living in Earth’s past.

Timeless Relativity

Like Year Of Hell , Timeless is a really great episode, and things aren’t entirely re-set by the end (only mostly). Relativity is also good fun and features a visual homage to classic Powell and Pressburger film A Matter Of Life And Death . 11:59 is composed primarily of extensive flashbacks to the past, but not actual time travel.

Blink Of An Eye is more about time differential than time travel, but it represents this season’s game of playing with the fourth dimension.

Shattered uses a rather dubious time-related incident to revisit some of the show’s highlights and point to its future, while Endgame , like The Next Generation finale All Good Things , shows us a possible future for the crew, but by the end of the episode, everything may have changed.

Juliette Harrisson | @ClassicalJG

Juliette Harrisson is a writer and historian, and a lifelong Trekkie whose childhood heroes were JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis. She runs a YouTube channel called…

Star Trek's Next Big Crossover Needs to Happen on Prodigy

Your changes have been saved

Email is sent

Email has already been sent

Please verify your email address.

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics.

Key Takeaways

• The crossover episode between Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks showed how Star Trek is universal across series.
• Star Trek: Prodigy is already something of a crossover series with the inclusion of second-wave characters like Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay.
• Star Trek: Prodigy is the perfect show to depict the next time-spanning crossover for more than one reason.

For a nearly 60-year-old storytelling universe, 2023 was a remarkably big year for Star Trek . One of the most successful events of the franchise was the crossover episode that brought characters from Star Trek: Lower Decks into live action on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . With so many new stories in development and old favorites to revisit, there should be more episodes like this one. If there is another big, multi-series crossover, it should happen on Star Trek: Prodigy , now streaming on Netflix. Despite being one of the first large-scale shared fictional universes, Star Trek doesn't rely on crossover events all that much.

Leonard Nimoy showed up as Spock in Star Trek: The Next Generation in celebration of the 25th anniversary and to promote the latest film at the time. James Doohan also showed up as Scotty on the series for a single episode. There was minimal crossover between The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine , and very little for Star Trek: Voyager . Along with telling a fun story, these crossovers also serve as promotional appearances. There are certainly fans of Strange New Worlds who decided to check out Lower Decks after meeting Ensigns Boimler and Mariner in live action. They also serve as celebrations of this improbable institution. This is why Prodigy should present the next big Star Trek crossover special.

The History of the Star Trek Crossover Before Strange New Worlds

Best star trek episodes of 2023.

Star Trek had a big year in 2023, and that means there were far more excellent episodes than could fit on anyone's list. These were some of the best.

No matter how one defines a Star Trek crossover, they're rare considering there are around 900 episodes across all series. Some are just single-character cameos. For example, Alexander Siddig's Dr. Julian Bashir appeared on an episode of The Next Generation . James Doohan showed up in that series as well, sustained by a transporter pattern buffer for decades. For Star Trek 's 30th anniversary, George Takei showed up as Captain Sulu in a flashback/dream sequence on Voyager . Because that series took place tens of thousands of light-years from the rest of the Star Trek universe, a crossover was rare.

Still, Dwight Schultz's Reginald Barclay showed up in six Voyager episodes and brought Marina Sirtis's Deanna Troi along with him. For Star Trek 's 30th anniversary, Deep Space Nine technically crossed over with The Original Series in "Trials and Tribble-ations." However, the latter show's characters appeared only via repurposed footage. In the premiere of that series, Patrick Stewart played Jean-Luc Picard for two scenes. As the senior series when Voyager debuted, Armin Shimerman's Quark continued the tradition for that series.

The Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks crossover was the first proper Star Trek crossover episode. Like The Original Series , Strange New Worlds has its comedic moments, but it's different from the comedy on Lower Decks . Still, the story and direction by The Next Generation alum Jonathan Frakes made it all work perfectly. Animation is much cheaper to produce than live-action and allows more freedom for age and era. Thus, Prodigy is the perfect place to do it again.

Prodigy Already Has a Lot of Star Trek Crossover Built-In

Star trek: prodigy's kevin & dan hageman bring the much hyped series to netflix.

In an interview with CBR, Star Trek: Prodigy creators Kevin and Dan Hageman talk about the show's road to Netflix and update progress on Season 2.

Despite being the only Star Trek series made specifically for children, Prodigy is already filled to the brim with crossover. There were the Enderprizians in "All the World's a Stage" that ties up a dangling story thread from The Original Series . Billy Campbell similarly reprised his scoundrel character Thadiun Okuna in "Masquerade." Of course, one series regular in Star Trek: Prodigy makes the entire series something of a crossover. Or, at least, a sneaky sequel to Voyager .

Kate Mulgrew returned as Janeway , not once but twice. She plays "Hologram Janeway," a semi-sentient holographic training advisor who acts as the USS Protostar 's de facto first officer. She also shows up as Vice Admiral Janeway, the organic version of the character fans fell in love with on Voyager . Her presence in each episode is a clear connection to the franchise's past. It also allows the new, younger fans to have a connection to the shows that came before. In the wait for Season 2, kids may pester their parents for a Paramount+ subscription in order to watch all seven seasons of Voyager .

However, Janeway isn't the only element from that series to continue in Prodigy . The original captain of the USS Protostar was Chakotay. Played by Robert Beltran, he was a Starfleet defector who rejoined the fold to serve as Janeway's Number One. He was lost in time, and Season 2 -- taking place on the USS Voyager-A -- will likely spend time searching for him. Also joining the fold is Robert Picardo as the Doctor , the holographic medical officer on the ship and the original "AI author."

Crossovers With Prodigy Would Make Kids Curious About Old Star Trek

Review: star trek: prodigy season 1, part 2 blu-ray brings the protostar crew to life.

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1, Part 2 arrives on Blu-ray and brings the animated characters from the Paramount+ series to life in new and exciting ways.

Star Trek: Prodigy is, at its core, a perfect series in this universe. While they may bristle at some of the main characters' humor, fans of any age can see just how " Star Trek " these stories are. Everything one loves about past iterations of Gene Roddenberry's universe are present in these stories. Yet, there's also no denying Prodigy is, primarily, for children. The gorgeous, modern animation will capture their attention, allowing the universe to capture their hearts. Introducing more elements of past Star Trek will drive them to the other stories, both new and old.

Unlike Boimler and Mariner who are already Starfleet officers, these kids wouldn't freak out just by virtue of meeting Spock, Captain Pike or Una Chin-Riley. They don't know Starfleet history that well, so they might look at these characters with the same skepticism kids would from looking at a TV series from decades before they were born. It would allow whatever crossover characters show up to prove to them just how awesome they are. Meeting Seven of Nine -- an ex-Borg and Fenris ranger at this point in the timeline -- wouldn't be as big of a deal at first than it would to a Starfleet officer who knows how "famous" she is.

Since Star Trek is lousy with time-travel, characters from Enterprise , Discovery or any other past-era series could also show up. If those characters are able to impress Dal, Rok-Tahk, Zero, or Jankom Pog, the younger audiences might be equally impressed. Any crossover characters on Prodigy could help underscore how, despite different tonal eras of television, Star Trek is Star Trek no matter when the characters were created. Luckily, series creators Dan and Kevin Hageman promised more crossover with legacy Star Trek characters in Season 2 .

Creating Star Trek Crossovers on Prodigy Is a Good Business Decision, Too

Star trek: prodigy team reacts to fans' aerial banner to save the series.

Brothers and Star Trek: Prodigy co-creators Dan and Kevin Hageman praise the sky banner campaign imploring Netflix to pick up Prodigy for season 2.

One final way Star Trek: Prodigy is unique from its sister series is that it currently is the only show not found on Paramount+ . Some series, like Deep Space Nine and The Original Series , are found on fast services like PlutoTV, yet all but Prodigy are also on Paramount's streamer. Netflix has far more reach than Paramount+, so any element of crossover on the show is, essentially, a promotional consideration for the "home" of the rest of Star Trek . New, younger fans have their curiosity piqued, and longtime, adult fans are reminded of the shows that made them love Star Trek .

The writers, directors and animators who work on Prodigy don't just insert pointless crossovers, either. The love they have for the entirety of Star Trek is evident in each episode. Even if there was a studio-mandated crossover like when Nimoy or Takei showed up in the second-wave series, they'd make it germane to their story and characters. As generations of fanfiction writers have proven time and again, one need not work that hard to blend different eras or characters from Star Trek together in ways that make sense.

Star Trek: Prodigy exists, like any television series, to tell entertaining stories that leave the viewer with a moral, affirmation or simple good feeling. The show combines science, humor and action in eminently rewatchable episodes. This is why it's the perfect series to introduce a new generation to Star Trek , and any crossover they do would help make Paramount's key franchise endure that much longer. The target audience for the show is children, but it's "for" any viewer who wants their science fiction to let them dream of a brighter, kinder future.

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1 is streaming on Netflix, with Season 2 scheduled for release in 2024.

Star Trek: Prodigy

A group of enslaved teenagers steal a derelict Starfleet vessel to escape and explore the galaxy.

• The Original Series
• The Animated Series
• The Next Generation
• Deep Space Nine
• Strange New Worlds
• Lower Decks
• Star Trek Movies
• TrekCore on Twitter
• TrekCore on Facebook

Die Seven-of-Nine-Vorgeschichte zur Serie.

Inhalt (Klappentext)

Ein spannendes Prequel-Abenteuer, das auf der von Fans gefeierten TV-Serie „Star Trek: Picard“ basiert! Zwei Jahre nach der Rückkehr der U.S.S. Voyager aus dem Delta-Quadranten wird Seven of Nine für einen Posten in der Sternenflotte abgelehnt … und findet stattdessen eine neue Heimat bei der interstellaren, abtrünnigen Strafverfolgungseinheit, den Fenris-Rangern. Die Ranger scheinen ideal für Seven zu sein – aber um sich dieser neuen Bestimmung zu stellen, muss sie alles zurücklassen, was sie bisher kannte, und riskiert, das Wichtigste in ihrem Leben zu verlieren: ihre Freundschaft mit Admiral Kathryn Janeway.

“Fenris-Ranger” bringt uns die Vorgeschichte von Seven und ihren Anschluss an die titelgebende Organisation. Es gibt zwar eine kleine Rahmenhandlung, in der Seven Bijazl alles erzählt, das hätte es aber eigentlich nicht wirklich gebraucht und ist eigentlich vernachlässigbar. Der Hauptteil der Geschichte spielt im Jahr 2382. Bevor wir uns nun aber der Haupthandlung widmen, sollte vielleicht noch erwähnt werden, dass der Roman in extrem kleiner Schrift gehalten ist. Das gab es eigentlich schon länger nicht mehr und kann stellenweise anstrengend sein. Dafür gibt es aber, wie bei Picard-Romanen schon fast üblich, auch eine Hardcover-Ausgabe.

Als prominente Charaktere sind hier vor allem Seven und Janeway vertreten, wobei vor allem Letztere versucht, Seven in die Flotte zu bringen. Wie wir später erfahren werden, ist der Ablehnungsgrund, dass sie Seven genannt werden will und ihre Föderationsbürgerschaft mit diesem Borg-Namen quasi aufgegeben hat. Das passt zwar in gewisser Weise zu den Entwicklungen in der dritten Staffel der Serie, ist aber selbst hier immer noch sehr befremdlich. Und wenn dann an Sevens Haus Hetzparolen geschmiert werden, fragt man sich, wo die schöne von Roddenberry gezeichnete Zukunft geblieben ist.

Wobei man David Mack, der ja ein Star Trek-Veteran im literarischen Bereich ist, hier durchaus zugute halten muss, dass er aufzeigt (oder es zumindest versucht), warum die Föderation von ihrer heilen Welt in die Dunkelheit abdriftet. Hauptursächlich ist hier natürlich die Evakuierung von Romulus, welche extrem an den Kräften der Föderation zerrt, und natürlich die erwähnten Borg-Ängste. Es mag vielleicht nicht an jeder Stelle glaubhaft sein, dass diese Entwicklung derart schnell kommt, aber man versteht zumindest den Weg zur Serie hin etwas besser, so dass es insgesamt als gelungen betrachtet werden kann.

Gelungen ist auch die Charakterentwicklung von Seven, auch wenn sie anfangs immer noch etwas zaghaft reagiert. Im weiteren Verlauf des Buches wird sie zu einer Rangerin aufsteigen, die sich mit den Zielen der Organisation identifiziert. Auch diese Entwicklung ist hier sehr nachvollziehbar dargestellt. Ebenso schön: Selbst Sevens fehlende sexuelle Erfahrungen werden erwähnt und konsequent weiterentwickelt. Das bleibt zwar weiterhin jugendfrei (immerhin ist das hier Star Trek), ist aber dennoch eine nette Abwechslung.

Ein paar Klischees sind aber dennoch vorhanden. So lässt die Sternenflotte ganze Sektoren im Stich und ganze Bevölkerungen abschlachten. Auch wenn man hier mit der rechtlichen Situation ebenso wie mit der übergeordneten Situation argumentiert, erweist sich Janeway hier wieder als (einziger) Fels in der Brandung, die Seven später helfen wird. Kennt man ja. In einem späteren Kampf aktiviert Seven ihre “Borg-Implantate”, um wie Superman herumzuspringen und mit übermenschlicher Kraft alle platt zu machen. Auch auf diese Einlage hätte man verzichten können bzw. sie anders lösen können. Überhaupt werden Sevens Borgfähigkeiten, etwa zum Hacken von Sicherheitssystemen, fast schon inflationär eingesetzt.

Dafür hat man aber an anderer Stelle auf Klischees verzichtet. So stirbt zwar Sevens “Mentor” bei den Rangern, aber ihre neue Freundin nicht. Man erwartet schon fast, dass eben diese auch das Zeitliche segnen wird, immerhin wissen wir ja, dass Seven bei Bijazl landen wird, aber das lässt man hier bewusst offen. Es ist eben eine Story für ein anderes Mal (oder eben nicht) – und das ist gut so.

Allerdings geht der Story, wie so oft, am Ende etwas die Luft aus, denn das große Finale ist nur ein unspektakuläres kurzes Feuergefecht, die Bösen werden fast schon mit einem Nebensatz aus der Handlung katapultiert. Hier ruht man sich auf dem guten Vorbau aus, den der Roman bis dahin geleistet hat. Zum Schluss seien hier noch ein paar Details erwähnt, die auffallen, wenn man Macks ersten (zweiten) Trek-Roman ( Zeit des Wandels 8 ) kurz vor diesem liest: Man merkt die Weiterentwicklung und wie Mack die Charaktere bzw. die Welt im Griff hat. Lustigerweise wird in besagtem “Zeit des Wandels”-Roman auch eine Chromium-Platte erwähnt, die hier wieder auftaucht. Und mit Janeways Schiff, der Dauntless, und Charakteren wie Tysess und Ascencia wird der Bogen ganz unauffällig zu “ Prodigy ” geschlagen. Details, die das Fanherz höher schlagen lassen.

• Seven of Nine
• Fenris-Ranger

Mehr Literatur

.tdb_module_title{display:block;position:relative;margin:0;font-family:var(--td_default_google_font_2,'roboto',sans-serif);font-size:21px;font-weight:400;line-height:1.2}.tdb_module_title a{transform:translatez(0);transition:box-shadow 0.2s ease;-webkit-transition:box-shadow 0.2s ease}.tdb_module_title .tdb-module-title-excl{font-family:var(--td_default_google_font_2,'roboto',sans-serif);color:#fff;background-color:#ff0000;padding:4px 8px 2px;margin-right:8px;font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:1;vertical-align:middle}.tdb_module_title .td-element-style{z-index:-1}.tdb_module_template_265442 .tdc-row .tdb_module_title_0{text-align:left;font-family:oswaldimportant;font-size:18pximportant;line-height:1.2important}.tdb_module_template_265442 .tdc-row .tdb_module_title_0 .tdb-module-title-excl{display:none}@media (min-width:1019px) and (max-width:1140px){.tdb_module_template_265442 .tdc-row .tdb_module_title_0{font-family:oswaldimportant;font-size:16pximportant;line-height:1.2important}} rezension: “alien – descendant”, rezension: “rabe und rose 1 – die maske der spiegel”, rezension: “star wars – dunkle droiden: d-squad”, rezension: “star wars 109 – thrawn/obi-wan kenobi”.

Erstelle jetzt dein eigenes Benutzerkonto ! Damit kannst du deine Kommentare länger bearbeiten und in deinem Profil übersichtlich anzeigen lassen.

Diese Website verwendet Akismet, um Spam zu reduzieren. Erfahre mehr darüber, wie deine Kommentardaten verarbeitet werden .

Diese Website und alle Inhalte, soweit nicht anders vermerkt, © TrekZone Network. Für Anfragen betreffend Artikel- oder Newsübernahme wenden Sie sich bitte an die Redaktionsleitung. This website is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. or the Star Trek franchise. The Star Trek trademarks and logos are owned by CBS Studios Inc. This website is intended for personal use only, under “fair use” principles of United States copyright law. Auf dieser Website wird zu anderen Seiten im Internet verlinkt. Für die Inhalte auf diesen Seiten von Dritten kann keine Verantwortung übernommen werden. Die Inhalte auf dieser und den meisten verlinkten Seiten sind unverbindlich für Kinder und Jugendliche über 12 Jahren geeignet.

Redaktionstipps

Rezension: “star wars – geschichten von jedi und sith”, michelle hurd, vizepräsidentin der schauspielgewerkschaft in l.a. über streikgründe, rezension: “die autobiografie von jean-luc picard”, kanon-futter: discovery 2×05 “die heiligen der unvollkommenheit”/”saints of imperfection”, heiß diskutiert, kurzrezension: star trek: picard 3×09 – “võx”, erstrezension: star trek: picard 3×07 – “dominion”, rezension: star trek: picard 3×10 – “die letzte generation”, rezension: star trek: picard 3×09 – “võx”.

© TrekZone Network 1999 - 2024

• Datenschutzerklärung
• Subraumnachricht
• Privatsphäre-Einstellungen ändern
• Historie der Privatsphäre-Einstellungen
• Einwilligungen widerrufen

Screen Rant

Star trek: tng had a forgotten janeway appearance.

Your changes have been saved

Email is sent

Email has already been sent

Please verify your email address.

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics.

1 Star Trek: Voyager Episode Borrowed 2 Terrifying Things From TNG

Kelsey grammer's star trek: tng cameo was because of captain kirk, this star trek: the next generation crew member appeared in the pilot, then vanished.

Star Trek: The Next Generation included a forgotten appearance by someone named "Janeway" in season 6. The name Janeway in the franchise is most closely associated with Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) , the first female Captain ever featured in a lead role and the star of Star Trek: Voyager . Janeway remains one of Star Trek 's best and most important characters , with additional appearances in modern franchise shows like Star Trek: Prodigy . However, Kathryn wasn't actually the first Janeway Star Trek introduced .

The name Janeway was first mentioned in the Star Trek: TNG season 6 episode "Man of the People." During the episode, a Lumerian ambassador named Ves Alkar (Chip Lucia) caused havoc on the USS Enterprise-D while he was being escorted to a diplomatic mission. After the death of his supposed mother, Ves Alkar singled out Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis ), performing a ritual with her under false pretenses that ultimately turned her into a vessel for his negative emotions . This corruption caused Troi to act erratically, including lashing out at an Ensign with a familiar name during a counseling session.

Ensign Janeway On TNG Predated Star Trek: Voyager’s Captain

Ensign janeway appeared in the tng episode "man of the people".

The Ensign Troi berated in "Man of the People" was named Janeway (Lucy Boryer), marking the name's first appearance in the Star Trek franchise. Ensign Janeway was only seen for one scene in Star Trek: The Next Generation , and wasn't even given a first name during her time on the show. Janeway was also the victim of Troi's altered state thanks to Ves Alkar, causing Troi to be rude to her during their session and offer bad advice. Although the scene is ultimately an innocuous part of "Man of the People," Ensign Janeway's inclusion is significant for her name alone.

An unsettling Star Trek: Voyager episode from season 4 was actually an amalgam of two different equally creepy Star Trek: TNG episodes.

Star Trek has never indicated whether Ensign Janeway and Captain Janeway were related. In fact, Ensign Janeway's name only holds significance in retrospect, since Captain Janeway wasn't even created for Star Trek: Voyager until long after TNG had been off the air. Still, the Ensign's existence is an interesting Easter egg that the franchise has left open to interpretation. She may have been a relative of Captain Janeway's or the name might have been entirely a coincidence. Without official confirmation from the franchise, there's simply no way to know.

Captain Janeway Never Set Foot On Any Starship Enterprise

Most enterprise versions predate janeway's appearances in star trek.

Outside of her name's first appearance, Captain Janeway was not involved with Star Trek: The Next Generation , and this included never setting foot on any ship named Enterprise. Besides a brief appearance in the TNG movie Star Trek: Nemesis , the majority of TNG projects predated Janeway's creation . Although she would likely have been involved with Starfleet when TNG took place on the Star Trek timeline , Janeway's backstory during Voyager established that she was never involved with any of the USS Enterprise-D or E's adventures.

With Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) now in command of the USS Enterprise-G, Star Trek might still have a chance to show Janeway aboard a ship named Enterprise.

What is less clear is whether Janeway ever boarded the USS Enterprise-F. The ship was part of the Frontier Day celebrations in 2401, and Star Trek: Picard established that Janeway was instrumental in the planning of Frontier Day, so it's possible she set foot on the Enterprise-F at some point. However, Picard never showed Janeway doing so, making this speculation unconfirmable. With Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) now in command of the USS Enterprise-G, Star Trek might still have a chance to show Janeway aboard a ship named Enterprise, bringing her connection to Star Trek: The Next Generation full circle.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Your rating.

Your comment has not been saved

Not available

Star Trek: Voyager

• Quick Facts
• Sights & Attractions
• Tsarskoe Selo
• Oranienbaum
• Foreign St. Petersburg
• Restaurants & Bars
• Accommodation Guide
• St. Petersburg Hotels
• Serviced Apartments
• Bed and Breakfasts
• Private & Group Transfers
• Airport Transfers
• Concierge Service
• Russian Visa Guide
• Request Visa Support
• Walking Tours
• River Entertainment
• Public Transportation
• Travel Cards
• Essential Shopping Selection
• Business Directory
• Photo Gallery
• Video Gallery
• 360° Panoramas
• Moscow Hotels
• Moscow.Info
• Imperial Estates
• Oranienbaum (Lomonosov)

Grand Menshikov Palace

Menshikov began to build his residence here in 1713, at about the same time as Peter began work on his own estate at Peterhof. Menshikov seemed intent on outdoing his master in terms of scale and grandeur, and commissioned architects Giovanni Mario Fontana and Gottfried Schadel, who were already building the Menshikov Palace in St. Petersburg, to design his seaside palace. After over a decade of work, which eventually bankrupted Menshikov, the palace was completed.

Facing the sea, with a two-level terrace in front of it, this charming yellow and white building consists of a concave central block with two single-storey galleries leading to prominent octagonal pavilions, one of which houses the palace chapel. On the south side of the building, two large ancillary wings, the Kitchen Wing and the Ladies' Wing, run from the pavilions perpendicular to the central block.

Menshikov had little time to enjoy his new palace before he was arrested and exiled in 1727. The estate at Oranienbaum was passed to the state, and Menshikov's palace became a naval hospital. In 1743, the estate was presented by Empress Elizabeth to her nephew, the future Peter III, who commissioned Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the greatest late baroque architect working in Russia, to renovate the palace. Rastrelli left the exterior of the palace almost untouched, but created sumptuous interiors that have, sadly, long since been destroyed. At this time, the western pavilion became known as the Japanese Pavilion, thanks to the collection of Japanese and Chinese ceramics it housed.

The palace was altered again in 1762 by Antonio Rinaldi, who added a granite staircase and semi-circular balcony to the northern terraces and redecorated many of the interiors. After serving as a Naval Cadet College from the end of the 18 th century, the palace was used as a residence by both Alexander I and his brother Mikhail. During the 19 th century, several famous architects, including Luigi Ruska, Carlo Rossi, and Vasiliy Satsov, reworked the interiors of the palace.

Today, while the Grand Menshikov Palace is still extremely impressive from the outside, its interiors are in a parlous state, and major renovation work still needs to be done to prevent parts of the building collapsing. For visitors, there is little to see except a collection of portraits of the various owners of Oranienbaum.

We can help you make the right choice from hundreds of St. Petersburg hotels and hostels.

Live like a local in self-catering apartments at convenient locations in St. Petersburg.

Comprehensive solutions for those who relocate to St. Petersburg to live, work or study.

Maximize your time in St. Petersburg with tours expertly tailored to your interests.

Get around in comfort with a chauffeured car or van to suit your budget and requirements.

Book a comfortable, well-maintained bus or a van with professional driver for your group.

Navigate St. Petersburg’s dining scene and find restaurants to remember.

Need tickets for the Mariinsky, the Hermitage, a football game or any event? We can help.

Get our help and advice choosing services and options to plan a prefect train journey.

Let our meeting and events experts help you organize a superb event in St. Petersburg.

We can find you a suitable interpreter for your negotiations, research or other needs.

Get translations for all purposes from recommended professional translators.

Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki

A friendly reminder regarding spoilers ! At present the expanded Trek universe is in a period of major upheaval with the continuations of Discovery and Prodigy , the advent of new eras in gaming with the Star Trek Adventures RPG , Star Trek: Infinite and Star Trek Online , as well as other post-57th Anniversary publications such as the ongoing IDW Star Trek comic and spin-off Star Trek: Defiant . Therefore, please be courteous to other users who may not be aware of current developments by using the {{ spoiler }}, {{ spoilers }} OR {{ majorspoiler }} tags when adding new information from sources less than six months old (even if it is minor info). Also, please do not include details in the summary bar when editing pages and do not anticipate making additions relating to sources not yet in release. THANK YOU

Connections [ ]

External links [ ].

• Saint Petersburg article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
• Saint Petersburg article at Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia.
• 1 Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
• 2 Achilles class
• 3 Odyssey class