Oh dear, this was not a great episode; while Robert Picardo's acting as the Doctor can't be faulted the story about him finding fame as a singer on an alien planet was just boring. When Voyager picks up a group of aliens they aren't impressed with the Doctor as they consider him to be a primitive hologram with limited medical skills; however when he starts to sing while working they are enchanted as they have never heard music before. They can't get enough of his singing and invite him to perform a concert on their planet, he is an instant megastar with people queueing to buy a singing holographic image of him. Flattered by their invitation to stay he tenders his resignation to Captain Janeway. He has a disappointment in store however when he finds that one of the aliens has designed a new hologram with a greater singing range than his own.
I know not every episode is going to be packed with action and danger, indeed some of the best episodes feature neither, they do all need to be interesting. The idea that the Doctor might leave to become a singer just didn't ring true, I could have accepted it if he had considered leaving to provide medical aid to a people in need but not to become an entertainer.
I know not every episode is going to be packed with action and danger, indeed some of the best episodes feature neither, they do all need to be interesting. The idea that the Doctor might leave to become a singer just didn't ring true, I could have accepted it if he had considered leaving to provide medical aid to a people in need but not to become an entertainer.