Projections
- Episode aired Sep 11, 1995
- TV-PG
- 45m
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7.9/10
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The doctor tries to determine what is real and what is not when he is activated due to what appears to be a ship-wide emergency.The doctor tries to determine what is real and what is not when he is activated due to what appears to be a ship-wide emergency.The doctor tries to determine what is real and what is not when he is activated due to what appears to be a ship-wide emergency.
Roxann Dawson
- Lt. B'Elanna Torres
- (as Roxann Biggs-Dawson)
Renna Bartlett
- Wounded Voyager Officer
- (uncredited)
John Copage
- Science Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Heather Ferguson
- Command Officer
- (uncredited)
Ken Gruz
- Holographic Wounded Officer
- (uncredited)
Kerry Hoyt
- Crewman Fitzpatrick
- (uncredited)
Julie Jiang
- Voyager Ops Lt. j.g.
- (uncredited)
Ken Lesco
- Holographic Kazon-Nistrim
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the ship computer is reporting systems that are offline, it lists Sewer and waste management. A long running joke with Star Trek fans is that "bodily functions" such as visiting a toilet are never mentioned. This is one of the few times it is hinted.
- GoofsIt's established that the Doctor is on the holodeck and running a simulation. Lieutenant Barclay says he needs to destroy the holographic imaging system to confirm his being a real person. However even when the Doctor does do this he's still on the holodeck and therefore he wouldn't have disappeared because he destroyed the simulated holographic imaging system. Had he destroyed the real one in Engineering he would've indeed disappeared. This is clearly a false way to prove to the Doctor that he's real.
- Quotes
The Doctor: Did I program Mr. Paris to be so annoying?
Lt. Reginald 'Reg' Barclay III: Actually, I programmed him. I modeled him after my cousin, Frank.
The Doctor: Hmm, Computer, delete Paris.
- ConnectionsReferences 36 Hours (1964)
Featured review
Great episode about reality vs illusion
This episode is like the movie Inception or the Matrix. Multiple layers of reality inside a holographic projection. As a viewer you ask yourself which version of reality is the real one and which is another illusion inside a holo projection. It feels like being trapped in a dream not knowing that you are dreaming.
And we meet Barclay again. He tries to convince the doctor that he is a real person inside a holographic program that is trapped inside the program because of an accident. The only way to leave the simulation is to end it as it was programmed to end: Either by returning Voyager home or by destroying it. The doctor gets dragged deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole. He tries to figure out what and who is real and what is just an illusion. But how can you prove an illusion inside an illusion? Every action while being inside a holo program is just interacting with the hologram itself.
This episode is tense until the end. And just like you think, the doctor has made it, he is just fooled by the program again.
And we meet Barclay again. He tries to convince the doctor that he is a real person inside a holographic program that is trapped inside the program because of an accident. The only way to leave the simulation is to end it as it was programmed to end: Either by returning Voyager home or by destroying it. The doctor gets dragged deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole. He tries to figure out what and who is real and what is just an illusion. But how can you prove an illusion inside an illusion? Every action while being inside a holo program is just interacting with the hologram itself.
This episode is tense until the end. And just like you think, the doctor has made it, he is just fooled by the program again.
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- Runtime45 minutes
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