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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0097361568348
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Discs: 5
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Running Time: 733 minutes
Sales Rank: 7893
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: January 16, 1995
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Star Trek: Voyager began life in 1995 with some truly fascinating prospects in its two-hour pilot episode. Opening in the 24th century, a setting contemporary with that of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and carrying over story elements from each of those series, 'Caretaker' finds Starfleet Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) stepping into the middle of Federation troubles with the Maquis, an army of rebels violently resisting the interplanetary organization's treaty with the brutal Cardassians. In the process, both Voyager and the Maquis ship under surveillance are accidentally catapulted out of the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant (the familiar stomping grounds of Starfleet personnel) by a benign but dying being called the Caretaker. Voyager ends up in the unexplored Delta Quadrant, some 70,000 light years away.
So much seemed dramatically promising in this debut, especially the unwieldy alliance of Starfleet regulars and hostile Maquis, and the likelihood that a lifetime spent in isolation, trying to get home, would lead to the development of a self-contained society on the ship, yet Voyager never entirely made up its mind what it was supposed to be about. The curiously cheesy sets and fascinating, progressive management style of Janeway (half mommy, half taskmaster) were also new developments in Star Trek culture. As the 16-episode season continued, character backstories were developed in such episodes as 'The Cloud' (arguably the best episode of the season), 'Eye of the Needle' (underscoring Janeway and the crew's sadness), 'State of Flux' (in which a search for a traitor reveals a past romance between Commander Chakotay, played by Robert Beltran, and sexy Bajoran engineer Seska, played by Martha Hackett), and 'Jetrel' (which explores the character of Neelix, the Talaxian played by Ethan Phillips, during a parable about scientific ethics and moral responsibility).
Among other notable episodes, 'Phage' strikes a nice balance among character development, story hook, and moral and emotional conflict when Neelix is literally robbed of his lungs by the Vidiians, a once-civilized people who are combating a deadly disease called the Phage by stealing organs. (The disease would return in 'Faces,' a fine showcase for Roxann Biggs-Dawson as Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres.) 'Emanations' stirred controversy among the series' producers and some fans for its philosophical look at death, and 'Time and Again' is a unique time-travel story in which Janeway and Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) get caught in a subspace fracture that places them just hours before they know a planet is going to be destroyed. In 'Prime Factors,' latent tensions among Voyager personnel erupts into serious conflict, an issue revisited in the season finale, 'Learning Curve.' Despite a pat ending that resolves the Maquis conflict much too easily, the episode drives home the fact that Voyager and its crew are all alone, making the most of a difficult predicament. --Tom Keogh and Jeff Shannon
Description:
In the first season of STAR TREK: VOYAGER, while in pursuit of a Maquis ship in the Badlands, Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager are pulled into the Delta Quadrant. After making a decision that saves an entire species from being destroyed, but leaves both crews stranded, they must join forces to begin a 75-year journey across 70,000 light years of space to return to the Alpha Quadrant, the Federation and home.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Voyager Season one
Afeter a long wait for the price to come down, I purchased Season one as a gift. I know it well be much loved.
Rating: - Excellent
Great Season...makes a great gift for the Star Trek fan in your family. Voyager is also a great starter series for any sci-fi fan if they haven't had any previous exposure to Star Trek.
Item arrived before scheduled.
The gift-wrap option at check-out is totally worth it if you are buying this as a gift.
Rating: - Where it all started for the Voyager crew.
I have watched most of the Voyager series on broadcast tv, but watching it in order brings a new understanding to it all (I started watching voyager during the broadcast of the forth season).
The Caretaker sheds light on how they ended up on the other side of the galaxy and how they decided to join two crews into one starfleet crew and start thier long journey home. It was fun getting to know all of the crew's stories before ending up in the Delta Quadrant.
The Special Features are a blast to watch. Season one of voyager is a 'must have' for anyone who loves star trek.
Rating:  - Great series but a poor quality DVD set
The packaging for this DVD set was awful. After I played the second disc for the first time the hub in the case broke off when I gently placed the disc back in. The DVD's played all right and were of average quality for sound and picture. I would recommend buying your own cases since the discs may be damaged if you store them in the one that was provided with the set. The Memorex twin cases, sold here at Amazon and in many stores, are a good replacement since they offer much better protection for the DVD's. Fortunately, Amazon greatly reduced the price of this item (it's now at $34.95, fifty percent off the regular price), although it doesn't appear to be something of great quality for your money. Unfortunately, Star Trek fans don't have any other option than to purchase these sets since they are the only selection of Voyager available. If you are a fan of the series as I am you'll want this collection for the episodes, but you might be very disappointed in the quality of the set.
Rating:  - A rough start
I love this show and the imaginitive writing but the first season was off to a rough start. It's almost like it was setting up the subsequent seasons storywise. But it's still worthwhile overall if you intend to keep watching.
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