Synopsis:
Janeway sends the ship's doctor on his first Away Mission:
rescue the crewmembers who have vanished in the holodeck's
version of Beowulf.
When Voyager comes across a protostar, Janeway has samples of
its photonic energy beamed aboard for study and possible use in
power converters. After a small glitch, B'Elanna corrects a
breach in the transporter's containment field and safely
finishes the samples' beam-in. But in calling Kim to assist her
studies, she learns that ship sensors cannot detect him in the
Holodeck or anywhere else aboard.
Tuvok and Chakotay enter the Holodeck to find no sign of Kim
but discover his program still running: a version of the English
epic poem Beowulf. Confronted by characters from Beowulf, they
join in to fight the creature in the story and also disappear.
Rather than lose any more organic crewmembers, Janeway sends
the holographic Doctor to unravel the mystery as his first away
mission. Though he puts up a brave front, Kes gets him to admit
he's unsure of himself and then offers encouragement, helping
him select a name from an admired role model: Schweitzer. Once
inside he begins to get the rhythm of the role but is
uncomfortable with romantic advances from a female character,
Freya, until she dies in his arms after taking a sword blow
meant for him. Although both are holograms, he is clearly moved
by her last word: his newly chosen name.
Inspired to try again, the Doctor realizes that an alien
lifeform was snared in the energy samples taken earlier and,
escaping through the field breach, retaliated by taking form in
the Holodeck as the Beowulf monster and converting any Voyager
crewmembers into energy. When the "sample" beings are
returned to the alien, Kim, Tuvok and Chakotay all reappear --
leading to a commendation from Janeway for the Doctor. He
decides not to take the Schweitzer name because Freya died
saying it.
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Cast:
Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway™
Robert Beltran as Chakotay™
Roxann Biggs-Dawson as B'Elanna Torres™
Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris™
Jennifer Lien as Kes™
Ethan Phillips as Neelix™
Robert Picardo as The Doctor
Tim Russ as Tuvok™
Garrett Wang as Harry Kim™
Guest Cast:
Marjorie Monaghan as Freya
Christopher Neame as Unferth
Michael Keenan as Hrothgar
Creative staff:
Director: Les Landau
Written By: Naren Shankar
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