Star Trek: Voyager, Season 1, Episode 1 & 2 - "Caretaker"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2022
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Caretaker," a powerful alien transports the USS Voyager and a Maquis raider to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, stranding them in the Delta Quadrant.
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 0:31.0 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry's Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm John Champion. |
| 0:57.0 | And I'm Norman Lough. |
| 0:58.0 | Each week on Mission Log, we take an in-depth voyage into each and every episode, series, and film in the Star Trek franchise to see how far |
| 1:05.6 | we can go in the Star Trek universe and to look for the morals, meanings, and messages |
| 1:09.9 | contained therein and to see if they stand the test of time. |
| 1:14.0 | This week we begin our journey into Star Trek Voyager with the series premiere caretaker, the |
| 1:20.7 | one where we encounter an incredibly powerful force of nature who is determined to protect the people under her care. |
| 1:27.0 | Oh, and also an alien who is trying to do the exact same thing. |
| 1:32.0 | We will get back to Caretaker in a moment, but first |
| 1:34.9 | here is how you can stay in touch with us, 70,000 light years notwithstanding. Mission Log is a conversation |
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