Star Trek: Voyager, Season 4, Episode 23 - "Living Witness"

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🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Living Witness," the good news: the holographic doctor has a backup! The bad news: it's 700 years in the future, and he is reactivated in a museum where Voyager's crew is accused of war crimes. Can the historic record be set straight, and even if it is, will it matter in the end? Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao Welcome to Mission Log, a Roddenberry Entertainment podcast, where we explore the Star Trek universe one episode at a time. Each week, Mission Log examines a single episode of Star Trek, diving into its ethical subtext, metaphors, and cultural significance. From the show's most iconic moments to its hidden gems, we analyze what makes Star Trek one of the greatest science fiction sagas of all time. In this Episode of Mission Log we'll... Recap the story and analyze key moments. Discuss the moral dilemmas presented. Debate whether the episode holds up and if the messages are still relevant. Join the Conversation: What are your thoughts on this episode? Share your take on the ethical questions and themes explored, and let us know how it fits into the broader Star Trek narrative. We'd love to hear from you! For as little as $1 a month, you can gain access to our Mission Log Discord Community! There, we continue the discussion with dedicated channels and a weekly video chat with the hosts. Become a member of our Patreon today! Want to share your thoughts on an upcoming episode? Email us at for a chance to be featured during the episode. Follow us on Social Media: X INSTAGRAM THREADS FACEBOOK Did you know Roddenberry Podcasts is on YouTube? Find the video versions of your favorite shows like Mission Log: Prodigy, Mission Log: The Orville, as well as exclusive content only available on YouTube. Subscribe now! Our shows are part of the Roddenberry Entertainment family. For more great shows and to learn how we live the legacy of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, follow us here: RODDENBERRY PODCASTS https://www.instagram.com/RoddenberryPodcasts RODDENBERRY ENTERTAINMENT https://x.com/roddenberry RODDENBERRY FOUNDATION https://x.com/RoddenberryFdn THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: Subscribe and Stay Updated: Never miss an episode! Subscribe on your preferred podcast player, leave a review, and join Mission Log on the journey of weekly deep dives into the Star Trek universe. Technical Director: Earl Green Produced by Roddenberry Entertainment | All Rights Reserved

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0:27.0	Mission Log, A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, Episode 522, Living Witness. Welcome into another episode of Mission Log, a Rotenberry Star Trek podcast.
0:53.5	I'm Norman Lau.
0:55.2	And I'm John Champion.
0:56.7	Each week on Mission Log, we do our best to parse Star Trek's historical record and follow the evidence wherever it leads us to make a
1:05.4	determination about morals, meanings, and messages and asking if the whole thing
1:10.6	stands a test of time time a few decades or several hundred years later.
1:17.6	This week, Living Witness, the one where the doctor's backup is reactivated after 700 years and finds that an alien
1:25.2	culture got Voyager's mission totally wrong.
1:28.6	Whoa whoa whoa wait the doctor has a backup.
1:34.0	Are we going to do the whole show about that?
1:37.0	Because we've only asked about that specific thing several dozen times
1:41.0	since Voyager began.
1:43.0	Well, I think there are probably weightier topics to discuss with this one.
1:48.0	What?
1:49.0	Hang on, more than the doctor having a backup.
1:52.0	This is huge news. This could have solved so many problems and so many other episodes.
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