Star Trek: Voyager, Season 6, Episode 26, "Unimatrix Zero"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2025
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, “Unimatrix Zero,” Seven discovers a secret within the Borg Collective: a hidden dream state where drones live as individuals. When Voyager learns they’re under threat, Janeway sees an opportunity: help the resistance and strike a blow to the Queen. But to do it, she’ll have to get assimilated first. It’s part one of "Unimatrix Zero" this week on Mission Log.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to a Rodbury podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | This episode of Mission Log is sponsored by Insta 360. |
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| 0:34.1 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast, episode 576, Unimatrix Zero. |
| 0:53.8 | Welcome into another episode of Mission Log, a Rottenbury Star Trek podcast. I'm John Champion. |
| 0:59.6 | And I'm Norman Lau. Each week on Mission Log, we connect to the hive mind to spend some time with an episode of Star Trek. |
| 1:07.0 | Then we examine it for the morals, meanings, and messages and ask ourselves if it stands the test of time. |
| 1:13.1 | This week, Duborg dream of electric sheep. |
| 1:16.9 | We'll have a look at what happens when members of the collective take a nap in Unimatrix Zero. |
| 1:22.3 | And by the way, that is unofficially part one. |
| 1:25.1 | We will be back for part two after a short break in production, |
| 1:28.5 | just like they did way back in May of 2000 when this first aired. Yeah, I mean, it just had to be |
| 1:35.2 | clear there because we're not calling it Unimatrix Zero part one because they cleverly |
| 1:39.3 | did not call it Unmatrix Zero part one. It made you wait all summer long. |
| 1:44.3 | From May to October, I believe. I believe so. Yeah, yeah, quite a break in there, September |
| 1:51.2 | October. So indeed, well, away we go. Norman, if you want to tell folks where to reach us, |
| 1:57.5 | we would love to hear from them. Absolutely. And as John said, we would love to hear from you. |
| 2:03.8 | Missionlog is a conversation about Star Trek. Find us on Facebook at Mission Log Pod and on Instagram at Threads at Roddenberry Podcasts. |
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