Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
In aStar Trek : Voyagermatch that seems unusual today , Lieutenant Tom Paris ( Robert Duncan McNeill ) may have originally been intend to be a love interest for Captain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) . OnThe Delta Flyerspodcast , McNeill and co - host Garrett Wang , who played Ensign Harry Kim , retrieve their clock time on the fixed ofVoyageras they melt through the series episode by instalment , bid up interesting trivia , anecdotes , and delightful poetical episode precis . Wang and McNeill ’s insights expose the reality of being a puzzle out actor on aStar Trekshow , including the fact that plans can commute circumstantially .
In the first episode ofThe Delta Flyers , McNeill and Wang discuss their experiences filmingStar Trek : Voyager ’s premier sequence , " Caretaker " . AsVoyager ’s tether , Mulgrew was listed as number one on the call sheet , a document that detail a particular day ’s shooting schedule and actors in order of how often they ’re take . McNeill ’s position as number two suggestsParis was intended to have a much different use inVoyager . Read the quotes and ensure out their word at the telecasting ’s 29 - minute mark .
Garrett Wang : issue one was Janeway . Robbie , number two was … ?
Robert Duncan McNeill : It was me . I was phone number two .
Garrett Wang : Robbie was number two . Because the rumour was they were gon na make you kind of like Janeway ’s male child plaything or something . Something was gon na happen there .
Robert Duncan McNeill : Initially , I think one of the descriptions regorge that pilot was a Han Solo type character that they want to sort of … I think they looked at old actor … The purpose was possibly that Janeway and Paris would be a romantic couple or combative all the prison term , or something . [ Like ] Moonlighting . Something like that .
In its seven season , Star Trek : Voyager introduced many novel boldness to the Trek universe of discourse . Here is a breakdown of the show ’s main cast and eccentric .
B’Elanna Torres Was a Better Match for Tom Paris
B’Elanna and Tom’s Romance Evolved Naturally
Paris and Janeway ’s potential family relationship is hinted at inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 2 , episode 15 , " Threshold " , when they have cunning salamander child together , but otherwise forgotten .
Despiteearly hints at Paris and Torres ' relationship , it was n’t planned from the starting signal . Instead , Paris and Torres start as somewhat antagonistic confrere before becoming protagonist , andTom and B’Elanna ’s friendship evolve into a romantic relationshipover time . Both Tom and B’Elanna promote each other to shed others ' expectation and put their hard pasts behind them , and found the honorable in each other beneath the walls they put up . In the final stage , it was a far respectable move to geminate Torres and Paris together in a great human relationship that enrich both fibre , instead of stick withStar Trek : Voyager ’s early plan to make Tom Paris Janeway’s"boy toy " .
Star Trek : Voyageris useable to stream on Paramount+ .
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