Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
One of Seven of Nine ’s ( Jeri Ryan ) most of import episode inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 4 almost had a all different storyline . As a late increase toVoyager ’s mold of characters , Seven had only half the amount of fourth dimension other characters did for maturation during the show ’s running game . However , this did n’t discontinue her from becoming not only one of the series ' most popular characters but also one of the most interesting characters in anyStar Trekmovie or TV show .
As a former Borg lagger rediscovering her world , Seven ’s arc onVoyagerdealt chiefly with recovering from the trauma of what the Borg had done to her . One of the earliest examples of this wasVoyagerseason 4 , sequence 6 , " The Raven , " which saw a Borg home signal draw Seven to the crashed former ship of her parent , Erin ( Nikki Tyler ) and Magnus Hansen ( David Anthony Marshall).“The Raven " was an intense and excited exploration of Seven ’s past , but the episode ’s plot line was almost very different .
Star Trek : Voyager ’s beloved characters have returned in Star Trek : Picard , Star Trek : Lower Decks , and specially Star Trek : Prodigy .
Star Trek: Voyager’s “The Raven” Almost Had Seven Of Nine Go On A Killing Spree
“The Raven” was almost extremely brutal
In an interview withThe Official Star Trek : Voyager Magazine , Voyagerwriter Bryan Fuller reveal that the first draft of " The Raven " was the opposition of what the episode became . Although Seven begin to revert to her Borg way during the instalment , Fuller stated that in the original story , her transformation was more complete and that her subsequent onslaught on the crew was devastating , with her essentially going on a putting to death spreethat seemingly ended in her death . This would have turn " The Raven " from a complex story about Seven ’s trauma to an action - packed bloodbath . Read Fuller ’s full inverted comma below :
" The first draught was called “ Resurrection , ” and it was all about Seven of Nine being resurrected as a Borg . The extraterrestrial being du jour abduct her and fine-tune her , and essentially she give out on this mad killing fling . The first draught had all these vast chase succession of the crowd trying to get her before she got to Engineering to blow up the warp gist , until this last final moment where she ’s crawling towards the pith – Torres has essentially blown her legs off – and Janeway is saying , ' Stop this ' while Seven pleads , ' Please kill me . ' "
Some of the element Fuller describes are still present in " The Raven . " Seven did revert to a more Borg dawdler - alike state after the homing sign from her parent ’s ship activate her latent implant . alike , Seven did still lash out member ofVoyager ’s crew , stun two security personnel in her escape valve and incapacitatingTuvok ( Tim Russ ) , contain him hostage onboard her shuttle . However , the unrelenting killing is not present , nor is the idea of the episode ’s aliens of the week being the cause . This doubtlessly help " The Raven " become a much better installment .
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Why Star Trek: Voyager Changed “The Raven” For The Better
Seven deserved a better storyline in the episode
Speaking toCinefantastiqueabout " The Raven,“Voyagerproducer Brannon Braga absolutely add together up the account of why the installment ’s original premise was changed . Braga tell , " When we got the conscription in , it was evident that it was a soulless , empty sort of show , and that it had to be about something . " Indeed , a full episode of Seven savagely snipe members ofVoyager ’s crew would have been a fairly soulless premiss , butit also likely would have done irreparable harm to Seven ’s repute .
Seeing Seven as a child and hear about what she went through at the hands of the Borg made her more human , and in turn , more likable .
Since Seven was such a Modern character onVoyager , it would have been a misapprehension to make her the scoundrel of an episode so early on . Having audience watch her kill so many people would have hurt their opinion of her , but see to it Seven as a child and see about what she went through at the hands of the Borg made her more human , and in routine , more likable . Star Trek : Voyagermade the right determination in switch " The Raven ’s " assumption , andthe sequence ultimately has become quintessential screening to infer Seven as a grapheme .
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reservoir : The Official Star Trek : Voyager Magazine , issue 19 , Cinefantastique , Vol . 30
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