Star Trek: Prodigy
monition : SPOILERS for Star Trek : Prodigy Season 2
Summary
I ’ve been disquieted about the Doctor ( Robert Picardo ) ever sinceStar Trek : Picardseason 1 , andStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 did nothing to assuage my fears for him post - Mars Attack . As a prospicient - timeStar Trek : Voyagerfan , the Doctor has always been one of my favorite fictitious character . His unequalled condition as a sentient hologram coupled with his singular brand of humor and sincerity have endear many people to him , myself include . When it was announce that Picardo would be reprising his role asthe Doctor inStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 , I could not have been more emotional .
AlthoughProdigyseason 2 did n’t concentrate on the Doctor hard , his reappearance to the enfranchisement was highly gratifying . The Doctor roleplay as majuscule laughable relief throughout the season , and his near human relationship with his formerVoyagercast memberswere on full display . However , the ending ofProdigyseason 2 also coincided with a Brobdingnagian event fromStar Trek : Picard — the android flak on Marsthat resulted in the crippling of Starfleet during the Romulan evacuation and would finally lead to a Federation - wide ban on synthetic life . It is this case that has me particularly worried about the Doctor ’s time to come .
Star Trek ’s timeline spans a thousand years of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets , with alternate realities and clip travel galore .
Why Star Trek: Voyager’s Doctor Is In Danger After Picard’s Mars Attack
The Doctor is on shaky ground in the synth debate
As an artificial life sentence form , the medico could be classified as a " synth " in the future , which may lead to him being fill offline indefinitely . Star Trekhas never made it clear whether hologram were classified as synthetic substance after the synth ban was enacted . While it ’s true thatPicardseason 1 did still show participating holograms on multiple occasions , they were mostly part of the work party of La Sirena under Cristóbal Rios ( Santiago Cabrera ) , a non - Federation ship . It ’s possible that holograms began to be just as distrusted as mechanical man after the Mars Attack .
Thanks to Starfleet ’s new xenophobia against synthetic life , and the fact that the Doctor and sentient androids share a lot of the same traits , it may be only a matter of clip before he is forced to close down .
My fears for the Doctor were somewhat rear when I saw him still alive duringProdigyseason 2 ’s finish . However , the portion of the closing curtain that took place after the Mars Attack was brief , and amount directly after the attack happened . Prodigyseason 2 showed the immediate fallout , but not the synth ban being act out . This has leave me feeling uneasy . Thanks to Starfleet ’s novel xenophobia against synthetic liveliness , and the fact that the Doctor and sentient humanoid share a lot of the same traits , it may be only a thing of metre before he is forced to shut down .
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Star Trek Could Confirm The Doctor’s 25th-Century Status
Live-action Star Trek should bring the Doctor back in the future
However , given thatPicardalso showed the synth ban countermand , Star Trekhas the chance to corroborate the Doctor ’s status in next live - action projects . justly now , there are n’t any confirmed approaching project set in the post - Picard25th 100 , but that epoch of the dealership is ripe with possibilities afterPicardseason 3 . Among these possibilities is a show or movie focusing on the fresh crew of the fresh coin USS Enterprise - one thousand under the command ofCaptain Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) .
Seven of Nine was promoted to Captain inStar Trek : Picard ’s series conclusion , and was give the promotion by another formerVoyagercharacter : the now Captain Tuvok ( Tim Russ ) .
Although the proposedStar Trek : Legacyis looking slimmer and slimmer , it seems only inevitable to me that a futureStar Trekproject will focalise on Captain Seven and her crew . If that come about , bringing back the Doctor would only make sentience in my opinion . Seven and the Dr. were very cheeseparing onVoyager , sothe dealership using a labor about her as a fortune to confirm the Doctor ’s condition would go a foresighted way to assuage the fears of those who love his fiber . After his latest appearance inStar Trek : Prodigy , the Doctor deserve to be seen again soon .
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