Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager
Genre	Science fiction[1]
Created by	Rick Berman Michael Piller Jeri Taylor
Based on	Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry
Showrunners	Michael Piller (1995–1996) Jeri Taylor (1995–1998) Brannon Braga (1998–2000) Kenneth Biller (2000–2001)
Starring	Kate Mulgrew Robert Beltran Roxann Dawson Jennifer Lien Robert Duncan McNeill Ethan Phillips Robert Picardo Tim Russ Garrett Wang Jeri Ryan
Theme music composer	Jerry Goldsmith
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	172 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Rick Berman Michael Piller (1995–1996) Jeri Taylor (1995–1998) Brannon Braga (1998–2000) Kenneth Biller (2000–2001)
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Paramount Network Television
Original release
Network	UPN[2]
Release	January 16, 1995 (1995-01-16) – May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23)
Related
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek TV series
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Star Trek: Voyager is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor. It aired from January 16, 1995, to May 23, 2001, on UPN, with 172 episodes over seven seasons. It is the fourth series in the Star Trek franchise. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager as it attempts to return home to the Alpha Quadrant after being stranded in the Delta Quadrant on the far side of the galaxy.

Paramount Pictures commissioned the series after the cancellation of Star Trek: The Next Generation to accompany the ongoing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. They wanted it to help launch UPN, their new network. Berman, Piller, and Taylor devised the series to chronologically overlap with Deep Space Nine and to maintain thematic continuity with elements that had been introduced in The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. The complex relationship between Starfleet and ex-Federation colonists known as the Maquis was one such element and a persistent central theme. Voyager was the first Star Trek series to feature a female commanding officer, Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), as the lead character. Berman was head executive producer in charge of the overall production, assisted by a series of executive producers: Piller, Taylor, Brannon Braga, and Kenneth Biller.

Set in a different part of the galaxy from preceding Star Trek shows, Voyager gave the series' writers space to introduce new alien species as recurring characters, namely the Kazon, Vidiians, Hirogen, and Species 8472. During the later seasons, the Borg—a species created for The Next Generation—were introduced as the main antagonists. During Voyager's run, various episode novelizations and tie-in video games were produced; after it ended, various novels continued the series' narrative.