Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Star Trek VGR Episode 124 - Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy

"The Doctor adds daydreaming to his program, imagining himself as the Emergency Command Hologram (ECH) aboard Voyager; but aliens, tapping into his perceptions to observe the crew, prepare an attack when they believe that what they are seeing in the daydreams is real."

This has to be one of the top ten best episodes in Voyager. It is great fun and Robert Picardo is excellent in it. These aliens are really goofy looking, which I like for a change. In fact they look exactly like those two freaky twins in Nothing but Trouble, one of the dumbest movies ever and also one of my all time favorites. Anyway I enjoyed seeing The Doctor act out his over the top heroic fantasies but then actually need to save the ship in real life.

According to Wikipedia the title is a reference to the spy novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarrĂ©. The plot is also based on  The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

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