I’ve been rewatching all seven seasons of Voyager, and as I watched Chakotay strutt his stuff, recalibrating the warp core , the Doctor singing opera, and Janeway being, well, Janeway, I was wondering: where did all these people go?

Seven & Chakotay

Did they just fall of the planet? Up sticks to the Delta Quadrant? And then I saw Tuvok as the doorman in Samantha Who? and thought I’d look ‘m all up, maybe even Neelix….

Captain Kathryn Janeway, the impressive Kate Mulgrew, wrote history as the first female captain of the Star Trek series. It did involve a lot more touchy feely scenes than Kirk ever had to put up with. Kirk’s answer to most problems was a fist fight, while Janeway has endless cups of tea with disgruntled crewmembers and even the occasional hug! Recently Mulgrew has been on the stage, starring in Equus.

Janeway’s Number One, Chakotay, hasn’t done much acting since Endgame aired. Sure, he’s been on CSI, but then again, who hasn’t?

Chakotay wasn’t always happy on the show, claiming to be “damned bored” in a couple of seasons because the writers gave him very little to do. Actually, he has a point there, he’s hardly IN season six and when he was he only got to say dull stuff like “Are you sure, captain?”. After a couple of squabbles with the writers, luckily, in the final season he got a lot more to do (and, let’s face it, he got to snog Seven. Repeatedly!) Nowadays he holds a yearly Galaxy Ball which raises funds for the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles. 

Voyager crew

Ensign Kim, aka Garrett Wang hasn’t done much acting since Voyager. In an interview with Esquire he stated  ”sometimes talent does not measure up to ambition, so you have to seek alternative options.” Bless him! He’ll always be Harry Kim, the guy who fell in love with every unsuitable gal in the Delta Quadrant (including a Borg drone and a dead girl!)

Seven of Nine

Speaking of Borg drones, what happened to the unforgettable Seven of Nine, played by German born Jeri Ryan? Well, she has done very well for herself! First she was on Boston Public, then Boston Legal and finally Shark. Also she swapped her investment banker hubby for a French chef. Yum. Apparently, Seven is quite a dab in the kitchen, she even moonlighted as a chef herself! She and husband Cristophe now own the tres chic L.A. restaurant Ortolan.

More culinary fun comes from Neelix, aka Ethan Philips. He co-wrote the Star Trek Cookbook. In it you’ll find interstellar haute cuisine suitable for Klingons, Vulcans and any other species. Well, maybe not the Borg. Acting gigs include a recent appearance on Bones as a open mike host. And I’m not saying whether he was the murderer!

Star Trek Cookbook

The Doctor, Robert Picardo, originally attended Yale as a Pre-Med major, but he hung up his stethoscope to pursue a career in acting. Funnily enough, he is most remembered for his two roles as a doctor, on both China Beach and Voyager. Years down the line, Rob is still acting up a storm. Currently he is on Stargate Atlantis as Richard Woolsey, but he’s had roles on anything from CSI:NY to Smallville. If he ever retires he hopes to open a sweet shop!

B’ELanna, Roxann Dawson, is fifty and still looking great. She has since Voyager ended its mission turned her hand to writing! Apart from a play she has written  a sci-fi trilogy Tenebrae. Also she’s a big advocate of The Half the Sky foundation and even auctioned off her Klingon forehead prosthetic to donate to this organization. Good for her, though I imagine there must have been more than one of those?

B’Elanna’s tv hubby Tom Paris, aka Robert McNeill, has also left the small screen to go into directing. Recent credits are Samantha Who?, with former colleague Tuvok,and Chuck.

Tuvok, as said, can be seen as Christina Applegate’s sarcastic doorman on Samantha Who? and also as Principal Ted Franklin in Nickelodeon’s show iCarly. Not a bad score, Mr. Vulcan!

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