So if you love space exploration then this is the series for you. Tom Paris, a womanizing troublemaker buckles down with a former hot head, federation hating Klingon. Captain Janeway becomes a strong confident captain. The Doctor becomes more then just a hologram medical helper and becomes a real member of the ship. The ship has plenty of interesting characters all growing throughout the series. The cast is great and is always fun to watch Robert Picardo as the Doctor because he gets me laughing all the time. The series does an great job at redefining several species and introduces new ones. Far away from their family, friends and superiors. Paramount used Star Trek: Voyager to help launch its new mini-network UPN (United Paramount Network) in January 1995.UPN only had a small number of shows when it launched and only aired. There was several shows that had the Federation saying 'You can't do this, or that!' But with Star Trek Voyager you have a smaller ship with only a couple of dozen of people on board in a distant part of the galaxy who are trying to get home. But the one thing that bothered me about the series was all the constrictions that the Enterprise had to go through. I used to watch The Next Gen after school and I loved the idea of going off to space to explore new worlds and meeting new peoples. The fifth series in the Star Trek franchise, it served as the fourth sequel to Star Trek: The Original Series. It originally aired from January 16, 1995, to May 23, 2001, on UPN, lasting for 172 episodes over seven seasons. Voyager are pulled into the Delta Quadrant. I've been a fan of the Star Trek series since Star Trek the Next Generation. Star Trek: Voyager is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and Jeri Taylor. While in pursuit of a Maquis ship in the Badlands, Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the U.S.S.