Darkling

Episode 59

Friday 20 January 2023

Kes and the Doctor are standing in a tavern on an alien planet: Kes looks at the Doctor in horror: he is a bestial version of himself, a hunch, tousled hair and terrible teeth.

Star Trek: Voyager

Series 3, Episode 18

Stardate: 50693.2

First broadcast on Wednesday 19 February 1997

Flushed with the success of its previous attempt at Gothic Horror, Star Trek gamely tackles the genre again, as the Doctor’s experiments with the parameters of his program inevitably lead to a high-concept holographic version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, with all of the creepiness towards women that that implies. Aggressively mediocre.

Episode 59: Darkling

Recorded on Monday 16 January 2023 · Download (65.8 MB)

Star Trek: Voyager

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