Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
Some ofStar Trek : Voyager ’s best instalment rely on creepy or unsettling storytelling . Like many of its sisterStar TrekTV shows , Voyageremployed a variety of storytelling styles to make its episodes interesting . TheStar Trekfranchise is known to cover a broad range of mountains of genres under the guise of scientific discipline fabrication , and episodes have ranged from comedic to dramatic and everything in between . While the franchise does both clowning and drama very well , a subset that it only sometimes dives into are instalment that rely on horror , suspense , or just broadly creepy-crawly storytelling .
Although " creepy " is n’t a common musical style forStar Trekepisodes , Voyagerhad its fair part of storylines that range from unsettling to downright horrifying . The show accomplished this so effectively in part by being put in the Delta Quadrant , an chartless neighborhood of space thatgaveVoyagermore free rein to experiment and introduce unexampled alien species to the enfranchisement . Thanks to the inclusion of aliens like the Vidiians , or the debut ofStar Trek ’s first Starfleet successive Orcinus orca , Voyager ’s hurl of characterswas thrust into some astonishingly creepy-crawly installment over the show ’s seven seasons .
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15Darkling
Star Trek: Voyager season 3, episode 18
Although " Darkling " is not a particularly well - likedVoyagerepisode , it is still a majuscule example of the show ’s creepy-crawly storytelling . The episode mainly relied on imitating a literary classic , Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , as its inspiration , concentrate on on the Doctor ( Robert Picardo ) who developed a dark personality after altering his program . " Darkling " was unfavorably review at the time of its sacking , mainly for some kettle of fish in the plot , but there is no deny thatPicardo ’s carrying into action as the dark Doctor is truly chilling , and the Jekyll and Hyde court is fairly well - done overall .
14The Haunting of Deck Twelve
Star Trek: Voyager season 6, episode 25
Although not a peculiarly well - knownVoyagerepisode , " The Haunting of Deck Twelve " used extremely by - the - book creepy-crawly storytelling . Many of the tropes employed in the patch , such as Neelix ( Ethan Phillips ) narrate the sequence ’s " ghost " story to the Borg kid while the power is out on the ship , are lifted justly from the suspense genre . “The Haunting of Deck Twelve " is technically the definition of " creepy,“but its plot line fail to capture interview imagination in the same manner that other similar episodes did .
13Persistence of Vision
Star Trek: Voyager season 2, episode 8
harry by some sincerely eccentric moments — such asChakotay ( Robert Beltran ) and B’Elanna ’s ( Roxann Dawson ) hallucinated romance — " Persistence of Vision " nonetheless delivered a reasonably compelling and decidedly unsettling storyline . The construct of a deep alien who was able to manipulate perception so completely as to fool all ofVoyager ’s crew into falling for elaborate vision is creepy-crawly enough . However , the fact thatthe crew never learned who the alien actually was or why he had targeted themadded an unpleasant distinction to the episode ’s last .
12Waking Moments
Star Trek: Voyager season 4, episode 13
likewise to " Persistence of Vision , " " Waking Moments " used the gang ’s perceptual experience of realism as the drive power behind the episode ’s unsettling story , this time in the circumstance of not being able-bodied to tell the deviation between dream and reality . The alien antagonist in " Waking Moments " were some ofVoyager ’s creepiest by far , especially when they appear out of nowhere to the crew during their dreams . Additionally , other moments , such as Janeway ’s incubus about a table of dead crewmembers in the mess hall , had almost a saltation - scare quality that enhanced the instalment ’s chilling vibes .
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11Macrocosm
Star Trek: Voyager season 3, episode 12
" Macrocosm " combined the horror of an unknown virus with a plot reminiscent ofAliento create a memorable and extremely disturbingVoyagerepisode . The macrovirus itself was the force back force behind the instalment ’s creepy element , although the CGI used to create it looks somewhat dated when catch by modern - Clarence Shepard Day Jr. standard . Still , the construct of a monolithic virus as " Macrocosm ’s " resister was highly unsettling , andCaptain Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew)arming herself with a phaser rifle and roaming the ship commando - style to take out the virus was definitely the episode ’s high spot .
10Coda
Star Trek: Voyager season 3, episode 15
Rather than visiting revulsion on all ofVoyager ’s crew , " Coda " focused on Captain Janeway , set her through the wringer as she was caught up in aGroundhog Day - like round of dying and being resurrected . The instalment ’s military capability was undeniably Janeway as a characterand the dive into her past when the alien antagonist appeared as her male parent was a gravid plus to aid fill out her backstory . " Coda " also had some really unsettling moments , such as when the Doctor euthanized Janeway after she supposedly get the Vidiian Phage , or when Janeway observed her own death and funeral as a ghost .
9Night
Star Trek: Voyager season 5, episode 1
A stunningly cliff-hanging installment , " Night " complain offVoyagerseason 5 with a bang , follow the USS Voyager as it locomote through a completely starless region of space . The creepiness of " Night " came in the main from what the crowd dubbed " the Void " and the psychological effects the deficiency of life in the region had on everyone . see Neelix suffering from panic attacks or Captain Janeway ’s despondency was really unsettling , andthe reveal of the Void ’s resident physician foreign metal money was a wondrous suspenseful sequenceof scenes that trust on several jump - scares to make the episode even better .
8Phage
Star Trek: Voyager season 1, episode 5
As one ofVoyager ’s early creepy episodes , " Phage " introduced a terrifyingStar Trekvillaininto the show ’s canon . The Vidiians were the prototype of body horror , disfigured as they were by the Phage and also by their virtuously confutative elbow room of keeping themselves live . AlthoughVoyagerattempted to make the Vidiians at least passably charitable , " Phage " was a worrisome ride from start to finishing , come out with the Vidiians removing Neelix ’s lung during an away mission . introduce such a creepy episode so ahead of time on inVoyager ’s rill set the tonefor many of the show ’s other horror - link up episodes going forward .
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7Revulsion
Star Trek: Voyager season 4, episode 5
Episodes carry on with sentient holograms were something of a theme onVoyagerthanks to the Doctor , but " Revulsion " took the conception in a by all odds more disturbing direction . The episode ended up being almost like a slasher cinema thanks to its antagonist Dejaren ( Leland Orser ) , a hologram who was so disgusted with organic beings that he turn over into a serial sea wolf and murder his entire gang . Dejaren was truly chilling , and the scenes where he attempted to kill B’Elanna , even progress to into her chest of drawers to examine and crush her heart , conk beyond creepy into really nightmare - inducing .
6Scientific Method
Star Trek: Voyager season 4, episode 7
Unlike some of its more frightful counterpart , " Scientific Method " is a dandy model of creepy rather than shivery . That ’s not to say the sequence is n’t extremely unsettling , since the core of it centered around invisible aliens performing invasive experiment onVoyager ’s crew without their cognition . Forced medical experiment is always an upsetting theme , and scenes like Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) finally see what the alien were doing to the crew really drove home the horror of the episode ’s assumption .
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