See Robert Picardo Return To Star Trek As The Doctor
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Kate Mulgrew’s Janeway and Robert Beltran’s Chakotay won’t be the only members of the original Voyager crew on Star Trek: Prodigy when the animated series returns for season 2. The Doctor is in the first-ever Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 clip as the crewmember tasked with showing the Prodigy kids their new home.
He is voiced, of course, by the only man we’d ever want playing The Doctor: Robert Picardo.
Don’t worry; he won’t be confined to sickbay. He’s still wearing his futuristic mobile emitter and has apparently been embraced by the Federation as a sentient lifeform. He even wrote a book which The Doctor happily brags was rather well-received.
The Doctor introduces himself as “The Doctor.” That’s a bit of a surprise since, near the end of Star Trek: Voyager he does finally pick a name for himself. After years of agonizing over what to call himself, The Doctor chose the name “Joe”.
It would seem a few years later, The Doctor has gone back to calling himself “The Doctor”. Good decision Joe, we like you better this way.
It’s also worth noting that even though he’s still in Starfleet, The Doctor still doesn’t have an actual rank. As it was on Voyager there are still no pips on his collar.
The clip (which can only be seen on StarTrek.com) confirms that the series will continue to follow the plot teased by Prodigy season one. They’re setting off in search of Chakotay, which means we’re sure to get more of him too, hopefully on the new Voyager A bridge in this new season of the show.
