Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #909 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-24
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian
• Number of discs: 7
• Running time: 999 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
After seven long years trying to return home, it's no surprise that the seventh season of Voyager was emotional. It begins with the resolution to season 6's "Unimatrix Zero," in which Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), Torres (Roxann Biggs-Dawson), and Tuvok (Tim Russ) must find a way off the Borg Cube and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) faces the loss of the precious bit of humanity she has just discovered. "Human Error" focuses on Seven's further attempts to explore her human side (a romance comes from out of the blue). And if Seven isn't the cast's most fascinating character, it's the other crew member struggling to find his not-quite-human identity, the Doctor (Robert Picardo). In "Body and Soul," the Doctor gets to experience physical life in the body of--who else?--Seven. He writes a novel in "Author, Author," and in the first of a pair of excellent two-parters, "Flesh and Blood," he explores what it means to be a hologram in the midst of a deadly situation involving the Hirogen. In the second two-parter, "Workforce," the crew is kidnapped and brainwashed into becoming ordinary laborers on a planet with a worker shortage, but Janeway is forced to question whether she wouldn't prefer this version of a normal, stable life.

The seventh season also saw the first Trek wedding since Dax-Worff, the return of the old Federation-Maquis conflict, the continuing efforts of Lt. Reginald Barclay (Dwight Schultz) to bring Voyager home, Kim (Garrett Wang) taking command twice (once with the help of the Emergency Command Hologram), the return of Q, and Neelix's discovery of a group of fellow Talaxians. The final episode, "Endgame," is less concerned with misty-eyed goodbyes than with a bending of conventional views of the space-time continuum that leads to an exciting showdown with the Borg queen (Alice Krige, repeating her role from Star Trek: First Contact but making her first appearance on Voyager). --David Horiuchi

Synopsis
The third spin-off of the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager centres on the Federation starship USS Voyager as its crew bands together with a group of Maquis rebels to return home from the far-flung Delta Quadrant. Starring Kate Mulgrew as the Voyager's captain Kathryn Janeway and Robert Duncan McNeill as the spaceship's pilot Tom Paris, the series' cast is rounded out by Robert Beltran as Maquis commander Chakotay; Tim Russ as Vulcan security officer Tuvok; Garrett Wang as navigator Harry Kim; Robert Picardo as the hologram Doctor; and Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, and Jeri Ryan as alien crew members B.L.T., Neelix, and Seven of Nine respectively. This collection includes all 24 episodes from the show's seventh and final series.

Customer Reviews

Voyager's Final Season
Star Trek Voyager is a science fiction adventure based on the original series created by Gene Roddenberry. Each episode follows the Federation Star-ship U.S.S. Voyager and her crew, as they navigate their way home through unknown and often hostel space, after being transported against their will to the other side of the Galaxy.

This is the seventh and final season of Star Trek Voyager, and the boxed set contains all twenty six episodes, as well as a selection of special features.

Naturally after watching seven seasons of anything, you come to feel that you know the characters, and come to care about what happens to them in the end. As a result you can expect an emotional response especially towards the end of the season, as you know things are coming to a close.

The obvious highlight of this season was the two part final "End Game" which is action packed and gripping, but more importantly it ended things nicely, while also tying up all the loose ends.

Generally all episodes in this season were very entertaining and enjoyable to watch. The most note worthy few being "Renaissance Man" with Robert Picardo in fine form as both the Doctor and the ECH. "Q2" one of my personal favourites, and "Shattered" which showed time periods in both Voyager's past and possible future. There was only one episode I didn't enjoy and that was "Nightingale" simply because I felt it wasn't faithful to one of the character background and established traits (Kim's). Also there were a few small but obviously plot holes, and a rather pointless puppy love sub-plot between Torres and Icheb.

But all things considered, with plenty of brilliant moments and some excellent episodes make this final season one of the best. The cast continue to be in fine form, the stories are great and have been well implemented.

With Star Trek Voyager the question of whether or not the crew would ever get home was always present as the show continued, and as such it was a common theme in many episodes. I'm glad the series finished the way it did and when it did, as I felt it was the right time for the show to come to a conclusion.

I've heard many people say in the past that they felt that Voyager was the weakest of the Star Trek sage, personally I disagree. I find it the most involving, the easiest to relate to, and the one that offers the best and most diverse characters.

The only thing I can complain about is that the Borg (a race of cybernetic drones) seem to have been somewhat 'toned down' and tamed in Star Trek Voyager. They seem less menacing and less dangerous when compared to their appearances in The Next Generation and in the First Contact movie.

As expected picture and sound quality throughout the series is excellent. And you have the added bonus of being able to watch without commercial interruption -unlike the television broadcasts.

For any new comers I would strongly recommend watching Voyager from the first season and working up to this season, as it will give you all the necessary background, and let you become involved with cast. For established fans, or long time watchers there has never been a better time to buy these boxed sets as their price continue to drop.

Season 7
I thought I'd buy it as I really liked DS9 and I'm very happy I did! It definitely differs in tone being a bit more light-hearted, but it does have a few dark episodes, which tend to be the more enjoyable ones.
I very much enjoyed 'Critical Care', which focuses on The Doctor, by far the most interesting and funny character, and the episode also poses a few moral dilemmas (like 'Repentance, another great episode!), so its not just a simple kind of story. I also really liked 'Shattered', as Voyager is split into many time periods and we get to see back in the past and a little bit of the future.
The episode 'Natural Law' was really a nice episode, and finally the last ever episode 'Endgame' was both fun and enjoyable! I loved the end sequence.
The captain becomes a bit less harsh this season, and there is a rather disturbing sequence with her in a bathtub with John De Lancie ('Q').
The extra features are all good, and some are hidden too so make sure you find them all, but the disc menus, the background beeping and noise is a bit tiring after like 30 seconds, so be quick when you choose an episode!
It really is an extremely good buy, and so I'm going to buy the rest in reverse chronological order.
'Reverse the polarity of the shield' or 'Emit a tachyon pulse'. Solves anything.

a must for any Trekker
After watching on-and-off re-runs of ST:Voyager on Virgin1 with its annoying adverts every 7 minutes and irritating screen ident, I decided to buy the whole series on DVD. I also have ST:TNG on DVD.

The main reason why I think both ST:TNG and ST:Voyager were the strongest of the modern Star Trek incarnations is because of their character development. When you are able to watch the entire series, you are able to see the characters change, grow, develop; you find yourself identifying with them. You become fond of them; they become like family. And that's why they work. In ST:Voyager, there was a strong theme of redemption which I liked: the idea that everyone deserves a second chance. For example, Tom Paris goes from being a criminal rogue to being the pilot of Voyager with all the responsibilities that goes with it, all because Janeway knew he could do better and become that son he always wanted to be for his father, Admiral Paris; a man in whose shadow he had always lived under. Then later on, we see a Borg drone (Seven of Nine, Jeri Ryan) be tamed, moulded and guided into becoming a loved and valued member of the crew; and ultimately we see her, with the help of the crew and in particular Captain Janeway, regain her lost humanity.

In ST:TNG, Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard) brought so much depth to the character of Jean-Luc, so much history, that he became my favourite character. He was not only the captain, he was a father-like figure to so many in the crew, in particular to young Wesley Crusher. In ST:Voyager, my favourite character is Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew). In many ways she was the female Jean-Luc Picard: she was not only the captain of Voyager, she became a close friend and mother-like figure to all her crew. This is best illustrated by her nurturing, mother-daughter relationship with Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) who came to the series in Season 3. I only wish that relationship was developed further in the series; there was so much more they could have done with it. This is often where Star Trek falls down: they seem to focus a bit too much on the techno-babble and photon torpedos, rather than on human relationships, which ultimately is what Star Trek should be about. However, I think Voyager's predicament - a bunch of lonely humans stranded 70,000 light-years from home - allowed the writers to find the right balance.

As regards to Season 7, I don't think it was Voyager's strongest season; the final episode was, I feel, a bit of an anti-climax. However, I did like the guest appearance of Alice Kruge as the Borg Queen, tying in nicely to her appearance in the Star Trek movie, 'First Contact'. For me, Seasons 3 and 4 were Voyager's strongest seasons. Indeed, it is often the case that the third and fourth season of any series tends to be the strongest, as writers are able to 'let rip' and explore their characters to the full.