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''Star Trek: Voyager'' is a science fiction television series, set in the ''Star Trek'' universe. The show takes place during the 2370s, and begins on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy, 70,000 light-years from Earth. It follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS ''Voyager'', which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant while searching for a renegade Maquis ship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Caretaker, Part 1 )〕 ''Voyager'' was to make the estimated 75-year journey home. The show was created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor, and is the fifth incarnation of ''Star Trek'', which began with the 1960s series ''Star Trek'' that was created by Gene Roddenberry. It was produced for seven seasons, from 1995 to 2001, and is the first ''Star Trek'' TV series with a female captain, Kathryn Janeway played by Kate Mulgrew, as a main character. Berman served as head executive producer in charge of the overall production for the series during its entire run. He was assisted by a second in command executive producer who generally functioned as the day to day showrunner. There were four throughout the series' run: Michael Piller (EP/showrunner – first and second season), Jeri Taylor (EP – first through fourth season, showrunner – third and fourth season), Brannon Braga (EP/showrunner – fifth and sixth season), and Kenneth Biller (EP/showrunner – seventh season). ''Star Trek: Voyager'' aired on UPN and was the network's second longest running series, as well as the final show from its debut lineup to end. ==Production== As ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' ended, Paramount Pictures wanted to continue to have a second ''Star Trek'' TV series to accompany ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. The studio also planned to start a new television network, and wanted the new show to help it succeed. The ''Star Trek'' show the studio planned to launch a network showcasing ''Star Trek: Phase II'' in 1977. Initial work on ''Star Trek: Voyager'' started in 1993, and seeds for the show's backstory, including the development of the Maquis, were placed in several ''The Next Generation'' and ''Deep Space Nine'' episodes. ''Voyager'' was shot on the stages ''The Next Generation'' had used and the pilot, "Caretaker", was shot in September 1994. Around that time, Paramount was sold to Viacom, making ''Voyager'' the first ''Star Trek'' TV series to premiere after the sale concluded. ''Star Trek: Voyager'' was also the first ''Star Trek'' TV show to eliminate the use of models for exterior space shots and exclusively use computer-generated imagery (CGI) instead. seaQuest DSV and Babylon 5 had previously used ''CGI'' exclusively to avoid the huge expense of models, but the ''Star Trek'' television department continued using models because they felt models provided better realism. ''Amblin Imaging'' won an Emmy for the opening CGI title visuals, but the weekly episode exteriors were captured using hand-built miniatures of the ''Voyager'', shuttlecraft, and other ships. That changed when ''Star Trek: Voyager'' went fully CGI for certain types of shots midway through Season 3 (late 1996). Foundation Imaging was the studio responsible for special effects during Babylon 5's first three seasons. Season 3's "The Swarm" was the first episode to use Foundation's effects exclusively. ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' started using ''Foundation Imaging'' in conjunction with ''Digital Muse'' one year later (season 6). In its later seasons, ''Star Trek: Voyager'' featured visual effects from ''Foundation Imaging'' and ''Digital Muse''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Star Trek: Voyager」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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