Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy
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| Star Trek: VOY episode | |
| "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy" | |
 The Doctor experiences daydreams |
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| Episode no. | 124 |
|---|---|
| Prod. code | 224 |
| Airdate | October 13, 1999 |
| Writer(s) | Bill Vallely Joe Menosky |
| Director | John Bruno |
| Guest star(s) | Jay Legget as Phlox Googy Gress as Overlooker Robert Greenberg as Devro |
| Year | 2376 |
| Stardate | Unknown |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous | "Barge of the Dead" |
| Next | "Alice" |
Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the fourth episode of the sixth season.
[edit] Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The Doctor makes adjustments to his program to allow him to daydream happily. Meanwhile, an alien ship is hiding in a nebula monitoring them. However, unknown to them, they are actually monitoring the Doctor's daydreams. Because of this, the Doctor's program starts to malfunction, making him daydream more often and more heavily, until he finally cannot wake.
The Doctor creates an extension to himself called Emergency Command Hologram, which enables him to take the place of command personnel aboard the ship in case of an emergency.
[edit] Trivia
- The title of this episode is a reference to the 1974 spy novel "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" by John le Carré.
- The premise is based on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber. In the short story, Walter Mitty daydreams heroic adventures while running an errand for his wife.
- The aliens in this episode greatly resemble the Sontaran aliens from Doctor Who.
[edit] External links
- Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
- Episode synopsis at Startrek.com
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