"Message in a Bottle" was the 81st episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 14th episode of the show's fourth season, first aired 21 January 1998. The episode was written by Rick Williams and Lisa Klink and directed by Nancy Malone.
Summary
An abandoned alien communications network, stretching into Starfleet territory, is discovered, and the Doctor's holoprogam is sent to a starship in range—but not everything turns out as it should.
References
Characters
- Almak • Ethan Bostock • Chakotay • The Doctor • Emergency Medical Hologram (mark II) • Idrin • Kathryn Janeway • Harry Kim • Neelix • Nevala • Tom Paris • Rekar • Seven of Nine • Thenelak • B'Elanna Torres • Tuvok
- Referenced only
- Mark Johnson • Leonard McCoy
Starships and vehicles
- USS Voyager (Intrepid-class) • USS Prometheus (Prometheus-class • USS Spector (Akira-class) • IRW T'Met (D'deridex-class) warbird
Locations
Races and cultures
States and organizations
- Dominion • Romulan Star Empire • Starfleet • Starfleet Headquarters • Tal Shiar • United Federation of Planets
Other references
- ablative armor • anesthetic • anesthazine • antacid • astrometrics • axonol • biofilter • chicken salad (see: chicken) • Comparative Alien Physiology • compression phaser rifle • datastream • Defiant-class • Emergency Medical Hologram • Emergency Medical Hologram Replacement Program • English language • exoscalpel • Gray's Anatomy • gyrodyne relay • heartburn • Hirogen communications network • jalapeno pepper • leech • mobile emitter | multi-vector assault mode • Nebula-class • neurozine • osteogenic stimulator • psychotropic agent • regenerative shielding • Rodeo Red's Red-Hot, Rootin' Tootin' Chilli • scalpel • sickbay • Terothka virus • Terrilium plague • thrombic modulator • thrust initiator
Appendices
Images
The USS Prometheus.
The Prometheus at warp.
The Prometheus engages her multi-vector assault mode.
USS Bonchune ambushed.
The Emergency Medical Hologram, mark II.
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Mortal Coil |
Voyager episode produced | Next episode: Waking Moments |
| Previous episode: Waking Moments |
Voyager episode aired | Next episode: Hunters |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Who Cries for Prometheus? |
Next Adventure: Uninvited Admirals 5th flashback | |
External link
- Message in a Bottle article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
