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ABOUT THE
SHOW |
SHIPS & CHARACTERS
SEASON
1 |
SEASON 2 |
SEASON
3 |
SEASON 4 |
SEASON
5 |
SEASON 6 |
SEASON
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Gar, a Dralian trader, enters an
overcrowded, airborne hospital ship and looks for Chellick, the
facility's administrator. Gar shows Chellick the Doctor's mobile
emitter that he obtained from the U.S.S. Voyager. Gar fiddles
with the controls on the device and the Doctor appears, but he
immediately demands to be returned to his ship. The Allocator,
the computer that prioritizes all patients on board the ship,
announces that a generator has exploded and many patients are
arriving. The Doctor witnesses the chaos surrounding him and
decides his only option is to help. Chellick, Gar and Voje,
another doctor, observe how the Doctor handles patients and are
pleased with his work.
Back aboard Voyager, Kim is injured from a holodeck hockey match
and visits the Doctor. When Paris and Kim talk to the Doctor,
they notice something isn't quite right. Paris and Kim gather
the others to examine the Doctor's mobile emitter; Torres
announces it is a replicated fake. Neelix points out that Gar
did spend a night in Sickbay and had ample access to the Doctor.
Janeway then gives the order to search for Gar by scanning his
ion trail.
Meanwhile, the Doctor is on Level Red of the hospital ship,
scanning a young patient named Tebbis. The Doctor finds out that
Tebbis has a deadly infection and has not received the proper
treatment — cytoglobin — for it. Voje tells the Doctor that the
patient's "T.C." level is not high enough to receive the
necessary cytoglobin. Just as the Doctor asks what T.C. stands
for, Chellick interrupts and says that he has acquired the
Doctor's program from Gar. Chellick also says everyone on the
ship must obey the Allocator's rules and that the Doctor must
now provide his services on Level Blue. Then Voje explains that
the patients on Level Blue receive the best treatment because
their T.C. level is high. T.C., as the Doctor finds out, stands
for "Treatment Coefficient," in which the Allocator assesses
which patient has access to the best care depending on the
importance of his or her profession, skills and accomplishments.
 In the meantime, the Voyager crew is lead astray by Gar's trail.
Then Tuvok recalls that Gar traded iridium with them and
suggests they go to the location where Gar acquired the
substance. They locate a mining operation on an asteroid and
contact a resident. The man tells them that Gar sold them
induction units, which came from a planetoid called Velos.
At the hospital ship, the Doctor finds the Allocator approving
cytoglobin injections to all Level Blue patients. Another doctor
named Dysek tells the Doctor that the injections increase the
patients' life expectancy. The Doctor is concerned because he
knows that Tebbis needs this medication to be cured. The Doctor
sneaks to Level Red and tries to manipulate Tebbis' T.C. level
by raising it higher, but the Allocator still denies medication.
Then, the Doctor returns to Level Blue and takes a cytoglobin
device from a nurse, whom he then dismisses. The Doctor returns
to Tebbis with the smuggled cytoglobin injector and administers
it to him. Later, the Doctor steals even more medication from
Level Blue to treat the patients on Level Red.
Meanwhile, the Voyager crew enters the orbit of the planetoid
Velos. They speak with an alien and find out that Gar is on
Selek IV. The Voyager crew then locates Gar's ship and engages
it in a tractor beam. They ask Gar where the Doctor is, but Gar
refuses to tell them. After Gar is beamed aboard Voyager and
questioned in the Brig, Neelix offers Gar a meal, which the
prisoner quickly consumes. Suddenly, Gar experiences severe
stomach pains. Neelix reveals that he poisoned Gar's meal and
the Doctor is the only one authorized to administer the proper
medication. Gar is then forced to tell them where the Doctor is.
Back on the hospital ship, the Doctor finds out that Tebbis was
transferred to Level White — the morgue. The Doctor is angry and
confronts Chellick, but Chellick reveals his knowledge of the
Doctor's unauthorized injections and restricts the Doctor to
Level Blue. Chellick also says that he interfaced the Doctor's
holomatrix with the Allocator. Now, the Allocator will
automatically monitor and delegate the Doctor's every move.
Later, Chellick catches the Doctor on Level Red, but the Doctor
injects Chellick with the same virus that inflicted Tebbis. The
Allocator identifies Chellick as Tebbis and denies Chellick
medication. The Doctor says that he will only help Chellick if
Level Red is equipped with an adequate supply of medication.
Chellick begs Dysek for help, but Dysek refuses his request,
following the Allocator's rules — rules which Chellick
established. The Doctor then proposes that Level Red patients,
including Chellick, should be transferred to Level Blue to
receive care. Chellick finally agrees.
The Voyager crew locates the hospital ship and retrieves the
Doctor. Later, the Doctor asks Seven of Nine to check his
ethical subroutines for any failures or changes, admitting that
he had deliberately poisoned a man. Seven informs him that,
unfortunately, he has "a clean bill of health."
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