| "Basics" | |
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| Star Trek: Voyager episodes | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Basics_(Voyager).jpg) The Voyager crew abandoned on the planet. | |
| Episode nos. | Season 2 and 3 Episodes 26 and 1 |
| Directed by | Winrich Kolbe |
| Written by | Michael Piller |
| Featured music | Dennis McCarthy |
| Cinematography by | Marvin V. Rush |
| Production codes | 142 and 146 |
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"Basics" comprises the 42nd and 43rd episodes of the science fiction television Star Trek: Voyager, the cliffhanger between the second season and the third season.
In this episode, the Federation starship Voyager, alone in the Delta Quadrant, is lured into a trap which leads to the ship being commandeered by the hostile Kazon, who forcibly remove the ship's crew to an inhospitable planet.
This was a two-part episode, but in two different seasons; Part I aired on May 20, 1996 as the finale of Season 2 and Part II aired on September 4, 1996 as the opener of Season 3.[1][2] The show was originally broadcast on UPN in the United States.[3]
Parts I and II were written by Michael Piller and directed by Winrich Kolbe.[1][2]
These are the last two episodes of Star Trek written by Piller, who left the series after the second season as the day-to-day executive producer of the series. He would be credited as a Creative Consultant for the remainder of the series' run, though his last contribution to the franchise would be Star Trek: Insurrection two years later.
The episodes were also later released on VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD.
- ^ a b "Star Trek: Voyager: Basics, Part I". TVmaze. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ a b "Star Trek: Voyager: Basics, Part II". TVmaze. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ Heath, K. M.; Carlisle, A. S. (2020). The Voyages of Star Trek: A Space-time Continuum. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3697-3.