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John Orquiola
Published Feb 22, 2026, 10:35 PM EST
John Orquiola is a New & Classic TV Editor, Senior Writer, and Interviewer with a special focus on Star Trek. John has over 5,000 published articles at SR, and he has interviewed the biggest names in Star Trek on the red carpet and VIP events, among other beloved shows, movies, and franchises.
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A new special features clip from the Star Trek: Voyager documentary reveals provocative quotes from Kate Mulgrew and the cast. 455 Films' To The Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager is a labor of love that was financed since 2021 by the most successful Indiegogo campaign of all time.
To The Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager hosted premieres for backers that included the executive producers and cast of Star Trek: Voyager in November 2024. In spring 2025, Indiegogo backers received digital copies of the documentary to help mark the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Voyager. Meanwhile, a DVD and Blu-ray release has been a journey as tumultuous as the USS Voyager's flight through the Delta Quadrant.
On YouTube, The Transporter Room premiered a 5-minute clip of the upcoming special features for To The Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager's physical media release, which was first seen on the Star Trek Cruise. The footage is collected from the numerous interviews 455 Films conducted with Star Trek: Voyager's cast, and George Takei, who guested in the Voyager season 2 episode, "Flashback."
Here's a sampling of the candid, eyebrow-raising quotes from Star Trek: Voyager's actors, the late executive producer and showrunner Jeri Taylor, and more:
Robert Duncan McNeill: “You’re gonna work with Kate Mulgrew, and she’s going to lean into you and say, ‘What would you die for?’”
Jeri Taylor: “You sit and listen to endless, dull, unworkable stories by people who can neither conceive a story nor articulate it very well. So it’s a deadly process very often. But we needed ideas.”
Jeri Ryan: “The four years on Voyager, it was not an easy four years. It was not a super pleasant all the time four years.”
Kate Mulgrew: “Janeway suffered. And she also had a lot of fun suffering. Make no mistake about it.”
Robert Picardo: “There was a lot of discussion about whether or not you could see someone’s butt crack on an eight o’clock Star Trek show.”
George Takei: “Oh, you have a deep voice. Anyone with a voice that deep must have a big dong.”
Watch the 5-minute clip from the Star Trek: Voyager documentary's special features below:
Faced with many obstacles in securing a DVD and Blu-ray distributor, 455 Films opted to release To The Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager themselves. Producer and co-director David Zappone told ScreenRant that backers will be offered 3 hours of special features rather than the 2 hours originally promised.
Zappone also said that the Star Trek: Voyager documentary will boast an additional 3 hours of new content, including a feature-length "mini-doc" about George Takei. The extras may be offered as an extra digital download for fans who want all 7 hours of content, including the To The Journey documentary. On January 28th, Zappone said they are now "close to announcing a release date."
Star Trek: Voyager's legend and esteem among Trekkers has only grown in the 25 years since the series signed off on the UPN Network. Streaming has introduced Voyager to a new generation of fans, including a multitude of girls and women who were inspired to pursue careers in STEM thanks to Captain Janeway and Seven of Nine.
The profound influence of Star Trek: Voyager can be felt in newer shows like Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, which stars Robert Picardo reprising his iconic role as The Doctor.
To The Journey: Looking back on Star Trek: Voyager promises to be an all-encompassing look at the legacy of Captain Janeway's landmark series that every Trekker who loves Star Trek: Voyager will want to own.
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