- Darkling
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name = The Darkling
Lord Byron, Gandhi, and Neelix
series = VOY
ep_num = 60
prod_num = 161
date =February 19 ,1997
writer =Brannon Braga Joe Menosky
director =Alexander Singer
guest =David Lee Smith as Zahir
Stephen Davies as NakahnNoel de Souza as GandhiChristopher Clarke as Lord Byron
stardate = 50693.2
year = 2373
prev = Unity
next = Rise"Darkling" is an episode of "", the eighteenth episode of the third season.Plot
The Doctor attempts to improve his program by including elements of the personalities of various famous people that he admires, taken from holocharacters of them. However, the darker, less well-known sides of these people's personalities form a separate, evil, second personality (similar to Mr. Hyde) which attempts to murder an alien from the planet, being visited by Voyager by pushing him off a cliff, temporarily paralyzes Lt. Torres when she discovers him, and later jumps off a cliff with Kes, but is beamed back to "Voyager" while falling. At the end of the episode, the Doctor's program is restored to normal. While the episode concludes, the Doctor is heard citing part of the
Hippocratic Oath .External links
* [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VOY/episode/68956.html Episode summary from Startrek.com]
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