History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS7E18AuthorAuthor

* TookALevelInKindness: Seven is placed in charge of the communications with Earth. She abruptly cuts the Doctor off while he's talking to his publisher and also shows no sympathy when Harry's transmission is cut off with more than a full minute remaining. Later, she gives Torres a thirty-second warning when she's talking to her dad and lets her call continue over the allotted time so they can finish their conversation and offers to give Kim her spot in the queue so that he can wish his grandmother happy birthday.

* HeroesPreferRedheads: Three of Eight is a redhead, whereas Jenkins has dark hair.
* [[AndroidsArePeopleToo Holograms Are People Too]]: The point the Doctor is trying to make, in his own {{Anvilicious}} way.

-->'''Holo-EMH:''' Aw, what seems to be the trouble, One of Three?
-->'''Two of Three:''' ''([[PuppyDogPout pouts]])'' I'm ''Two'' of Three.
-->'''Holo-EMH:''' Sorry. ''([[AThreesomeIsHot smirks]])'' They're [[SameSexTriplets triplets]], y'know.

When all is said and done, the judge makes his decision. Unlike [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan Data's trial]] a few years past, he is not willing to go so far as to grant The Doctor full personhood, but he does amend the legal definition of an artist to include him, ordering Broht to recall the unfinished draft.

No one is pleased by this narrative, which eventually finds its way to the Captain. They confront The Doctor, but he genuinely doesn't understand why they are upset. Sure, he may have used his own experiences as a starting point, as any author must, but the story isn't about them. The ship isn't ''Voyager'', it's ''Vortex''. [[DistinctionWithoutADifference The Captain isn't "Janeway", she's "Jenkins".]] The Doctor assures his crewmates that the story doesn't reflect his own feelings towards them, but towards the treatment of his fellow EMH Mk. I's back in the Alpha Quadrant, who he has learned have been made obsolete and repurposed as dilithium miners. His friends, in turn, assure him that they don't object to his message, only their portrayal. Because while his characters' actions may be far removed from reality, their names and appearances are not, and it is inevitable that at least some readers will suspect the novel is BasedOnATrueStory.

* TheTriple:
-->'''Captain Jenkins:''' An inventory of your holo-matrix. Fifty gigaquads of memory devoted to music. Forty two for daydreams. Another ten to [[SomethingElseAlsoRises expand your sexuality]].
-->'''Neelix:''' I had no idea [[RoboSexual holograms could do that!]]
* TrueCompanions: Yes, the crew was pretty ticked off at their {{Expy}}s. But when things go FromBadToWorse and the Doctor's rights are called into question, the bridge crew immediately put all that behind them to defend their comrade and make it known that they cherish all his CharacterDevelopment over the years.

* WriteWhoYouKnow (InUniverse): The characters of ''Photons Be Free'' bear no resemblance to any member of Starfleet living or dead. [[BlatantLies Or so the Doctor would have us believe.]] He gets it back from Tom Paris when he finds out Paris has modified the holonovel so that the Doctor's Expy takes advantage of Seven of Nine's Expy.

* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: The crew's reaction. Neelix is the only one who likes it, most likely because it doesn't feature an expy of him..... that we see, anyway; we aren't shown chapters 2, 3 or 4. (Though this could be because the Doctor hadn't written them yet). It's possible Neelix had an insulting expy, but wasn't offended because as morale officer, he's a thick-skinned individual (his early-season [[GrowingTheBeard pre-beard]] behavior notwithstanding).

* {{Flanderisation}}: In the Doctor's thinly-veiled holonovel about his shipmates, Chakotay is defined entirely by his religion (with comically huge facial tattoos and Bajoran earrings), "Torrey" is angry all the time, "Tom Marseilles" is a HandsomeLech, "Three of Eight" is [[{{Chickification}} overly feminized]] (with her Borg implants shaped like jewelry), and "Captain Jenkins" is a cruel viper with a itchy trigger finger. Tom gets revenge by reprogramming the sim, depicting the Doctor as an insufferable ass who spends far too much time on his recreational subroutines (like golf).

** The ''Voyager'' crew make numerous ones to previous episodes while defending the Doctor's status as a person.

** Of ''course'' the Tuvok {{Expy}} has [[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror a beard.]]

** While defending the Doctor's sentience, the crew (and Barclay) discuss the Doctor's social lessons with Seven, his attempt to save Zimmerman as though he was a son seeking a father's approval, the creation of the Emergency Command Hologram showing a desire to grow, and his defiance of Janeway's orders beyond what a simple hologram designed to obey orders should be capable of.

* WrongNameOutburst: In Tom Paris' version of ''Photons Be Free'':
-->'''Holo-EMH:''' Aw, what seems to be the trouble, One of Three?
-->'''Two of Three:''' ''([[PuppyDogPout pouts]])'' I'm ''Two'' of Three.
-->'''Holo-EMH:''' Sorry. ''([[AThreesomeIsHot smirks]])'' They're [[SameSexTriplets triplets]], y'know.

* CallBack: To [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E24LifeLine "Life Line"]], where the Doctor finds out that his Mark I EMH copies have all been reprogrammed for menial labor.

* BlessedWithSuck: The 'mobile emitter' is presented as a heavy backpack the Doctor must wear every time he leaves Sickbay, a symbol of how he is different from everyone else.

* FriendshipMoment: The Doctor is initially hurt by the crew's reaction to ''Photons Be Free''. He thought they would be happy for him, not upset about how his characters might affect their reputations. But when Broht unilaterally publishes the novel's draft without permission, it becomes clear that the crew is more concerned for The Doctor than for themselves, as they choose to fight for his rights rather than take the easy way out by voiding the contract.

* TookALevelInKindness: Seven is placed in charge of the communications with Earth. She abruptly cuts the Doctor off while he's talking to his publisher and also shows no sympathy when Harry's transmission is cut off with more than a full minute remaining. Later, she gives Torres a thirty-second warning when she's talking to her dad.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the Paris version, the Doctor's BaldOfAwesome has a comb-over.

* AnvilOfTheStory: Again InUniverse; the Doctor writes the novel to incite the other EMH Mark One's to stand up for their rights.
* {{Anvilicious}}: InUniverse -- Tom says that the Doctor's holonovel is "about as subtle as a Ferengi mating dance".

* TookALevelInKindness: Seven is placed in charge of the communications with Earth. She abruptly cuts the Doctor off while he's talking to his publisher and also shows no sympathy when Harry's transmission is cut off with less than a minute remaining. Later, she gives Torres a thirty-second warning when she's talking to her dad.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Again InUniverse; the Doctor writes the novel to incite the other EMH Mark One's to stand up for their rights.

* IdiotBall: So the Doctor writes a holo-novel that takes place on an ''Intrepid''-class starship with a crew that's clearly based on the crew of ''Voyager'' and featuring an EMH with a portable holo-emitter, and he's ''surprised'' at the idea that people will think it's based on ''Voyager''?

No one is pleased by this narrative, which eventually finds its way to the Captain. They confront The Doctor, but he genuinely doesn't understand why they are upset. Sure, he may have used his own experiences as a starting point, as any author must, but the story isn't about them. The ship isn't ''Voyager'', it's ''Vortex''. [[DistinctionWithoutADifference The Captain isn't "Janeway", she's "Jenkins".]] The Doctor assures his crewmates that the story doesn't reflect his own feelings towards them, but those of his fellow EMH Mk. I's who have been relegated to the dilithium mines in the Alpha Quadrant. His friends, in turn, assure him that they don't object to his message, only their portrayal. Because while his characters' actions may be far removed from reality, their names and appearances are not, and it is inevitable that at least some readers will suspect the novel is BasedOnATrueStory.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Young Annika's favorite food was apparently strawberries. Seven is currently fond of strawberries, and is surprised to learn that has been present her whole life.

* TriageTyrant: The Janeway and Chakotay expies want the Doctor to treat Marseilles' concussion even though there's a dying RedShirt. Expy Janeway settles the debate by shooting the poor guy.

* TheWarOnStraw: The Doctor's opus, ''Photons Be Free''. As usual, the EMH's heart is in the right place, but his ego undercuts it. He thought he could write a holonovel showing all of his coworkers in an unflattering light, publish in the Alpha Quadrant and that everyone onboard would be [[DidntThinkThisThrough pretty much OK with that]]. During the tedious 10-minute prologue to the story the he drones on in a Creator/NoelCoward dressing gown (despite this being his ''[[SmallNameBigEgo only]]'' novel). The Doctor takes some creative license with his life on ''Voyager'': His mobile emitter is [[{{Anvilicious}} a giant backpack that weighs him down like a ton of bricks]], everyone onboard treats him like pocket lint, and Captain "Jenkins" [[TriageTyrant murders patients in sickbay]] to bump her people she wants treated higher up the priority list. Naturally the only person to escape this farce unscathed is Seven of Nine. In revenge, Tom Paris pens a holonovel depicting life under an obnoxious EMH: He’s got an appalling comb-over, barely bothers to diagnose his patients and [[DirtyOldMan groans lustfully]] as he gives "Two of Three" a massage (after injecting her with a roofie).