Star Trek: Starfleet Academy may take place centuries after the events of Star Trek: Voyager, but that’s not stopping one of the characters from the latter show from appearing in the former. Robert Picardo will reprise The Doctor in the upcoming Star Trek TV show, with the hologram now teaching at the title institution. Needless to say that living through nearly a millennia would change someone, even an EMH. After having spoke with Starfleet Academy writer Kirsten Beyer, I’m excited to hear about the “very different place” The Doctor’s in when we reunite with him in the new series.
Although Beyer never wrote for Star Trek: Voyager during its seven-season run, she has written 11 Voyager tie-in novels stretching back to 2005. So because she’s goes way back with this corner of the Star Trek franchise, I inquired with Beyer during my interview with her about the new narrative podcast series Star Trek: Khan (which she co-wrote and executive produced) about getting to write for The Doctor on a TV show. She started off by sharing with me:
