"I don't have a life. I have a program." - The Doctor
The Emergency Medical Holographic Program is designed to temporarily suppliment the regular medical staff in the event that they are overloaded or incapacitated.
The Doctor's program was developed on Jupiter Station under the direction of Dr. Lewis Zimmerman, who the doctor's image is modeled after. Lt. Reginald Barclay also assisted with the Doctor's programming. The Doctor's database contains information from over 2000 medical reference sources, and the experience of 47 medical officers. The program is adaptive, allowing new modules to be added. Being a hologram, the doctor cannot leave the sickbay, without a oloprojector.
Doctor episodes:
"Heroes and Demons" - The Doctor ventures into the holodeck to rescue three
trapped crew members.
"Projections" - Believing the ship has suffered a massive attack, the Doctor
ventures from sickbay via a remote holo-projection system.
"Lifesigns" - The Doctor feels romantic for the first time while treating
a Vidiian female for the Phage.
[b. 27
October]
Robert Picardo plays The Doctor, a holographic figure serving as the emergency medical program devised by Starfleet in Star Trek: Voyager, produced by Paramount Network Television for broadcast on UPN. When the ship's doctor is killed, The Doctor becomes the resident physician aboard the Starship U.S.S. Voyager.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Picardo graduated from the William Penn Charter School. He entered Yale University as a pre-med student, not knowing that he would someday portray doctors in three separate productions: first as Dr. Dick Richards on the ABC series China Beach, then as Dr. McCaskill in the recent theater production "The Waiting Room" at the Mark Taper Forum, and now as The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager.
While at Yale, Picardo landed a role in Leonard Bemstein's "Mass," a musical theater piece originally commissioned for the 1972 opening of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In 1974, armed with a B.A. in Drama from Yale, he enrolled at the Circle in the Square Professional Theater Workshop (fellow alumni include Kevin Bacon and Ken Olin). Picardo's theatrical work prospered as he appeared in the David Mamet play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago," and with Diane Keaton in "The Primary English Class."
Picardo made his Broadway debut in the leading role in the comedy hit "Gemini" with Danny Aiello. He went on to co-star with Jack Lemmon in Bernard Slade's "Tribute." His work in theater also includes "Beyond Therapy" and "Geniuses" at the Los Angeles Public Theater, and "The Normal Heart" at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, for which he won a Drama-Logue Award.
The awards and recognition continued as Picardo became involved in television. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Mr. Cutlip on the ABC series The Wonder Years. Furthermore, Picardo was awarded the Viewers For Quality Television Founder's Award for his outstanding performances in The Wonder Years and China Beach.
Picardo's extensive television work has included a starring role opposite Helena Bonham-Carter in NBC's movie-of-the-week Deadly Deception: The Marina Oswald Story, the HBO movie White Mile, and the NBC mini-series Deadly Matrimony. He had recurring roles on Home Improvement and L.A. Law, and he guest starred in Tales From The Crypt. Picardo recently starred in the feature film "Wagon's East," and has also appeared in "Gremlins II," "Innerspace," "The Burbs," "Back To School," "Star 80," "Loverboy" and "The Howling." He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
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by Mario Guatteri