That cast, of course, includes Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway, Robert Beltran as First Officer Chakotay, Tim Russ as Vulcan security officer Tuvok, Robert Duncan McNeill as helmsman Tom Paris, Roxann Dawson as the human-Klingon chief engineer, B'Elanna Torres, Garrett Wang as operations officer Harry Kim, Robert Picardo as the ship's holographic chief medical officer, The Doctor; Ethan Phillips as Talaxian cook, Neelik; Jennifer Lien as Ocampan nurse and botanist Kes (for the first three seasons), and Jeri Ryan as former Borg Seven of Nine.
The series was created by Rick Berman, the late Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor, the latter of which is featured in this clip explaining that the other two didn't really need her, but brought her on since they fet they needed a female voice in there given that the show was going to represent Star Trek's first female captain.
At the outset, the show was going to be fairly distinct from its predecessors, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. For starters, the concept was going to put things in reverse in that the starship Voyager, instead of seeking new worlds, finds itself transported to the Delta Quadrant and sets course for home, which theoretically would take 75 years (though as it turned out, it conveniently lasted seven, the duration of the show).
Second, the crew would consist of Starfleet officers and members of the rebellious group the Maquis, who are forced to work together. That pretty much promises inherent conflict, right? Well, it did. For a very short while, but pretty much everyone ultimately went Starfleet.
Star Trek: Voyager ran for seven seasons from 1995 to 2001 and a total of 172 episodes.
To the Journey is in production and you can still get on board to order a copy at voydoc.bakerkit.com/hoted_preorders. It's produced by the same folks who presented the Deep Space Nine documentary, What We Left Behind.