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Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy
[ Spoilers Guide ]

The Doctor's Walter Mittyesque fantasies of being other people in other professions becomes dangerous when aliens become involved. The sub-plot revolves around aliens, preparing to invade Voyager who use their access to the Doctor's program to spy on the ship. Through the Doctor's fantasies, they are mislead into believing that his fantasies are an accurate reflection of what life on Voyager is like. Says Brannon Braga, "We're doing [an homage to James Thurber's] 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' with the doctor. [The episode] deals with the doctor's fantasy life, which should be a lot of fun." This episode will also take care of a long-anticipated story line: Tuvok will begin experiencing the Pon Farr in this episode. Tim Russ stated at a convention that Tuvok begins experiencing the on-set of the condition in the Mess Hall, where he starts laughing and losing control. Then, Neelix turns around and says, "Oh no, not the Pon Farr!" In a blooper scene, Russ played out Tuvok's amourous intentions on Ethan Phillips right after this, (no doubt because Neelix is every one's first choice as a prospective mate). It had once been rumored that this was a Neelix episode. Although some rumors state that the staff adapted it to the Doctor's character instead, this may not be correct. Rumors that Jeri Taylor had written this episode may be false.