Theme Month: "What's Up, Doc?, Part I"

Episodes focused on our medical professionals.

Episode: "Virtuoso" - VOY, 613

Airdate: January 26, 2000

Teleplay by Raf Green & Kenneth Biller; Directed by Les Landau

Brief summary: "The Doctor becomes a celebrity among a race that has not developed music."

Background: Raf Green was a staff writer on VOY for two seasons. He has credits on seven episodes. He's also written for the TV shows Legends and Genius. Ken Biller has writing credits on 35 episodes of VOY and directed two. Outside of Trek, he worked on Beverly Hills 90210, The X-Files, Smallville, and more.

Les Landau was a first assistant director during TNG's first season, and later was credited with directing 21 episodes of TNG, fourteen of DS9, nine of VOY, and one of ENT. Outside of the franchise, he worked on Dynasty, TJ Hooker, seaQuest DSV, Lois & Clark, Sliders, JAG, and more.

Guest Cast: Kamala Lopez-Dawson (Tincoo) appeared in several shows of the era, including Alias, 24, JAG, and Medium.

Ray Xifo (Abarca) is a character actor who appeared in films like Angie, Terminator 3, Oceans 13, and The Island, as well as TV shows like Law & Order, Stargate SG-1, and Becker.

Paul Williams (Koru) is a masterful composer, songwriter, singer, and actor recognized visually by his short height. As a songwriter, he wrote hits like "An Old-Fashioned Love Song," "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainbow Connection," "The Love Boat Theme," and many more. As an actor, he's known for playing Little Enos in Smokey & the Bandit and for voicing the Penguin in Batman: The Animated Series.

Marie Caldare (Azen) appeared in many TV shows, such as Quantum Leap, VIP, The King of Queens, Glee, and Desperate Housewives.

Nina Magnesson (Vinka) had a brief acting career, appearing in the films Partners and Hard Luck, and the TV show Jack & Jill.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Virtuoso_(episode)

The next Theme Month ...

Shapeshifters, Part I -- "To become a thing is to know a thing."

• "The Dauphin" - TNG, 210
• "The Man Trap" - TOS, 105
• "The Adversary" - DS9, 326
• "Broken Link" - DS9, 426

It's time to choose a theme for the month of October! It's up to you to do so. Simply upvote the "distinguished" comment below (the ones posted by me) to cast your vote for the Theme Month you'd like to see.

Here are the options:

• "Annoying Colonists" - our characters pull up to a planet, try to help, and guess what? They're d-bags.

• "Do We Not Bleed?, Part I" - Trek speaks up for oppressed minorities.

• "Forehead of the Week, Part I" (aka "Alien Potpourri") - a grab bag of visiting prosthetics.

• "Star-Crossed Love, Part II" - our heroes fall in love but the relationships are not destined to last.

The winning theme will be the one with the most upvotes in the last week of this month. Meanwhile, feel free to speculate on which episodes may be included in the comments.

Thank you!