Darkling story
The Doctor tries to graft other personalities into his program, but the resulting 'upgrade' causes him to develop an evil alternate personality. Directed by: Alexander Singer. Story by: Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky.
16 total · 4 choice · 4 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| if it ain't broke don't fix it | choice | The Doctor tried to improve his program with disastrous consequences even though he was already a perfectly good doctor by all accounts save for his own. |
| love vs. career | choice | Kes over leaving Voyager to adventure around with Zahir |
| the desire for personal development | choice | The Doctor reprogrammed himself to with the aim of improving himself |
| the human capacity for good and evil | choice | the geniuses The Doctor incorporated into his programming had good and evil inclinations |
| facing one's darker side | major | The Doctor struggled to come to grips with the fact that his programming imbued in him both good and evil inclinations. |
| human vs. self | major | The Doctor faced his evil self |
| infatuation | major | Kes and Zahir |
| out of control technology | major | The Doctor accidentally created an evil split personality. This evil version of the Doctor attempted to murder an alien, and succeeded in temporarily paralyzing B'Elanna. Note that “out of control AI” is not used here on account that the Doctor is actually a human personality that was copied into a machine and tweaked, rather than conventional AI. |
| belonging | minor | Kes about leaving Voyager |
| coping with being tortured | minor | B'Elanna being tortured b The Doctor |