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Beardguy57 said:
You are correct. The characters.. with the exception of 7of 9... were not allowed to evolve. ( And then, 7 was only allowed to evolve so far.. )

I, too, wondered why Harry was an ensign for 7 years.

After all, Tom Paris was demoted in that time... to ensign.. and subsequently, returned to the rank of Leutenant.

Maybe Janeway felt that any promotions ought to wait till Voyager got back to the Alpha quadrant?

But still, Ray, you raise a good point.

Perhaps the show's creators wanted something so different with Voyager, that they neglected the obvious.


well the Producers take the brunt of the blame for Enterprise and Voyager. Enterprise pretty much neglected everyone but the main 3. Travis went through most of the show as a glorified extra. The little details were overlooked by this crew.
Ronald D. Moore, a great writer who did incredible work on TNG and DS9 (and currently runs Battlestar Galactica), went to Voyager when DS9 ended and was let down by how little the producers cared about stories and logic. They wanted big episodes but to have things back to status quo at the end.
this provides some of his complaints, and they're valid:
http://www.mania.com/18741.html

Voyager had a great premise but sadly failed to respect the fan's own sense of reason and logic. I actually watched Voyager every week for its entire run, hoping for it kick in and become a great show.

Sorry to ramble on, I have a lot to say about Voyager after seven years of being let down.

Bow ties are coool.