To
improve his performance as the ship's physician, The Doctor undertakes a
personality enhancement project on the Holodeck, incorporating several accomplished
historical figure's traits and temperaments into his Starfleet database.
But he also adopts several aberrant character traits from those non-fictional
figures and is soon over taken by a dangerous, cruel Mister Hyde-like personality.
Meanwhile, the U.S.S. Voyager hosts the Mikhal Travelers, a race of explorers
with extensive knowledge of the territory. As Kes spends time with one of
them, Zahir, she's overwhelmed with feelings that, having lived one third
of her life, she's reached a crossroads and asks permission to leave the
ship. |