How'd Janeway and Torres get their hair back in "Unimatrix Zero"?

[fenwyk79]

During "Unimatrix Zero" Captain Janeway's hair and Lt. Torres's hair was completely shaved off as they were Borg. Yet by the end of the episode they had their hair back in perfect condition? Wait, what? Setting aside that they had all of their implants removed with seemingly no issues/problems (with the very next episode even addressing that it wasn't so easy to remove implants with Seven - "Imperfection") and there was absolutely no scarring by the next episode, I don't get this. There was no explanation for it either. Did the doctor use some type of hair follicle growth stimulant to get their hair back? If so, why'd Captain Picard have to go around bald when he had hair when he was younger (unless you go by "Nemesis" in which case he didn't).

Likewise, we saw the Delta Flyer destroyed - but by the next episode they had completely re-built the Delta Flyer? Did they just have all the parts lying around to rebuild it from scratch? If so, why didn't they just build multiple Delta Flyers to begin with as opposed to just one of them? Not to mention the serious damage the Voyager took in the damage in attacking to the Borg ship but by the next episode there was no damage to the ship's hull at all? Did they stop off at a starbase for a few weeks with hundreds of around the clock repair maintenance personnel hanging around the Delta quadrant we're not privy to for that type of serious damage?

This is the type of stuff on 'Voyager' that annoys me to no end - it doesn't make any sense at all. And it takes the series out of any type of believable realm - even for Star Trek.

 

[StarMan]

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[In_Correct]

Things like that plagues Star Trek.

A very simple question about the hair is that The Doctor, despite being bald, is able to grow hair for Seven. If he can do it for Seven, which as you say was much more difficult to restore into a human again, he could do it for Torres and Janeway.

Also remember that Picard, Janeway, and Torres, and whoever else got assimilated in that episode were assimilated as adults, not as a young child. Seven had many years (actually almost her entire life until "The Gift"), and over the years they were probably "upgrading" her, adding implants as they go. I don't think the assimilation process takes an entire day. Even though they have nanoprobe virus that can create some implants very rapidly. This is a VERY creepy thing to happen, having an implant pop up out of your skin. And I thought blemishes from "Chicken Pox" etc. diseases were scary. They really should have never made the assimilation process so disgusting.

As for Captain Picard, perhaps he likes to be bald. Otherwise being bald in the future makes absolutely no sense. Or perhaps Captain Picard is allergic to the hair growth treatment, similar to Kirk's allergy to Retinax and apparently having to wear eyeglasses.

The Delta Flyer issue really got on my nerves as well. But I don't think they should build multiple Delta Flyers. They should have focused on The Aeroshuttle. Many people say that they didn't build it yet but they obviously had room. If they are capable of building The Delta Flyer again and again, then they can build The Aeroshuttle. Instead, we have a personal vehicle of Tom Paris and when he rebuilt his racecar, ... raceshuttle, he changed the controls to his usual retro obsession. I do not know where they had room for all of this. They had a few shuttles, then The Delta Flyer (Tom's ship), Neelix's ship, and the enormous "Cargo Bay II" where Kes's garden and Seven are supposed to be. They never showed Neelix's shuttle but kept mentioning it is still docked in the shuttlebay. If they can mention Neelix's shuttle, then they can mention The Aeroshuttle. Voyager probably doesn't have that many shuttles, runabouts, flyers, etc. because they don't need them. Voyager itself can land. If a shuttle etc. is destroyed it was probably only easy for them to rebuild the same shuttle instead of building a fleet.

In the early episodes they were shown to land on planets in search of food, energy, and minerals to construct damaged or destroyed parts of Voyager. and its various shuttles. (which again means there is no excuse to not have the Aeroshuttle either.)

 

[Tracy Trek]

The aeroshuttle didn't even need a shuttlebay, it was supposed to be docked to the underside of the saucer section.

 

[F. King Daniel]

In the future, being bald is a choice. Everyone's emulating their childhood hero and the reason they all went into Starfleet - Badass Captain Richard P. Robau.
The Doc even cosplays as him in "Endgame"

 

[φ of π]

and over the years they were probably "upgrading" her, adding implants as they go.

Don't you mean: "and over the years, she upgraded herself"? After all, she was Borg.

 

[Lynx]

The Doctor provided them with the Bermanbraga Special Shampoo which is a scientific invented shampoo known for extremely fast hair-growing. It was first tested on Kes between 25 september 2373 (Favorite Son) and 19 October 2373 (Before And After).

Janeway used the version with lemon , exactly the same as Kes used while Torres preferred a more neutral version of the shampoo. Obviously the lemon version makes hair grow quicker due to Janeway having longer hair than Torres when the treatment was over.

Seven obviously used this shampoo too while growing hair fast after joining the Voyager crew.

 

[stardream]

There is a theory....pure fan conjecture that the Areoshuttle was cannibalized for parts.

The Delta Flyer was actually built right before the episode Drive. The orders of the episodes were flipped on airing. Drive could have taken place months after Unimatrix Zero.

 

[Sophie74656]

The Doctor stimulated their hair folicles so they would regrow. This was mentioned when Seven of Nine first came around. She was bald too.

 

[Lynx]

Their hair follicles were stimulated with the Bermanbraga Super Shampoo!

 

[Sophie74656]

Their hair follicles were stimulated with the Bermanbraga Super Shampoo!

they actually said in The Gift that the doctor stimulated her hair folicles

EMH: I also took the liberty of stimulating your hair follicles. A vicarious experience for me, as you might imagine.

 

[Catarina]

Exactly, they mentioned in The Gift about the folicle stimulation. How they got their exact style back well if they can beam you up and replicate meals I guess anything is possible. Even choosing the right color, tints, and highlights with the press of a button.

 

[UssGlenn]

As for Picard, He went bald naturally, not as a result of external stimuli, therefore the process to regrow for him would be more involved than stimulating follicles. He obviously didn't feel the need to do it.

 

[KelisThePoet]

Sometimes, I think questions of realism have to take a back seat to questions of good entertainment.

Some people in the 24th century are bald, like Picard and Zimmerman, because the actors who play them are bald. Maybe that's an unsatisfying answer, but it would be more unsatisfying to miss out on Patrick Stewart and Robert Picardo's performances or to force them to wear cheesy hairpieces or to bog down the story with treknobabble about why their hair doesn't grow.

Similarly, on Voyager, torpedoes were expended, shuttles were destroyed, the ship's hull was damaged and characters were assimilated by the Borg because Voyager was a show about fun adventure and nearly-escaped peril. By contrast, there were no inventories of torpedoes, rebuilding of shuttles, repairing of the hull or permanent scars because Voyager was not a dark, brooding show about worst case scenarios. It was not a slow, plodding show about day-to-day chores. And it was not a soap-operatic show that required its viewers to tune in every week in order to understand what was going on. I know some people wish it had been that kind of show. To some, a dark, brooding, slow, non-episodic show is what constitutes "good entertainment. But others of us preferred Voyager the way it was, and in the end, the difference of opinion comes down to style and preference, not realism and plausibility.

 

[Tim Thomason]

During "Unimatrix Zero" Captain Janeway's hair and Lt. Torres's hair was completely shaved off as they were Borg. Yet by the end of the episode they had their hair back in perfect condition? Wait, what? Setting aside that they had all of their implants removed with seemingly no issues/problems (with the very next episode even addressing that it wasn't so easy to remove implants with Seven - "Imperfection") and there was absolutely no scarring by the next episode, I don't get this. There was no explanation for it either. Did the doctor use some type of hair follicle growth stimulant to get their hair back? If so, why'd Captain Picard have to go around bald when he had hair when he was younger (unless you go by "Nemesis" in which case he didn't).

Likewise, we saw the Delta Flyer destroyed - but by the next episode they had completely re-built the Delta Flyer? Did they just have all the parts lying around to rebuild it from scratch? If so, why didn't they just build multiple Delta Flyers to begin with as opposed to just one of them? Not to mention the serious damage the Voyager took in the damage in attacking to the Borg ship but by the next episode there was no damage to the ship's hull at all? Did they stop off at a starbase for a few weeks with hundreds of around the clock repair maintenance personnel hanging around the Delta quadrant we're not privy to for that type of serious damage?

This is the type of stuff on 'Voyager' that annoys me to no end - it doesn't make any sense at all. And it takes the series out of any type of believable realm - even for Star Trek.

They wore wigs.

 

[Sophie74656]

Sometimes, I think questions of realism have to take a back seat to questions of good entertainment.

Some people in the 24th century are bald, like Picard and Zimmerman, because the actors who play them are bald. Maybe that's an unsatisfying answer, but it would be more unsatisfying to miss out on Patrick Stewart and Robert Picardo's performances or to force them to wear cheesy hairpieces or to bog down the story with treknobabble about why their hair doesn't grow.

Similarly, on Voyager, torpedoes were expended, shuttles were destroyed, the ship's hull was damaged and characters were assimilated by the Borg because Voyager was a show about fun adventure and nearly-escaped peril. By contrast, there were no inventories of torpedoes, rebuilding of shuttles, repairing of the hull or permanent scars because Voyager was not a dark, brooding show about worst case scenarios. It was not a slow, plodding show about day-to-day chores. And it was not a soap-operatic show that required its viewers to tune in every week in order to understand what was going on. I know some people wish it had been that kind of show. To some, a dark, brooding, slow, non-episodic show is what constitutes "good entertainment. But others of us preferred Voyager the way it was, and in the end, the difference of opinion comes down to style and preference, not realism and plausibility.

This!!!!!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

There was a "test" effects shot showing the undocking and departure of the Aeroshuttle, wasn't there?

I heard that the reason they didn't use the Aeroshuttle was because they'd have to show the underside of Voyager with the shuttle missing (thus precluding the use of stock footage) but I don't see why a piece of hull couldn't have slid or beamed into place while the shuttle is away. Thus making the ship look exactly the same whether or not the Aeroshuttle is there.

As for being bald: What @KelisThePoet said. Some people just choose to be bald. Or they don't care if they are. Not everybody wants hair - some people think they look better without it.

 

[Paul Weaver]

In the future, being bald is a choice. Everyone's emulating their childhood hero and the reason they all went into Starfleet - Badass Captain Richard P. Robau.
The Doc even cosplays as him in "Endgame"

Janeway was bald after being borged, but hair returned by folical replacement or stumulation. Sisko was bald by choice - he shaved his head when the station had the defence upgrades, he had a feeling that the Klingons would find him more menacing. Picard was bald by choice - he tried it at the academy (picture in tapestry), many people do that, and decided to stick with it later in life too in homage to his only competent male predecessor, who was also bald but had issues at the time with the CinC Admiral Robau, and thus wore a wig.

 

[Lynx]

I still consider the threatement that The Doctor provided them with did include stimulation of their follicles with the Bermanbraga Super Shampoo.

 

[Six of Twelve]

As others have said, the Doc simply stimulated their hair follicles as he did previously with Seven of Nine. As for getting the colors and styles right, I imagine he simply used whatever pertinent data from the last time they'd used the transporters.

What puzzles me more is that it was said that the Doc had removed most, but not all of their implants. What implants were these that they had to keep and where were they? Obviously somewhere under their clothing where they'd not show. And I imagine they'd have to retain a certain amount of nanoprobes in their systems permanently, though lying dormant - Picard, too. I also wonder if they needed to use the regeneration alcoves, even for a short time.