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

[Sophie74656]

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.

Well it was shown that Picard could still hear the collective in First Contact so he did have something left in him. But he was a different drone all together.

I always figured that he couldn't remove all of Seven's technology because she was assimilated as a child so her body grew with those implants and relied on them. The others were assimilated as fully developed adults so I assumed it was easier to remove everything.

though I do think it would have been interesting to see some lingering effects, some residual implants or an episode where the three of them shared a mini collective.

 

[Six of Twelve]

Well it was shown that Picard could still hear the collective in First Contact so he did have something left in him. But he was a different drone all together.

I always figured that he couldn't remove all of Seven's technology because she was assimilated as a child so her body grew with those implants and relied on them. The others were assimilated as fully developed adults so I assumed it was easier to remove everything.

though I do think it would have been interesting to see some lingering effects, some residual implants or an episode where the three of them shared a mini collective.

But it said at the end of U0 that the Doc was able to remove MOST of their implants, but not all, so the three of them still have something left, which don't show while they're vlothed.

 

[Sophie74656]

But it said at the end of U0 that the Doc was able to remove MOST of their implants, but not all, so the three of them still have something left, which don't show while they're vlothed.

Yeah so I wonder what they were left with

 

[φ of π]

It's lucky that they all have both their eyes and arms intact. Assimilation-resistant "plot armor", perhaps?

 

[Six of Twelve]

It's lucky that they all have both their eyes and arms intact. Assimilation-resistant "plot armor", perhaps?

Yeah, I found it a bit eye rolling that none of the three had eye pieces, nor mechanical arms. The eye pieces, at least, were pretty much standard for every drone.

 

[Tracy Trek]

Didn't all the Borg kids still have their biological eyes? Maybe because they weren't fully matured.

 

[Six of Twelve]

Didn't all the Borg kids still have their biological eyes? Maybe because they weren't fully matured.

I'll have to watch it again, but I think First had the eye.

 

[LJones41]

Janeway and Torres got their hair back in the same manner as Seven got hers . . . follicle stimulation, thanks to the Doctor. Actually, Tuvok's natural hair was given the same process.

 

[φ of π]

Janeway and Torres got their hair back in the same manner as Seven got hers . . . follicle stimulation, thanks to the Doctor. Actually, Tuvok's natural hair was given the same process.

Ugh, now I have the thought of "other" hair being stimulated to grow and I need brain bleach. Thanks for that.