Nominated for 30 Emmys, including seven for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, Star Trek: Voyager continues the rich tradition of the original 1960s Star Trek franchise. Created by former L.A. police officer Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek TV series morphed into a franchise famous for the unprecedented fanatical devotion of its fan base. Lasting only three seasons during its original network run, Star Trek struck gold with its syndicated reruns, launching a number of motion pictures featuring the original cast as well as novels, comic books, collectibles, and reams of Star Trek-related memorabilia. The third spin-off from the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager premiered in January 1995 to modest critical acclaim, but experienced great success with television viewers, slowly increasing its ratings as the series progressed. Following on the heels of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), the series precedes Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) while boasting an all-star cast that includes veteran actress Kate Mulgrew (whose past TV appearances include such shows as Dallas, Cheers, and Murphy Brown). Yet instead of pursuing the classic Star Trek mission to "boldly go where no one has gone before," Star Trek: Voyager is more about going where the crew has been before

Star Trek: Voyager follows the exploits of the crew aboard the starship USS Voyager. As the series begins, the Voyager is on a Federation mission to capture a rogue ship of Maquis rebels (a race first introduced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). While in pursuit of the Maquis, the Voyager enters a system known as the badlands, and both ships are instantaneously transported to the Delta Quadrant over seventy-thousand light years away on the outskirts of the galaxy. Soon, both the Maquis and the crew of Voyager learn they were brought to Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker, a mysterious force overseeing the safety of the Ocampan race who live in the shadow on an impending threat from the vicious Kazon. When the Kazon destroy the Maquis ship, the Voyager crew merges with the Maquis crew to defend themselves from the Kazon. Having destroyed the device which could bring them home, the crew of the Voyager - led by Capt. Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), and the crew of the Maquis ship - led by Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran), must work as a united front in order to meet their mutual goal of finding a way home

The Star Trek: Voyager (Season 3) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere "Basics" in which the crew must get "back to basics" when the Kazon take possession of the Voyager and abandon the crew on an infant planet gripped in the earliest stages of evolutionary process. Only Tom Paris and Lon Suder manage to evade capture, and the fate of the entire Voyager crew rests on their ability to devise a plan for retaking the ship Other notable episodes from Season 3 include "Warlord" in which the dying alien Tieran manages to teleport his conscious mind into the body of a Voyager crewmember and use his host in order to return to his home planet where he is attempting a takeover, and "Favorite Son" in which a Voyager rendezvous with an unexplored region of space leads Harry Kim to the discovery of his true biological bloodline

Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: Voyager (Season 3) DVD:

Episode 43 (Basics) Air Date: 09-04-1996
Episode 44 (Flashback) Air Date: 09-11-1996
Episode 45 (The Chute) Air Date: 09-18-1996
Episode 46 (The Swarm) Air Date: 09-25-1996
Episode 47 (False Profits) Air Date: 10-02-1996
Episode 48 (Remember) Air Date: 10-09-1996
Episode 49 (Sacred Ground) Air Date: 10-30-1996
Episode 50 (Future's End: Part 1) Air Date: 11-06-1996
Episode 51 (Future's End: Part 2) Air Date: 11-13-1996
Episode 52 (Warlord) Air Date: 11-20-1996
Episode 53 (The Q and the Grey) Air Date: 11-27-1996
Episode 54 (Macrocosm) Air Date: 12-11-1996
Episode 55 (Fair Trade) Air Date: 01-08-1997
Episode 56 (Alter Ego) Air Date: 01-15-1997
Episode 57 (Coda) Air Date: 01-29-1997
Episode 58 (Blood Fever) Air Date: 02-05-1997
Episode 59 (Unity) Air Date: 02-12-1997
Episode 60 (The Darkling) Air Date: 02-19-1997
Episode 61 (Rise) Air Date: 02-26-1997
Episode 62 (Favorite Son) Air Date: 03-19-1997
Episode 63 (Before and After) Air Date: 04-09-1997
Episode 64 (Real Life) Air Date: 04-23-1997
Episode 65 (Distant Origin) Air Date: 04-30-1997
Episode 66 (Worst Case Scenario) Air Date: 05-07-1997
Episode 67 (Displaced) Air Date: 05-14-1997
Episode 68 (Scorpion: Part 1) Air Date: 05-21-1997