'Dreadnaught'

Stardate: 49399.9
Written By: Gary Holland
Directed By: LeVar Burton
Rating: **3/4 (out of 5)

�Dreadnought� was acted well, it was directed well.  The writing could�ve been better, but with so much potential why didn�t I like it that much?

To be honest I�m not quite sure.  Two elements that I found unbelievable though was the fact that they came across the missile that was in almost perfect shape, the other that B�Elanna, no matter how good she is at Engineering, could redesign something to become so clever that she can barely stop it.

How does Dreadnought re-fuel itself?  It has been travelling for slightly longer than Voyager has, and yet it doesn�t need any kind of refueling?  Yeah, whatever.  Perhaps I�m nitpicking, but that is a major factor in the missile�s journey because this situation wouldn�t have happened.

Perhaps the main reason for me not liking �Dreadnought� too much is that despite the drastic measures taken, what use or purpose does this episode have?  Some episodes can do without the SFX, character interaction or whatever if they are fun to watch.

But �Dreadnought� isn�t all that fun to watch.  If it had some good character work or something more involved in it than I would like it better.  But there is no lasting impact that we�ll see from these events.

Voyager makes a new friend - but we probably will never see them again.  B�Elanna could�ve been responsible for the deaths of millions - but she saves them anyway.  B�Elanna almost dies in there - well we know she�ll be fit and ready for next time.  Janeway sets the ship on Auto Destruct - but it was aborted, naturally within sweating distance of detonation.

I did however enjoy the Doctor scenes, especially when Janeway tells him that she had forgotten him, and there was amusing deception from the missile, and Roxann Biggs� acting was nice, but nothing that had me intrigued.

So in ending, what �Dreadnought� needed was more substance.  It had all the ingredients, but not enough salt and pepper, so to speak.