TREKCORE > VOY > EPISODES > TUVIX > Behind the Scenes

	The episode was originally entitled 'Symbiogenesis'. It was later changed to avoid confusion with TNG's "Symbiosis".
	Michael Piller: "Magazines come out and basically say that we're copying some other Star Trek episode, from the original series or TNG," referring to a review by 'Time' magazine about this episode which considered it derivative of TOS: The Enemy Within. In that episode Captain Kirk is separated into both the good and evil parts of his character. "You've got to do the best you can with what you have to work with and, as you've heard me say over and over again, you've got to keep new people coming in and pitching because otherwise we're going to be retreading on old ground. And it's healthy to keep people coming in the door, even if it's one out of fifty or a hundred with an original idea."
	Jeri Taylor: "The remarkable thing is that we found an actor [Tom Wright] who lets you actually buy this wacky premise because you believe this actor as Tuvok and you can buy him as Neelix. It's also what happens when the crew no longer has Tuvok and no longer has Neelix, but has this new entity, and the pressure brought to bear on Janeway as a result."
	Jennifer Lien, who plays Kes: "I like Kes. She's strong and curious and intelligent. We've developed the character and these traits over the past two seasons, but she's still a child in a way, with the same fears and inhibitions and worries that we all have. This kind of diversity in a character is challenging, and that's good."
	When footage is shown of Voyager orbiting the planet, with the ship seen from the rear in one set of footage and sort of from the front in the other set, this is used to indicate where Voyager is, as is the stock footage of Voyager cruising at warp speed in deep space. They are scene-setting shots. The two sets of footage shown of Voyager in orbit are noticeably used more than once each, for reasons of the show's production budget. This can be ascertained by a quick check of the planet surface's detail. This enabled me, without qualm, to use the same screenshots too! - one of Voyager from the rear, in orbit; one from the front, in orbit. The planet, both when seen while Voyager is in orbit, and the planet surface, looks very inviting.