10 Most Inappropriate Star Trek: Voyager Moments
10. The Doctor Made Some Additions To His Program - Message In A Bottle
This episode is a perfect example of a fleeting sexual connotation in an episode focused on a completely different topic. In Message in a Bottle, the Doctor is sent to another Starfleet ship in the Alpha Quadrant via seemingly abandoned alien sensor stations. His mission: tell the people on the ship that the Voyager crew is alive. What he finds is Romulans have taken over the ship and he and the EMH on that ship have to save the day. So begins an intense episode in which the two holograms fight to get the ship back into Starfleet's hands.
During one of his first encounters with the other EMH, the Doctor regales him with tales of his adventures in the Delta Quadrant and all the things he can do. Additions to his program are the main topic of discussion and he then proudly reveals that thanks to additions to his program he has been able to have sexual relations. The shocked EMH then asks if he would be able to download those subroutines before the Doctor leaves.
This revelation sent imaginations racing. Did the Doctor not have a certain body part, or did he simply download some moves into his program? It's an intriguing concept that is reminiscent of Data in Next Generation declaring he is fully functional. The randomness of this revelation adds to the shock experienced by viewers after it is disclosed.