Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Seven Of Nine
4. Seven Was The Wild Child In Brannon Braga's Eyes
The Emergency Medical Hologram had started life as the stand-in Data or Spock character on Star Trek: Voyager, Tuvok notwithstanding as the Vulcan on board. However, for Brannon Braga, the character simply wasn't compelling enough to honour a legacy of the strive to become more human.
He looked to the true story of Victory of Aveyron, or The Wild Child, that had been depicted on film in 1970 by Francois Truffaut, which in turn was based on the study by Dr. Jean Marc Gaspard Itard in 18th century France.
Victor was a young boy who had been raised by Wolves from a young age, discovered again by humans, and reintroduced to society. He struggled initially, unable to communicate verbally - never having learned to speak French. However, under the care of Itard, he learned to function around humans again, though it took quite a while.
It from this that Seven sprang, removed from the Collective after spending most of her life with them. She needs to learn how to communicate as an individual, while also attempting to understand what it means to be a part of a crew. Both Seven and Victor need time to adjust, though, through the patient tutelage of a mentor, they both flourished.