How Old Was Janeway Supposed to Be?

[Ro_Laren]

How old was Kathryn Janeway (Mulgrew's version) supposed to be during the seven years Voyager was stranded in the Delta Quadrant? I think at some point I figured that she was 39 in Season 1 and 47 in Season 7, but I don't remember where I came up with those figures. I think I must have been using the stardates listed on StarTrek.com and combined it with other timeline's online. I must have figured that some seasons last more than one year as I had her at 47 by Season 7...

 

[Ro_Laren]

Hmmm... the timeline I made before said that Season 7 took place from 2377-2378. Who knows why I listed it like that?

 

[kimc]

I've heard everything from 35 to 39 during "Caretaker" - I guess pick a number and add seven.

 

[The Grim Ghost]

40ish is probably the closest we can get.

 

[Myasishchev]

85. The future is awesome.

 

[Guy Gardener]

85. The future is awesome.

HA!

When I went to the Star Trek Exhibit that toured the planet, they had a timeline in a glass case that said that Deanna and kathy were born the same year... i wonder if they Took marina into account when they made that decision? Did they do it because the actresses are the same age, look the same age or act the same age?

 

[The Grim Ghost]

Humans still seem to look the same age they would in our time. But they are seemingly much more active and healthy, if we use Picard as an example. I guess everyone is too evolved to want to use plastic surgery to make themselves look younger

What is the average lifespan for humans in the TNG time period? We know McCoy is incredibly old, but is that the norm?

I'm guessing 110-120 is average, though I have nothing to back that up.

 

[Guy Gardener]

McCoy was 137 and if he could grow new kidneys with a pill, I doubt that there was much else he couldn't replace with a pill if he felt like it.

Here's a phrase I just adore.

"Fallout from the Eugenics War."

But instead of hard radiation making mutants from the usual sort of fallout, you've instead got fallen supermen and their children interbreeding with genejokes for hundreds of years till everyone is smarter and stronger and faster whether they like it or not.

 

[Dark Gilligan]

Kate Mulgrew was 40 during VOY's first season, so there's your baseline. Adjust accordingly.

 

[kimc]

Kate Mulgrew was 40 during VOY's first season, so there's your baseline. Adjust accordingly.

Actors don't always play characters the same age as they are.

 

[Tomalak]

She's always 47. Everything else in Star Trek is 47 - Douglas Adams was five short.

 

[The Grim Ghost]

McCoy was 137 and if he could grow new kidneys with a pill, I doubt that there was much else he couldn't replace with a pill if he felt like it.

Here's a phrase I just adore.

"Fallout from the Eugenics War."

But instead of hard radiation making mutants from the usual sort of fallout, you've instead got fallen supermen and their children interbreeding with genejokes for hundreds of years till everyone is smarter and stronger and faster whether they like it or not.

I was assuming that McCoy had made it a lot longer than average..but again I have nothing to back that up. Just the feeling I always got from it. Like the average person today making it to around 75, but you still have the odd person making it to 100 plus. I was thinking 110-120 might be average but sometimes you find people making it to 130-140 or so.

The Eugenics War idea is quite possible.

 

[exodus]

Old enough to where she couldn't have children anymore.

I assumed that was another reason she was broken up by the combo of loosing Mark & the death of Seven in by time we get "Endgame". I doubt she'd remain grieving all those years gone by if she could of married and had a family of her own.

 

[Dark Gilligan]

Kate Mulgrew was 40 during VOY's first season, so there's your baseline. Adjust accordingly.

Actors don't always play characters the same age as they are.

Hence the "Adjust accordingly."

 

[kimc]

Old enough to where she couldn't have children anymore.

I assumed that was another reason she was broken up by the combo of loosing Mark & the death of Seven in by time we get "Endgame". I doubt she'd remain grieving all those years gone by if she could of married and had a family of her own.

Are you talking about the captain or the admiral? The captain was capable of bearing children in Season 2 ("Threshold") and in Season 3 ("Q and the Gray"). After that it's anyone's guess but you can never assume - it's different for every woman.

 

[exodus]

Old enough to where she couldn't have children anymore.

I assumed that was another reason she was broken up by the combo of loosing Mark & the death of Seven in by time we get "Endgame". I doubt she'd remain grieving all those years gone by if she could of married and had a family of her own.

Are you talking about the captain or the admiral? The captain was capable of bearing children in Season 2 ("Threshold") and in Season 3 ("Q and the Gray"). After that it's anyone's guess but you can never assume - it's different for every woman.

Both, I guess.

By season 5, she isn't even considering a family anymore. I assumed it was their way of saying her chances were over. However, Q & the Grey is odd. How exactly would a human have sex with a Q? I would think a Q could make immaculate conception possable.

However, Trek medical science has bent & broken so many times. Who knows what is factual anymore.

 

[Lynx]

According to the book "Star Trek Chronology", Chakotay was born in 2335 which means that he was 35-36 years old at the time for the events in Caretaker. My guess is that Janeway was about the same age in 2371.

According to Memory Alpha, Janeway was born on May 20 in Bloomington, Indiana, on Earth. (VOY: "Year of Hell", "Imperfection")

According to an okudagram shown in "The Killing Game", she was born in 2344, however, this would mean she was only 27 in 2371 when she took command of the USS Voyager. For comparison, Mulgrew was 39 when she took the role. Not having played tennis for 19 years since high school in 2373, Janeway was probably around the age of 35 when Voyager's mission began, placing her actual year of birth closer to 2336.

An Okudagram biography on the video game Starship Creator Warp II states her birthdate as 2332.

Kate Mulgrew stated in an interview on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (18 May 2001) that Admiral Janeway was 76 in "Endgame". It had taken her 23 years to return to Earth and they were celebrating the ten year anniversary at the beginning of the episode, making the year 2404, which puts her year of birth in 2328.

 

[kimc]

By season 5, she isn't even considering a family anymore.

Based on what?

According to the book "Star Trek Chronology", Chakotay was born in 2335 which means that he was 35-36 years old at the time for the events in Caretaker. My guess is that Janeway was about the same age in 2371.

Funny how Chakotay seemed to get younger during the show. In the first season he was supposed to be in his forties. Then the Chronology came out at the end of the series and he lost ten years. Wouldn't we all love to be able to do that?

According to Memory Alpha, Janeway was born on May 20 in Bloomington, Indiana, on Earth. (VOY: "Year of Hell", "Imperfection")

According to an okudagram shown in "The Killing Game", she was born in 2344, however, this would mean she was only 27 in 2371 when she took command of the USS Voyager. For comparison, Mulgrew was 39 when she took the role. Not having played tennis for 19 years since high school in 2373, Janeway was probably around the age of 35 when Voyager's mission began, placing her actual year of birth closer to 2336.

An Okudagram biography on the video game Starship Creator Warp II states her birthdate as 2332.

Kate Mulgrew stated in an interview on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (18 May 2001) that Admiral Janeway was 76 in "Endgame". It had taken her 23 years to return to Earth and they were celebrating the ten year anniversary at the beginning of the episode, making the year 2404, which puts her year of birth in 2328.

Well that clears that up!

 

[Octavia]

Old enough to where she couldn't have children anymore.

I assumed that was another reason she was broken up by the combo of loosing Mark & the death of Seven in by time we get "Endgame". I doubt she'd remain grieving all those years gone by if she could of married and had a family of her own.

Given they've got Crusher pregnant again in TrekLit, apparently there's been a major change in fertility somewhere down the line...

 

[The Grim Ghost]

Old enough to where she couldn't have children anymore.

I assumed that was another reason she was broken up by the combo of loosing Mark & the death of Seven in by time we get "Endgame". I doubt she'd remain grieving all those years gone by if she could of married and had a family of her own.

Given they've got Crusher pregnant again in TrekLit, apparently there's been a major change in fertility somewhere down the line...

I'm sure that women can have children through most of their lives by that point. Even if they couldn't, we have the tech now to do the test tube baby thing, imagine how easy it must be by then!