Welcome back to Character Insight! This week, we review Timothy Lang, a security officer who appears on several episodes of Voyager.
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Lang is a technician who works in the security branch of Voyager under Commander Tuvok's leadership. He is seen in many such contexts in this role, including on the bridge station and as a guard in the brig. One such example of his brig duty is shown in the episode Thirty Days, where he must escort Tom Paris to the brig and guard him until Voyager comes under attack.
Like other background characters, we also see Lang in other non-duty contexts. He is asleep in sickbay when a deuterium shortage forces him and the other patients to evacuate sickbay to conserve ship resources. He is also seen in receptions in the mess hall, such as in the episode Someone to Watch Over Me.
He also shows up as a part of away missions, such as when he accompanies Harry Kim and the Doctor on a rescue mission that ends up being for a Druoda missile. He is instructed to watch the missile and keep it company while the other crewmates debate whether to beam this missile back to the ship.
QUOTE? (from Warhead)
Timothy Lang is confirmed to be one of the casualties on board when those are listed on a readout in the final season episode Imperfection. No details are known about this death of the technician. Lang appears in over 10 episodes, but he's just a consistent background face like so many others in the Voyager series.
Regular background actor Sylvester Foster played Lang in all appearances, despite not being credited for this role. Sly Foster also appeared in the movie First Contact and in other roles on Voyager, as a stand-in or a background character. He also recurs in the background of many other shows like The Shield, Dexter, and Castle. He continues to act and work as a TV producer today at the age of 61.
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