Casting
Robert Picardo initially auditioned for Neelix. Despite Ethan Phillips getting the part, Picardo was asked by the producers to come back and audition for the Doctor—something that shocked him, because usually actors would be passed over completely. During his audition for the role of the Doctor, Robert Picardo was asked only to say, "Somebody forgot to terminate my program." However, he then ad-libbed, "I'm a doctor, not a nightlight!" (Picardo was initially afraid that he may have ruined his chances—ad-libbing, he explained, was something that one just "did not do" in an audition.)
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