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Seven of Nine (born Annika Hansen) is a fictional character who appears in seasons four through seven of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek: Voyager''. Portrayed by Jeri Ryan, she is a former Borg drone who joins the crew of the Federation starship ''Voyager''. Her full Borg designation is Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One. The character was a replacement for Kes, and was intended to introduce a foil to Captain Kathryn Janeway in a similar manner as Spock in ''Star Trek: The Original Series''. Seven was introduced in the second part of the episode "Scorpion", the first episode of the fourth season. The character continued to appear throughout the series until the final episode, "Endgame". Stories related to her relationships with Captain Janeway and The Doctor appeared throughout the series, and she was involved in a romantic relationship with Chakotay towards the end of season seven. Several episodes such as "The Raven" explored her background and younger life as Annika Hansen before she was assimilated by the Borg. ==Concept and development== Following the third season of ''Star Trek: Voyager'', the production team decided that the main cast character of Kes was to be dropped from the show. It was decided that Captain Kathryn Janeway needed a contrasting character, and so Seven of Nine was developed to provide this new angle. In addition, it had been a previous ''Star Trek'' staple to have a character that could provide a third-person view on the human condition. Prior examples had been Spock in ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' and Data in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. After being cast, actress Jeri Ryan acknowledged she had hardly even seen ''Star Trek'', and had no idea what the Borg were. To prepare her, the producers gave her a copy of ''Star Trek: First Contact'' and the ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'' the day before she was due to test for the part.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/ryan/page1.shtml )〕 She was specifically told not to base her performance on the Borg Queen from the film as she was a "completely different animal and () were creating something entirely new". Her acting experience up until this point had consisted of television movies, guest appearances as well as ''Dark Skies''.〔 Her audition process consisted of two readings for the producers, before Ryan was asked to come in to talk through the part with the executive producers, Jeri Taylor, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. Following this, she tested for the network and was told that her option had been picked up.〔 She remarked of her experience of joining the team on ''Voyager'', "It was a little awkward since the cast had been together for three years already. And one of the original characters was being written out pretty much at the same time I was being added. But the cast was terrific, and very welcoming."〔 Although she wore extensive make-up for her first appearances, including an eye-piece that fell off when she smiled, her typical make-up regime took around 45 minutes, with the attachment of the Borg appliance above her eye taking an additional 15 minutes. Her hairstyling usually took as long as that combined. In the following years, the ''Voyager'' writers wrote several plot lines revolving around Seven's exploration of the positive and negative sides of human individuality. The cyborg nature of the character is seen as representing a challenge to "simple conceptions of connections/disconnections between bodies." Ryan maintained that the main topic about Seven was "humanity" and stated that her character was pivotal to the success of the show, because she "brought conflict to the show, which was sadly lacking. ... The ''Voyager'' crew was just one big happy family." After the addition of the former Borg drone to the starship's crew at the start of the fourth season of ''Voyager'', the shows' weekly viewer ratings increased by more than 60%. Ryan's arrival on the show was accompanied by a massive publicity campaign in TV magazines and newspaper supplements.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/ryan/page3.shtml )〕 Ryan thought that the increase may have been because of the way the character looked, but maintained that those viewers would have been retained by the writing on the show. She also remarked that "combining non-human qualities with an attractive human appearance," as in Seven's character, was a great move by the producers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/ryan/page5.shtml )〕 She felt that the writers did a good job in not pushing the character to be more human and having Seven enter into relationships on the show, Ryan was concerned that it could have turned out to be "Seven's sexual escapades on ''Voyager''". In terms of portrayal, she said that "keeping a straight face" while showing suppressed emotion was an enjoyable challenge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/ryan/page7.shtml )〕 Regarding her form-fitting one-piece costume, Ryan commented that it was extremely impractical and uncomfortable, but worth the reward of portraying a character like Seven.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/ryan/page8.shtml )〕 Although Seven was originally introduced as a foil for Captain Janeway, with the two of them proving to be very adversarial, they gained mutual respect of each other as time went by. Ryan later described this as a mother-daughter relationship on the show, although she said that the writers had managed to make the character into more of an unruly teenager.〔 However, the inclusion of Seven of Nine as a primary character for the show alongside Janeway and the Doctor was criticised by other actors such as Robert Beltran, who played Chakotay. He felt that his character, along with Harry Kim, Tuvok and Neelix had been overlooked. As the end of the series approached, Ryan remarked that she would "love to do something without special effects or rubber glued to my face, it'd be a nice change of pace." When asked about the plot for the series finale, "Endgame", she revealed that the producers were making sure that leaks didn't occur by not telling the cast what they had planned.〔 Following the end of ''Voyager'', Ryan joined the main cast of ''Boston Public'', comparing her new character of Ronnie with Seven of Nine, saying "() had all of these emotions, she just wasn't comfortable expressing them, and didn't really know how to express them; Ronnie, my character on Boston Public, is quite comfortable expressing them, and is fairly free with her expressions, I think. So it's going to be a lot of fun. It's going to be much more free, as far as the acting style." Ryan said that she had several favourite Seven of Nine episodes, including "The Gift", "The Raven", "Revulsion", "Hunters", "Prey" and the two-part "The Killing Game".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seven of Nine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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