Best known for playing The Doctor in all seven seasons of "Star Trek: Voyager" and in other "Star Trek" projects, Robert Picardo took part in a different side of war on screen prior to joining the famed sci-fi franchise. The Vietnam War drama "China Beach" aired four seasons on ABC from 1988 to 1991, telling the stories of doctors, nurses, and other personnel stationed at an evacuation hospital during the conflict. Starring alongside "Desperate Housewives" star Dana Delany's Captain Colleen McMurphy, Picardo played Captain Dick Richard, a surgeon who was drafted into the war. By choosing to focus more on medical professionals and civilians instead of soldiers alone, "China Beach" offered a compelling wartime narrative that most critics enjoyed. Away from the front lines, the characters of "China Beach" faced different challenges, but still dealt with the struggle of being far from home and embroiled in a cause they had no say in.