u/SeaweedOk1223

This is driving me crazy so many times! When they put the Doctor into his mobile emitter and he goes on a dangerous away mission, why do they not keep a copy of him in the ship's computer/holodeck/sick bay? His copy might get new memories, yes, but they could either get merged (like we synchronize or files) or deleted if they cause trouble (like in "Latent Image")

Especially the episodes where they send him to the Alpha quadrant and are unsure if/when they get him back. What I ended up losing it over was "Virtuoso", where he decided to leave the ship and live as an opera diva. Why did they not simply make a copy, put it in the holo emitter and send him to the planet while keeping an intact Doctor on Voyager?