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[edit] The Doctor Scrubbing

The Doctor sings in Sick Bay which Kes finds peculiar. He does this while "scrubbing", using what looks like a 24th-century equivalent, a red light which probably irradiates or eliminates any surface chemicals or germs. My question is: Why would a *holographic* Doctor would need to scrub in order to clean his hands?

Perhaps he doesn't need to--his program is malfunctioning, perhaps he has forgotten he doesn't need to scrub. Later he doesn't seem to understand that he's a hologram (asking why he can't go into the corridor, and looking puzzled at Kes's response.