Ardon Broht was a Bolian in the 24th century who worked for the publishing company Broht & Forrester. In 2378, Broht agreed to publish the holonovel Photons Be Free, written by The Doctor aboard USS Voyager. Broht thought it had great potential. When The Doctor asked him to hold off distributing the novel, pending revision, Broht went ahead and published it anyway. He then refused to withdraw it, asserting that The Doctor had no rights to the novel as he was a hologram, not a person.