A Fistful of Spooky Encounters
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Deep Space Nine
- TV SERIES
- 1993-1999
- 7 SEASONS
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- UNIVERSE ERA | 2369-2375
A century after the original Enterprise’ prims era, a new Enterprise and a new crew led by Jean Luc Picard take the mantle of going where no one has gone before…
Inside Trek/Outside Trek: Colm Meaney
To the entire Star Trek Universe, Colm Meaney will forever be remembered as The Chief. Making his first appearance in The Next Generations pilot as a […]
Production
Contrasting the USS Enterprise’s travels through the galaxy, Deep Space Nine was a show about building roots. Reluctantly assigned to help the newly formed Bajoran Government recover from a long and horrific Cardassian occupation, Benjamin Sisko and his crew discover the only known stable wormhole, making Bajor a strategically vital outpost acting as a crossroads to new worlds on the other side.
Originally airing from 1993 to 1999, the series became known for its character development and long-running story arcs. Many fans and critics consider it one of the most ambitious and mature entries in the Star Trek franchise due to how it examines and challenges how the ideals of the United Federation of Planets hold up under prolonged political and military pressure alongside it’s exploration of faith, loyalty and how the cast developed and expanded due to it’s rooted setting.
Seasons
- Season 1, 20 Episodes (1993)
- Season 2, 26 Episodes (1993/94)
- Season 3, 26 Episodes (1994/95)
- Season 4, 26 Episodes (1995/96)
- Season 5, 26 Episodes (1996/97)
- Season 6, 26 Episodes (1997/98)
- Season 7, 26 Episodes (1998/99)
Series Cast
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
- Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
- Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien
- Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Armin Shimmerman as Quark
- Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko
- Michael Dorn as Worf
- Nicole DeBoer as Ezri Daz
Also Starring...
- Aron Eisenberg as Nog
- Max Grodénchik as Rom
- Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat
- Andrew Robinson as Garak
- Jeffrey Combs as Weyounn / Brunt
- JG Hertzler as Martok
- Casey Biggs as Damar
- Rosalind Chao as Keiko O'Brien
- Penny Johnson as Kassidy Yates
- Louise Fletcher as Kai Wynn
- Salome Jens as The Founder
Notable Awards
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ASCAP Award 1996, 1997, 1998
Top TV Series -
Primetime Emmy 1993
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects -
Primetime Emmy 1995
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series -
Art Directors Guild 1998
Excellence in Production Design Award; Television Series
Previously....
Inside Trek/Outside Trek: Alexander Siddig
Introduced as a naive young doctor with a saviour complex, Julian Bashir's seven years on Deep Space Nine transformed the doctor into a complex favourite who's strong moral compass ans passion for helping others becoming a core aspect of his character. Over the course of his seven years on the show, Siddig led Bashir through a complex relationship with Cardassian Tailor Garak, a developing close friendship with Mile O'Brien, and everything from medical drama's to war epics to spy drama's while also revealing that he's been illegally genetically augmented as a child. Each moment showing Bashir's idealistic passion, charm and grace as he remained one of the few to stay behind on the Bajoran station by the series' end. From his teens to his twenties, Siddig worked mostly in theatre with only two screen credits by the time he was […]
A Fistful of Vulcan Emotions
Being a key element in the Sstar Trek lore from the very beginning, Vulcan mythology can often seem distorted by simplicity. Seen as a stoney emotionless species, their society is built on logic and science in helping them understand and navigate through the complexities of the universe. Though when it comes to them being emotionless, nothing could be farther from the truth. Once a volatile and primitive species, the Vulcan culture came from the teaching of Surak who learned to repress his violent urges and find peace within logical thought. Surak's teachings would become the basis for Vulcan core values for centuries. When it came to the original series, Vulcans were introduced through Spock – a half Vulcan with a human mother who often wrestled with the cultural norm of repressing emotions alongside the human half's more emotional state. Over […]
No One Expects The Starfleet Inquisition! Retro Review: Inquisition, DS9 S6E18
Stopped from heading to a quiet medical conference, Doctor Bashir is locked down with the crew of Deep Space Nine when internal investigations officer Sloan arrives. Apparently Deep Space Nine has a security breach. Information's being leaked to the enemy and all leads point to one person: Julian Bashir. It's a nice rarity when this era of Star Trek plays out it's story of the week without a B-Plot and Inquisition does it all quiet nicely. Especially as everything's played out from the perspective of Bashir as he's separated from his colleagues which enhances the tense paranoia of whats happening as Sloan probes through evidence that points to the doctor betraying the Federation. Thematically it's a story told many times before, even previously told in Star Trek, but with DS9's tone becoming a little darker by this stage, it worked […]
[Retro Review] What You Leave Behind; DS9 Series Finale
In comparison to it's predecessors, Deep Space Nine is a show that built on it's concept expanding in story, setting and character unlike we'd seen before. In bringing the series to a close, it wasn't just a one and done grand finale. It was the culmination of story threads reaching back from the beginning; from the spiritual state of Bajor and the aliens they heralded as Gods, to the slow creeping Dominion threat that became all out war that dragged in nearly every faction that set foot on the station.
A Fistful Of Times The Prime Directive Was Ignored
Since the early years of Star Trek, the Prime Directive has been one of the key elements of Starfleet's exploration. Sometimes cited as General Order One, the Prime Directive was implemented as an ethical rule to ensure Starfleet and the Federation stayed neutral in the wider galaxy and ensured non interference in any culture or civilisation.
[Retro Review] The Way of the Warrior (DS9 Season 4)
Whenever you ask a DS9 fan where to start, the answer is rarely from the beginning. The first seasons of the show were good, sometimes great. The foundations were laid for a darker show than the flagship adventures of the Enterprise We had Federation turncoats in the Maquis; an uneasy peace between Bajor and their former oppressors in Cardassia; there was politics and religion crossing over on all fronts and from the end of season two we had the Dominion lurking on the far side of the wormhole teasing their incoming takeover of Federation Space.
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