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Twenty years ago, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/em> debuted on television.<\/p>\n Deep Space Nine<\/em> was the third televised series, but unlike the first two, it took place on a space station, not a starship, and that was deliberate, according to Co-creator Michael Piller<\/strong>. “Coming with the wind at our backs, it really felt as if we had figured out what made Star Trek<\/em> work, and that we could bring all the vision that Gene Roddenberry<\/strong> had about space and the future to a different kind of franchise,” he said. “We didn\u2019t want to have another series of shows about space travel.”<\/p>\n The pilot Emissary<\/em> did well, ranking first in five major markets; New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, and Washington D.C.<\/p>\n Deep Space Nine<\/em> not only featured a strong ensemble cast, but some of the best recurring guest characters in Star Trek<\/em>, including Garak, Gul Dukat, Weyoun and Damar. Viewers were also introduced to the Vorta, the Changelings, and the Jem’Hadar.<\/p>\n Unlike the original series and The Next Generation<\/em>, Deep Space Nine<\/em> had continuing story arcs, especially in the later series with the advent of the Dominion War.<\/p>\n Often considered a darker, grittier Trek, Deep Space Nine<\/em> was either loved or hated by Trek fans, but the show did well enough to run a full seven seasons.<\/p>\n For this Star Trek<\/em> fan (dating back to 1971), Deep Space Nine<\/em> was the second best televised Trek series, coming in just behind the original series in quality. Rich characters and interesting stories made Deep Space Nine<\/em> a must-see, with comedy episodes such as The Magnificent Ferengi, In the Cards<\/em> and Take Me Out to the Holosuite<\/em>, and dramas such as In the Pale Moonlight, The Visitor<\/em> and Far Beyond the Stars<\/em>.<\/p>\n Happy Anniversary, Deep Space Nine<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Twenty years ago, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine debuted on television. Deep Space Nine was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2413,2663],"tags":[5186],"class_list":["post-22322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew","category-star-trek-ds9","tag-20th-anniversary"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T'Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"Cast & Crew<\/a> Star Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/a>","tag_info":"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine","comment_count":"70","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22328,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22322\/revisions\/22328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}