{"id":41445,"date":"2015-08-13T13:41:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T20:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=41445"},"modified":"2015-08-13T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T20:44:10","slug":"ten-things-i-love-about-star-trek-deep-space-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2015\/08\/ten-things-i-love-about-star-trek-deep-space-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten things I love about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It seems unbelievable to me that Deep Space Nine is now 22 years old. For no other reason than \u2018just because\u2019 I\u2019m sharing some of the reasons why I still love this show immensely. These are not deeply thought out \u2013 they are delivered almost off the cuff to see what things spring to my mind.<\/p>\n

I am mortified that Deep Space Nine may not get a Blu-ray release given the excellent remastering work on The Next Generation. I hope it gets its time to shine in HD.<\/p>\n

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  1. Changelings and Salome Jens. In early interviews Rene Auberjonois (Odo) thought that Odo wouldn\u2019t meet his people. But he did, and boy were they trouble. The whole Changeling arc was just brilliant\u2026 from their painful background hunted by solids, to leaders of the Dominion. Dilemmas abound for Odo, and scene-stealing scenes from Salome Jens (the female Shapeshifter). Just thinking of her speech \u201cThey’re dead, you’re dead, Cardassia is dead. Your people were doomed from the moment they attacked us\u201d sends shivers down the back of my neck as I write this paragraph.<\/li>\n
  2. The battles. Okay, I enjoy the space battles, so sue me. But Deep Space Nine took us to levels we\u2019d never seen in Star Trek before. Wolf 359 looks like a tea party with the Borg in comparison to the epic battles we got in Deep Space Nine. The Klingon attempt to take the station in \u201cThe Way of the Warrior\u201d, the Cardassians taking the station in a \u201cA Call to Arms\u201d, retaking of Deep Space Nine in \u201cA Call to Arms\u201d and then the demise of the Defiant in \u201cThe Changing Face of Evil\u201d all gave awesome moments. But it wasn\u2019t just a jolly for me \u2013 it also conveyed the horrific damage done to the Alpha Quadrant resulting from the Dominion influence.<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cWhispers\u201d. When I started with Deep Space Nine I didn\u2019t really like it. I was (quite) young, an ardent TNG fan and I saw DS9 as an imposter. Which is ironic, as it turned out to be my favourite Trek. But \u201cWhispers\u201d was the episode that changed everything. Not a widely acclaimed DS9, but for me one of its finest hours. The genuine intrigue and sinister vibe that the episode portrays throughout, followed by its shocking ending that Chief O\u2019Brien was an imposter just won me over. I started buying all the videos from that moment, and was a DS9 convert after this season two gem.<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cAnd now, the continuation\u201d. At the time I found the simple novelty of a three parter in season two great. Even if it did feel like 2 or 3 different episodes forced together.<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cIn the Pale Moonlight\/His Way\u201d. Arguably either of these episodes deserves its own entry \u2013 but for me the fact they were together in the episode order and on one VHS tape (ageing myself again) sums up DS9\u2019s brilliance. Two episodes of such contrasting content and tone \u2013 one of political intrigue and \u2018the road to hell\u2019, and the other a love story set in a big band era \u2013 yet both are so brilliant, and there\u2019s no feeling of collision between two very different stories. DS9\u2019s confidence at this point was well deserved and shone brightly with these episodes.<\/li>\n
  6. Vic Fontaine. Arguably just an extension of point five. But James Darren and the big band theme worked wonderfully with Deep Space Nine. I was listening to The Way You Look Tonight earlier today, I couldn’t help but grin at the line \u201cand that smile that wrinkles your nose\u201d and remembering Vic singing it to Kira. What show can have a moment resonate with such warmth 16 years later from a simple song?<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cDuet\u201d. Star Trek has a knack for doing its best work in bottle shows. Look to TNG\u2019s \u201cA Measure of a Man\u201d and \u201cThe Drumhead\u201d and then there\u2019s DS9\u2019s \u201cDuet\u201d. Slipped in at the end of a shaky, formative season. A low budget affair. But a story that offers a masterclass in performance from Nana Visitor and Harris Yulin. The end is annoyingly simplistic yet is absolutely heart breaking and is still one of Star Trek\u2019s finest hours.<\/li>\n
  8. Characters changed. I love TNG and I don\u2019t want this article to indicate otherwise. But did the characters really change? Picard remains Picard. But in Deep Space Nine, I can see the journey. Sisko, from bitter reluctant Emissary to the character we saw at the end. Kira, from terrorist fighter to running Deep Space Nine. Almost every character clearly changes from the first episode to the last and I love it.<\/li>\n
  9. No Borg. I still admire the show\u2019s stance in not resorting to the Borg. They tried Q and it failed quite badly. The Klingon war story and introduction of Worf was, let\u2019s be honest, not from a position of confidence but of defence. But through all this they never got tempted to play with the Borg, and I admire Deep Space Nine for trying not to jump on the Borg bandwagon. Something that Voyager and even Enterprise cannot say.<\/li>\n
  10. Louise Fletcher. Enough said.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What are your favourite moments? Sound off below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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