After initially playing the personality clash between Bashir and Zimmermann for laughs, the episode’s shock twist left us reappraising Bashir and finding new depth in a character who had previously been one of the series’ most lighthearted and affable personalities.Ĩ.
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Julian Bashir (Siddig El Fadil, aka Alexander Siddig). More seriously for DS9, he also learns a dangerous secret about its likeable genius of a medic, Dr. Lewis Zimmermann (Robert Picardo) is every bit as temperamental and pompous as the diagnostic tool made in his image, but lacks all the more appealing qualities fostered in the EMH by his contact with Voyager’s crew. Lewis ZimmermannĪ good crossover episode is always satisfying, and the opportunity to meet the creator of one of Star Trek: Voyager’s most endearing characters, the Emergency Medical Hologram, is too good to pass up. “Why is everyone so worried about holograms taking over the universe?” – Dr. Moore, story by Jimmy Diggs, directed by David Livingston)
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‘Doctor Bashir, I Presume?’ (season five – written by Ronald D. Mention must also be made of the brilliant Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat, the station’s former commander, whose mind games with both Sisko and Kira would only become more twisted – and more intriguing – with each season.ĩ. Powerful performances from Nana Visitor as Kira and Harris Yulin as Marritza/Darhe’el made this a clear standout from DS9’s first season. This early episode introduced us to Kira’s murky former life as a member of the Bajoran resistance, while doing what all the best science fiction should: namely, allowing us to view real-life issues of genocide, imperialism and collective guilt through the prism of a fictional conflict. He confesses, apparently unrepentant – but there is far more to his story than meets the eye. His claim to be Aamin Marritza, a mere filing clerk, is revealed to be false when photographic evidence suggests he is actually Gul Darhe’el, the camp’s brutal commandant. Sisko’s Bajoran second-in-command, the former rebel fighter Major Kira Nerys, is forced to confront the man responsible for the horrors at the Cardassian labour camp on Gallitep when he arrives at the station, suffering from a disease he could only have contracted there. To see these horrors and do nothing.” – Aamin Marritza “You have no idea what it’s like to be a coward. Or in sitting through one of the episodes about Chief O’Brien’s family, none of which were ever in any danger of making this list. DS9’s crew may have spent less time boldly going than their TNG counterparts, but they also proved that sometimes, true bravery lies in sticking around long enough to pick up the pieces. Delving into such themes was a brave experiment on the part of creators Rick Berman and Michael Piller and showrunner Ira Steven Behr, but the show’s real brilliance began to show through from its magnificent fourth season onwards, when Worf’s arrival on the station brought some much-needed Klingon verve to proceedings, and as the sinister presence of the Dominion – oppressive rulers of the Gamma Quadrant and the people of mysterious station security officer, Odo (Rene Auberjonois) – heralded a long and bloody conflict. The reminders of its past as Terok Nor, a key outpost of the oppressive Cardassian Empire, were many, while the simmering resentment of Bajoran former rebels at Federation interference in their affairs was only complicated by Sisko’s acclamation as the ‘Emissary’ following his encounter with the mysterious wormhole-dwelling race worshipped by the Bajorans as the Prophets.ĭS9’s first three seasons could be hard going, entrenched as they were in the intricacies of Bajoran religion and politics. Still battling the emotional damage inflicted by the loss of his beloved wife, Jennifer, at the devastating Battle of Wolf 359 – and in no mood to forgive Jean-Luc Picard, who was responsible for the carnage in his brief incarnation as Locutus of Borg – Commander (later Captain) Ben Sisko (Avery Brooks) was initially reluctant to bring up his only son, Jake (Cirroc Lofton), on a station in the thick of political turmoil. During its seven-season run (1993-1999) DS9 repelled casual viewers with its ‘dark’ plotlines and complex moral dilemmas, even as it rewarded long-standing fans with fascinating character arcs and some of the finest acting ever seen in a Trekseries.
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Forget Picard’s Enterprise my dream posting within Starfleet – now come on, we’ve all thought about it – would be to the space station on the wild frontier, populated by a motley crew of Starfleet personnel, Bajoran soldiers and shady characters of all species.