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THE SHOW

With the success of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Rick Berman and Michael Pillar (following the death of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry) set up a new Star Trek series... and this one would be different... and it certainly was.  This series would be set on a Space Station instead of a Starship, and rather having a different adventure each week, the crew of Deep Space Nine would be have to face up to their mistakes, and except the consequences of their actions.  This series would be darker and grittier to the Star Trek that people were used to... but not everyone thought that this was a good move.  It was the first time that two Star Trek series had co-existed, and with the popular Next Gen ending, and moving into movies, DS9 took a bit of a hammering... a hammering that continued with the set up of a third Star Trek series - DS9 never had an easy time of it.

The series starred Avery Brooks as the African American commander Benjamin Sisko, arriving on the station as a single father to Jake (Cirroc Lofton).  The series, probably to gain support from the TNG fans, had at least one familiar Trek face in Chief Miles O'Brien, the Irish transporter chief from the Enterprise-D.  It's just as well, as fans had to deal with probably Trek's oddest regular characters... Odo (Rene Auberjonois) a shapeshifter, Dax (Terry Farrell) a beautiful woman who was formally a man, and Quark (Armin Shimerman) a greedy Ferengi bartender.

One of the hardest-to-swallow elements of the series was it's reliance on politics and religion.  Trek has always featured those elements, but an entire show based on the two, was a little overpowering for some.  However, the series carried on, and proved itself by lasting seven seasons just like TNG.  It also did it's best to win over fans... and by the fourth season it has hit it's stride... symbolised by the introduction of the new powerful enemies 'The Dominion' from the other side of the show's stable Wormhole and the introduction of another familiar face... Lt.Commander Worf (Michael Dorn).  By the end of the fifth season the Federation was at war, and DS9 really started to win people over.  By the end of the final season, while it's fair to say DS9 was slightly anti-climactic, the series had earned it's placed in Trek history.

REGULAR CAST

E M I S S A R Y		Commanding Officer
		Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)
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		Before accepting his command on DS9, Commander Sisko almost quit Starfleet, his life turned upside down by the Borg attack that killed his wife.  His position on DS9 was destiny though, as he was sited as The Emissary to the Bajoran people.... a role that eventually would take him to another plane of existence.
C O N S T A B L E		Chief Of Station Security
		Odo (Rene Auberjonois)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		A Shapeshifter, Odo lived his life as a lonely security officer, performing 'tricks' on cue.  The arrival of Starfleet on DS9 changed that and he became part of a team, establishing a relationship with Kira.  To many he was seen as a god, something he was very uncomfortable with.  Following the war with the Dominion, Odo returned to his people - ushering a new era for him and them.
E Z R I		Station Counsellor
		Lieutenant Ezri Dax (Nicole deBoer)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Following the death of Jadzia, the Dax symbiant had to be placed in a Trill very quickly, and was joined to the reluctant Ezri.  As Counsellor aboard DS9 she probably had more problems than her patients originally - but soon found her feet, and a relationship with Dr.Bashir.
W O R F		Strategic Operations Officer
		Lt.Commander Worf (Michael Dorn)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Worf got his promotion to Strategic Operations Officer, with the rise of a Klingon threat proceeding the war against the Dominion.  Finding love with Jadzia Dax, he had his life with her snatched away when she was killed.  He found this hard to deal with - especially with the arrival of Ezri, but he managed to rise above it, now serving with his Klingon 'brother' Martok.
J A K E		Journalist
		Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Sisko's son, Jake, decided to turn away from a life in Starfleet - what everyone expected - and decided to make himself a life as a writer, becoming a war correspondent.  He remains on DS9 with Kasidy Yates (his new Step-mother) awaiting the return of his father.
O   B R I E N		Chief Of Operations
		Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Another former Enterprise officer, O'Brien, is the Chief Of Operations on DS9, living with Keiko (his wife) and his two children, Molly & Kirayoshi.  He enjoys downtime with his friend Julian
Q U A R K		Station Bartender
		Quark (Armin Shimerman)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Ferengi bartender and Ambassador.  A True Ferengi through-and-through, Quark has had nothing but embarrassment from his family.  Ishka, his mother becoming a businesswoman; Nog, his nephew joining Starfleet; and Rom, his brother, becoming a Bajoran maintenance officer.   Expecting to become the next Grand Nagus of Ferenginar, Quark was disappointed to find out it was his brother - in order to bring about a new way for their people.  Will Quark follow.... unlikely!
B A S H I R		Chief Medical Officer
		Lieutenant Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Doctor Bashir joined DS9 as a wet-behind-the-ears junior grade lieutenant.  Since then he has grown as a person and a doctor.  He thought his career was over when it was revealed that he had been genetically engineer to the be the way he is, but found that his friends stuck by him, and he continues his work proudly.  He remains on DS9 with his new love Ezri!
K I R A		Executive Officer
		Colonel Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Reluctant to share command with Starfleet, at first, Kira soon grew to appreciate Sisko and co.  With Sisko's disappearance she assumed command of DS9, and played a vital part in the victory over the Dominion.a role   Kira now officially commands DS9.
O L D   M A N		Chief Science Officer
		Lt.Commander Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Jadzia was a well loved member of the DS9 crew, a brilliant science officer, and an even better friend, Jadzia had close relationships with most of the crew, especially Worf, her husband, and Sisko, who called her 'old man' , in reference to Curzon, Dax's previous host.  Jadzia was killed by a deranged Gul Dukat.

OTHER CAST

THE EPISODES
(episodes such as two-parters are  marked in red)