Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
Throughout the nineties , there was often more than oneStar Trekshow in production at the same time , so it was inevitable that some episodes ofStar Trek : Deep Space Ninebegan as stories monger to theStar Trek : The Next Generationwriters ' room . DS9entered production in 1992 , in response to a desire from the web for moreStar Trekoff the back ofTNG ’s popularity . Star Trek : Deep Space Ninewas a very unlike beast toTNGas it was go under aboard a space station , and not a starship , signify that , in the early 24-hour interval , strange new worlds often had to make out to Commander Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s showrunner Ira Steven Behr later reflected that the show was at its weakest when it was just ape the eccentric of stories done over onStar Trek : The Next Generation . While Behr has a good full point , it ’s interesting that some ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s best episodesbegan as plot line originally tilt forTNG . Of course , the storylines were greatly changed from whatever theTNGversion would have been , being hard adapt toDS9 ’s cast and circumstance . That being said , it ’s just as entrancing to ponder how Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and the gang of the USS Enterprise - D would fit into these plot line .
A cardinal figure from Star Trek : The Original Series was a enceinte fan of Deep Space Nine and preferred it over The Next Generation for two giving reasons .
8Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 1, Episode 14, “The Storyteller”
Story by Kurt Michael Bensmiller
The thought for " The Storyteller " was first pitched forStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 1 , but never made it to screen . This was despite the livelihood for the script from manufacturer Michael Piller , who could never convince theTNGteam to make it . A dearth of available scripts later direct Piller to teach Kurt Michael Bensmiller to adapt " The Storyteller " forStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 1 . In theDS9version , Chief O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) has to reluctantly step in for a Bajoran village elder to save the villager from the terrifying Dal’Rok . It ’s notable for starting thefriendship between Chief O’Brien and Dr. Julian Bashir(Alexander Siddig ) .
7Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 2, Episode 1, “The Homecoming”
Story by Jeri Taylor
Jeri Taylor pitched " The Homecoming " for an episode ofStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 6 , in which a Bajoran woman was attempting to deliver a hero of the resistance movement . In later draft copy , the Bajoran char became Ensign Ro Laren ( Michelle Forbes ) , but Michael Piller wanted it forStar Trek : Deep Space Nineinstead . Ironically , for a report that was pitched forTNG , " The Homecoming " is an early example of howDS9would be whole different from its parent show . replace Ro with Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) , " The Homecoming " was the first of a three - part story arc that openedDS9season 2 , a forerunner to the more ambitious arc - based storytelling that the show would become known for .
6Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 2, Episode 7, “Rules of Acquisition”
Story by Hilary Bader
" Profit Margin " was Hilary Bader ’s original pitch for the episode that would finally becomeStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , season 2 , episode 7 , " Rules of Acquisition . " In theDS9version , Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) finds himself attract to his concern companion , Pel ( Hélène Udy ) who turns out to be a Ferengi female in disguise . In the original pitch , the Pel type was to have been involved with Commander William T Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) , though it ’s unclear if their involvement would be romantic . WithDS9 ’s reputation for Ferengi comedies , it was clearly a more desirable home for Bader ’s pitch shot thanTNGwould have been .
5Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 3, Episode 5, “Second Skin”
Story by Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 3 , episode 5 , " Second Skin " reveals that Major Kira Nerys is in reality a thick - cover Cardassian operative , although it ’s chop-chop confirmed to be an elaborate deception . " Second Skin " is very unlike in tone from Robert Hewitt Wolfe ’s original pitch for aStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode in which Q ( John de Lancie ) facilitated aQuantum Leapstyle bodyswap between Picard , Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) and Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) and some Romulan officers . However , Hewitt Wolfe stay concerned in this construct and after a failed endeavor to let on Chief O’Brien as a Cardassian , created one ofMajor Kira Nery ’s bestDS9episodes .
4Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 3, Episodes 11 and 12, “Past Tense”
Robert Hewitt Wolfe had pitch an episode ofStar Trek : The Next Generationin which Captain Picard and Lieutenant Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) crash - landed on the evening of the literal - life Watts Riots in 1965 . The idea was never to the full developed as a handwriting forTNG , perhaps being hold too tight to the bone in the aftermath of the 1992 LA public violence . The estimate after morph intoStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s " Past Tense " . Set on the eve of the fabricated Bell Riots , the construct of Starfleet officer observing the social and racial inequality of their past times and our nowadays is still at the heart of the classicDS9episode .
Sisko ’s role in DS9 ’s Bell Riots was a polar moment in Star Trek account , but what were they and how does SNW ’s timeline variety bear upon them ?
3Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 4, Episode 8, “Little Green Men”
Story by Jack Trevino and Toni Marberry
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , time of year 4 , instalment 8 , " Little Green Men " started life as a very different episode ofStar Trek : The Next multiplication . In Jack Trevino and Toni Marberry ’s original delivery , Captain Picard and the USS Enterprise pursued a Ferengi ship through a temporal anomaly . When the Ferengi crash - landed in Roswell , New Mexico , it was up to theTNGcrew to preserve history by cleaning up the mint . TheTNGwriters ' way had get hold of their allocated quota of time locomotion episodes and turned it down , but the story ofEarth ’s first contact with the Ferengilater became one ofDS9 ’s better funniness episodes .
2Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6, Episode 14, “One Little Ship”
Story by René Echevarria
René Echevarria wrote a specStar Trekscript about a shriveled starship , but never pitched it to theStar Trek : The Next Generationteam until he was well established in the writers ' elbow room . After he pitched the story forTNGseason 6 , Echevarria remembered that Supervising Producer Jeri Taylor looked at him as if he had gone sore . Undeterred , Echevarria pitched the report to bothStar Trek : Deep Space NineandStar Trek : Voyager . Eventually , Bradley Thompson and David Weddle realized Echevarria ’s approximation as " One Little Ship " , an sequence ofDS9season 6 , which was effectivelyFantastic VoyagemeetsDie firmly .
1Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6, Episode 24, “Time’s Orphan”
Story by Joe Menosky
Joe Menosky originally pitch an installment ofStar Trek : The Next GenerationwhereWorf ’s son Alexanderwas chop-chop aged , as a means to write out the theatrical role . Michael Piller freeze off the story idea because Alexander was his mother ’s favorite graphic symbol . Much by and by , inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 6 , the idea was resurrected in a script by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle . In the finished interpretation , it ’s Chief O’Brien ’s girl Molly ( Hana Hatae ) who falls through a time portal and expend 10 years in closing off . It ’s a deeply traumatic episode for the O’Briens , and has a much glad -if melancholiac - terminate than Joe Menosky ’s original sales talk .
Star Trek : The Next Generation follows Captain Jean - Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar exploration , seeking out raw worlds and civilizations .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , also known as DS9 , is the quaternary series in the long - running Sci - Fi franchise , Star Trek . DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller , and stars Avery Brooks , René Auberjonois , Terry Farrell , and Cirroc Lofton . This particular serial follows a radical of individual in a blank post near a planet called Bajor .
Star Trek: The Next Generation follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar explorations, seeking out new worlds and civilizations.
Star Trek: The Next Generation follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar explorations, seeking out new worlds and civilizations.
