Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
The look ofStar Trek ’s Trills changed onStar Trek : Deep Space Ninebecause ofX - Menactress Famke Janssen , fit in to Terry Farrell , who playedDS9 ’s Lt . Commander Jadzia Dax . trill are a symbiotic alien species that grow inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 4 , episode 23 , " The Host " , in which Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) falls in love with Trill ambassador Odan ( Franc Luz ) , before Odan ’s wrong death necessitates transfer the symbiote own his memories into a newfangled innkeeper . Odan ’s Trill makeup was distinctive ofTNG ’s hebdomadary foreigner , with a prominent forehead objet d’art design by makeup legend Michael Westmore .
OnThe Delta Flyerspodcast , beginning its coverage ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nineafter a recollective run focus onStar Trek : Voyager , Farrell expose to hosts Garrett Wang and Robert Duncan McNeill thatDax originally had a very dissimilar tone , using the makeup design for the Trill that was onStar Trek : The Next Generation . The design was vetoed for Farrell , so Westmore sub the spots used on the empathic metamorph Kamala fromTNGseason 5 , instalment 21 " The Perfect Mate . " Kamala was played by initial Dax pick Famke Janssen , who would reunify withTNG ’s Patrick Stewart inX - Menas Jean Grey . interpret their quote below .
Farrell : " The original make-up they tried to give me [ was ] the Trill makeup from the Next Generation . [ When ] the Trill was first seen [ in " The boniface " ] , he had quite a prominent os frontale . And so they tried to do the same matter on me , and [ producer ] Kerry McCluggage called [ and say ] … no rubber on my head . … They want Famke Janssen to play Dax , and Michael Westmore take the spot from the theatrical role that Famke play on The Next Gen to put on me . I believe they were a slight different , but that ’s where the stirring came from . "
Wang : " Famke was a Trill on TNG ? "
Farrell : " No , she was a unlike character . "
Wang : " A different alien . "
Farrell : " A dissimilar alien , but she had place , and they consider those were aphrodisiacal … we shoot down for a Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , they saw the daily , then said no , get rid of the forehead . "
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine had the biggest shape of characters of any Trek show , meaning that Captain Sisko had legion friend in the Dominion War .
Star Trek: DS9’s Dax Reinvented Trills
The TNG Trills Were Never Seen Again in Star Trek
WhenStar Trek : Deep Space Nineincluded Trill type Jadzia Dax as part of its main cast , the Trill were just one of many single - episode alien encountered by the Enterprise inStar Trek : The Next Generation , butTrills evolved thanks to Dax onDS9 . The novel , spot Trills fuse the symbiont ’s memories with the boniface ’s to produce a distinguishable individual , or else of the symbiont ’s taking over like Odan ’s did onTNG . TheDS9 - style Trills are the paramount ones inStar Trek , as newfangled shows feature shake character like Gray Tal ( Ian Alexander ) onStar Trek : Discoveryand the unjoined Ensign Barnes ( Jessica McKenna ) onStar Trek : Lower Decks .
When Captain Benjamin Sisko asks if there’s"any word on our science officer?“in " Emissary , " it ’s a reference to the character of Lt . Jadzia Dax not yet being cast , even as cameras wrap on the instalment .
OnThe Delta Flyers , Terry Farrell also explained that the make-up change further delayed an already tight filming docket forStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s pilot episode , " Emissary . " Farrell was the last somebody retch amongDS9 ’s primary actors , and had to play catch - up as her scenes for the two - hour episode were compressed into rough a calendar week , after motion-picture photography had already begin . After retooling the Trill constitution to resemble Famke Janssen ’s daub , Farrell had to do another makeup trial and then re - shoot the shot that had already been nail . The delay was deserving it , though , as theTrill spots have become iconicas a marking of this symbiotic specie .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineis available to stream on Paramount+ .
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