Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller for syndication. It is a spin off of Star Trek. It ran from January 3, 1993 to June 2, 1999 for seven seasons. It spun off Star Trek: Voyager.
Series summary[]
Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) is sent to oversee space station Deep Space Nine, formerly owned by the brutal Cardassian race and used - among other things - to keep an eye on the planet Bajor, which the Cardassians oppressed. This tense political situation is made even more complicated by the presence of a wormhole next to the station, which leads to a distant part of space. Soon, Sisko and his allies including his Bajoran first officer Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor), shape-shifting security officer Odo (René Auberjonois), chief medical officer Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig), chief science officer Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell), and chief engineer O'Brien (Colm Meaney) - find themselves facing a threat from beyond the wormhole, as well as potential invasion by the Cardassian Empire.
Parents[]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a direct spin-off of Star Trek: The Next Generation and indirect spin-off of Star Trek. In the pilot, Miles O'Brien from The Next Generation became a main cast member and Captain Jean-Luc Picard made a special appearance. Worf, also from The Next Generation, became a main cast member later in the series.
Spin-off[]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine spun off Star Trek: Voyager with Quark appearing in the pilot.
Westphall connections in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine[]
- A transport in "A Man Alone" embarked from a spaceport of the planet Alderaan from Star Wars.
- Dr. Cavor from the 1964 film, The First Men in the Moon has an office on the promenade.
- Altair IV from Forbidden Planet is mentioned in "Prophet Motive".
- In an assay list in "A Simple Investigation", the name of the titular character of Jerry Maguire can be seen.
- Soylent rations from Soylent Green can be seen in "Past Tense, Part I".
- In "If Wishes Were Horses" Buck Bokai mentions that he played baseball for the Gotham City Bats. Gotham City being the fictional city from Batman.
- Flux Capacitors from Back to the Future are mentioned by Dr. Bashir in "What You Leave Behind".
- In "Whispers", it is mentioned that Miles O'Brien has a replicant. This is a term that originated in Blade Runner.
- In "Paradise Lost" among the 400 officers reassigned by Captain Leighton include Daneeka, McWatt, Moodus, Orr, and Snowden. All are characters in Catch-22.
Brand connections in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine[]
The Promenade of the titular space station contains several shops and offices of corporations from other shows and films, including:
- Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems
- Del Floria's Tailor Shop from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Jupiter Mining Corporation and Diva Droid Corporation from Red Dwarf
- Sirius Cybernetics Corporation and Milliway's from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Forbin Project from Colossus: The Forbin Project
- The Banzai institute from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
The New York Globe appears in "Beyond the Stars".
Disputed brand connection[]
Diet Smith Corporation from Dick Tracy also appears on the Promenade; however, in that show, it is referred to as Diet Smith Industries.
Non-Westphall brand connections[]
Also on the Promenade are connections to series which are outside of the scope of this wiki, including:
- Tom Servo from anthology series Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Spacely Sprockets from animated series The Jetsons
Franchise connections[]
Several guest characters from The Next Generation appeared on Deep Space Nine.
- Keiko O'Brien, played by Rosalind Chao, became an often recurring character along with Molly O'Brien.
- Lwaxana Troi, played by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, appeared in three episodes. She marries Odo in her last appearance.
- Q, the antagonist played by John de Lancie, appeared in "Q-Less".
- Thomas Riker, William Riker's transporter clone played by Jonathan Frakes, appeared in "Defiant".
- Kurn, Worf's brother played by Tony Todd, appeared in "Sons of Mogh".
Westphall connections to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine[]
- Later episodes contain a recurring character Vic Fontaine, a holosuite character based upon an in-universe famous crooner and Las Vegas lounge singer from the 1960s. The "real" Vic Fontaine is mentioned on the series Vegas (2013) starring Dennis Quaid.
- In the 2019 film Cargo, the USS Defiant can be seen incorporated into a larger ship.