Outpost on the Edge
Outpost on the Edge
Encouraged by the success of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, Paramount began discussing yet another successor television series shortly before Gene Roddenberry's death in 1991. Roddenberry is gone but his influence remains as the 'auteur’ of the STAR TREK concept.
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The crew of Deep Space Nine.
If STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION embodied Roddenberry's original idea of a ‘wagon train to the stars', then STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE, which premiered on American television in 1992, is a frontier-style outpost in space, on the outer limits of the Federation.
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Space Station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
All the familiar western elements are represented in futuristic form on STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE. Law and order on the space station is enforced by Security Chief Odo, played by Rene Auberjonois, a mysterious alien whose origins are unknown. The station saloon is run by a Ferengi named Quark the alien equivalent of the snake-oil-selling conmen of the old frontier, played by Armin Shimerman.
Benjamin Sisko, the commander of Deep Space Nine, provides a steadying influence on the space station. He's played by Avery Brooks. The community protected by the outpost is the planet Bajor, whose inhabitants are trying to rebuild following a devastating alien occupation by the hostile Cardassians.
On this 24th century frontier, the men and women of DEEP SPACE NINE endure a harsh existence. Threatened by the elements, by alien cultures, and sometimes by their own ne'er-do-well comrades, these pioneers struggle to maintain civilisation at the edge of the known universe.
The first series of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE was screened on British satellite television in 1994.
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Saloon-keeper Quark.
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Commander Sisko.