Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

About the show

This series is a departure from the established Star Trek formula; it is the first series not to feature the Enterprise and her crew. Instead, the series chronicles the events surrounding the space station Deep Space Nine, a former Cardassian ore processing station (originally called Terok Nor) which has recently been placed under joint control of the Federation and Bajor, the planet it orbits. In the first episode, the crew discovers the presence of a nearby stable wormhole, which provides immediate travel to and from the distant Gamma Quadrant; this immediately makes the station an important strategic asset, as well as a vital center of commerce with the largely-unexplored area of space.

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Enterprise - Deep Space Nine - Cardassian - Federation - Bajor - Wormhole - Gamma Quadrant

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Inside the wormhole live aliens who exist beyond time and do not understand the linear nature by which other lifeforms experience it. To the people of Bajor, these aliens are the Bajoran Prophets and the wormhole itself is the long-prophesied Celestial Temple. Commander Benjamin Sisko, who discovered the wormhole, becomes revered as the Emissary of the Prophets, a spiritual role with which he is not at all comfortable.

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Bajoran Prophets - Celestial Temple - Benjamin Sisko - Spiritual

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was well received by fans and even more so by critics, with TV Guide describing it as "the best acted, written, produced, and altogether finest" Trek serieshttp://www.ereader.com/product/detail/12878?book=Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine:_Unity. However, some fans grew dissatisfied with the show's generally darker themes and objected to the notion of a series set on a space station. Some fans of the series call themselves "Niners," after a baseball team of the same name, which appeared in the season seven episode "" and which was itself named for the American football team, the San Fransisco 49ers).

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TV Guide - Baseball - American football - San Fransisco 49ers

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The show was never as successful in the ratings as its predecessor due to the two-year overlap, but it remained the top rated first-run syndicated drama series throughout most of its run and was successful enough that Paramount launched two more Trek series. It is best remembered for its well developed characters and complex story arcs, which set it apart (for better or for worse) from other Trek series and put it in a league of its own.

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