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Archive for the ‘Star Trek: DS9’ Category

O’Reilly: Gowron The Klingon

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012

Robert O’Reilly, best-known to Star Trek fans as the Klingon Chancellor Gowron, explains the Klingon character from how Gowron was conceived by O’Reilly to how Gowron developed.

When O’Reilly first took on the role of Gowron, he had just finished Shakespeare‘s King Lear and Gowron’s character was based on one of the characters from the play, Edmund, a cunning and opportunistic man.

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Retro Review: Crossover

Friday, July 27th, 2012

Kira and Bashir accidentally enter the alternate universe visited by Kirk’s crew, where Terrans are slaves and Kira’s double is a tyrant.

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Retro Review: The Wire

Friday, July 20th, 2012

By unraveling some of the secrets of the Cardassian’s past, Bashir fights to save Garak from an experimental brain implant that is slowly killing him.

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Retro Review: The Maquis

Friday, July 13th, 2012

When a terrorist group sets out to retake Federation colonies in the Demilitarized Zone from the Cardassians, Sisko must join forces with Gul Dukat to prevent a war.

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Retro Review: Blood Oath

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Three Klingons with whom Curzon Dax took an oath of vengeance – the legendary captains Kor, Koloth, and Kang – arrive to plan an attack on their enemy’s stronghold.

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Hewitt: Creating The World Of Deep Space Nine

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe shared memories of his time on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine including setting up long term storylines, actor influence on storylines and lack of interference by the studio.

The writers of Deep Space Nine had more freedom than they found on some shows due to that lack of studio interference. “On Deep Space Nine, we got virtually no studio notes ever,” said Wolfe. “They largely just let us do what we wanted. Things went very smoothly.”

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Retro Review: Profit and Loss

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Quark is reunited with the great love of his life, a Cardassian woman who is now a fugitive.

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Retro Review: Playing God

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

While Dax is evaluating a Trill seeking to be joined, she discovers an embryonic universe developing and threatening the station.

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Retro Review: Shadowplay

Friday, June 15th, 2012

Odo and Dax visit a planet whose inhabitants are mysteriously disappearing. Meanwhile, Quark tries to hide a criminal scheme from Kira.

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Retro Review: Paradise

Friday, June 8th, 2012

Sisko and O’Brien crash on a planet settled by humans who have rejected technology, led by a charismatic woman who will tolerate no dissent.

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Retro Review: Whispers

Friday, June 1st, 2012

When O’Brien returns from an away mission, he finds that the entire crew is treating him strangely, including his wife and daughter.

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Retro Review: Armageddon Game

Friday, May 25th, 2012

O’Brien and Bashir help two warring races dismantle deadly weapons, only to be targeted for death because of their expertise.

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Retro Review: The Alternate

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Dr. Mora, the Bajoran scientist who first recognized Odo’s sentience, comes to the station to track the shapeshifter’s origins.

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Retro Review: Rivals

Friday, May 11th, 2012

A sexy grifter arrives on Deep Space Nine and opens a bar to rival Quark’s, but his games wreak havoc on the station.

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Retro Review: Sanctuary

Friday, May 4th, 2012

A matriarchal race fleeing persecution in the Gamma Quadrant claims Bajor as its legendary homeland and requests permission to settle there.

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