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Distant Voices (DS9 Episode)
"Distant Voices" is the 64th episode overall of the first-run syndication, syndicated American science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', the 18th episode of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 3), third season. It was broadcast in syndication starting April 10, 1995. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine (space station), Deep Space Nine, a space station located near a stable wormhole between the Galactic quadrant (Star Trek), Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy. In this episode, a telepathic attack on Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) causes him to experience rapid aging as the station suffers a strange power failure and his crewmates begin acting strangely. The episode won an Emmy Award, Emmy award for ''Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series.'' Plot At their usual lunch, Julian Bashir, Dr. Bashir confesses to Elim Garak, Garak his anxiety over ...
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Deep Space Nine
''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (abbreviated as ''DS9'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from January 3, 1993, to June 2, 1999, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, its narrative is centered on the eponymous space station Deep Space Nine, located adjacent to a wormhole connecting Federation territory to the Gamma Quadrant on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy. Following the success of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Paramount Pictures commissioned a new series set in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe. In creating ''Deep Space Nine'', Berman and Piller drew upon plot elements introduced in ''The Next Generation'', namely the conflict between two alien species, the Cardassians and the Bajorans. ''Deep Space Nine'' was the first ''Star Trek' ...
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Julian Bashir
Julian Subatoi Bashir, MD is a fictional character from the television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', portrayed by Alexander Siddig. Bashir is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS ''Defiant''. Overview As a child, Julian Bashir fell behind in school, and was evaluated as having learning difficulties. Because of this, his parents, Richard and Amsha Bashir, had him subjected to genetic engineering. The procedure made him mentally superior to most humans, and greatly enhanced his physical abilities. However, because human genetic engineering is illegal in the United Federation of Planets, Bashir and his parents kept his procedure a secret throughout most of his adult life (''DS9'' episode: " Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"). Bashir graduated second in his class at Starfleet Medical Academy, having intentionally missed a question on his final exam (''DS9'': " Distant Voices"). He had his choice of assignments anywhere in the fleet, and s ...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 3) Episodes
''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (abbreviated as ''DS9'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from January 3, 1993, to June 2, 1999, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, its narrative is centered on the eponymous space station Deep Space Nine, located adjacent to a wormhole connecting Federation territory to the Gamma Quadrant on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy. Following the success of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Paramount Pictures commissioned a new series set in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe. In creating ''Deep Space Nine'', Berman and Piller drew upon plot elements introduced in ''The Next Generation'', namely the conflict between two alien species, the Cardassians and the Bajorans. ''Deep Space Nine'' was the first ''Star Trek ...
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LaserDisc
The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as DiscoVision, MCA DiscoVision (also known simply as "DiscoVision") in the United States in 1978. Its diameter typically spans . Unlike most optical disc standards, LaserDisc is not fully Digital data, digital, and instead requires the use of analog video signals. Although the format was capable of offering higher-quality video and audio than its consumer rivals—VHS and Betamax videotape—LaserDisc never managed to gain widespread use in North America, largely due to high costs for the players and the inability to record TV programmes. It eventually did gain some traction in that region and became somewhat popular in the 1990s. It was not a popular format in Europe and Australia. By contrast, the format was much more popular in Japan and in the more affluent regions of Southeast Asia, such as Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, and was the ...
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Odo (Star Trek)
Odo , played by René Auberjonois, is a fictional character in the science fiction television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. He is a member of a shapeshifting species called Changelings and serves as the head of security for the space station Deep Space Nine on which the show is set. Intelligent, observant and taciturn, Odo uses his unique abilities throughout the show to maintain security on the DS9 station and, later, aids the Bajoran people and the Federation throughout the Dominion War against his own people, the Founders. Overview ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' The original ''Writer's Bible'' from 1992 for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine described Odo as follows: Actor René Auberjonois describes Odo as "a very unformed being" who was "trying to get some kind of shape to his life". Co-creator of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', Michael Piller, speaks of Odo's role within the show as being prompted by needing "a character who represented the traditions of Spock an ...
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Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Lafayette Sisko is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' franchise portrayed by Avery Brooks. He first appeared in the television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (''DS9'') and became prominent on the TV show in the United States between 1993-1999. The character also appeared in other series after ''Star Trek'' and ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and in various books, comics, and video games of the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Character history Early life and career Born in 2332 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Benjamin is the son of Joseph Sisko, the chef, and owner of the restaurant "Sisko's Creole Kitchen", or "Sisko's" for short. His birth mother was a human woman named Sarah. However, Sarah was possessed by one of the Bajoran Prophets (the entities that exist inside the Bajoran wormhole), and manipulated into marrying Joseph in order to conceive Benjamin. Sarah and Joseph were happily married until Sarah disappeared two days after Ben's first birthday, whe ...
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Jadzia Dax
Jadzia Dax , played by Terry Farrell, is a fictional character from the science-fiction television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. Jadzia Dax is a joined Trill. Though she appears to be a young woman, Jadzia lives in symbiosis with a long-lived creature, known as a symbiont, named Dax. The two share a single, conscious mind, and her personality is a blending of the characteristics of both the host and the symbiont. As such, Jadzia has access to all the skills and memories of the symbiont's seven previous hosts. Prior to the symbiotic joining, Jadzia earned academic degrees in exobiology, zoology, astrophysics, and exoarchaeology. Jadzia Dax is the chief science officer of the space station Deep Space Nine and is close friends with station commander Benjamin Sisko. Later in the series, she becomes involved with the Klingon character Worf, and they marry during the sixth season of the show. In the sixth-season finale Jadzia dies but the Dax symbiote survives, and in t ...
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Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)
Miles Edward O'Brien is a character in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, portrayed by actor Colm Meaney. O'Brien appears occasionally in all seven seasons of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and is a main cast member of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. O'Brien was originally the transporter chief of the USS ''Enterprise''-D. He was later promoted to chief of operations of Deep Space Nine. Being portrayed in 225 episodes overall, O'Brien is the Star Trek character with the second most appearances in the Star Trek franchise, second only to Worf ( Michael Dorn). O'Brien is the only major Star Trek character described as both ethnically Irish and born in Ireland; Colm Meaney, the actor who portrays him, is also Irish. Early Appearances According to Colm Meaney, at first O'Brien "was just there, not really established as a character, and that went on for a bit." He has a few lines in the pilot ''TNG'' episode, " Encounter at Farpoint". Appearing on and off in subsequent episodes, ...
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Quark (Star Trek)
Quark is a fictional character in the American television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. He was played by Armin Shimerman and is a member of the extraterrestrial race known as the Ferengi, who are stereotypically capitalist and motivated only by profit. Quark, who often served as the show's comedy relief, may have been named after the 1970s television series ''Quark'', which frequently examined science fiction themes from a humorous or satirical perspective. Depiction Quark was introduced on television in 1993, in the two-part ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' premiere "Emissary". Talking about his depiction of Quark, Shimerman said the character developed significantly during the start of the sixth season of ''Deep Space Nine'', during a story arc in which the Dominion took control of the Deep Space Nine station: Max Grodénchik, who was cast as Rom, also auditioned for the role of Quark and was disappointed he did not get that part, however, he acknowledged Shimerm ...
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Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the y ...
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