Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
Armin Shimerman , who played the Ferengi Quark onStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , state that comparison toStar Trek : The Next Generationmade by Q ( John de Lancie ) were"insulting . “DS9inevitably invited comparing toTNGandStar Trek : The Original Serieswhen it premiered , with its gamble of trade its predecessor ' starship - found explorative missions for the bustle of natural action aboard a space station . To enticeTNG ’s audience to tune in toDS9,familiar character fromTNGappeared inDS9season 1.Chief Miles O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) became a series regular in thecast ofStar Trek : DS9 , and guest stars Vash ( Jennifer Hetrick ) and Q look inDS9season 1 , episode 6 , " Q - Less " .
Shimerman appear onThe Delta Flyerspodcast to talk over " Q - Less " from a behind - the - scenes perspective withStar Trek : Voyageractors Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang , who shifted stress to an episodic followup ofDS9after complete their run - through ofVoyager . Shimerman is quick to noteQ ’s replicate attempts to prod Commander Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) with comparisons to Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) , and addresses Q ’s additional abuse towards Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) and Chief O’Brien . Read Shimerman ’s citation below and listen toThe Delta Flyers , starting at 1:07:49 .
[ Q ] aver something like , ' Picard would never put up with this . I guess this is why you do n’t have your own starship . ' Then he talks to Kira , and she says something defying to him , and he phone her some variety of misogynistic citation . And he turns to O’Brien and state , ' oh yes , you were one of the little people , ' which was a double contumely as far as I was concerned . One , he was accusing Colm of being from the lower deck , and two , we all know that Colm is Irish and ' the little multitude ' is a citation to leprechaun . What I found infuriating is : really ? The index that be decide that we had , in the 6th installment of our first time of year , to disparage [ us ] by create comparison with the other show . I do n’t know about [ Voyager ] , but [ DS9 ] always lived in the shadow of Next Generation , andthis particular successiveness of speeches by Q is indicative of what we were all frightened of : that when compared between the two show , we would come out lacking . Yes , they put it in the lip of Q so you ca n’t take it too seriously , but I find that fussy addition in the script insulting .
Star Trek : DS9 had several TNG crosswalk episode over the years , with everyone from Thomas Riker to Q passing through the station , but which is best ?
DS9 Broke Free from TNG’s Shadow
As Sisko said to Q, “I’m not Picard.”
Star Trek : Deep Space Ninebroke free from the phantasm ofStar Trek : The Next GenerationasDS9discovered its own identity and expanded on the traditional knowledge thatTNGestablished . Being stationary allow for a deeper honkytonk into the history and acculturation of Bajor , and a thorough exploration of the political clime after the Cardassian occupation . As both a Starfleet ship’s officer and Bajor ’s Emissary , Sisko face battle at every turn onDeep Space Nine , especially once the Dominion threat from the Gamma Quadrant made DS9 a pivotal fix . comparability toTNGbecame unneeded once it was well-defined thatDS9was going to be a very different sort ofStar Trek .
Even the regularcharacters fromThe Next GenerationonDS9got more interesting , thanks toDS9 ’s discourse of ongoing fictional character development within serialise stories . Chief O’Brien had already been raise from a nameless lower decker onTNG , butDS9gave O’Brien a realistic domicile life and strong friendships . Lt . Commander Worf ( Michael Dorn ) was regenerate onDS9 , with greater attention to the Klingon ’s internal conflicts between culture and duty . Shimerman need n’t have interest too much about comparing toStar Trek : The Next genesis , sinceStar Trek : Deep Space Nineis deservedly call up as one ofStar Trek ’s best serial .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineis streaming on Paramount+ .
Source : The Delta Flyers , Season 9 , Episode 6 " Q - Less "
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