page_title: Star Trek
section_title: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
hierarchical_section_title: Star Trek / Television / Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
context_page_description: Star Trek is an American media franchise originating from the 1960s science fiction television series Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry. That series, now often known as "The Original Series", debuted on September 8, 1966, and aired for three seasons on NBC. It followed the voyages of the starship USS Enterprise, a space exploration vessel built by the United Federation of Planets in the 23rd century, on a mission "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before". In creating Star Trek, Roddenberry was inspired by C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series of novels, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and television westerns such as Wagon Train.
  The Star Trek canon includes the Original Series, nine spin-off television series, and a film franchise; further adaptations also exist in several media. After the conclusion of the Original Series, the adventures of its characters continued in the 22-episode Star Trek: The Animated Series and six feature films.
context_section_description: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, frequently abbreviated as DS9, takes place during the last years of and immediately after the Next Generation (2369–2375). It debuted the week of January 3, 1993, and ran for seven seasons. Unlike the other Star Trek series, Deep Space Nine was set primarily on a space station of the same name rather than aboard a starship. The cast included:
  Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
  René Auberjonois as Constable Odo
  Nicole de Boer as Ezri Dax (Season 7)
  Michael Dorn as Worf (Seasons 4–7, reprising his role from the Next Generation)
  Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax (Seasons 1–6)
  Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko
  Colm Meaney as Miles O'Brien (reprising his role from the Next Generation)
  Armin Shimerman as Quark
  Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir (Credited as Siddig El Fadil seasons 1–3)
  Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
  The show begins after the conclusion of the brutal Cardassian occupation of the planet Bajor, introduced in The Next Generation. The liberated Bajoran people ask the United Federation of Planets to help run a space station near Bajor. After the Federation takes control of the station, the protagonists of the show discover a uniquely stable wormhole that provides immediate access to the distant Gamma Quadrant, making Bajor and the station a strategically important location. The show chronicles the events of the station's crew, led by Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), and Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor).
  Deep Space Nine stands apart from earlier Trek series for its lengthy serialized storytelling, character conflicts, and religious themes—all elements praised by critics and audiences, but which Roddenberry had forbidden as a producer of the original series and the Next Generation.
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