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"STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE"
This is an auction for a color copy of the ENTIRE TV script.
This is the PILOT script entitled “Emissary”
These are autographs of:
Rene Auberjonois ... Odo
Alexander Siddig ... Doctor Bashir (as Siddig El Fadil)
Colm Meaney ... Chief O'Brien
Patrick Stewart ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard / Locutus of Borg
SUMMARY
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (sometimes abbreviated to ST:DS9 or DS9) is a science fiction television program that premiered in 1993 and ran for seven seasons, ending in 1999. Rooted in Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek universe, it was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, at the request of Brandon Tartikoff, and produced by CBS Paramount Television. The main writers, in addition to Berman and Piller, included show runner Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ronald D. Moore, Peter Allan Fields, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle, and René Echevarria.
A spin-off of Star Trek: The Next Generation, DS9 began while its parent series was still on the air, and there were several crossover episodes between the two shows. In addition, two Next Generation characters, Miles O'Brien and Worf, became regular members of DS9.
Unlike the other Star Trek programs, DS9 took place on a space station instead of a starship, so as not to have two series with starships at the same time. (The starship USS Defiant was introduced later in the series, but the station remained the primary setting for the show.) This made continuing story arcs and the appearance of recurring characters much more feasible. The show is noted for its well-developed characters and its original, complex plots. The series also depended on darker themes, less physical exploration of space, and an emphasis (in later seasons) on many aspects of war.
Although DS9's ratings were solid, it was never as successful as Star Trek: The Next Generation, with lower ratings than TNG received (approximately 7% versus 11% of U.S. Households according to Nielsen Ratings). In addition DS9 experienced a loss of audience over time because of an increasingly crowded television marketplace (Babylon 5, Hercules, Xena competed for timeslots), minimal promotion for DS9 while Paramount focused its efforts on its flagship Star Trek: Voyager network show, and the transition of independent stations to new networks (UPN and WB) that filled once-open slots with primetime programming (forcing DS9 into weekend or late-night slots). All of these factors combined until original programming for syndication virtually disappeared by the year 2000. Nonetheless, DS9 remained the top-rated syndicated-drama series throughout its run.
Sci Fi Channel in Australia, and La7 in Italy currently air the program. Virgin 1 in the United Kingdom has currently paused its screening of DS9 at the end of season 5 and is showing the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Spike in the United States aired the program, but as of early 2008, airings were sporadic and as of May 2008, Deep Space Nine is shown occasionally late night on weekdays.
Conceived in 1991, shortly before Gene Roddenberry’s death, DS9 centers on the Bajoran space station Deep Space Nine, taking place shortly after the Bajorans have liberated themselves from a long, brutal Cardassian Occupation. The United Federation of Planets is invited by the Bajoran Provisional Government to take joint control of the station, which (originally) orbits Bajor.
According to co-creator Berman, he and Piller had considered setting the new series on a colony planet, but they felt a space station would both appeal more to viewers and save money that would be required for on-location shooting for a "land-based" show. However, they were certain they did not want the show to be set aboard a starship because Star Trek: The Next Generation was still in production at the time and, in Berman’s words, it "just seemed ridiculous to have two shows—two casts of characters—that were off going where no man has gone before."
In the pilot, the station is moved near the just-discovered Bajoran wormhole, allowing access to the distant, unexplored Gamma Quadrant. It quickly becomes a center for exploration, interstellar trade, political maneuvering, and eventually open conflict.
DS9 contains more story arcs that span several episodes and even seasons than preceding Star Trek series. Its predecessors tend to restore the status quo ante at the end of an episode, so that many episodes could be seen out-of-order without compromising their plots. On DS9 however, not only are events in one episode often referenced and built upon in later ones, but sometimes several episodes in a row are cliffhangers. Michael Piller, who spoke very highly of Behr's contributions, believed this to be one of the series' best qualities, that the repercussions of past episodes remained with the show and characters were forced to "learn that actions have consequences". This trend was especially strong near the end of the series’ run, by which point the show was intentionally very much a serial. This permitted greater character and plot development.
Interpersonal conflicts between regular characters had been previously forbidden by Roddenberry in Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation, but were featured prominently in DS9. This was at the suggestion of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s writers (many of whom also wrote for DS9) because they felt that the prohibition limited their ability to develop interesting stories. In Piller's words, "people who come from different places—honorable, noble people—will naturally have conflicts
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