Kirk’s meeting with Marlena Moreau from “Mirror, Mirror,” was used to create Sisko’s special encounter. Only after the danger had passed did Sisko allow himself a moment to meet Kirk face-to-face. While Bashir, O’Brien, Odo, and Worf fought Klingons back-to-back with Scotty and Chekov, Sisko remained above the fray until he and Dax stopped Darvin’s plan to assassinate Kirk with an exploding Tribble. He told Dax that he was dying to ask Kirk about his legendary battle with the Gorn (as seen in “Arena”). Throughout the episode, Sisko resisted the urge to get too close to the icons of the past. Star Trek: Enterprise’s fourth season episodes, “Affliction” and “Divergence," revealed that their guesses about the Klingon augment virus were very close to the truth. Worf refused to elaborate on it, but Bashir and O’Brien hypothesised that genetic engineering or a viral mutation might be responsible. The fact that Bashir and O’Brien couldn’t recognize them as Kilngons suggests that this part of history was glossed over by their time. “Trials and Tribble-ations” was also the first Star Trek series to acknowledge the more human-looking Klingons of TOS. But since Bashir didn’t disappear upon the Defiant’s return to the future, we can safely rule out that possibility. Bashir briefly wondered if he was meant to become his own great-grandfather in order to fulfill a predestination paradox. However, Bashir uneasily noted that Watley was his great-grandmother's last name, and that no one had ever met his great-grandfather. The feeling was mutual, and she essentially invited Bashir to conduct her physical. Watley, a science officer who was obviously attracted to him. While undercover with O’Brien, Bashir encountered Lt. Julian Bashir had perhaps the most bizarre experience while in the past. She also openly expressed an attraction towards Spock, much to Sisko’s surprise. Dax even revealed that one of her earlier host bodies, Emony Dax, had a brief fling with Leonard McCoy years before he became a doctor. She lived through it the first time, and absolutely loved the chance to revisit it. As the oldest member of the crew, via her experiences from Dax symbiont, Jadzia had a unique relationship with this era. That allowed them to explore the space station K-7, and the Enterprise itself without arousing suspicion. And in TOS, peace between the Klingon Empire and the Federation was still a distant dream at best.Īll of the main DS9 cast, save for Major Kira, got the chance to don old school uniforms and outfits, and embrace the archaic hair styles, and even older tech. At this point in DS9’s run, the Federation and the Klingons were openly opposed to each other for the first time in decades. Another common thread between the two episodes was the conflict with the Klingons. Benjamin Sisko, Jadzia Dax, and Miles O’Brien were stunned and awed to see the Enterprise which illustrates that the ship’s legend was still alive in their time. Thankfully, that allowed the DS9 crew a proper chance to experience a point in time that was an important part of their shared history. That was just the setup, and Darvin’s role within the episode was relatively small. However, Darvin’s presence on the ship was only a ruse to get access to the Bajoran Prophets’ Orb of Time in order to transport himself and the Defiant back to the past to fix his greatest failure. The crew of the Defiant encountered Darvin on Cardassia, and they gave him a ride back to Federation space. Within the world of the series, over 100 years had passed since Darvin’s disgrace. Nearly three decades later, Brill reprised his role as Darvin, who remained trapped in his human form. Darvin’s true nature was exposed by the Tribbles, which were able to recognize him for what he truly was despite his appearance. In "The Trouble with Tribbles,” (written by David Gerrold) Brill portrayed a Klingon spy, Arne Darvin, who had been surgically altered to pass as a human. Between the two series, DS9 had an unexpected link to TOS - Charlie Brill. In fact, Voyager also had a 30th anniversary Star Trek episode, “Flashback.” We’ll take a look back at that episode another time. DS9 was introduced during the penultimate season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and it shared most of its existence with Star Trek: Voyager. The only time that DS9 was the lone Star Trek series on TV was during the final six months of 1994.
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