Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Summary
Star Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 1 copied a classicStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode , and swapped Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) for Commander Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) . InDS9season 1 , episode 18 , " Dramatis Personae " , the crew of the station are exhibit to the telepathic archive of a fall Gamma Quadrant refinement . This results in the DS9 gang re - enact a violent and devastating power struggle that threatens to destroy the fragile alliance between Sisko and his Bajoran Number One , Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) .
" Dramatis Personae " is an episode that highlights how boldStar Trek : Deep Space Ninewas from its earliest stages . It work mainly because it takes place duringDS9season 1 , when Sisko and Kira are still figuring each other out . That adds a level of ambiguity to the mystery of the telepathic archive that simply would n’t be there if an audience was conversant with theDS9cast and their dynamics . It also throw one ofCaptain Picard ’s bestStar Trek : The Next Generationepisodes , " The Inner Light " , because thisDS9version keep everyone aboard the station and in uniform , which sum an unnerving tone to transactions .
It ’s no mystery that Sisko blame Picard for the death of his wife at Wolf 359 , but Star Trek : DS9 ’s pilot reveals a deeper reason for their feud .
Star Trek: DS9 Copied Picard’s “Inner Light” For Sisko
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 5 , episode 25 , " The Inner Light " , Captain Picard experience the exit ten of the planet Kataan via an alien investigation . The probe is referred to as an " ascendent pretense " , effectively allowing future contemporaries to experience the past tense in vivid detail . InStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 1 , installment 18 , " Dramatis Personae " , a Klingon ship unearth some energy firmament that turn out to be the telepathic archive of the last solar day of Saltah’na society . When the spheres are shattered , the psychical platter of this devastating political upheaval infect the gang , and trigger a mutiny , down every Klingon on board .
The telepathic archive was then passed on to Deep Space Nine ’s senior staff , with Sisko and the gang having a very similar experience to Picard . WhileStar Trek : The Next multiplication ’s " The Inner Light " charter place largely inside the simulation , " Dramatis Personae " shows the mould post out the bodily process of the idle Saltah’nans aboard DS9 . As if to further underline the connection between theSisko and Picardepisodes , theStar Trek : Deep Space NineCaptain spends the majority of the instalment building an intricate clock , in the same agency that Picard - as - Kamin determine to play the flute glass in " The Inner Light . "
Sisko’s Clock And Picard’s Flute Would Remain In Their Star Trek Shows
The experiences that Sisko and Picard have in " Dramatis Personae " and " The Inner Light " would leave a survive encroachment on their characters . Captain Picard ’s Ressikan transverse flute can be go through in subsequent episodes ofStar Trek : The Next GenerationandStar Trek : Picard . InTNGseason 6 , sequence 19 , " moral " , Captain Picard fall in love with Lt . Commander Nella Darren ( Wendy Hughes ) , and tells her of the importance that the flute holds for him . Later , in " A Fistful of Datas " , Picard compiles a trio of Mozart pieces to be played on his flute , showing that the deterrent example of the ancestor simulation remain with him .
Star Trek : Deep Space Ninewould later do a more successful version of " The Inner Light " inCaptain Sisko ’s bestDS9episode , " Far Beyond the Stars . " That installment find out Sisko populate the body of struggle sci - fi writer Benny Russell as he combat racial segregation in the 1950s . That experience would ride out with Sisko , much like Picard ’s experience as Kamin . Sisko ’s experiences with the telepathic archive in " Dramatis Personae " also intelligibly regard him . The clock that Sisko labored on remained in his power for the relaxation ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s seven season .
All episodes ofStar Trek : Deep Space NineandStar Trek : The Next Generationare available to pelt on Paramount+ .
