Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) is an American science fiction
television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. It
originally aired from January 1993 to June 1999, in syndication,
spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. The fourth series in the
Star Trek franchise, it served as the third sequel to Star Trek: The
Original Series. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a
United Federation of Planets, it is based on the eponymous space
station Deep Space Nine, located adjacent to a wormhole connecting
Federation territory to the Gamma Quadrant on the far side of the
Milky Way galaxy.Following the success of Star Trek: The Next
Generation, Paramount Pictures commissioned a new series set in the
Star Trek fictional universe. In creating Deep Space Nine, Berman and
Piller drew upon plot themes developed in The Next Generation, namely
the conflict between two alien species, the Cardassians and the
Bajorans. Deep Space Nine was the first Star Trek series to be created
without the direct involvement of franchise creator Gene Roddenberry,
the first set on a space station rather than a traveling starship and
the first to have a person of colorâ€"Commander (later Captain)
Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)â€"as its central character.Changes were
made to the series over the course of its seven-year run. For the
third season, the starship USS Defiant was introduced to enable more
stories away from the space station, while the fourth saw the
introduction of Worf (Michael Dorn), originally from The Next
Generation, as a main character. The final three seasons dealt with a
story arc, that of the war between the Federation and an invasive
Gamma Quadrant power, the Dominion. Although not as popular as The
Next Generation, Deep Space Nine was critically well received.
Following the success of Deep Space Nine, Paramount commissioned
Berman and Brannon Braga to produce Star Trek: Voyager, which began in
1995. During Deep Space Nine's run, various episode novelisations and
tie-in video games were produced; after the show ended, various novels
and comics continued the crew's adventures.
television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. It
originally aired from January 1993 to June 1999, in syndication,
spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. The fourth series in the
Star Trek franchise, it served as the third sequel to Star Trek: The
Original Series. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a
United Federation of Planets, it is based on the eponymous space
station Deep Space Nine, located adjacent to a wormhole connecting
Federation territory to the Gamma Quadrant on the far side of the
Milky Way galaxy.Following the success of Star Trek: The Next
Generation, Paramount Pictures commissioned a new series set in the
Star Trek fictional universe. In creating Deep Space Nine, Berman and
Piller drew upon plot themes developed in The Next Generation, namely
the conflict between two alien species, the Cardassians and the
Bajorans. Deep Space Nine was the first Star Trek series to be created
without the direct involvement of franchise creator Gene Roddenberry,
the first set on a space station rather than a traveling starship and
the first to have a person of colorâ€"Commander (later Captain)
Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)â€"as its central character.Changes were
made to the series over the course of its seven-year run. For the
third season, the starship USS Defiant was introduced to enable more
stories away from the space station, while the fourth saw the
introduction of Worf (Michael Dorn), originally from The Next
Generation, as a main character. The final three seasons dealt with a
story arc, that of the war between the Federation and an invasive
Gamma Quadrant power, the Dominion. Although not as popular as The
Next Generation, Deep Space Nine was critically well received.
Following the success of Deep Space Nine, Paramount commissioned
Berman and Brannon Braga to produce Star Trek: Voyager, which began in
1995. During Deep Space Nine's run, various episode novelisations and
tie-in video games were produced; after the show ended, various novels
and comics continued the crew's adventures.
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