![]() This also became a new concept for the writers to bring in stories from other locations and times, as they had done before through the holodeck, but here the characters weren’t just pretending to be other versions of themselves. And it gave us the ‘Wormhole Aliens’ or Prophets of Bajor, who send mystical visions to their people on Bajor itself through the Emissary, or Captain Sisko as we know him. It gave us the Dominion, led by the Founders, shape changers who passed themselves off as gods to their subjects. It also dealt with religion, another topic not often examined by this most secular of sci-fi shows. All complex ideas, all rarely dealt with by a Trek before. It added currencies, which we’d never seen in a Star Trek before, and hand in hand with it came crime, and of course justice. And it takes the somewhat traditional Star Trek vision of the almost sterile utopia we were so used to, and dirtied it up a little bit. It does have a much more diverse ensemble cast. It does have huge, long sprawling story arcs, spanning whole seasons. I do understand why there was such loud dissatisfaction, though, because it is very different from traditional Trek. It’s not even a proper Trek! Where’s the Starship? Where’s the exploration? Where’s the continuing five-year mission? Where’s the shirtless and charismatic Captain, seducing all the Orion slave girls in a five light year radius? Oh, yes, Internet. The Next Generation arrived and was greeted warmly by expectant and optimistic fans, eager for new stories in a familiar universe, but DS9? The welcome was not so warm. And I remember the reaction of so many fans as these new Treks materialised gently on our screens. I remember a time where even Picard didn’t exist. The problem is, I remember a world where Star Trek simply meant Kirk, Bones and Spock. So, I will tread with great care, believe me. As a result, I fully expect to experience problems with my internet service, wireless networking and cloud storage, should I dare to treat Star Trek Deep Space 9 with the same disdain as I have everything else in this series of articles. ![]() They are also, if the stereotype is to be believed, highly intelligent and skilled members of the more technologically minded professions. Star trek fans are undeniably some of the most loyal, most devoted and most, well, fanatical of fans throughout sci-fi and fantasy. But are all those ‘bad’ films and TV shows really as bad as the internet would have us believe? Are they not at least worth another quick look, before we cast them aside as irredeemable? We decided to bravely step through the office space/time portal for a last quick look at some of the most maligned… DS9 Wormhole The pop-culture subconscious they generate can form our opinion for us, sometimes with very little input from ourselves. The internet is a wonderful and scary place, filled with pundits, critics and commentators who examine the minutiae of everything so we don’t have to.
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