Happy Trek-iversary toDeep Space Nine

A lot of people plain about how dark and gritty theStar Trekfranchise has become now , having moved away from the idealistic future presented by the original series andThe Next Generation . But the first time Star Trek revealed the shadow hiding in the cracks of that future , the resultant role was one of its most beloved television series : Deep Space Nine , which turns 29 today .

I am on the lower spoke of the ladder of Trek fandom here at io9 , but I ’m well cognisant of how divisive the show was when it premiere back in 1993 , since it was lay on a infinite station instead of a spaceship and explored the thought that the Federation ’s Zion was not as complete as Trek ’s forebear had acquaint . Bust since then , Deep Space Nine has become of the dealership ’s best - loved and most - acclaimed installments . I ’ll let former staff member and major buff Eleanor Tremeer excuse more :

“ Underneath the complex socio - political sympathies it would become know for , at its heart Deep Space Nine was a show about average people in an sinful situation . Led by the then - Commander Sisko , a traumatized soldier who was a family man at heart , the main plaster cast were far more “ lower decks ” than Starfleet ’s near and brightest . And crucially , with a colorful casting of unknown and man alike , Deep Space Nine was the first Trek series to have non - Starfleet chief characters , allowing the show to offer a unique perspective on the Federation — and that perspective was not always as shining and affirmative as Gene Roddenberry would have wanted . ”

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If you need to know more about Deep Space Nine — or just need to reminisce — here ’s an compartmentalisation of io9 ’s retiring coverage of the series which excuse why we ’re still celebrating it nearly three decennium subsequently .

•To Boldly Stay : How Deep Space Nine upend Star Trek by expose Utopia ’s Dark Side

•Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Must - Watch episode

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