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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 6160336" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>Star Trek just managed to do something right I guess</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Producer changes I think need to be taken into account too. Michael Pillar left the franchise around the midpoint of Season Three, and Ira Steven Behr took over as exec. So it's possible they might have taken a cue from B5 and started digging into more serial episodes, but the writing staff on DS9 had a lot of fans of TOS and Trek in general, and they were interested in digging into the established universe rather than cranking out a new species every week.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Better budget....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Some of these are likely coincidences.</p><p></p><p>Marcus and the White Star were probably part of JMS's long term arc from the start. Worf was pretty much added as a ratings boost, and he wasn't a character from out of the blue, he was one of the most popular TNG characters. The Defiant was added because there was at least a perception that viewers weren't really impressed by the runabouts, and because the ship gave them the freedom to do starship-based episodes. The whole lesbian thing was just fashionable in Hollywood at the time, same week isn't surprisng, it's a sweeps stunt.</p><p></p><p>And like Umbran said, the Ivanova -> Lockley and Jadzia -> Ezri replacements had nothing to do with the shows' writing, it was because of career choices made by the actresses. Claudia Christian left B5 because of a contract dispute with WB; they way I understand she was offered a movie role, but WB didn't want her doing the movie while she was still under contract for the show or something. Terry Farrell was offered a role on the show Becker during the sixth season of DS9; I always assumed she took the role because DS9 was only going to have 1 more season. Trek is well known as a career killer where actors get typecasted, and she was probably thinking of her career after the show ended.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orius, post: 6160336, member: 8863"] Star Trek just managed to do something right I guess Producer changes I think need to be taken into account too. Michael Pillar left the franchise around the midpoint of Season Three, and Ira Steven Behr took over as exec. So it's possible they might have taken a cue from B5 and started digging into more serial episodes, but the writing staff on DS9 had a lot of fans of TOS and Trek in general, and they were interested in digging into the established universe rather than cranking out a new species every week. Better budget.... Some of these are likely coincidences. Marcus and the White Star were probably part of JMS's long term arc from the start. Worf was pretty much added as a ratings boost, and he wasn't a character from out of the blue, he was one of the most popular TNG characters. The Defiant was added because there was at least a perception that viewers weren't really impressed by the runabouts, and because the ship gave them the freedom to do starship-based episodes. The whole lesbian thing was just fashionable in Hollywood at the time, same week isn't surprisng, it's a sweeps stunt. And like Umbran said, the Ivanova -> Lockley and Jadzia -> Ezri replacements had nothing to do with the shows' writing, it was because of career choices made by the actresses. Claudia Christian left B5 because of a contract dispute with WB; they way I understand she was offered a movie role, but WB didn't want her doing the movie while she was still under contract for the show or something. Terry Farrell was offered a role on the show Becker during the sixth season of DS9; I always assumed she took the role because DS9 was only going to have 1 more season. Trek is well known as a career killer where actors get typecasted, and she was probably thinking of her career after the show ended. [/QUOTE]
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