Image in the Sand

Production Number: 551
Original air week: 9/28/98

Written by: Ira Steven Behr & Hans Beimler
Directed by: ???

Guest Stars:

• Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat
• Aron Eisenberg as Ensign Nog
• ??? as ???
• Special Guest Stars: James Darren as Vic Fontaine
• And: Brock Peters as Joseph Sisko

Spellings:

Notes:

• First episode of the seventh season, part one of two. Filming started 7/7/98.
• Introduces the new main character, Ezri Dax, played by Nicole de Boer. Ezri, a female, is the next host of the Dax symbiont, and a Starfleet officer, but not of Jadzia Dax's rank.
• Rene Auberjonois (Odo) mentioned at a convention that Major Kira will be receiving a promotion in this episode to Colonel. This gives her an equivalent rank to Captain Sisko; logical, since she's now in charge of the station.
• In part, explored the relationships of Sisko and Worf to this new Dax, and addresses the changes in relationships.

The Writer's Keyboard:

• [[6/4]] Ron Moore:
  Could you please give us some insight into the current state of DS9? Is the seventh season, for the most part, already mapped out?
  We're mapping things out right now. We have a general sense of where we're going over the course of the year and we have a bunch of shows that we know for sure that we'll do. The rest did us all good and I can happily report that the staff is excited and having a lot of fun.
• [[6/4]] Ron Moore:
  Will Leeta be in more episodes in season 7?
  We'll definitely be seeing more of Leeta in season seven, but I can't relay any details at this point. In fact, you should all be forewarned that I'll be giving very little information about what we have planned for the last season at this point--after all, the final episode of this season hasn't even aired yet! I'll be happy to talk about year six, but you'll be seeing a lot of maybes, could-bes, possiblies, and you-never-knows in my responses about our future plans.
• [[6/5]] Ron Moore:
  Will Gowron be in season 7?
  Maybe. Could be. Possibly. You never know.
• [[7/9]] Ron Moore:
  We will definitely be dealing with Worf and his reaction to Jadzia's death in the opening two-parter and other episodes during the year. Worf will not simply forget about her.
• [[7/9]] Ron Moore:
  Tell us about the new Dax!
  She will be in Starfleet, but will not have Jadzia's rank. By the way, we have officially cast the role and we'll be releasing the actress's name shortly.
• [[7/9]] Ron Moore:
  We felt very strongly that we needed another female regular on the show so that it didn't become "The Boys and Major Kira". We also felt excited by the possibilities of exploring the next Dax host and how our characters would deal with her. However, we're very aware of this being our last season and we're not going to let this new element swamp everything else.

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