When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine debuted in January 1993, the series introduced fans to new characters and alien species. Perhaps the most intriguing was the mysterious shapeshifter Odo, who could take on any form but had trouble with faces. When the powerful Changelings, the founders of the villainous Dominion, were revealed, they chose to look like Odo despite being able to replicate humanoid faces perfectly. The detail, conceived of for practical, real-world reasons, inadvertently revealed a lot about these characters.Deep Space Nine began with a request from the late Bradon Tartikoff, then-head of Paramount Studios, for a sci-fi series like The Rifleman. The classic Western TV show followed the adventures of a father and son on the frontier of the Wild West. Captain Benjamin Sisko and his son Jake were meant to fill that role, and the Deep Space Nine station was the “frontier town” serving as the setting for the show. Quark was the humble bartender. Major Kira Nerys was the local gunslinger not fond of visitors. Odo, lovingly called “Constable,” was the station security chief, standing in for the irascible, no-nonsense sheriff. One reason he was so good at his job was he could adopt other forms from stationary objects to simple animals like birds or mice. Still, even he wasn’t aware of where he came from or if there were any others like him in the galaxy. When he eventually found his people, he wished he hadn’t. The Dominion Founders became the chief antagonists of the series, using their abilities in more sinister ways. Yet, if they could look like anything or anyone, why did they choose to look like Odo when they took humanoid form?Odo resented the “solids,” as humanoids came to be called because he was initially forced to shapeshift for Bajorans’ amusement. He adopted his look, including his hairstyle, after the scientist, named Dr. Mora Pol. Teased in Season 2, the Dominion was an anti-Federation in the Gamma Quadrant. They were a ruthless, brutal authoritarian force who sought to bring order to a chaotic galaxy. The late René Auberjonois, who played Odo, described him as “sort of a curmudgeon and he’s a very rigid man,” in Captain’s Logs: The Complete Star Trek Voyages by Edward Gross and published during DS9’s first year. Eventually, the writers decided to make Odo’s people the mysterious Dominion Founders to keep Odo’s story fresh and interesting.
When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine debuted in January 1993, the series introduced fans to new characters and alien species. Perhaps the most intriguing was the mysterious shapeshifter Odo, who could take on any form but had trouble with faces. When the powerful Changelings, the founders of the villainous Dominion, were revealed, they chose to look like Odo despite being able to replicate humanoid faces perfectly. The detail, conceived of for practical, real-world reasons, inadvertently revealed a lot about these characters.
Deep Space Nine began with a request from the late Bradon Tartikoff, then-head of Paramount Studios, for a sci-fi series like The Rifleman. The classic Western TV show followed the adventures of a father and son on the frontier of the Wild West. Captain Benjamin Sisko and his son Jake were meant to fill that role, and the Deep Space Nine station was the “frontier town” serving as the setting for the show. Quark was the humble bartender. Major Kira Nerys was the local gunslinger not fond of visitors. Odo, lovingly called “Constable,” was the station security chief, standing in for the irascible, no-nonsense sheriff. One reason he was so good at his job was he could adopt other forms from stationary objects to simple animals like birds or mice. Still, even he wasn’t aware of where he came from or if there were any others like him in the galaxy. When he eventually found his people, he wished he hadn’t. The Dominion Founders became the chief antagonists of the series, using their abilities in more sinister ways. Yet, if they could look like anything or anyone, why did they choose to look like Odo when they took humanoid form?
Odo resented the “solids,” as humanoids came to be called because he was initially forced to shapeshift for Bajorans’ amusement. He adopted his look, including his hairstyle, after the scientist, named Dr. Mora Pol. Teased in Season 2, the Dominion was an anti-Federation in the Gamma Quadrant. They were a ruthless, brutal authoritarian force who sought to bring order to a chaotic galaxy. The late René Auberjonois, who played Odo, described him as “sort of a curmudgeon and he’s a very rigid man,” in Captain’s Logs: The Complete Star Trek Voyages by Edward Gross and published during DS9‘s first year. Eventually, the writers decided to make Odo’s people the mysterious Dominion Founders to keep Odo’s story fresh and interesting.
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