The western frontier comparison is quite thoughtful. Saloon, jail, schoolhouse. Never noticed that. Bravo.

"There are 4 lights" impersonation was actually pretty good..

I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, North Haverbrook and DS9, and, by gum, it put them on the map!

I had the opportunity to visit the DS9 set while they were shooting a scene on the Promenade. Another interesting fact (to me anyway): the actors walk very slowly when shooting scenes on the Promenade. It doesn't appear that way on screen but when you're watching them in person, it was surprising.

Deep space nine is a treasure to Star Trek that will stay with us forever.

Remember when they tripped a Cardassian security system, designed to stop its former commander from surrendering to a Bajoran slave uprising, which amongst other episodes, draws attention to the fact Star Fleet was upgrading the station.

One of my favourite DS9 Easter Eggs: While Nana Visitor was dating Alexander Siddig, he introduced her to a comedy show called "One Foot In the Grave" The cast and crew became a fan of the show and started introducing Victor Meldrew's catchphrase of "I do not believe it!" anywhere they could cram it in, but apparently only one actually made it on-air in the episode "Tribunal"

I always imagine that even though Starfleet officers don't get paid, ones stationed in places where money is used probably receive some kind of stipend in Federation Credits. This theory goes hand-in-hand with the implication that money is not used on core worlds of the Federation, but is used on the frontiers. As we saw in TNG, Dr. Crusher purchased a bolt of cloth at Farpoint and "charges it to her account on the Enterprise." I know Gene Roddenberry insisted that the Federation didn't have money, but that's nonsense. Nog taught us all that the Great Material Continuum keeps the galaxy moving and Nog would never give up a bum steer.

While the ATM is never referenced on screen, Mike Okuda did point it out, and showed it close up, during a walk through of the Promenade in one of the “Making of” documentaries. It’s worth noting that unlike the sets for the Enterprise D, all of the sets for DS9 were built to feature film quality just in case they were needed for movies.

Currently rewatching DS9 I’m on S4 E7 and it is def the most integrated star trek series - such a different perspective and detail into so many lives of the different species and cultures. its a very rich and rewarding experience.

Last time I was this early to a video, DS9 still orbited Bajor.

There was a time in life when I cracked a joke or two about "Star Trek nerds." But then I started watching a lot of BBC America after I got into Doctor Who, and they were airing TNG reruns all the time. I would usually leave it on as background noise until "Chain of Command" caught my attention one day, and I started actually watching when the show was on and finished the series on Netflix at some point. Naturally, I eventually moved on to DS9, and my God it was glorious. TNG was great, but DS9 is one of the best shows I've ever seen. It was outstanding. It started stronger in early going, and for 3 straight seasons from 4 through 6, it rarely dipped below a B+ level of quality. It's an absolute triumph of the sci fi genre, and we're lucky to have it. I don't know which Trek show is the best Star Trek (though I do know it's definitely not Voyager and ppl who claim otherwise are delusional), but DS9 is by far the best general TV show of the bunch.

TNG, Voyager & Enterprise all had open lifts that dropped between levels in Engineering & was a few scenes where we see the crew using them.

I like how Star Trek online depicted DS9s future, Kira did become Vedik but they found the Vedik from season 1 and then Kira Joined Starfleet And was commissioned as Captain and took command of the station and by extension the Defiant, quark was still running his bar and Morn the best character would sit and regal everyone with his amazing tales, man what a mouth on that guy

LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU > "Del Florio's Tailor Shop" is also a reference to the 1960's spy series, "The Man From UNCLE."

I'm going back through DS9 now. I introduced my wife to it and it has a special place in our hearts. We didn't know any of these things. It's really neat to know our fave Star Trek series still has lots of hidden gems in it. Here's something you might not have known, at least you didn't mention it: The stardates are usually just made up numbers the team uses to indicate passing time with the first year of TNG begining at 41XXX and incrementing by 1000 over the course of each season the show was being produced. It's no secret that they didn't air in sequence, sometimes causing impossible overlaps in events within the same series. The first station log of DS9 entered by the then Commander Sisko was 46379.1. That puts it a less than a week after the first log entry used in "Chain of Command, Part 2" (at 46360.8). So them interacting with the DS9 cast would have made little sense unless it was planned for them to be at Terok Nor just before the Cardassian withdrawal. Using stardates would also mean that the Enterprise officially was at DS9 a total of three times: The beginning of "Emissary", the end of "Emissary" and a few days after the events of the DS9 episode "The Passenger" when the events of "Birthright, Part 1" occurred.

My favorite series of all time, I hope the "next generation" born after year 2000, gets to experience the joy and entertainment this kind of writing and quality brings to sci fi.

Weren’t the elevators beside the warp cores of Enterprise D and Voyager real too? Not turbolifts though, I suppose?

I guess an ATM makes sense...I always just figured the Federation may not use money within it's borders but it had latinum or the like to trade with other powers and it was giving the DS9 crew an allowance of sorts so they could live in DS9.

In the 2nd part of the pilot episode, they managed to get a "warp field" around the WHOLE station to move it close to the wormhole, STAKING it's claim on it. It almost instantly went from being in the middle of nowhere to the MOST important place in the Alpha Quadrant. To their date, it was probably the LARGEST object to obtain warp speed too. I love DS9!

Sorry to be 'that guy', but about Number 7: A few tidbits you missed out was 'Diva Droid Corporation' and the 'Jupiter Mining Corporation', both Easter Eggs from 'Red Dwarf', you also have 'Spacely Sprockets', an Easter Egg from 'The Jetsons' and Tom Servo's Used Robots is an easter egg from 'MST3K'... I'm gonna stop there but, yeah, the directory is full of easter eggs. (Worst kept secret ever, I know)

I like the pocket books that had the station continuing on as an outpost. Kira became the station commander, Ro Karen joined as head of security. Eventually they were folded into Star Fleet, Kira became a Captain (Defiant), Laren a commander. Kira would went on to become Kai and raised a family at some point. The books were good.

TMP, TnG Voy, and ENT had functioning lifts on set, also.

Mike Okuda was a big fan of Buckaroo Banzai. Yoyodyne was something he would put in as an in-joke. Also of quite a few anime shows like "the dirty pair" (they show up in some of his star charts).

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the GREATEST Star Trek series of ALL-TIME.

I'm deeply disappointed that you didn't mention the Jupiter Mining Corporation from Red Dwarf being on the Promenade!

can you imagine the fees (at least for non-Ferengi) charged in a Ferengi banking system (including to use its ATMs)?

DS9 is the greatest Star Trek series and has the best captain.

"Only non-federation location to be the permanent home of a Star Trek series" - technically the NX-01 was non-Federation.

Ten secrets of the Cerritos seems inevitable now.

dude you are hilarious. I found myself laughing out loud several times. The hollow-suite gag really had me rolling. Thanks for that!

I generally dislike the Cardassian aesthetic, think their ships are ugly, architecture is ugly, even their clothing, but for some reason DS9 (or Terok Nor) designs just somehow works for me. I think it's the circular/globe nature of the structure, the rings around the centre, the pylons forming the shape and the command centre at the dead centre, kind of like it's own little universe. The lighting as well I think played a big role in making it feel like a warm place, just look at what they did with the same set when they redressed and lit it for flashbacks during the occupation or on Empok Nor.

In the first season, Odo is looking at a passenger manifest and one of the previous destinations of the ship was Alderaan. Continuity confirmed.

Enterprise had a functioning lift in engineering, right? Trip complained about its' poor safety when he was pregnant.

Holy moly, commercials before we even get the first entry.

Just ended watching the series again last night. Still the best TV show...period!

The original promenade sounds like babylon 5 which also had a monorail

DS9 was the lonely Federation Outpost in disputed space , relations with the Cardassians were still tense when we saw the TV Pilot , this reality would go back and forth as time went on ... The clarinet playing in the show theme was appropriate, it symbolized the lonely outpost far from Federation space - the clarion call. Everything fitted together quite well I think , it’ll be difficult to replicate a Star Trek series with such quality in the future, and I’d be very surprised if it’s ever achieved.

Congratulations on painting an entire Sisters army during lockdown- that’s commendable! The new range is really nice looking (and as you know, it’s been a long time coming)- I toyed with the idea of collecting the Sororitas myself, but I’ve been working on a 30K Raven Guard army for the past 3 years, and that takes up all of my time. Anyway- I have never watched DS9, but I’m actually just getting into Star Trek, and your channel is giving me a great base of knowledge before starting to watch full seasons of the shows. Thanks for all of the work that goes into each of your episodes-

DS9 as Star Trek's version of The Riffle Man is spot on. Never realized that before.

Ds9 was so underrated. I watched after tng binge about 5 years ago and it is by far the greatest out of all shows

I remember that the Enterprise refit (in the movie) have elevators too in engineering, and Enterprise D have too, since episode 1 (functionals, I mean).

Enjoying the DS9 content! This show deserves ALL the love!

KZfaq video: "Ten things YOU don't know about star trek" Me: "pffft! we'll see about that!" Me 17 minutes later:"Huh..." Will definitely need to rewatch chain of command and look out for the promenade restaurant.

6:54 'By the time the show enters it's 6th, 7th and *8th* seasons ' ... hold up a minute ...

4. Alien Tower of Babel: "naah... if we do that Babylon 5 will definitively sue us"

Tom Servo's Used Robots was another Promenade store. Nice reference to Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Why the heck did this start playing in the middle of the night when my laptop was supposed to be asleep and I was trying to be?!

Doesn’t Voyager have an actual lift in engineering?

There was a working lift in engineering on the enterprise

Glad to hear about the new channel, Riflemanculture.

I love DS9! Your best video yet! Thanks so much for this!

7:53 Pretty sure there was a Sbarro's franchise on the Promenade, just down from the Orange Julius...

Tower of Babel(on 5) :D

Love that Picard "there are .. FOUR lights" impersonation! Bravo! :D

I liked that their criteria for the station design was to make it 1) simple enough a child could draw it and 2) everyone tuning in immediately knows "yep, that looks like a space station."

Great video...but I remember there being working lifts in Voyager and the Enterprise NX-O1's engineering rooms. There might also have been one in the Enterprise-E's engine room but I'm not 100% sure

Demigod status aside proclaiming Captain Sisko as the best csptain in all star trek is a bit of a grandiose statement. But there is no denying that he is one of the most brilliant and best captains we've had thus far.

I've been a Star Trek fan since the 60's watching the originals when they aired and have watched all of them, except Discovery and Pickard. I've purchased the Original Star Trek, Voyager, DS9 and Enterprise. Of all the series out there I've seen, I have to say that DS9 is by far the best series because it's written so well and you get so much history and interaction with most of the species in the Alpha Quadrant. Heck they even have an of episode with "Q" in Season 1 Ep. 6. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

"Way of the Warrior" was my favorite episode too. Great pick

nice little touch on that ATM thing: in star trek online's version of DS9 that console is a "gold pressed latinum conversion unit"

Just finished rewatching DS9 and it's still the greatest Trek show in many ways. Great stories, fantastic characters with interesting arcs, and they basically included the whole Alpha Quadrant into the show which makes it so much more fun. It may be that TNG is still a bit more my favorite but overall DS9 is a superior show.

Your "There are FOUR lights!" impression was near perfect!

Such a well done show, would love to see an HD remaster and they could throw in references as mentioned here.

I'm still trying to figure out how 2 full baseball teams + Odo managed to fit in one of Quark's holosuites, and still had room left to throw a ball.

#5 - there were little mini lifts in the Enterprise D's engineering set that lifted one person at a time up to the upper level.

I love all these lists. my husband and I have enjoyed them thoroughly. as a musician, I would really love to see a list of the top musical moments. my personal favorites are from inner light and the wounded. I know most people would say wrath of khan is theirs. I think it would make a great list. thanks! keep up the great work!

The Rifleman comparison was spot on, no worries there. Now, I'm very old, and I recall all those shoes. Clear(l)y, you're quite the nerd. 😜

Small correction, TNG had a moving lift in Engineering.

DS9 was left hanging after the last episode, literally.

Damn I thought I know everything about DS9 but the Ferengi ATM was totally new. Good job! :)

Watched Star Trek TNG, Voyager and Deep Space Nine during Covid lockdown. Definitely recommend it, especially if we get the second wave. Now starting ER again for a change of pace!

Yes please for the love of Kahless do an Enterprise E video!!!

Best Star Trek TV space battle is Operation Return in Sacrifice of Angels, fight me.

Great video. I didn't know about the ATM across from Quark's bar.

There was a working lift in the engine room of the Enterprise beside the warp core that Kirk used in Star Trek 2. It was also used as the same lift in TNG also next to the Warp Core. It was again put beside Voyager's warp core serving the same function to access the multiple engineering levels.

If I learned anything from this video it's what Adam would be using the holodeck for.

As a DS9 fanatic, thank you for making this. Before you do the Enterprise-E, can we get the "10 things you need to know about the USS Defiant NX-74205"?

The mining equipment was probably useless once they moved the station out of orbit... and of course I’m sure Bajor would have said, “You want us to mine ore for you?!”

Yoyodyne is in Buckaroo Banzai, yes. But originally the name stems from Thomas Pynchon's novels "Gravity's Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49".

“Q”....that name comes from “Quintessential” being...now we know....

Good stuff!

I remember when DS9 was on the long forgotten UPN on TV, my Mother watched an episode with me and she said something that has stuck with me for years and it's absolutely true for all the TV shows of Star Trek, but I think more so with DS9, and that is, "So basically, this is a science fiction soap opera show." And Mom was absolutely correct. On a funny note the one that really looked and took the award for Sci-fi Soap Opera show, was Babylon 5. I loved that show, but now as an (older) adult I have all the seasons of Babylon 5 on DVD, and I can barely watch it, but I have since re-watched DS9 and it's simply timeless and easier to stomach lol. I have a really cool limited hard to find huge 1:850 scale model of DS9 station and I was horrified to find that the easy lighting model with clear parts that sounded cool but in reality it means the entire model is clear and will be a pain in the hinny to make. I couldn't believe it when I opened the box and said what the heck lol. I've been building and lighting star trek ships for years and years in truth I just make really cool lamps. But this is going to be a tough build being clear. Even came with a small Defiant and a Cardassian cruiser. Also all clear. Anyway, one of the best Star Trek shows in my opinion, was DS9 and absolutely bringing in the Defiant helped save the show. Favorite show and favorite ship. Thanks for reading, all be safe and well! 🖖

DS9 being a frontier town akin to The Rifleman (and Gunsmoke too imo) is an amazing analogy.

Cheif O'Brian is my favorite character. Hes great as Thomas Durant aswell

Wasn't there also a functioning lift in the engine room of the Enterprise D TNG? 🤔

Some of us are still waiting for the Emissary to return.

The bar, in some of the books, eventually becomes the Ferengi embassy and Quark himself is the Ferengi ambassador to Bajor.

How about a "Top 10 list why Kira is the best character in Trek"?

Gunsmoke would probably have been a better reference than the rifleman

"Obedience brings victory! And victory is life!"

Thank you for doing this.

I like that you tried to clone Kris before looking elsewhere Adam. That's very sweet of you. :) But I must point out you forgot to mention the white, tailed chimps patrolling E-Level hyperspace. Or... hang on... no, no, that was a different space station... And yes, in case you're wondering, I *do* have to make an unfunny Uplift joke on each of these videos. It's in the contract. You know, though, the one thing I really want you to tell me, Adam, is actually about the Discovery, of all ships. 'cause you know, if Picard's Enterprise got to have a dolphin crew, then I gotta know... ...did Lorca have orcas?

Editing all your mistakes? That is a job with a lot of overtime.

This was a really great video. I loved it and the loads of trivia in it, some I knew, some I didn't. I just wanted to add that there was a mention of DS9 in the Voyager episode "Pathfinder", which was made after DS9 (the show) had finished. Barclay is talking to his Supervisor about a plan they could use to contact Voyager. He says something like "the latest astrometric data from Deep Space Nine included a Class B Itinerant Pulsar". This is actually also the only time in the entire franchise we get mention of Voyager, Deep Space Nine AND the Enterprise in one episode!

I'd love to see one of these about the Enterprise E. I'm a long time Trek fan from throughout the ages, but the E is still probably my favorite.

Someone please confirm, but I am pretty sure The Man From U.N.C.L.E. appeared in The Original Series. EDIT: MBLEEPR FBLEEPR! and GBLEEPD DBLEEPM IT! Five FBLEEPG TRIES TO GET THIS POST DONE! I HATE MY PHONE KEYBOARD! Sorry for yelling. . . Live Long and Prosper!

"...seasons 6, 7 & 8..." 8? The Infirmary was still all Cardassian computer interfaces. Otherwise, great video!

The Rifleman reference is a great point - never thought of it that way, but I completely agree.

Great video, DS9 is my favourite series! You mentioned that the sets had the only two working turbolifts from any show. Both the promenade set and ops had working turbolifts but the one on the promenade was only shown working on screen once! Also, I think there should be an honourable mention for the lift in Voyager’s engineering!