The Emissary, The Price, and sex on TV
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He was between 9-11, in DS9 they pictured him as about 17. I consider that to be an intentional continuity error; i.e. they made him older so he would fit the story. They did it in TNG and VOY also; and pretty much any tv show about children growing up
Maybe I'm channeling John Ford's novel (The Final Reflection) but I do believe that Alexander was around ten years old when he appeared on DS9 and had reached nearly adult height.
This isn't without other examples within Star Trek, Kes was only about a year old and was a full grown adult.
This isn't without other examples within Star Trek, Kes was only about a year old and was a full grown adult.
Kes was from a species that explicitly aged faster and lived shorter than humans. Klingons are a bit fuzzy there. My opinion has been that Alexander was simply retconned to be a couple years older to make the episode work. Other than him, there is little evidence to suggest that klingons mature significantly faster than humans, and there is little evidence to the contrary. so take your pick 
Kes was from a species that explicitly aged faster and lived shorter than humans. Klingons are a bit fuzzy there. My opinion has been that Alexander was simply retconned to be a couple years older to make the episode work. Other than him, there is little evidence to suggest that klingons mature significantly faster than humans, and there is little evidence to the contrary. so take your pick
The Deep Space Nine Companion has this to say about Alexander's reappearance on Sons and Daughters...
"Yeah, he did grow up awfully fast," says Thompson [Bradley, episode writer], "We took a little dramatic license and said, 'We really have no idea how quickly Klingons grow up, so let's push him to maturity.'"
page 489.
They needed him to be older for the storyline.
Naomi Wildman grew up fast too though. And IIRC the baby who was born in Step By Step went from being a newborn to being a 5 year old over a single summer.
I think, other than the marriage thing, the sexual encounter in The Emissary was pretty ambiguous from the vantage point of an 11 year old not attuned to the subtleties of connotation. Their discomfort after could easily be construed as wariness about commitment.
I think, other than the marriage thing, the sexual encounter in The Emissary was pretty ambiguous from the vantage point of an 11 year old not attuned to the subtleties of connotation. Their discomfort after could easily be construed as wariness about commitment.
And Molly O'Brien was said to be 3 in DS9 Season 1, when she'd been born a year and a half earlier our time.
Obviously, lotta stray temporal anomalies floating around the Alpha Quadrant. One unlucky shuttlecraft ride, and POW you're 18 months older.
All that "people growing up 6 years in 3" is sort of annoying. Lazy writers?
No. Intentional retconning to make a good story.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome
