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Captain Sisko was supposed to be played by Al Pachino and Avery was supposed to played Jake. Sisko was supposed to smoke a cigar in his office all the time, or at least has one his mouth unlid, and cuss at the maintanence crew on the station through coms.... That's how Steven Ira Bher originally envisioned Sisko...with a lot of moxy.
 
DS9Sega, I just want to say that your avatar always disturbs me. My eyes literally try to keep away from it.

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Fact: The security on TNG had to be tight because the temporal vortex opened by Braga's future self, code named 'Rick Berman', sent back in time to ensure he got it right this time, accidently allowed in several other less successful future Bermans.

Fact: Manny Coto comes from a long line of circus clowns. Coto the clown was a big draw in the Barnum and Bailey's (B+B - Bermaga) circus in England in the late 1870's.
 
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Scotty was originally going to be Welsh, until someone pointed out how unrealistic it would be to have a Welsh guy be the engineer on a spaceship.
 
FACT: Long before it became popular to do with sports stadiums, car companies were buying the naming rights to starships (as a form of ad placement.)
 
FACT:Christopher Judge was originally cast to play Quark

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FACT: Christopher Judge was originally offered the role of Worf but declined because he wasn't interested in playing an ailen back in 1987. :devil:
 
Even back in the days of TOS, the Enterprise carried a platoon of Starfleet Marines. They wore all-black variations of the standard TOS uniform.
 
Even back in the days of TOS, the Enterprise carried a platoon of Starfleet Marines. They wore all-black variations of the standard TOS uniform.

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Wesley picard-In a storyline the writers were thinking of having picard being wesley's real father,they explain that beverly and picard had a one hight stand when jack was on an away mission.
 
The producers of DS9 originally wanted Samuel L. Jackson to play Benjamin Sisko but he refused. Then they tried Denzel Washington and he also refused. Then they tried Christopher Judge and he too refused. So, they held auditions and ended up casting Avery Brooks in the role.
 
In the original draft of Conscious of the King, Kodos the Executioner was named Kodos the Ripper and was a serial killer rather than a governor.
 
The character of 7 of 9 was originally supposed to wear a thick full length tunic to cover the disfigured body left after the Doctor removes all of the Borg implants. But after turning down the role several times, Jeri Ryan finally agreed to play the part on the condition that she got to wear a silver cat suit instead.
 
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