Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 8 was an exercise by DS9's writers to pitch the first episode of a new, continuation series if DS9 were able to be made in the present day. Set 20 years after the ...

The final look of the station wasn't the first idea pitched, however. Talking to Star Trek Magazine in 1999, Zimmerman had this to say about coming up with DS9's look… ...

I want a show set in space that feels grounded in the now. Enter “Star Trek: Deep Space 9.” The 10th installment in the film-TV franchise, “DS9” was a stark departure from the traditional Trek ethos.