Starship Down
- Episode aired Nov 13, 1995
- TV-PG
- 45m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
2.2K
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A damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'Hadar ships inside a gas giant.A damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'Hadar ships inside a gas giant.A damaged Defiant must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with two Jem'Hadar ships inside a gas giant.
Cirroc Lofton
- Jake Sisko
- (credit only)
Patrick Barnitt
- Bajoran Officer
- (uncredited)
Scott De Roy
- Med Tech
- (uncredited)
Terry Green
- Starfleet Ops Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
Leslie Hoffman
- Star Fleet Officer
- (uncredited)
Mary D. Mascari
- Bajoran Woman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode was one of the first Star Trek episodes to make extensive use of CGI. The Defiant, the Jem'Hadar fighter, the atmospheric probe and the clouds were all created in a computer.
- GoofsAt 37:16 Quark removes the firing diode and the torpedo powers down and light goes out, but at 40:32 the torpedo is shown lit again.
- Quotes
[a blind torpedo has gone halfway through the Defiant's hull, sticking through the bulkhead]
Hanok: We sell these torpedoes to the Jem'Hadar.
Quark: I thought you said you never sold substandard merchandise.
[Hanok gives him a quizzical look]
Quark: This was supposed to explode on impact, wasn't it?
Hanok: ...Maybe I should offer them a refund.
[Hanok and Quark burst out laughing]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mr. Plinkett's Star Trek 2009 Review (2010)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy
Featured review
Sort of like an old submarine film...but in space.
"Starship Down" is an interesting episode and plays in many ways much like an old WWII submarine film. This is not a bad thing, as in the original "Star Trek", one of the very best episodes ("Balance of Terror") had a similar sort of style.
The Federation is trying to work with some folks from the Gamma Quadrant who want to break free of their Dominion masters. However, the Jem'Hadar show up and threaten to not only destroy the aliens' ship but the Defiant as well. To avoid this, the ships go into the atmosphere of a nearby planet--and here the sensors don't work very well and all four ships are running blind. So, like old submarines, they slink about--looking for an opportunity to destroy their enemies with only the simplest of weaponry.
This is a very simple and yet very gripping episode. It's one of the best of the season--mostly because plots like this are hard to screw up!
The Federation is trying to work with some folks from the Gamma Quadrant who want to break free of their Dominion masters. However, the Jem'Hadar show up and threaten to not only destroy the aliens' ship but the Defiant as well. To avoid this, the ships go into the atmosphere of a nearby planet--and here the sensors don't work very well and all four ships are running blind. So, like old submarines, they slink about--looking for an opportunity to destroy their enemies with only the simplest of weaponry.
This is a very simple and yet very gripping episode. It's one of the best of the season--mostly because plots like this are hard to screw up!
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- planktonrules
- Dec 27, 2014
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