Episode Behind the Scenes

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In this episode, the name Changeling is first heard for Odo's species.
   
This episode marks the first time Morn's name is spoken in dialogue, and the debut of the series' running joke about Morn talking constantly but not on camera.
   
The characters of Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel were modified from a concept for a pair of regular characters that was considered during the development of the series.
   
Odo smiles on camera for the first time (a suggestion made by Rene Auberjonois).
   
Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode.
   
After the runabout Ganges clears the vortex, close captioning credits the computer as saying "The ship has left the vortex," but nothing can be heard on audio.
   
Sam Rolfe was the creator of Have Gun Will Travel, for which Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry wrote at one time.
   
In this episode, Randy Oglesby portrays both parts of the Miradorn twins. He would later go on to play Degra in Enterprise, amongst his other roles.