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The Klingon restaurateur is played by Ron Taylor, who was
the voice of "Bleeding Gums" Murphy on The Simpsons. He was also the
voice of Audrey II in the original Broadway cast of the musical Little
Shop Of Horrors. |
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This is the first appearance of Gul Evek (Richard Poe).
He would later appear in both The
Next Generation and Voyager.
Although the script only refers to his character as "Cardassian Officer"
and production sources credit him only as "Cardassian", it is apparent
that this character became Gul Evek, as in "Tribunal",
Evek tells Miles O'Brien that they have spoken before. |
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Terry Farrell and Geoffrey Blake (Arjin) had previously
starred together in the 1980s series Paper Dolls. Blake's character was
the boyfriend of Farrell's character. |
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The script describes the Klingon love song as "Sigmund
Romburgesque... the sort of thing Nelson Eddy would have sung to
Jeanette MacDonald if they were Klingons...". |
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Director David Livingston talks about Dax:
"I think Dax has a pretty healthy libido. When
Arjin came to her door, I wanted her to look as sexy as possible. I
wanted her to be a knockout - and she did look pretty spectacular. The
audience is thinking, 'What's she doing with this guy?' Well, she was
working out with him." |
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Terry Farrell on "Shadowplay":
"Dax is trying to show Arjin into trusting her.
Her job is to shock him into being himself because he's not ready
to become a host. She even leads him to believe that she's slept with
this wrestler, but she didn't. She was playing with Arjin's head.
Everything she does in the beginning of 'Playing God' is an attempt to
get Arjin to react to her, to shake him out of his behavior. Because
somebody who's really mature enough to be a host would have handled that
treatment differently than Arjin did." |
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Armin Shimerman on Dax and Tongo:
"Nobody on the set really knows how to play tongo.
It enforces in viewers' minds that Dax is not 'all work and everything
in its proper place' like most Starfleet characters. No other Starfleet
character has a corner of his or her heart reserved for the playful
Ferengi. But Dax does, and the writers have given her several speeches
designed to convince the others of the Ferengi's good points. I'm very
happy that Dax and Quark play tongo together." |
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Director David Livingston on the voles:
"I loved the voles! I wanted to see those suckers
and shoot them up close. Initially the script was written so that we
didn't really see them as they scurried about. But I said, 'No, we've
gotta see them!' So Michael Westmore designed this wonderful creature,
and I shot big close-ups." |
