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These are 1-minute intros that were taped by several of the regular cast members. 40 episodes were chosen by the producers, and the intros were included in the reruns shown by some TV stations that run DS9 in a strip syndication package (i.e., five days a week). These intros, however, were only made for episodes in the 1st through 4th seasons.

Here are transcripts of the intros, for those of you who may not have a chance to see them. Each one is done with "Okudagram"-style graphics around the actor as he/she speaks, with a rotating image of the station, and the DS9 theme music playing in the background. The paragraphs in italics describe clips that were shown.

Narrated by Alexander Siddig

What if two characters from Deep Space Nine were on Earth at precisely the same time as Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock? Well, it happened. I'm Alexander Siddig for the Deep Space Nine Chronicles. In this episode, "Past Tense, Part II", there's a scene where Kira and O'Brien beam down to Earth's past. They land in San Francisco in the '30's, and if you look closely, there's a poster on the wall for a boxing event.

Kira and O'Brien in 1930's San Francisco; a couple comes up from a nightclub; the poster is on the wall as the couple passes

It's the same poster seen in the original series episode, "City on the Edge of Forever".

Kirk and Spock leap through the Guardian of Forever in "City"; the poster is behind them as they emerge in 1930's New York

While Kira and O'Brien search for their friends in San Francisco, Kirk and Spock attempted to repair the timeline a few thousand miles away in New York.

Shot of Kira and O'Brien followed by scenes from "City"

There's another link to Star Trek's past in this episode: one of the crazy homeless men who insists he keeps seeing spacemen is played by Clint Howard, director Ron Howard's younger brother.

Howard is seen as Grady the homeless man; he passes his hand over his face and goes "Whoosh!"

We first saw Clint in "The Corbomite Maneuver", playing a childlike alien.

Howard as Balok in "The Corbomite Maneuver"

Some more fascinating trivia from the Deep Space Nine Chronicles.