Dax is a fictional entity on the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
In Star Trek Deep Space Nine Dax is a Trill symbiont, a very long-lived slug-shaped entity that is hosted by a succession of humanoid Trills, a process called "joining". In the Fictional Star Trek universe the Trill are a species of Sybiotic Lifeforms native to the Alpha Quadrant. This article is about the biological phenomenon for other uses see Symbiosis (disambiguation The term symbiosis (from the Greek Each of the hosts has access to the memories of the previous hosts, including the accumulated skills and work experiences. In Biology, a host is an organism that harbors a Virus or Parasite, or a mutual or Commensal Symbiont, typically providing nourishment Dax has been four men and five women. Two of Dax's hosts, Jadzia and Ezri, were regular characters on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space Ezri Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) is a counselor aboard Deep Space Nine in the seventh season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. The hosts of Dax all have the same blue eyes. Eye color is a Polygenic trait and is determined by the amount and type of Pigments in the Eye 's iris.
The Dax symbiont in the series has lived for over three hundred years. In that time it has been joined to a politician, a mathematician, a gymnast, a pilot, a musician, an ambassador, a counselor, a scientist, and even a murderer. Dax has been a part of some of the most important events in Star Trek history, from the signing of the Khitomer Accords to the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole. The following is a list of treaties in the Star Trek Fictional universe.
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Official hosts
Lela Dax
Lela Dax was the first host of the Dax symbiont. Lela (and the Dax symbiont itself) were born during the early 21st century. Lela was the first woman elected to the Trill legislature. In the Fictional Star Trek universe the Trill are a species of Sybiotic Lifeforms native to the Alpha Quadrant. She had the habit of standing with her hands clasped behind her back (future Dax hosts, such as Jadzia Dax, also exhibited this behavior) in order to curb excessive hand gesturing whilst speaking publicly. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space Lela and her husband had a son, Ahjess, who was afraid of the dark and used to climb into bed with his parents at night.
Lela was portrayed by Nana Visitor in the episode Facets, when Lela's consciousness took over the body of Kira Nerys during the zhian'tara ceremony of Jadzia Dax. Nana Visitor (born July 26, 1957) is an American actress, best known for playing Colonel (previously Major Kira Nerys in the "Facets" is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the 25th and penultimate episode of the third season Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space
Tobin Dax
Tobin Dax was a noted engineer and mathematician in Trill history. Tobin was the second host of the Dax symbiont. Tobin had a keen scientific mind, but was timid and shy in social situations. He had several children, but had a hard time disciplining them. Tobin also dabbled in botany and sleight-of-hand magic. Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life Sleight of hand, also known as prestidigitation ("quick fingers" or léger de main (from the French for "lightness of hand" He also devised his own proof of Fermat's last theorem. Fermat's Last Theorem is the name of the statement in Number theory that It is impossible to separate any power higher than the second into two like
When Curzon Dax underwent the ceremony of zhian'tara, in which his friends and family temporarily embodied past Dax hosts, Curzon gleefully got the Tobin host roaring drunk during the ceremony. Curzon Dax is a Fictional character from the television show Star Trek Deep Space Nine who was played by Frank Owen Smith.
The character of Tobin Dax was originally going to be a crewmember on Enterprise. Star Trek Enterprise (simply titled Enterprise prior to season three is a Science fiction Television program created by Brannon Michael Shanks was the fan favourite to play him. Michael Garrett Shanks (b December 15 1970, Vancouver British Columbia) is a Canadian Actor who achieved fame for his role However, the character was dropped for some reason.
In the non-canon short story "Dead Man's Hand" (written by Jeffrey Lang and collected in The Lives of Dax), Tobin Dax was involved in the creation of an early transporter and encountered the Vulcan scientist Skon (Spock's grandfather) during an altercation with enemy Romulans.
Tobin was portrayed by Colm Meaney in the episode Facets, when Tobin's consciousness took over the body of Miles O'Brien during the zhian'tara ceremony of Jadzia Dax. Colm J Meaney ( Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; first name ˈkɒləm born 30 May, 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing "Facets" is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the 25th and penultimate episode of the third season Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Tobin was extremely nervous, biting O'Brien's fingernails and continuously making apologies for no real reason.
Emony Dax
Emony Dax was the third host of the Dax symbiont. She was an Olympic gymnast who found that her concentration and physical coordination improved after she was joined with Dax, despite her fears prior to joining that these skills would be impaired.
Emony was once on Earth to judge a gymnastics competition at the University of Mississippi, where she met a young Leonard McCoy. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001 The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational Research University located in Oxford Leonard H "Bones" McCoy, played by DeForest Kelley, is the Doctor character in the original Star Trek series and the first six Years later, Jadzia Dax would comment that Emony had a feeling that he would become a doctor — "he had the hands of a surgeon" (implying she was his lover). ("Trials and Tribble-ations")
Emony was portrayed by Chase Masterson in the episode Facets, when Emony’s consciousness took over the body of Leeta during the zhian'tara ceremony of Jadzia Dax. "Trials and Tribble-ations" is a fifth season episode of the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Chase Masterson (born Christianne Carafano on 26 February 1963 in Colorado Springs Colorado) is an American actress "Facets" is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the 25th and penultimate episode of the third season This is a list of minor characters from the Science fiction television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Audrid Dax
Audrid Dax was the fourth host of the Dax symbiont. She rose to become the head of the Trill Symbiosis Commission, and she was also a mother of at least two children, Neema and Gran. Audrid noted that her election and the birth of her first child were the happiest days of her life. An election is a Decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office
Neema once spent two weeks in the hospital, ill with Rugalan fever. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for Audrid spent the entire time by her six-year-old daughter's side, and read all seventeen volumes of Down the River Light to her, even though she was unconscious. Fifteen years later, the two were not on speaking terms and would not see each other for another eight years.
In the non-canon short story "Sins of the Mother" (written by SD Perry and collected in The Lives of Dax), Audrid Dax was part of a joint Trill-Starfleet scientific task force led by Fleet Captain Christopher Pike, which investigated a rogue comet which seemed to contain Trill lifesigns. This article describes the Starfleet organization in the Star Trek universe for other uses see Starfleet (disambiguation In the Fictional universe This is a list of minor characters from the Science fiction television series Star Trek The Original Series. Instead it contained a member of an evil parasitic species (TNG: "Conspiracy") that seized control of Dax's husband Jayvin Vod. Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry " Conspiracy " is a first-season episode of Star Trek The Next Generation, first broadcast May 9, 1988. In order to ensure that the parasite died, Dax was forced to let her husband (and his symbiont) die as well, which is what led to her estrangement from her daughter Neema. The two later encountered each other again in the non-canon novel Unity, when Dax was in Ezri and Neema's symbiont Cyl was joined to Trill enforcement office Taulin. Ezri Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) is a counselor aboard Deep Space Nine in the seventh season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Audrid was portrayed by Armin Shimerman in the episode Facets, when Audrid’s consciousness took over the body of Quark during the zhian'tara ceremony of Jadzia Dax. Armin Shimerman (born November 5, 1949) is an American actor who was born and raised in Lakewood, New Jersey. "Facets" is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the 25th and penultimate episode of the third season Quark, son of Keldar and Ishka, is a Fictional character in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, played by Armin Shimerman Quark only agreed to the ceremony with extreme reluctance, and Dax 'forgot to mention' that Quark would be embodying one of Dax's female hosts.
Torias Dax
Torias Dax was the first Dax host to join Starfleet, serving as a shuttle test pilot. This article describes the Starfleet organization in the Star Trek universe for other uses see Starfleet (disambiguation In the Fictional universe Torias was piloting a new Starfleet shuttle when it experienced a catastrophic system failure and crashed, costing Torias his life. After Torias' death, official Trill records indicated that Dax was held in stasis for six months and then transplanted into Curzon; however, this was actually a coverup by the Trill government, as Dax's next host was Joran who was a psychopath and a murderer. Curzon Dax is a Fictional character from the television show Star Trek Deep Space Nine who was played by Frank Owen Smith. Dax is a fictional entity on the television show Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
In the non-canon short story "Infinity" (written by Susan Wright and collected in The Lives of Dax), the shuttle in which Torias Dax was killed was testing an early version of the transwarp drive (as seen in The Search for Spock) with the assistance of Lieutenant Saavik and under the command of Captain Stiles (both also from The Search for Spock). Warp drive is a form of Faster-than-light propulsion in the Fictional universe of Star Trek, capable of propelling spacecraft or objects to many multiples Star Trek III The Search for Spock ( Paramount Pictures, 1984) is the third feature Film based on the Star Trek Lieutenant Saavik is a Fictional character in the Star Trek universe Star Trek III The Search for Spock ( Paramount Pictures, 1984) is the third feature Film based on the Star Trek
Torias was portrayed by Alexander Siddig in the episode Facets, when Torias’s consciousness took over the body of Julian Bashir during the zhian'tara ceremony of Jadzia Dax. Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig El Abderahman El Mohammed Ahmed El Abdel Karim El Mahdi ( Arabic: صدّيق الطاهر الفاضل الصدّيق عبدالرحمن "Facets" is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the 25th and penultimate episode of the third season Dr Julian Subatoi Bashir, played by Alexander Siddig, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Torias left behind a trill widow when he died, Nilani Kahn, who later showed up in DS9 season 4 episode 6 as the same symbiont in a new host: Lenara Kahn. The situation, since Torias was now a woman in Jadzia, made for an awkward situation. The situation was only complicated because it is against Trill rules for new hosts to discuss continued emotional feelings for old host's partners, at threat of permanent exile from the Trill homeworld.
Joran Dax
Joran Dax (born Joran Belar) was a noted musician on the planet Trill, and was chosen to host the Dax symbiont after the death of the previous host, Torias. In the Fictional Star Trek universe the Trill are a species of Sybiotic Lifeforms native to the Alpha Quadrant. What was not known at the time was that Joran was insane - a psychopath and a murderer who killed the Trill doctor who'd recommended that Joran be expelled from the symbiosis program. Joran's joining with Dax was considered a failure, and all records of the joining were covered up by the Trill government, to prevent a panic (the official party line was that no joining could ever fail in this way). In the Fictional Star Trek universe the Trill are a species of Sybiotic Lifeforms native to the Alpha Quadrant. Later, Jadzia Dax experienced hidden memories of Joran, which were so traumatic that they threatened to kill her, requiring Trill doctors to uncover the memories of Dax's joining with Joran (and, consequently, to unseal the government's records of the joining) to save Jadzia's life. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space
The Trill government had desperately tried to quash all data about Joran's joining, fearing that if word got out that Joran had passed the host screening procedures and was technically a viable host, then the truth - that over half the Trill population was capable of joining, not the small fraction as was generally believed - would cause the public to riot, and would turn the symbionts into commodities to be fought over. Sisko held this threat, that he would expose the truth over them to have the Trill Government help save Jadzia. . . who had previously wished to save only the Dax symbiont and let Jadzia die.
Later, Ezri Dax was forced to call upon her memories of Joran in order to catch a killer who had claimed several victims on Deep Space Nine. Ezri Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) is a counselor aboard Deep Space Nine in the seventh season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. The Space station Deep Space Nine ( DS9) is the main setting of the Science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Joran was portrayed by Jeff McBride and Leigh McCloskey. Jeff McBride (also known as Magnus) (born September 11, 1959) is an American magician. Leigh J McCloskey (b June 21, 1955, Los Angeles, California) is best known publicly as an American film and television actor Also, he was played by Avery Brooks in the episode Facets, when Joran's consciousness took over the body of Benjamin Sisko during the zhian'tara ceremony of Jadzia Dax. Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is an American Actor, Jazz musician Opera Singer and "Facets" is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the 25th and penultimate episode of the third season Benjamin Lafayette Sisko, played by Avery Brooks, is the main character of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Curzon Dax
Curzon Dax (played by Frank Owen Smith) was a host to the Dax symbiont from 2285 - 2367. Curzon Dax is a Fictional character from the television show Star Trek Deep Space Nine who was played by Frank Owen Smith. Curzon also briefly joined with Odo during Jadzia's zhian'tara ceremony. Odo, played by René Auberjonois, is a main character on the science fiction television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Perhaps due to Odo's shapeshifting abilities, Odo doesn't simply embody Curzon -- an unexpected side-effect is that Curzon and Odo become (technically) 'joined', and both exist in the same body.
Jadzia Dax
Jadzia Dax (played by Terry Farrell) was a main character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from Season 1-6. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space Terry Farrell (born November 19 1963 is an American actress and former fashion model best known for her roles in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine The following is a complete list of episode descriptions for Star Trek Deep Space Nine, in broadcast order The following is a complete list of episode descriptions for Star Trek Deep Space Nine, in broadcast order
Ezri Dax
Ezri Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) was a main character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in Season 7. Ezri Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) is a counselor aboard Deep Space Nine in the seventh season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Nicole de Boer (born December 20, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles as The following is a complete list of episode descriptions for Star Trek Deep Space Nine, in broadcast order
Alternate hosts
Verad Dax
Verad Dax (played by John Glover) stole the Dax symbiont for a few hours, in the episode "Invasive Procedures". John Soursby Glover Jr (born August 7, 1944) is an American award-winning actor perhaps best known for a range of Villainous roles in films "Invasive Procedures" is an episode of the Television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the fourth episode of the second season Verad was a rejected candidate for joining who surgically removed the Dax symbiont from Jadzia and had it implanted in himself. Dax was later returned to Jadzia before the symbiont and host were integrated. In a sense, Jadzia was both the eighth and tenth hosts, though it is not generally counted this way. [1]
Yedrin Dax
Yedrin Dax (played by Gary Frank) was a host of the Dax symbiont in an alternate timeline created when the USS Defiant travelled back through time two hundred years and crash landed on the planet Gaia, in the episode Children of Time. Gary Frank (born October 9, 1950 in Spokane Washington) is an American actor who won an Emmy Award for his performances on the Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction The USS Defiant (NX-74205 is a fictional Starship in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine (DS9 and the Feature film Children of Time is an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine, the twenty-second episode of the fifth season He is the great-grandson of Jadzia Dax and Worf. Jadzia Dax, played by Terry Farrell, was a main character during the first six seasons of the science fiction Television series Star Trek Deep Space Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a Main character in both Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Trek Deep Space Nine His existence was erased when the Defiant avoided the crash and that timeline was averted. [2]
Others named Dax
- Dax, son of Kang was a Klingon named after his godfather, Curzon Dax. Klingons ( Klingon: tlhIngan; Pronunciation /ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn/ are a warrior race in the fictional Star Trek universe He died at a very early age from a genetic virus given to him by an alien known as the Albino.
- Dax (played by Michael Snyder) was also the name of a crewman aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A (or Enterprise -A) is a fictional starship in the fourth fifth and sixth Star Trek films Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film based on the Star Trek Science fiction Television series. A pair of magnetic boots used during the murder of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon were found hidden in his locker. Klingons ( Klingon: tlhIngan; Pronunciation /ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn/ are a warrior race in the fictional Star Trek universe Dax was summoned to his quarters. In a continuation of the running gag of Chekov crediting Russia with inventing various things, Chekov asks Dax if he had heard of the Russian epic of Cinderella, and tells him if ". Cinderella ( French: Cendrillon, Slovak: Popoluška, German: Aschenputtel, Spanish: Cenicienta . . shoe fits, wear it!" Spock at that point interrupts and gestures at Dax's feet. It's then that the senior staff realized that Dax's exceptionally large feet precluded his having worn the boots. Crewman Dax is not a Trill and is not known to bear any relation to the Dax symbiont or any of its hosts [1] [2].
Pop Culture References
- The World of Warcraft expansion set Burning Crusade contains a reference to some of the hosts of the Dax symbiont: Draenei named Tobin, Emony, Audrid, Torias, and Curzon tour the museum area of The Exodar. World of Warcraft (commonly acronymed as WoW) is a Massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG Main articles World of Warcraft, Gameplay of World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King
- Bill Bailey, comedian, named his child after Dax. Mark Bailey where he was initially an academic pupil winning most of the prizes "I may just have given him too much baggage," Bailey has joked. "I'll tell him he’s named after the German stock exchange. DAX 30 ( Deutscher Aktien IndeX 30, formerly Deutscher Aktien-Index 30 (German stock index is a Blue Chip Stock market index consisting of the "[3]
External links
- Dax article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
References
- ^ Memory Alpha entry on Verad Dax
- ^ Memory Alpha entry on Yedrin Dax
- ^ Bill Bailey interview | The List
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