Until Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, each franchise iteration was simply a different version of Star Trek: The Original Series. Much about Deep Space Nine's approach to storytelling broke the franchise mold, yet Benjamin Sisko, played brilliantly by Avery Brooks, is a more traditional Starfleet captain than he's given credit for. As a commander, father and religious icon, Captain Sisko is as important a commander as Kirk, Picard or any other. Yet, as is the norm for new entries in Gene Roddenberry's utopian universe, fans resisted and, in some cases, rejected the "new" entry. Now, 30 years past its debut on Jan. 3, 1993, Deep Space Nine made Star Trek a franchise, at least in the modern sense of the term. Two decades earlier, Star Trek: The Animated Series continued the voyages of the original USS Enterprise and its crew.
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