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I ’ve never full interpret Paramount ’s reasoning for insisting that Avery Brooks not encounter Commander Sisko with a barefaced head and face fungus inStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseasons 1 to 3 . Captain Sisko ’s bald question and face fungus has long been see to signifyDS9season 4 ’s advance in quality , much like when Commander William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) grows his beard inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 2 . Avery Brooks is more commanding with his bald school principal and goatee , and it ’s clean that he ’s a more confident member of theDeep Space Nine ’s castfrom that breaker point on .
It ’s therefore perplexing that it direct so long for Paramount to take over Avery Brooks ' postulation to play the character of Sisko in such a mode . AsStar Trek : Deep Space Ninewriter Robert Hewitt Wolfe assign it in the bookCaptains ' logarithm : The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages , " That ’s what Avery attend like , so why should n’t you let the guy look like himself ? " The reason pay for Paramount ’s Bachelor of Arts in Nursing onAvery Brooks play Siskowith a bald-pated head is thatthey did n’t wantDS9 ’s command officer to look like Brooks ' character Hawk fromSpenser : For HireandA Man address Hawk , but I ’ve never realize why that would be a problem .
Captain Sisko actor Avery Brooks directed nine episodes of Deep Space Nine , including one of Star Trek ’s finest hours . How do his other DS9s compare ?
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Paramount’s Concerns About Bald Captain Sisko In Star Trek: DS9 Never Made Sense
Between 1985 and 1995 , Avery Brooks played the character of Hawk in 65 episodes ofSpenser : For Hire , fourSpenserTV movies , and 18 episodes of the spinoff seriesA Man Called Hawk . By 1993 , Brooks would have been well - experience to audiences , which surely would have made him a draw as the jumper lead ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . Which is why I ’ve never understood Paramount ’s forbidding on bald Sisko , because it disconnects Avery Brooks , DS9 ’s master star , from the public mental image that could appeal new witness toStar Trek .
Perhaps Paramount feel that the oculus of Avery Brooks ' Hawk as a Starfleet ship’s officer sent the wrong subject matter and may incur the wrath ofStar Trekcreator Gene Roddenberry from beyond the grave .
Perhaps the real reason Paramount need Avery Brooks to shave his byssus and grow out his hair was because they were uncomfortable with what Hawk represented . InSpenser : For Hire , Hawk is the good Quaker to the titular private tec play by Robert Urich . Despite being skinny champion and friend , Spenser and Hawk dissent when it come to moral scruple , with the latter exploit as a gangland hatchet man and bodyguard . Perhaps Paramount feel that the optic of Avery Brooks ' Hawk as a Starfleet officer sent the wrong message and may incur the wrath ofStar Trekcreator Gene Roddenberryfrom beyond the grave accent .
Directors Winrich Kolbe and Cliff Bole worked onSpenser : For Hirebefore they worked onStar Trek : Deep Space Nine .
Why Did Paramount Change Their Mind About Avery Brooks Being Bald In Star Trek: DS9?
Rick Berman and Ira Steven Behr were surprised when Paramount did n’t oppose Avery Brooks ' petition to shave his head forStar Trek : Deep Space Nineseason 4 . Paramount ’s change of mind is in particular odd becauseDS9season 4 , instalment 1 , " The Way of the Warrior " aired in October 1995 , the same year that Brooks made his last appearing as Hawk in the TV picture , Spenser : A Savage Place . Clearly , Sisko and Hawk ’s similarities were no longer an takings for studio executive director , but what if they never were ? What if Paramount just did n’t need twoStar Trekshows with bald steer ?
DS9was specifically designed to be different fromTNG , and the surface - layer eye of another bald command officer would have underminedStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s unique identity …
Star Trek : The Next Generation , head by bald thespian Patrick Stewart , had terminate 17 months before " The Way of the Warrior " was broadcast . alternatively of avoiding comparisons with Spenser ’s morally dubious just friend , what if Paramount were actually concerned about comparing betweenSisko and Picard ? After all , DS9was specifically design to be different fromTNG , and the surface - grade optics of another bald-headed commanding ship’s officer would have underminedStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s unique identicalness in its vitally important former years . Four year in , and despite his discomfort , Avery Brooks had more than instal Benjamin Sisko as his own mankind .
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