I liked the character of Dr. Bashir on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but he was not one of my favorites I have to admit. I find his comments on the changes made to his character interesting:
In the fifth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, after having had his own mental idea of who his character was, had to readjust his thinking about Dr. Julian Bashir. Siddig was not pleased when he saw the script for Dr. Bashir, I Presume and made that displeasure known as best he could after the first shock wore off.“He was a man of science; he was like half good looking, rubbish at pulling girls. I mean it was all the wrong kind of archetypes. And so they kept trying to do things to make it happen. Eventually they did the Bond thing – they did the Bond thing before that actually. And that kicked it off. I have to say that I’m still pretty angry. Well, not angry“Well, it was a bit cynical at the end of the day. But I just fluffed the lines; well I didn’t fluff them completely I literally pinned the lines on the back of someone’s shoulder once, reading them. I wasn’t bothered even to learn them. I just pinned them around the office as if they were lines needed for daily modification. And they got the message and dropped it kind of.”I do understand the frustration he felt about the character because myself as a viewer of the show had to go back and ask, well, did he find a vaccine to the Quickening because he was just smart or genetically enhanced? Were all of his medical accomplishments because he was dedicated and smart or basically his parents cheated him with the enhancements? Either way, I feel it added depth to his character and I never felt like he was a pseudo Spock by any means. Deep Space Nine still remains one of my favorite series in the Star Trek saga and my favorite episode with Dr. Bashir is the Quickening.
You can read the entire interview in TrekToday.
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