"Doctor Bashir, I Presume" is the 114th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the 16th episode of the show's fifth season, first aired during the week of 24 February 1997. The episode was written by Ronald D. Moore and Jimmy DiggsMA and directed by David LivingstonMA.
Julian Bashir is selected to be the template for Doctor Lewis Zimmerman's new Long-term Medical Holographic program, although it reveals a secret from Bashir's past that could end his career.
Summary[]
Dr. Lewis Zimmerman selects Doctor Bashir to be the template for his new Emergency Medical Hologram. As this program will run for longer than the current EMHs, Zimmerman plans to study Bashir in depth and interview his friends and colleagues on Deep Space 9, Bashir asks Zimmerman not to contact his parents, but Zimmerman ignores Bashir and invites Bashir’s parents to the station.
Richard and Amsha accidentally reveal to the EMH, and a listening Dr. Zimmerman, that Bashir underwent illegal genetic modifications when he was a child. Bashir’s father agrees to go to prison for two years in exchange for Bashir not being dismissed from Starfleet.
Meanwhile, Dr, Zimmerman offers Leeta an opportunity to relocate to Jupiter Station, forcing Rom to admit his feelings for her. Leeta chooses Rom over Zimmerman and stays on DS9.
References[]
Characters[]
- Amsha Bashir • Julian Bashir • Richard Bashir • James Bennett • Jadzia Dax • Emergency Medical Hologram (Deep Space 9) • Kira Nerys • Leeta • Long-term Medical Holographic program • Morn • Miles O'Brien • Odo • Quark • Rom • Benjamin Sisko • Jake Sisko • Worf, son of Mogh • Lewis Zimmerman • Deep Space 9 personnel (Deep Space 9 residents)
- Referenced only
- Dav • Nog • Prinadora • Khan Noonien Singh
Locations[]
- Deep Space 9 • Habitat ring • Infirmary • Operations center • Promenade • Quark's • Station commander's office
- Referenced only
- Adigeon Prime • Adigeon system • Earth • Jupiter Station • Musilla Province • New Zealand • New Zealand Penal Settlement • Starfleet Headquarters
Starships and vehicles[]
- Danube-class runabout • USS Defiant (Defiant-class escort, in opening credits) • Excelsior-class • Galaxy-class • Janitza-class (in opening credits) • USS Leeds (Nebula-class explorer, in opening credits) • Nebula-class • USS Yeager (Federation Intrepid-variant light cruiser)
Races and cultures[]
- Referenced only
- Antidean • Cardassian • Jem'Hadar
States and organizations[]
- Referenced only
- Federation Supreme Court • Starfleet Medical • Starfleet Medical School
Science and technology[]
- accelerated critical neural pathway formation • argonite • cerebral cortex • Emergency Medical Holographic program • ganglion • genetic engineering • hologram • holographic communicator • Long-term Medical Holographic program
Other references[]
- dabo • dabo girl • darts • director • DNA resequencing • dom-jot• Eugenics Wars • intelligence quotient • Kama Sutra • latinum • marriage contract • prayko • prion • snail juice • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2373-2386) • superhuman • Vulcan Love Slave, Part II: The Revenge
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- Bashir's genetic enhancements are revisited again in "Statistical Probabilities" and "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges".
- Zimmerman returns to DS9 in "So a Horse Walks into a Bar...".
- DS9 episode: "Emissary"
- ST reference: The Star Trek Encyclopedia
- Information about this episode is presented consistently in the third and fourth volumes.
Video releases[]
Background[]
Notable cast and crew[]
- Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko
- Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
- Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Michael Dorn as Worf
- Max Grodénchik as Rom
- Chase Masterson as Leeta
- Robert Picardo as Zimmerman and EMH
Images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: By Inferno's Light |
DS9 episode produced | Next episode: A Simple Investigation |
| Previous episode: By Inferno's Light |
DS9 episode aired | Next episode: A Simple Investigation |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Liberated |
Next Adventure: Avenger | |
External links[]
- "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Doctor Bashir, I Presume article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.