Trials and Tribble-ations
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| NOVELIZATION | |
| Trials and Tribble-ations | |
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| Attribution | |
| Series: | Deep Space Nine |
| Author(s): | Diane Carey |
| Publication information | |
| Published: | Paperback - 1 December 1996 |
| Pages: | 180 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0671009028 |
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| Story by: | Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler & Robert Hewitt Wolfe |
| Teleplay by: | Ronald D. Moore & René Echevarria |
| Directed by: | Jonathan West |
| Episode no.: | 5x06 |
| Production no.: | 503 |
| First aired: | 4 November 1996 |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2373/2267 |
| Stardate: | 4523.3 - 4523.7 |
The crew must stop a vengeful Klingon spy from killing Starfleet's most famous Captain - James T. Kirk.
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[edit] Summary
- Almost a century ago, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise first encountered the irresistible (and astonishingly prolific) lifeform known as the tribbles, resulting in one of the most unusual adventures in the annals of Starfleet. Now Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew of the Defiant are transported back in time to that historic occasion, where Darvin, a devious Klingon spy, plots revenge against Captain Kirk. Using the seemingly harmless tribbles, Darvin attempts to destroy Kirk - but for the misplaced residents of Deep Space 9, saving the original Enterprise will be nothing but "tribble."
[edit] Characters
[edit] DS9-era characters
[edit] Main
- Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks)
- Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor)
- Odo (Rene Auberjonois)
- Worf, son of Mogh (Michael Dorn)
- Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell)
- Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney)
- Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig)
- Quark (Armin Shimerman)
[edit] Other
- Barry Waddle (Charlie Brill)
- Dulmer (Jack Blessing)
- Lucsly (Jim Jansen)
- Morn (Mark Allen Shepherd)
- Arlan
- Nevis
[edit] TOS-era characters
[edit] Main
- James T. Kirk (William Shatner)
- Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
- Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley)
- Montgomery Scott (James Doohan)
- Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols)
- Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig)
[edit] Novelization only
[edit] Other
- Cyrano Jones (Stanley Adams)
- Arne Darvin (Charlie Brill)
- Jerry Freeman (Paul Baxley)
- Lurry (Whit Bissell)
- Korax (Michael Pataki)
- Dave Galloway (David Ross)
- Nilz Baris (William Schallert)
- Ed Leslie (Eddie Paskey)
- Dierdre Watley (Deirdre Imershein)
- Engineering lieutenant (Charles Chun)
[edit] Referenced
James Cook | Curzon Dax | Emony Dax | Kenneth Dodge | Francis Drake | Leif Ericson | Father Fitzpatrick | Jonah | Kandal | Nadee | Horatio Nelson | Keiko O'Brien | Seledon
[edit] References
[edit] Locations
- Referenced only
- Antares system | Atlantic Ocean | Bajor | Cambridge University | Canada | Cestus III | Earth | England | Hall of Warriors | Iota Geminorum IV | Ireland | Miami | Mississippi | Russia | Scotland | Sherman's Planet
[edit] Species
- Referenced only
- Cardassian | Denebian slime devil | Gorn | Regulan bloodworm
[edit] Starships
- Referenced only
- USS Hood | USS Lexington
[edit] Starship and small craft classes
- Referenced only
- Moon shuttle
[edit] States and Organisations
- Bajoran Militia
- Cardassian Union
- Federation Department of Temporal Investigations
- Klingon Defense Force
- Klingon Empire
- Starfleet
- United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- Earth Navy | Klingon High Command | Imperial Intelligence | Starfleet Academy | Starfleet Command | Starfleet Medical | University of Mississippi
[edit] Other
Aircraft carrier | Alternate timeline | Antarean glow water | Bajoran prophecy | Blarney Stone | Chicken sandwich | Chroniton | Coffee | Communicator | Duotronic | Ermine violin | Fish juice | Food synthesizer | Garbage scow | Genetic engineering | Gymnastics | "Earther" | Halloween | Keva | Klingonese | Occupation of Bajor | Orb | Orb of Prophecy and Change | Orb of Time | Orb of Wisdom | Priority one | Quadrotriticale | Raktajino | Shore leave | Spican flame gem | Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) | Starfleet rules, regulations and exams | Starfleet uniform (2366-2373) | Subspace silence | Tarkalean tea | Technical journal | Temporal mechanics | Three-dimensional chess | RMS Titanic | Transtator | Tricobalt | Tricorder | Triticale | Wheat
[edit] Information
The writer of the TOS episode The Trouble with Tribbles, David Gerrold, had a cameo in the episode as an Enterprise crewman. Gerrold also wrote the introduction for the novelization. Ronald D. Moore wrote the afterword.
[edit] Related Stories
- This episode is a sequel to and takes place in within the events of The Trouble With Tribbles.
- Established Jadzia and Curzon's relationship with Koloth.
- Depicts Emony Dax meeting Leonard McCoy as referenced in this episode.
- The consequences of tribble infestation of DS9 are depicted in the comic Nobody Knows the Tribbles I've Seen and the New Worlds, New Civilizations short story Second Chances.
- Have appeared in a number of stories, including: Gods, Fate, and Fractals, Almost... But Not Quite and The Road to Edos.
- Tribbles have appeared in many other stories, see the Tribble article for a more complete listing.
- Imbalance (TNG novel)
- Further information on the O'Brien family in Dublin is revealed in this novel.
[edit] Images
The IKS Gr'oth at Deep Space Station K-7 |
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[edit] Connections
- Trials and Tribble-ations (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Trials and Tribble-ations (episode) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Trials and Tribble-ations article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novelization: The Way of the Warrior | DS9 novelizations | Next novelization: Call to Arms... |
| Previous episode: The Assignment | DS9 episode produced | Next episode: Let He Who Is Without Sin... |
| Previous episode: The Assignment | DS9 episode aired | Next episode: Let He Who Is Without Sin... |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Sacred Ground | Next Adventure: Future's End | |
| Previous Adventure: Honor Bound | Deep Space Nine Adventures | Next Adventure: Let He Who Is Without Sin... |
| Previous Adventure: Beneath the Skin | Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) | Next Adventure: The Trouble with Tribals |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2373. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe: | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Trouble with Tribbles concurrently with Trials and Tribble-ations | 2267 | Next Adventure: The Trouble with Tribals |
