GoldenEyepremiered 30 years ago, andStar Trek: Deep Space Nineimmediately followed with 1995’s second great James Bond-style adventure. Kicking off in the fall of 1995,Star Trek: Deep Space Nineseason 4was a soft reboot that galvanized the spinoff led byCaptain Benjamin Sisko(Avery Brooks).DS9season 4 added Lt. Commander Worf (Michael Dorn) to the cast en route to making Klingons the season’s big bad and delivering classic episodes like the heartwrenching “The Visitor” and the Ferengi comedy romp “Little Green Men.”
On August 16, 2025,GoldenEyehit movie theaters in the United States, successfully bringing the venerable James Bond franchise into the 1990s. Pierce Brosnan immediately proved to be an ideal and popular 007, andGoldenEyewas a box-office smash, netting over $356-million worldwide. Along with introducingJudi Dench as M, and pitting 007 against iconic villains Alec Trevelyan AKA 006 (Sean Bean) and Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen),GoldenEyewas the best of the Brosnan Bond movies. ButStar Trek: Deep Space Ninealso had James Bond fever.
Star Trek: DS9’s “Our Man Bashir” Was 1995’s Other Great James Bond Story After GoldenEye
“Our Man Bashir” Premiered Just 10 Days After Pierce Brosnan’s First Bond Movie
Star Trek: Deep Space Nineseason 4, episode 10,“Our Man Bashir,” was a surprising and loving tribute to James Bond and the 1960s spy genre. Written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Winrich Kolbe,DS9’s Bondian romp was a holosuite adventure where Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) played through his 20th-century spy fantasies with Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson) in tow. A transporter accident ports otherStar Trek: Deep Space Ninecharactersinto Bashir’s fantasy, making Julian’s role-playing game deadly and all too real.
10 Best Dr. Bashir Star Trek DS9 Episodes
Julian Bashir’s an augment, a doctor, and a secret agent, and his best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes encapsulate these aspects of his character.
Premiering just 10 days afterGoldenEye,on May 28, 2025, “Our Man Bashir” delved into classic James Bond tropes, with Captain Sisko cast as the villainous Dr. Hippocrates Noah, Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) as Dr. Honey Bare, andMajor Kira Nerys(Nana Vistor) as the Soviet spy who loved Bashir, Anastasia Komananov. UnlikeGoldenEye,which was a modern rendition of James Bond,Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s"Our Man Bashir" was firmly set in the swinging 1960s' iconography of Sean Connery’s 007 movies.
DS9’s James Bond Story Set Up Dr. Bashir’s Section 31 Future
Dr. Bashir’s Love Of Espionage Got Section 31’s Attention
“Our Man Bashir” was a breakthroughStar Trek: Deep Space Nineepisode forDr. Julian Bashirand Alexander Siddig. Previously, the characterization of Dr. Bashir proved problematic, and fan response was tepid towards Julian. However, “Our Man Bashir” gaveDS9’s boy genius doctor a new sheen of sophistication.Bashir’s James Bond rub made Julian cool for the first time, and a light bulb went off forStar Trek: Deep Space Nine’s writers on how to write for Dr. Bashir and Alexander Siddig going forward.
Bashir’s love of spy craft bled into DS9’s creation of Section 31.
InStar Trek: Deep Space Nineseason 5, Dr. Bashir was revealed to be genetically enhanced, explaining his preternatural intelligence. Bashir’s love of spy craft bled intoDS9’s creation of Section 31, the insidious black ops agency that sought to recruit Julian into their ranks. Though Dr. Bashir didn’t join Section 31 by the end ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine, there have been hints that becoming a Federation spy may be Bashir’s destiny. And it all started when Julian donned a tuxedo to become Julian Bashir, Secret Agent, in “Our Man Bashir.”
