Julian Bashir
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| Julian Bashir | |
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| Species: | Human Augment |
| Gender: | Male |
| Home planet: | Earth |
| Affiliation: | Starfleet |
| Posting: | Deep Space Nine chief medical officer USS Defiant chief medical officer |
| Rank: | Lieutenant junior grade Lieutenant |
| Portrayed by: | Alexander Siddig |
Julian Subatoi Bashir, M.D., (played by Alexander Siddig) is the chief medical officer of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
For the series' first three seasons, Siddig is credited as "Siddig El Fadil".
[edit] Overview
As a child, Bashir fell behind in school, and was evaluated as having learning difficulties. Because of this, his parents, Richard and Amsha Bashir, had him subjected to genetic engineering. The engineering made him superior to most humans in mental acuity and agility. However, because genetic engineering is illegal in the United Federation of Planets, Bashir and his parents kept his procedure a secret throughout most of his adult life (DS9 episode: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?").
Bashir finished second at Starfleet Medical, having purposely missed a question on his final exam (DS9: "Distant Voices"). He had his choice of assignments and chose Deep Space Nine for the opportunity to practice "frontier medicine" (DS9: "Emissary"). His overly enthusiastic, self-important nature make some members of the crew, such as Miles O'Brien and Kira Nerys, reluctant to spend time with him. However, he eventually becomes friends with O'Brien, Jadzia Dax, and Elim Garak. Bashir falls in love with Dax, who goes on to marry Worf. After her death, Bashir joins Worf on a mission to ensure that Jadzia's soul reaches Sto-Vo-Kor.
Bashir's closest friend was O'Brien, and they are frequently shown playing games (like darts) or visiting the holosuite for a recreation of a historical battle.
During pre-Dominion war tensions, Bashir is kidnapped and sent to a Dominion prison camp and replaced with a shapeshifter ("In Purgatory's Shadow"). His replacement attempts to destroy the Bajoran sun, wiping out Bajor, DS9, and a fleet of Federation, Klingon, and Romulan ships ("By Inferno's Light"). The plan is foiled, and the real Bashir, along with his fellow captives, are freed shortly thereafter.
Bashir attempts to integrate several other genetically engineered individuals into Federation culture, with mixed success ("Statistical Probabilities", "Chrysalis").
The covert operations group Section 31 also becomes interested in him and twice unsuccessfully tries to "recruit" him ("Inquisition", "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges").
At the end of the series, Bashir remains aboard Deep Space Nine and has recently begun a relationship with Ezri Dax.
[edit] External links
- Julian Bashir article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
- Official biography at StarTrek.com
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| Deep Space Nine | B. Sisko | Kira | J. Dax | Odo | Bashir | O'Brien | Worf | J. Sisko | Quark | Rom | Nog | E. Dax | Garak | Martok | Damar | Dukat | Weyoun | Winn | ||
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