Julian Bashir
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Dr. Julian Subatoi Bashir (played by Alexander Siddig) is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Overview
A "genetically enhanced" human, Julian Bashir is Chief Medical Officer of Deep Space Nine and the USS Defiant.
As a child, Bashir, then known as "Jules", was mildly retarded; his parents illegally had him subjected to genetic engineering, with the goal of making him not only "normal", but "superior". The procedure worked, though an entirely new person, "Julian", was born (at least as far as Bashir himself was concerned). Widespread fear of genetic engineering throughout the Federation, combined with the procedure's illegality, led him to keep this a secret throughout most of his adult life. Interestingly, although Bashir later claimed that "Jules" had difficulty distinguishing between a dog and a cat, he also recalled how excited "Jules" was at encountering "aliens" at the genetic engineering facility; since most aliens seen on the "Star Trek" programs resemble humans far more closely than dogs resemble cats, yet "Jules" recognized the facility personnel as aliens, it might be theorized that the facility was predominantly maintained by members of nonhumanoid species, whom even "Jules" could not mistake for humans. Bashir also displayed an interest in medicine from an early age performing "surgery" on his teddy bear "Kukalaka".
Bashir finished second at Starfleet Medical, although we later learn that he purposely missed a question on his final exam in hopes of hiding his genetic alterations. He was then given his choice assignment on the former Cardassian space station, Terrok Nor, renamed Deep Space Nine, giving him the opportunity to practice "frontier medicine". He was one of the few crew members assigned to the station that was initially happy to be there. At first his overly enthusiastic, self-important nature made him disliked but he eventually became dear friends with much of the crew especially Chief O'Brien, Jadzia Dax and Elim Garak.
During pre-Dominion war tensions, Bashir was kidnapped and sent to a Dominion prison camp along with General Martok and Garak's mentor and father, Enabran Tain. He was replaced with a shapeshifter during this time, who attempted to destroy the Bajoran sun, wiping out Federation, Klingon, and Romulan fleets without firing a shot. Bashir and Martok were able to escape thanks to help of Worf and Garak.
Bashir's status as a genetically-engineered person was accidentally revealed by his parents. Once his secret was discovered he offered to resign his commission. His parents, unwilling to see their son's career ruined went to Captain Benjamin Sisko and told him everything. When Julian arrived to give up his commission, he was informed that his father had agreed to serve 2 years in prison on the condition that Julian would be allowed to keep his commission and medical practice. Since then, Bashir has been treated somewhat differently, but not much. Starfleet asked Bashir to help integrate several individuals, who, like himself, had been illegally genetically enhanced, into Federation culture. Section 31 had become interested in him and tried to recruit him but failed.
Image:Tv ds9 bashir quarks.jpg At the end of the series, Bashir is one of the officers remaining on Deep Space Nine, where he is free to pursue a newfound "friendship" (or romance) with Ezri Dax.
Bashir appears in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode of Birthright, Part I (#142).
External links
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- Official biography at StarTrek.com