Past Tense, Part I story
A transporter accident sends Sisko, Bashir, and Dax three centuries into Earth's dark past to a time just before the Bell riots, a violent civil disturbance in opposition to Sanctuaries which are controlled ghettos for the dispossessed. Directed by: Reza Badiyi. Story by: Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe.
17 total · 5 choice · 6 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| economic downturn | choice | Twenty-first century century San Fransisco, and the United States more generally, was in a depression by all appearances. |
| poverty in society | choice | sanctuary areas in San Francisco created for homeless people |
| social inequality | choice | Gabriel Bell became a martyr for the social inequality movement in America |
| what it is like to be homeless | choice | Benjamin and Bashir were living on the streets of 21st century San Fransisco. |
| what it is like to be impoverished | choice | The story is largely set in a fenced-off ghetto full of down and out people. |
| future point of view | major | Benjamin, Jadzia, and Bashir get a first hand view of 21st century social problems in San Fransisco |
| social activism | major | Benjamin spear headed a social movement to end poverty |
| time travel | major | a transporter mishap sends Benjamin, Jadzia, and Bashir were sent three centuries into Earth's past |
| unemployment in society | major | jobs were hard to come by in early 21st century San Fransisco |
| what if I found myself in the past | major | A transporter mishap sent Benjamin, Jadzia, and Bashir three centuries into Earth's past. |