Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 3, Episode 11 & 12 - "Past Tense Part I & Part II"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Past Tense Part I & Part II," a transporter accident brings Sisko, Dax and Bashir to 21st century San Francisco - a place divided into haves and have-nots. Mistaken as indigent, Sisko and Bashir wind up in a Sanctuary District among the displaced who are on the verge of revolution. Historically, Gabriel Bell is the man who should be remembered, but when he dies too soon, Sisko takes his place to correct the timeline and save the future.
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| 0:00.0 | RPN, the Rotenberry Podcast Network. |
| 0:05.0 | Mission Log, A Rotenberry Star Trek Podcast, Episode |
| 0:10.0 | 321 Past Tents. |
| 0:13.0 | Parts 1 and 2. Welcome into Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. I'm John Champion. |
| 0:36.4 | And I'm Kanray. Each week on Mission Log, we watch an episode or two of Star Trek, taking it apart for ideas and ideals and seeing |
| 0:45.8 | whether the whole thing holds up today. This week past tens hearts one and two |
| 0:50.9 | the ones where Cisco Dax and the Sheer, land in an ugly 21st century, |
| 0:56.4 | while Kirra and O'Brien pop in and out of time. |
| 0:59.3 | I've got trivia coming up in a bit, but first. |
| 1:01.7 | But first, I'm going to let you know how to get in touch with us |
| 1:05.6 | mission log pod is the address to find us on Facebook Skype and Twitter if you'd like to leave us a voicemail |
| 1:15.0 | we would love to hear your voice. 323, 522, 5,6,41 is the phone number to call 3,23, 5,2, 5,6,41. |
| 1:22.0 | Our email address is Mission Log at Rotenberry.com. Our show website, including discovered documents, is at Mission Log Podcast. |
| 1:30.3 | com, and please do remember, we may use your comments on an upcoming episode of Mission Log. |
| 1:37.2 | Can I address something here really quickly? |
| 1:39.2 | Please. |
| 1:40.2 | A few weeks ago, maybe a few months ago now, I don't know, time is weird for me. |
| 1:45.5 | Time is fleeting. |
| 1:46.5 | Time is astounding, actually, how a fleeting time is. |
| 1:50.0 | Madness? |
| 1:51.0 | Yeah, we'll get to that. So a few weeks ago somebody said that they always |
| 1:55.4 | think that I'm being incredibly sarcastic when I say we would love to hear your |
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