Is Star Trek: Voyager‘s Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine? It’s not outside the realm of possibility, because Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine overlapped for six years in the Star Trek timeline. Star Trek: Voyager‘s Delta Quadrant setting should prevent Voyager characters from appearing in Deep Space Nine and vice versa, but Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: DS9 crossovers did happen, like Lt. Tuvok (Tim Russ) from the Mirror Universe in DS9 season 3, episode 19, “Through the Looking Glass”, and Voyager‘s Robert Picardo as EMH engineer Dr. Lewis Zimmerman in DS9 season 5, episode 16, “Doctor Bashir, I Presume”.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine also played a huge role in establishing the Maquis, which Star Trek: Voyager‘s Commander Chakotay belonged to. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2, episodes 20 & 21, “The Maquis” shows the rise of the Maquis, comprised of civilians and Starfleet officers motivated to retaliate against both Cardassians and the United Federation of Planets, because neither has their best interests in mind. The conflict between Starfleet and the Maquis from Deep Space Nine continues on a smaller scale in Star Trek: Voyager, when Commander Chakotay’s Maquis crew must work with the USS Voyager’s Starfleet officers in the Delta Quadrant. Could Chakotay be in DS9 as setup for Voyager?
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Is Star Trek: DS9’s Starfleet Admiral Related to Voyager’s Commander Chakotay?
Or Is It A Coincidence That It Sounds Like Chakotay Is In DS9?
In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2, episode 2, “The Circle”, it sounds like Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) is talking to Star Trek: Voyager‘s Commander Chakotay, but it’s actually Starfleet Admiral Chekote (Bruce Gray). On The Delta Flyers podcast, hosted by Star Trek: Voyager actors Garrett Wang and Robert Duncan McNeill, Wang reads a list of the DS9 episode’s guest stars, and the Star Trek: Voyager alum questions the similarity to their USS Voyager Commander. Read Wang and McNeill’s quotes below and listen to The Delta Flyers, starting at the 11:40 timestamp.
Garrett Wang: “Bruce Gray is Admiral Chekote. And I’m thinking, guys, why would you repeat a name again? Clearly, Voyager was being written about this time. Was it something that was in the head of … the executive producers?”
Robert Duncan McNeill: “Maybe they didn’t even make the connection that they had already used this name, and somebody in their subconscious just threw it out in a room, and it came to life again. It’s just a weird coincidence.”
The name of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‘s Starfleet admiral in “The Circle” is pronounced just like Star Trek: Voyager‘s Commander Chakotay. Admiral Chekote’s name is spelled differently, so he isn’t related to Commander Chakotay, but that distinction isn’t immediately apparent without subtitles or captions turned on. As McNeill points out, it’s “a weird coincidence” — and it’s not the first time that a seemingly coincidental and unusual name has been repeated on Star Trek.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Repeated A Distinctive Name From Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: Voyager’s Chakotay And Star Trek: DS9’s Chekote Weren’t The First Star Trek Sound-Alikes
Long before both Star Trek: Voyager‘s Commander Chakotay and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‘s Admiral Chekote ever evoked uncanny similarities, two other Star Trek characters had very similar uncommon names. The creator of Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) is named Dr. Noonian Soong (Brent Spiner), and that sounds suspiciously like the infamous Star Trek villain Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán) from Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. At first glance, this seems like a glaring oversight, but there’s a reason that Khan Noonien Singh and Dr. Noonian Soong’s names sound alike.
Allegedly, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry named both Khan Noonien Singh and Dr. Noonian Soong to attract the attention of a man named Kim Noonien Singh, an old friend from the military that Roddenberry had lost touch with. If someone who worked on both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager wanted to honor a person in their own life, that could explain the similarity between DS9‘s Admiral Chekote and Voyager‘s Commander Chakotay. McNeill and Wang’s explanations also make sense, as either a coincidence or an accidental similarity. Either way, Star Trek: Voyager‘s Commander Chakotay isn’t in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — just someone with a similar name.
Source: The Delta Flyers, “The Circle”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Avery Brooks
, Rene Auberjonois
, Cirroc Lofton
, Colm Meaney
, Armin Shimerman
, Alexander Siddig
, Nana Visitor
, Michael Dorn
, Nicole de Boer
, Terry Farrell
, Andrew Robinson - Release Date
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January 3, 1993
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7
- Writers
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Michael Piller
, Ira Steven Behr
, Ronald D. Moore - Where To Watch
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Paramount+
Star Trek: Voyager
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Kate Mulgrew
, Robert Beltran
, Roxann Dawson
, Jennifer Lien
, Robert Duncan McNeill
, Ethan Phillips
, Robert Picardo
, Tim Russ
, Garrett Wang
, Jeri Ryan - Release Date
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May 23, 1995
- Seasons
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7
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Michael Piller
, Jeri Taylor
, Brannon Braga
, Kenneth Biller - Where To Watch
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Paramount+
