Dukat

Thank you.

Meh, I still think 30 years is far too close (just think of the 2015 'future' part of Back to the Future and how laughable that seems now). I don't like near future things where they're wildly different from reality, the closer to our own time it is, the harder I find it to suspend my disbelief. That and I still found them boring but each to his own.

I'll also happily admit that I'm no real fan of TOS and any warmth I feel towards it only comes from its kitsch charm and nostalgia for my childhood.

I didn't realise how many people really disliked Kira before I came here, I always though she was great. She was a little two dimensional to start with and quite aggressive but I can see why. Coming from an entire lifetime of Cardassian occupation and oppression and then having the Federation turning up on your doorstep. I think anyone would be a little bitter, suspicious and hostile but then maybe that's just me.

Also, I preferred the short hair and thought she had a fantastic bum.

I vote for Past Tense parts 1 & 2. I'm not big on transporter accident episodes and I think that 2024 is a little too near-future to be anything more than incredibly irritating. I'm watching through the whole series again and I got about half way through Past Tense 1 before skipping the rest of the story as I just couldn't be bothered. While I didn't like some of the later storylines (the death of Jadzia Dax and Gul Dukat in particular) I still found the episodes compelling enough to keep watching.

Well I'm sure that from my username and avatar everyone can tell where my true allegiance lies but I still liked Damar. He may be my least favourite of the three main Cardassians but being third after Dukat and Garak is still one hell of an accolade as far as I'm concerned.