Star Trek: Ranking The Series Intros Worst To Best
3. #3: Deep Space Nine
Deep Space Nine’s intro perfectly characterizes the series and confirms what many have come to realize about the series overall: It’s much, much more than it seems at first glance.
The intro opens. An asteroid showers sparkles across the screen. The camera pans right as a runabout passes, then rests on DS9. It’s far away, looking like a relic hanging in the cold reaches of nowhere. More runabouts pass by, washing the screen in the glow of impulse engines.
The light fades and the score erupts. Horns dominate. The shots are closer now, and never is the full station seen. There are the upper pylons, the station core, the habitat ring. What was distant and inert before is now detailed, textured, full of life.
The Defiant leaves its dock, arcs up and over the station, then makes its way to the Bajoran wormhole. The focus remains on DS9 itself, the heart of the series.
The wormhole bursts open beyond the station, and viewers see that that little corner of nowhere is in fact where all the action is. DS9’s intro is an incredible companion to its series.