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*[[Michael Piller]] commented "''It wasn't a great episode but had some wonderful moments in it''". (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'', p 43)
*[[Michael Piller]] commented "''It wasn't a great episode but had some wonderful moments in it''". (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'', p 43)
*[[Naren Shankar]] commented "''I liked the teaser and the ending, where we broke the ship away from the docking ring before it exploded''". (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'', p 43)
*[[Naren Shankar]] commented "''I liked the teaser and the ending, where we broke the ship away from the docking ring before it exploded''". (''[[Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages]]'', p 43)
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*In ''[[The New Trek Programme Guide]]'', the authors comment that "Babel" was "''a marvelous story that builds to a gripping climax. There are some lovely scenes with Odo and Quark, especially at the end where they seem to be the only ones not affected by the virus''". The authors liked the scene where Bashir realises he too has become affected. (''[[The New Trek Programme Guide]]'', p. 292)
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*In ''[[The New Trek Programme Guide]]'', the authors comment that "Babel" was "''a marvelous story that builds to a gripping climax. There are some lovely scenes with Odo and Quark, especially at the end where they seem to be the only ones not affected by the virus''". The authors liked the scene where Bashir realizes he too has become affected. (''[[The New Trek Programme Guide]]'', p. 292)
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===Trivia===
===Trivia===
* This episode is the first credited writing contribution of [[Ira Steven Behr]] to the series.
* This episode is the first credited writing contribution of [[Ira Steven Behr]] to the series.
* After he repaired the [[replicator]] at the beginning of the episode [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] ordered his coffee "black, double sweet" which is consistent with his coffee order in {{e|Rascals}}.
* After he repaired the [[replicator]] at the beginning of the episode [[Miles O'Brien|O'Brien]] ordered his coffee "black, double sweet" which is consistent with his coffee order in {{e|Rascals}}.
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* In reality there are different varieties of {{w|aphasia}}. Specifically, the DS9 crew was suffering from "{{w|global aphasia}}" because they could neither produce nor understand spoken language. As seen in the episode, global aphasia is often accompanied by {{w|Alexia_(condition)|alexia}} and {{w|agraphia}}, the inability to read and write, respectively, though aphasia alone is not caused by viral infection and does not result in death.
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* In reality there are different varieties of {{w|aphasia}}. Specifically, the DS9 crew was suffering from "{{w|global aphasia}}" because they could neither produce nor understand spoken language. As seen in the episode, global aphasia is often accompanied by {{w|alexia (condition)|alexia}} and {{w|agraphia}}, the inability to read and write, respectively, though aphasia alone is not caused by viral infection and does not result in death.
*Geraldine Farrell, who portrayed [[Galis Blin]], appeared with [[Bajor|Bajoran]] make-up similar to [[Michelle Forbes]] as [[Ro Laren]], with the ridge going across the bottom of the forehead. Other characters such as [[Opaka]] and [[Sito Jaxa]] who appeared with this extra ridge have had it removed in later appearances.
*Geraldine Farrell, who portrayed [[Galis Blin]], appeared with [[Bajor|Bajoran]] make-up similar to [[Michelle Forbes]] as [[Ro Laren]], with the ridge going across the bottom of the forehead. Other characters such as [[Opaka]] and [[Sito Jaxa]] who appeared with this extra ridge have had it removed in later appearances.
=== Video and DVD releases ===
=== Video and DVD releases ===
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*UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, [[CIC Video]]): Volume 3, <!--catalogue number x, -->{{d|6|September|1993}}.
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*UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, [[CIC Video]]): Volume 3, <!--catalog number x, -->{{d|6|September|1993}}
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*As part of the [[DS9 Season 1 DVD]] collection.
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*As part of the [[DS9 Season 1 DVD]] collection
== Links and references ==
== Links and references ==
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*[[Avery Brooks]] as [[Commander]] [[Benjamin Sisko]]
*[[Avery Brooks]] as [[Commander]] [[Benjamin Sisko]]
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=== Also Starring ===
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=== Also starring ===
*[[Rene Auberjonois]] as [[Constable]] [[Odo]]
*[[Rene Auberjonois]] as [[Constable]] [[Odo]]
*[[Siddig El Fadil]] as [[Doctor]] [[Julian Bashir]]
*[[Siddig El Fadil]] as [[Doctor]] [[Julian Bashir]]
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*[[Nana Visitor]] as [[Major]] [[Kira Nerys]]
*[[Nana Visitor]] as [[Major]] [[Kira Nerys]]
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=== Guest Stars ===
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=== Guest stars ===
*[[Jack Kehler]] as [[Jaheel]]
*[[Jack Kehler]] as [[Jaheel]]
*[[Matthew Faison]] as [[Surmak Ren]]
*[[Matthew Faison]] as [[Surmak Ren]]
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*[[Geraldine Farrell]] as [[Galis Blin]]
*[[Geraldine Farrell]] as [[Galis Blin]]
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=== Co-Stars ===
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=== Co-stars ===
*[[Bo Zenga]] as [[Asoth]]
*[[Bo Zenga]] as [[Asoth]]
*[[Kathleen Wirt]] as an [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Female aphasia victim|Aphasia victim]]
*[[Kathleen Wirt]] as an [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Female aphasia victim|Aphasia victim]]
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*[[Todd Feder]] as a [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Smiling crewmember|Federation male]]
*[[Todd Feder]] as a [[Unnamed Deep Space 9 personnel#Smiling crewmember|Federation male]]
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=== Uncredited Co-Stars ===
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=== Uncredited co-stars ===
*[[Majel Barrett]] as [[Runabout]] [[computer voice]]
*[[Majel Barrett]] as [[Runabout]] [[computer voice]]
*[[Scott Barry]] as a [[Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran command division officer|Bajoran officer]]
*[[Scott Barry]] as a [[Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran command division officer|Bajoran officer]]
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=== References ===
=== References ===
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[[Adaptive synaptic inhibitor]]; [[aft thruster]]s; [[airlock]]; [[Akira Advanced Genetics Research Unit]]; [[alpha 1 priority]]; [[ankle]]; [[antidote]]; [[antimatter flow converter]]; [[aphasia]]; [[aphasia device]]; [[aphasia virus]]; [[Argosian sector]]; [[auditory stimuli]]; [[autonomic nervous system]]; [[Bajor]]; [[Bajoran]]; [[Bajoran Archival Records]]; [[Bajoran Medical Index]]; [[Bajoran underground]]; [[base correlation]]; [[base pair destabilizer]]; [[bio-filter]]; [[bird]]; [[blood]]; [[body language]]; [[booby trap]]; [[Boslic cargo vessel]]; [[brain]]; [[bread]]; [[bug]]; [[Cardassian]]; [[Cardassian High Command]]; [[Cardassian Intelligence]]; [[Cardassian Regional Court]]; [[cargo drone]]; [[cat]]; [[cc]]; [[Certificate of Death]]; [[chief administrator]]; [[class M]]; [[coffee]]; [[command level]]; [[corophizine]]; [[cranial trauma]]; [[crew quarters]]; [[crime]]; [[dabo table]]; [[dabo wheel]]; [[daydream]]; [[delta radiation]]; [[diboridium core]]; [[dinner]]; [[DNA]]; [[DNA sequencer]]; [[docking port]]; [[docking ring]]; [[dog]]; [[dolphin]]; [[drum]]; [[emergency quarantine]]; [[energy decay]]; [[environmental control]]; [[environmental system]]; [[EPS converter]]; [[Federation]]; [[Federation cargo drone]]; [[Federation records]]; [[female]]; [[Ferengi]], [[Ferengi freighter]]; [[fever]]; [[fire control system]]; [[flame]]; [[flower]]; [[fuel cell]];[[garden]]; [[genetic engineering]]; [[geneticist]]; [[genetic programming]]; [[genius]]; [[gestation period]]; [[gesture]]; [[ghost]]; [[glass]]; [[Glessene sector]]; [[gold]]; [[gul]]; [[harbor]]; [[head of security]]; [[Higa Metar]]; [[honeymoon]]; [[hospital]]; [[hyperonic radiation]]; [[I'danian spice pudding]]; [[Ilvia]]; [[Ilvian Medical Complex]]; [[immune system]]; [[intensity grid]]; [[interlock servo]]; [[isolation plate]]; [[isolinear rod]]; [[judge]]; [[kelvin]]; [[kiss]]; [[Kohlanese stew]]; [[Kohn-Ma]]; [[Kran-Tobal prison]]; [[laboratory]]; [[landing pad|landing pad 7]]; [[Largo V]]; [[liaison officer]]; [[lunch]]; [[Markalian]]; [[mass spectrometry analysis]]; [[medical assistant]]; [[medical doctor]]; [[medical library]]; [[medical tricorder]]; [[military]]; [[millirad]]; [[money]]; [[monoclonial link]]; [[mooring clamp]]s; [[mutagenic adaptability]]; [[navigational computer]]; [[neural imaging scan]]; [[Neural parasite (23rd century)|neural parasite]]; [[neural stimulation]]; [[neural trauma]]; [[neurophysiological history]]; [[neurosynaptic comparison]]; [[Nog]]; [[northeastern district]]; [[northwestern district]]; [[nucleotide convergence]]; [[nucleotide sequence]]; [[Keiko O'Brien|O'Brien, Keiko]]; [[operations chief]]; [[operations center|ops]]; [[PADD]]; [[pattern generator]]; [[pepper]]; [[Personal duty log, Miles O'Brien]]; [[positron emission tomography]]; [[power core]]; [[power coupler]]; [[prison]]; [[progressive base substitution]]; [[protein]]; [[protein sheath degradation]]; [[Regulan bloodworm]]; [[repair crew]]; [[replicator]]; [[replimat]]; [[Rom]]; [[runabout]]; [[sabotage]]; [[salt]]; [[scientist]]; [[secondary grid]]; [[secondary infection]]; [[sect]]; [[security clearance]]; [[security officer]]; [[sequential disruption]]; [[skeleton crew]]; [[sky]]; [[spoon]]; [[Spumco]]; [[star chart]]; [[stardate]]; [[starduster]]; [[station layout]]; [[stew]]; [[stretcher]]; [[strike]]; [[Surmak Hoek]]; [[Surmak Stimson]]; [[Tamen Sasheer]]; [[tea-cart]]; [[teacher]]; [[temporal lobe]]; [[terrorist]]; [[tetracitrus gel]]; [[thruster]]s; [[tractor beam]]; [[triagar solution]]; [[tricorder]]; [[tunnel]]; [[turbolift]]; [[University of Bajor]]; [[Velos VII internment camp]]; [[Velos VII]]; [[viral characterization research]]; [[virus]]; [[visual cortex]]; [[volt]]; [[wager]]; [[warp]]; [[weather]]; [[window]]
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[[adaptive synaptic inhibitor]]; [[aft thruster]]s; [[airlock]]; [[Akira Advanced Genetics Research Unit]]; [[alpha 1 priority]]; [[ankle]]; [[antidote]]; [[antimatter flow converter]]; [[aphasia]]; [[aphasia device]]; [[aphasia virus]]; [[Argosian sector]]; [[auditory stimuli]]; [[autonomic nervous system]]; [[Bajor]]; [[Bajoran]]; [[Bajoran Archival Records]]; [[Bajoran Medical Index]]; [[Bajoran underground]]; [[base correlation]]; [[base pair destabilizer]]; [[bio-filter]]; [[bird]]; [[blood]]; [[body language]]; [[booby trap]]; [[Boslic cargo vessel]]; [[brain]]; [[bread]]; [[bug]]; [[Cardassian]]; [[Cardassian High Command]]; [[Cardassian Intelligence]]; [[Cardassian Regional Court]]; [[cargo drone]]; [[cat]]; [[cc]]; [[Certificate of Death]]; [[chief administrator]]; [[class M]]; [[coffee]]; [[command level]]; [[corophizine]]; [[cranial trauma]]; [[crew quarters]]; [[crime]]; [[dabo table]]; [[dabo wheel]]; [[daydream]]; [[delta radiation]]; [[diboridium core]]; [[dinner]]; [[DNA]]; [[DNA sequencer]]; [[docking port]]; [[docking ring]]; [[dog]]; [[dolphin]]; [[drum]]; [[emergency quarantine]]; [[energy decay]]; [[environmental control]]; [[environmental system]]; [[EPS converter]]; [[Federation]]; [[Federation cargo drone]]; [[Federation records]]; [[female]]; [[Ferengi]], [[Ferengi freighter]]; [[fever]]; [[fire control system]]; [[flame]]; [[flower]]; [[fuel cell]];[[garden]]; [[genetic engineering]]; [[geneticist]]; [[genetic programming]]; [[genius]]; [[gestation period]]; [[gesture]]; [[ghost]]; [[glass]]; [[Glessene sector]]; [[gold]]; [[gul]]; [[harbor]]; [[head of security]]; [[Higa Metar]]; [[honeymoon]]; [[hospital]]; [[hyperonic radiation]]; [[I'danian spice pudding]]; [[Ilvia]]; [[Ilvian Medical Complex]]; [[immune system]]; [[intensity grid]]; [[interlock servo]]; [[isolation plate]]; [[isolinear rod]]; [[judge]]; [[kelvin]]; [[kiss]]; [[Kohlanese stew]]; [[Kohn-Ma]]; [[Kran-Tobal prison]]; [[laboratory]]; [[landing pad|landing pad 7]]; [[Largo V]]; [[liaison officer]]; [[lunch]]; [[Markalian]]; [[mass spectrometry analysis]]; [[medical assistant]]; [[medical doctor]]; [[medical library]]; [[medical tricorder]]; [[military]]; [[millirad]]; [[money]]; [[monoclonial link]]; [[mooring clamp]]s; [[mutagenic adaptability]]; [[navigational computer]]; [[neural imaging scan]]; [[Neural parasite (23rd century)|neural parasite]]; [[neural stimulation]]; [[neural trauma]]; [[neurophysiological history]]; [[neurosynaptic comparison]]; [[Nog]]; [[northeastern district]]; [[northwestern district]]; [[nucleotide convergence]]; [[nucleotide sequence]]; [[Keiko O'Brien|O'Brien, Keiko]]; [[operations chief]]; [[operations center|ops]]; [[PADD]]; [[pattern generator]]; [[pepper]]; [[Personal duty log, Miles O'Brien]]; [[positron emission tomography]]; [[power core]]; [[power coupler]]; [[prison]]; [[progressive base substitution]]; [[protein]]; [[protein sheath degradation]]; [[Regulan bloodworm]]; [[repair crew]]; [[replicator]]; [[replimat]]; [[Rom]]; [[runabout]]; [[sabotage]]; [[salt]]; [[scientist]]; [[secondary grid]]; [[secondary infection]]; [[sect]]; [[security clearance]]; [[security officer]]; [[sequential disruption]]; [[skeleton crew]]; [[sky]]; [[spoon]]; [[Spumco]]; [[star chart]]; [[stardate]]; [[starduster]]; [[station layout]]; [[stew]]; [[stretcher]]; [[strike]]; [[Surmak Hoek]]; [[Surmak Stimson]]; [[Tamen Sasheer]]; [[tea-cart]]; [[teacher]]; [[temporal lobe]]; [[terrorist]]; [[tetracitrus gel]]; [[thruster]]s; [[tractor beam]]; [[triagar solution]]; [[tricorder]]; [[tunnel]]; [[turbolift]]; [[University of Bajor]]; [[Velos VII internment camp]]; [[Velos VII]]; [[viral characterization research]]; [[virus]]; [[visual cortex]]; [[volt]]; [[wager]]; [[warp]]; [[weather]]; [[window]]
=== External links ===
=== External links ===