The producers of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine originally planned for the character of Lt. Jadzia Dax to be a different alien species, but changed it to a Trill for budgetary reasons. Budget ...

Deep Space Nine character. As a Trill, Jadzia had a symbiotic relationship with her symbiont, allowing DS9's production team to create a new Dax host in DS9's final season. This would allow them ...