Talk:Dukat (Star Trek)

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There should be some for of disambiguation to allow for the "Dukat" spelling of Ducat. The Venetians may have spelled them "Ducat", but they weren't the only ones using this, the Germans used "Dukat" AFAICT. --Joy [shallot] 11:52, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I'm wondering if the similarity between the names Gul Dukat and gold ducat should be mentioned in the article, maybe in a "trivia" section. --Traal 17:42, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

When do we learn his first name? Really, in all honesty, it took me a long time to realize that Cardassians HAVE two names (same with the last-name first Bajorans, but that's a talk for another page) and I figured Elim was Garak's title or something until... some point lol. --cuiusquemodi 00:27, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

His initials are S.G of which the S could stand for Skrain. Tough Little Ship 7 July 2005 21:52 (UTC)

What is the episode that references any name besides "Gul Dukat"?

Errr[edit]

Wasn't Gul Du Cat in a fair few Episodes of TNG ?--Irishpunktom\^talk

Marc Alaimo played a Cardassian in an episode of the Next Generation, but it wasn't Dukat - it was a character called Macet. --Erath 4 July 2005 17:29 (UTC)

Perhaps this article could stress the relative moral ambiguity of Dukat during certain times in the series. There were several times that (more of necessity than desire, on both sides of the aisle) Dukat and Sisko's crew worked together. The bottom line on Dukat should be that he was trecherous and generally untrustworthy, but prior to his pact with the Dominion, he WAS a viable ally in a lesser-of-two-evils sense.

not to mention comic relief when he sat on a sand-spike and had kira use a dermal regenerator on his butt! too bad nana visitor stomped all over the idea of a romance, although dukat did get at her mom... -Lordraydens 18:14, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know it's not canonical but...[edit]

Can we mention somewhere that the Deep Space Nine relaunch novels establish Gul Macet (the first Cardassian to appear in Star Trek, also played by Alaimo) as Dukat's cousin? Just because it's such a cool idea. (Makes you wonder if the TNG Ferengi played by Shimerman and Grodénchik were all related to the brothers Quark...) Daibhid C 17:48, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The anti-emissary?[edit]

Im going to put, under posting, "Emissary of the Pah-Wraiths", as he claimed to be and then was indeed chosen by the Pah-Wraiths in the same regard as Sisko was chosen by the prophets. If anyone has any info/insight that disputes this, please state so here, as i would be interested in hearing it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.33.169.55 (talk • contribs) 20:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Dukat, S.G.[edit]

I've changed all mentions of Dukat's first name being S.G. to Dukat, S.G. According to this source, S.G. is a title not a name. Here's the direct quote from the above source:
"<<Maybe I'm missing an obvious explanation, but when Dukat identified himself in his station log as Dukat, S. G. (assuming I heard it right), is that a reference to given names or a title, or something else.>>

I think Hans & Ira threw that in 'cause it sounded cool. The initials probably represent some rank or association or achievement (like Ph.d, or A.S.C., or J.D.). "

Jadzia[edit]

In a later episode, the Dukat character apologised for killing her saying that she "simply got in the way". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.40.82.157 (talk) 10:45, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know why Dukat killed Dax? I know she wanted to leave the show, but what reason did the writers give Dukat to murder her? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.147.216.31 (talk) 20:15, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gdo01 07:36, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

Interview with Ira Behr discussing the character of Dukat,[1] but it is a summary of an interview from Star Trek The Magazine, so if anyone has the original magazine article ideally it would be better to reference that directly. Point of interest: a different actor was cast as Dukat before Alaimo. Behr also emphasizes that Dukat was an utter villian. -- 109.78.197.28 (talk) 03:28, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]