"Captive Pursuit" marked the first appearance in the "Star Trek" franchise for both Scott MacDonald and Gerrit Graham. MacDonald appeared a week later in "The Next Generation" episode "" as Subcommander N'Vek. He would also appear in the "DS9" episode "" and the ' pilot "". In ', he was cast in the recurring role of the Xindi-Reptilian antagonist Guruk Dolim through the . Graham was once considered, along with René Auberjonois and Andrew Robinson, for the role of Odo, which went to Auberjonois. Robinson was later cast as Elim Garak. Graham later gained the role of Quinn, the second Q in "Voyager", in the episode "".