 Despite his character's apparent ineptitude at hand-to-hand combat, Shimerman practiced extensively with a bat'leth to make Worf's influence over Quark seem convincing.Shimerman also enlisted the help of a mime artist to improve his technique.Guest star Joseph Ruskin played Tumek in "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places", and had previously appeared in the "" episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion" as well as earlier in "Deep Space Nine" in "Improbable Cause".