Data (Star Trek)

Lieutenant Commander Data, played by Brent Spiner, is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe. An android, he served as the second officer and chief of operations on the USS Enterprise-D and the USS Enterprise-E. Data appeared throughout the ' television series and in later movies.

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Brent Spiner - Star Trek - Fictional universe - Android - USS ''Enterprise''-D - USS ''Enterprise''-E - Movies

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Data was an artificial lifeform designed to resemble a human, with a positronic brain. He was roughly the counterpart of Spock from in that he had a rational, analytical mind and found humans hard to understand, yet was drawn to the concept of humanity. (He also found Vulcan perspectives regarding logic and stoicism rather limiting.) This desire, combined with his honesty and apparent innocence about the reality around him, charmed viewers and made him one of the most popular characters of the series.

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Artificial lifeform - Human - Positronic brain - Spock - Rational - Analytical - Humanity - Vulcan - Logic - Stoicism

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Data's name is properly pronounced "dayta" as opposed to the alternate pronunciation "datta". This was addressed in a second season episode of TNG when Data corrected Dr. Katherine Pulaski who used the latter pronunciation (TNG: "The Child").

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Katherine Pulaski - TNG - The Child

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