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.

Brent Spiner on Data

The ending for Star Trek: Nemesis gave slight suggestion that B-4 may become a replacement for Data, thus possibly becoming Data in the process and mirroring Spock's rebirth and the cryptic suggestions alluding to it at the end of '. However, Brent Spiner has noted that he has visibly aged out of the role and that it would be implausible for him to continue playing an android whose appearance should not change with time (though the seventh-season episode "Inheritance" established that Data has an aging program that ages his appearance). Hence, B-4's presence (and suggestion that he has a copy of Data's memories stored) is most likely meant to have been a tease.

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In 2005, Spiner recorded a brief, voice-only cameo as Data for the finale episode of ', "These Are the Voyages...": Data is heard speaking to Deanna Troi over a com-link. Spiner had previously played Arik Soong, an ancestor of Data's creator, in a fall 2004 story arc on Enterprise.

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These Are the Voyages... - Deanna Troi - Arik Soong

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