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.

Key episodes and milestones

Notable moments in Data's life as shown on screen:

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• "Encounter at Farpoint" ? character introduction
• "The Naked Now" ? becomes intoxicated; experiences sexuality, with Lt. Yar
• "Datalore" ? discovers 'brother', Lore
• "The Measure of a Man" ? declared an individual as opposed to property
• "Déjà Q" ? first experience of emotion
• "The Offspring" ? creates and loses 'daughter', Lal
• "The Most Toys" ? abducted as collector's item
• "The Best of Both Worlds" ? intervenes to put Borg "to sleep"
• "Brothers" ? finds his creator, Dr. Soong; reunites with Lore
• "Data's Day" ? a day in the life of Data
• "Clues" ? lies to crew to protect them
• "In Theory" ? has romantic relationship (but no sex) with Lt. D'Sora
• "The Quality of Life" ? advocates for sentient 'tools'
• "Birthright" ? experiences dreams
• "Descent" ? experiences 'negative' emotions; reunites with and, afterwards, disassembles Lore
• "Phantasms" ? experiences nightmares
• "Inheritance" ? finds his 'mother', Dr. Tainer
• "Thine Own Self" ? loses his memory
• ' ? installs emotion chip
• ' ? rejects Borg Queen's offer, including skin graft; experiences sexuality with Borg Queen
• ' ? discovers 'brother', B-4; destroyed