"Datalore" is the 13th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation's first season, first broadcasting on January 18, 1988. It is production #114, with a teleplay written by Robert Lewin and Gene Roddenberry based on a story by Robert Lewin and Maurice Hurley, and directed by Rob Bowman. The episode establishes Data's backstory, with Data finding out who created him (Dr. Noonien Soong) and discovering his evil brother, Lore, and the Crystalline Enti...
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"Datalore" is the 13th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation's first season, first broadcasting on January 18, 1988. It is production #114, with a teleplay written by Robert Lewin and Gene Roddenberry based on a story by Robert Lewin and Maurice Hurley, and directed by Rob Bowman. The episode establishes Data's backstory, with Data finding out who created him (Dr. Noonien Soong) and discovering his evil brother, Lore, and the Crystalline Entity.
On stardate 41242.4, the USS Enterprise stops by the planet Omicron Theta while on her way to Starbase Armus IX for computer maintenance. The planet is the site of a farming colony that had mysteriously vanished and also where the Tripoli originally found the android Data. Data beams to the planet along with Commander Riker, Lt. Yar, Lt. La Forge, and Lt. Worf. There, the team finds that what was reported as farmland now looks like barren rock with no trace of life in the soil.
Data reveals that he was given the colonists' memories, saying...
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