Data (Star Trek) Data (Star Trek) Data ( ) is a character in the fictional "Star Trek" franchise. He appears in the television series "" ("TNG") and the feature films "Star Trek Generations" (1994), "" (1996), "" (1998), and "" (2002). Data is portrayed by actor Brent Spiner. Data was found by Starfleet in 2338 as the sole survivor on Omicron Theta in the rubble of a colony left after an attack from the Crystalline Entity. He was a synthetic life form with artificial intelligence and designed and built by Doctor Noonien Soong in his own likeness (likewise portrayed by Spiner). Data is
The Neutral Zone (Star Trek: The Next Generation) more as a Cardassian in the recurring role of Gul Dukat on "". Two of the time-displaced humans returned in "Star Trek" literature, with Ralph Offenhouse appearing in "The Next Generation" novel "Debtor’s Planet" as the Federation Ambassador to the Ferengi and again in the "Star Trek: Destiny" trilogy as the Secretary of Commerce for the Federation. Clare Raymond made a further appearance in the "Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations" novel "Watching the Clock" as a counsellor for time-displaced people. Offenhouse, Raymond and "Sonny" Clemmons also appeared in the two-part "Star Trek: The Eugenic Wars" by Greg Cox which