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
Tapestry (Star Trek: The Next Generation) of the more philosophical episodes". "Tapestry" was released in the UK on a two-episode VHS tape in 2003, alongside the first part of "". The first home media release of "Tapestry" in the United States was on the VHS box set entitled "Star Trek – The Next Generation: The Q Continuum" on June 18, 1996. It later received an individual release on August 4, 1998. Paramount deliberately delayed the individual release of "Star Trek" episodes on VHS within the United States in order to allow for the syndicated series to be shown once more in full. The inclusion of "Tapestry"