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) that year in the UK on September 4. A further DVD release came as part of "The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation – Volume 2" on November 17, 2009, in the United States. The most recent release was the first on Blu-ray disc, which took place on June 24, 2014; this also added an audio commentary track for the episode for the first time. Keith DeCandido described Picard's laugh at being stabbed in "Tapestry" as being "critical to the plot" of his non-canon "Star Trek" novel "Q & A". The novel also includes Q's white room, and features