Data creator star trek series#

Perhaps the biggest problem with the story is that in order to work it requires the Enterprise's bridge crew to be purposefully stupid. The result is a visually adept but hollow exercise. Why is Lore evil? What is the Crystalline Entity that destroyed the Omicron Theta colony? How did he contact it in the first place? Why did he want the colonists to die? Why does it cooperate with him? Why do the Enterprise crew trust him? Why don't they trust Wesley, who gets rudely shouted down every time he points out that Lore has put on Data's uniform to impersonate the officer? This is an episode with action and suspense, but no motivations. There are enormous gaps in logic in this episode, as if entire scenes were removed. Sadly while Lore is great, the episode surrounding him is not as successful.

Data creator star trek series#

He's a great villain, and it's not a surprise that he returns to the series in two more episodes down the line. Lore is a much more complex, emotional character: funny, cruel, vindictive and arrogant. Brent Spiner plays both Data and Lore, and it should be said first and foremost he does a stunning job of it. It's such a well-worn trope that it's not really a surprise that The Next Generation would use it.

The evil twin storyline is one that comes up again and again in science fiction and fantasy. When the new android, named Lore, is assembled, it turns out he may know more about the whereabouts of the missing colonists that he lets on. While exploring the laboratory of Data's creator, Dr Noonien Soong, the away team discover an identical android. The Enterprise makes a diversion to Omicron Theta, a deserted human colony where Commander Data was first discovered by Starfleet personnel.