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Lieutenant Commander Data ( ) is a character in the fictional ''Star Trek'' universe portrayed by actor Brent Spiner. He appears in the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and the feature films ''Star Trek Generations'', ''Star Trek: First Contact'', ''Star Trek: Insurrection'' and ''Star Trek: Nemesis''. An artificial intelligence and synthetic life form designed and built by Doctor Noonien Soong, Data is a self-aware, sapient, sentient, and anatomically fully functional android who serves as the second officer and chief operations officer aboard the Federation starships USS ''Enterprise''-D and USS ''Enterprise''-E. His positronic brain allows him impressive computational capabilities. Data experienced ongoing difficulties during the early years of his life with understanding various aspects of human behavior〔''TNG'': "Encounter at Farpoint"〕 and was unable to feel emotion or understand certain human idiosyncrasies, inspiring him to strive for his own humanity. This goal eventually led to the addition of an "emotion chip", also created by Soong, to Data's positronic net.〔''TNG'': "Descent, Part II", "Star Trek Generations"〕 Although Data's endeavor to increase his humanity and desire for human emotional experience is a significant plot point (and source of humor) throughout the series, he consistently shows a nuanced sense of wisdom, sensitivity, and curiosity, garnering immense respect from his peers and colleagues. Data is in many ways a successor to the original ''Star Trek''s Spock (Leonard Nimoy), in that the character offers an "outsider's" perspective on humanity, even briefly working with Spock in the two-part ''Next Generation'' episode, ''Unification''. ==Development== Gene Roddenberry told Brent Spiner that over the course of the series, Data was to become "more and more like a human until the end of the show, when he would be very close, but still not quite there. That was the idea and that's the way that the writers took it." Spiner felt that Data exhibited the Chaplinesque characteristics of a sad, tragic clown.〔 To get into his role as Data, Spiner used the character of Robby the Robot from the film ''Forbidden Planet'' as a role model.〔(Lt. Commander Data visits the Honesty Bar: an Interview with BRENT SPINER )〕 Commenting on Data's perpetual albino-like appearance, he said: "I spent more hours of the day in make-up than out of make-up", so much so that he even called it a way of method acting.〔 Spiner also portrayed Data's manipulative and malignant brother Lore (a role he found much easier to play, because the character was "more like me"),〔 and Data's creator, Dr. Noonien Soong. Additionally, he portrayed another Soong-type android, B-4, in the film ''Star Trek Nemesis'', and also one of Soong's ancestors in three episodes of ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. Spiner said his favorite Data scene takes place in "Descent", when Data plays poker on the holodeck with a re-creation of the famous physicist Stephen Hawking, played by Hawking himself.〔 Spiner reprised his role of Data in the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' series finale "These Are the Voyages..." in an off-screen speaking part. Spiner felt that he had visibly aged out of the role and that Data was best presented as a youthful figure.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Brent Spiner Rules Out Star Trek XI )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Data (Star Trek)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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