"Brothers" Star Trek: TNG episode "Dr. Soong summons his creation, Data in "Brothers". Episode no. Prod. code 177 Airdate October 08, 1990 Writer(s) Rick Berman Director Rob Bowman Guest star(s) Colm Meaney Cory Danziger Adam Ryen James Lashly Previous episode "Family" Stardate 44085.7 Year 2367 Next episode "Suddenly Human"

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A case of sibling rivalry takes a dangerous turn when a young boy eats fruit containing toxic parasites, having believed he killed his brother. Fortunately the Starship Enterprise is close enough to a Federation Starbase with medical treaments the boy desperately needs. However en route to the starbase Data stops his work at the ops console and stares for a second, then begins entering new commands. Oxygen systems begin to shut down on the bridge, leading to the crew to evacuate. Picard, knowing this is no problem to an android, tells him to transfer control to engineering and remain there to try to fix the problem. The early Earth starship Enterprise (NX-01) The original Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701) The second Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) The third Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) The fourth Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) The fifth Federation starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) The sixth Federation starship... Data, played by Brent Spiner, is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Jean-Luc Picard is a character in Star Trek, the captain of the USS Enterprise-D and the USS Enterprise-E. He was played by British actor Patrick Stewart in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) and resulting films. ... The android Data, portrayed by Brent Spiner, from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation An android is an artificially created robot, an automaton, that resembles a human being usually both in appearance and behavior. ...

Alone, Data imitates Captain Picard's voice and command codes, and with his own knowledge of the Enterprise computer, locks out the crew's access codes and seals himself on the bridge. In engineering the flag officers assemble, puzzled that they don't have control and realize that Data must have switched loyalties. The Enterprise alters course to an unknown planet, while Doctor Crusher attempts to keep her patient calm. The crew de-activate the 'site-to-site' transporter to keep Data on the ship. Data discovers this while attempting to arrange transport to the surface, so he initiates an internal shield cascade between the bridge and transporter room one (that is to say that internal shields switch on and off in a sequence, allowing Data time to walk between them, but baffling ship's security). Data manages to re-activate the transporter and beams to the planet. Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher Beverly Crusher, a character in the Star Trek fictional universe, was the Chief Medical Officer onboard the starship Enterprise-D and held the rank of commander; upon the destruction of that ship, she has continued in that post and rank on the Enterprise-E...

There he enters a dwelling on the planet, which is occupied by his creator Dr. Noonien Soong. He tells Data that he called him here, and performs a minor manual adjustment to allow Data to return to normal. When this happens Data fails to comprehend how he was on the Enterprise, but is now here, suggesting a form of automatic recall. Soong reveals that he's dying and wishes to gift to his 'son' an emotion chip. However, Soong is unaware that Lore has been reasembled, and the signal brings him as well. Soong tells the two 'brothers' to apologize and make up, while he goes to rest, prior to implanting the chip. On the Enterprise the crew rig tricorders together to form an override net into the computer so they can return to the surface, recover Data and unlock the Enterprise systems. In the fictional Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, Dr. Noonien Soong (played by Brent Spiner) is a human cyberneticist who lived on the colony Omicron Theta for several years, where he created six androids with positronic brains, the last two being Lore and Data, both of whom were also... In the fictional Star Trek universe, Lore is the name of a prototype for the android Data, often referred to as his evil brother and was played by the same actor: Brent Spiner. ... Tricorders (TNG era) In the Star Trek universe, the tricorder is a handheld device used for scanning an area, interpreting and displaying data from scans to the user, and recording information to isolinear chips. ...

Soong later implants the chip into his android and asks how does it feel. Unfortunately, when his android begins to verbally abuse him he realises that he has implanted Lore, who had switched clothes, not Data. He begs Lore not to use the chip saying it wasn't meant for him, but Lore refuses, and hits Dr. Soong, then beams back to his ship. Moments later an away team from the Enterprise arrives and discovers the scene. They re-activate Data, who tells them that Lore over-powered him, and let Data speak to the dying Soong, who apologizes. Commander Riker asks Data to return control of the Enterprise, but Data is puzzled by the request, showing that he did not remember his actions before arriving on the planet. Soong tells him to access his third nested memory circuit, which allows Data to access his memory. Soong dies, and they return to the ship, before setting off back to starbase in time to save the critical patient. Lore is: A body of cultural traditions and knowledge. ...

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 An animated GIF file of Data from this episode]