Star Trek: TNG episode
"Data's Day"
Dr. Crusher attempts to teach Data how to dance in "Data's Day"
Episode no.	85
Prod. code	185
Airdate	January 07, 1991
Writer(s)	Harold Apter Ronald D. Moore
Director	Robert Wiemer
Guest star(s)	Colm Meaney Rosalind Chao April Grace Sierra Pecheur Alan Scarfe Shelly Desai
Year	2367
Stardate	44390.1
Episode chronology
Previous	"The Loss"
Next	"The Wounded"

Data's Day is a fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Data records the event of a single day of his life, which include Chief O'Brien and Keiko's pre-wedding jitters, learning to dance and the investigation of the loss of a Vulcan Ambassador in a transporter accident. The episode has an average rating of 4.5/5 on the official Star Trek website (as of June 11th, 2007).[1] Image File history File links ST-TNG_Data's_Day. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Ronald Dowl Moore (born 1964 in Chowchilla, California) is an American screenwriter and television producer who is known for his work on Star Trek and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series, which he created and runs. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... Robert Wiemer is a film and television director, writer, producer and editor. ... Colm J. Meaney ( or [1], Irish for dove); (born May 30, 1953 in Dublin) is an Irish actor widely known for his role as Miles OBrien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Rosalind Chao or Chao Jyalin (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; born September 23, 1964 is an American actress, born in Anaheim, California. ... April Grace (born May 12, 1962 in Lakeland, Florida, USA) is an American actress. ... Alan Scarfe (born June 8, 1946 in London, England, United Kingdom) is a British-born Genie Award winning Canadian actor. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Loss is a fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... The Wounded is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Data[1] is a character, portrayed by Brent Spiner, in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... Miles OBrien Miles Edward OBrien is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Colm Meaney. ... Keiko OBrien, née Keiko Ishikawa, is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Rosalind Chao. ... It has been suggested that Tplana-hath be merged into this article or section. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Plot Summary

The episode begins as Data composes a letter to Commander Bruce Maddox (a cyberneticist at the Daystrom Institute, who was first introduced in The Measure of a Man), detailing a normal day in his life, with a focus on friendship. Bruce Maddox is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. ... The Measure of a Man is a second season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation first broadcast in 1989. ...

One of the several sub-plots is the impending wedding of Transporter Chief Miles O'Brien and civilian botanist Keiko Ishikawa, which Keiko decides to call off, telling Data it will make her happier. Data delivers this news to Chief O'Brien, believing that since he wants to make Keiko happy, he will want to call off the wedding. This, of course, has disastrous results. Geordi, assures Data that the wedding will proceed as planned. Miles OBrien Miles Edward OBrien is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Colm Meaney. ... Keiko OBrien, née Keiko Ishikawa, is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe, played by Rosalind Chao. ... Geordi La Forge is a regular character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, played by LeVar Burton. ...

The other important sub-plot includes a Vulcan Ambassador, T'Pel, who had arranged a secret meeting with a Romulan ship. Data is assigned to escort her while she is on board. It has been suggested that Tplana-hath be merged into this article or section. ... Romulans are a fictional alien species in the Star Trek universe related to Vulcans. ...

Data then asks Dr. Crusher to teach him how to dance, having discovered from her service record that she had won dance competitions. She agrees to instruct him on the condition that he not share this information with the rest of the crew, not wanting to be called 'The Dancing Doctor' again. Doctor Beverly Crusher, played by actress Gates McFadden, was a character on the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV show and subsequent films. ...

Chief O'Brien then asks Data to convince Keiko to go through with the wedding. He fails yet again, and talks to Counselor Troi to try to understand Keiko's decision. Commander Deanna Troi, played by actress Marina Sirtis, is a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the related films which followed. ...

In the Holodeck, Data quickly learns how to tap dance from Dr. Crusher, but learns that the style is inappropriate for social dancing. When she attempts to instruct him in ballroom dancing, Data is much more challenged. Dr. Crusher is then called away to sickbay to deliver a baby, and Data is left alone with a holographic partner. Man tap dancing Tap dance was born in the United States during the nineteenth century, and today is popular all around the world. ... Biss second full length proper. ... Gaskell Ball Ballroom dance, refers collectively to a set of partner dances, which originated in the Western world and are now enjoyed both socially and competitively around the globe. ...

The Enterprise then meets a Romulan warbird, and despite Picard's unease about the situation, T'Pel transports aboard. However, something interrupts the transporter signal and the Ambassador is killed. The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (or Enterprise-D, to distinguish it from prior starships with the same name) is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek fictional universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, is a character from the Star Trek franchise who appears in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in the movies Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis, and makes a cameo appearence in...

Finding no flaw in the transporter system, Data uses the principles of Sherlock Holmes to come to the conclusion that T'Pel was not really killed-the Romulans beamed her off the ship themselves and left behind genetic material designed to fool the crew into thinking that she died in the transporter beam. A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ...

Picard turns back, and intercepts the Romulans in the middle of the neutral zone. He confronts the Romulan Admiral Mendak, and learns that T'Pel is actually a Romulan spy. Before shots are fired, another Romulan warbird appears next to the first one and three more enter the sector. Picard retreats into Federation space. In the fictional Star Trek universe, a neutral zone is a sort of buffer zone between the territories of two different powers. ...

Data then approaches Keiko to make amends. She informs him that she is not angry at him, and that the wedding will proceed as usual. Miles and Keiko are married by Captain Picard.

Later, in sickbay, the Captain and Data visit the newest member of the Enterprise crew--a baby born while the Enterprise was in mortal peril.

Trivia

• This episode marks the first appearance of Spot, Data's pet cat.
• This episode takes place on Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights.
• Gates McFadden and Brent Spiner both stated that they did their own dancing in this episode, except for one overhead shot where Spiner requested a double, as he did not feel confident enough to pull it off. McFadden did the choreography, as she was a well-known Hollywood choreographer long before Next Generation.

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External links

• Data's Day article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
• Data's Day at StarTrek.com