Brent Spiner Talked His Way Into Playing Data's Creator, Plus More Data Facts You Might Have Missed
Data carries a colony's knowledge, and his family gets even stranger.
Data carries an entire colony's knowledge in his head, and his family gets even stranger. Here are three facts you might have missed about Data in Star Trek.
First, he holds the knowledge of 411 colonists from his destroyed home world. Rather than their everyday memories, he has their knowledge.
Second, his mother Juliana was replaced with an android who believed she was human. Data learned that truth and kept her secret anyway.
And the last one: Brent Spiner wasn't originally supposed to play Data's creator. They considered Keye Luke for Dr. Soong, but Spiner talked them into casting him. The man literally auditioned to become his own dad.
Which of these facts about Data surprised you most?
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Adapted with AI from ChaosTrek's video of 10 October 2026 and checked against the video before publication. Editorial standards · Corrections
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