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Data (Star Trek)
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<p>Data is a fictional character in the <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek/kKGkVK5y">Star Trek</a></i> <a href="/facts/Media_franchise/IBzGhQjA">franchise</a>. He appears in the television series <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_The_Next_Generation/r3RxzQBF">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i> (<i>TNG</i>), the <a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_Picard_season_1/sGlfhAfF">first</a> and <a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_Picard_season_3/MyjgjF00">third seasons</a> of <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_Picard/IJ2ko3WG">Star Trek: Picard</a></i>, and the <a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_Lower_Decks_season_5/ydDFsJwH">fifth season</a> of <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_Lower_Decks/7yeWb3Nx">Star Trek: Lower Decks</a></i>; and the feature films <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek_Generations/EpUUXUr1">Star Trek Generations</a></i> (1994), <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_First_Contact/cGfzKoTI">First Contact</a></i> (1996), <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_Insurrection/jsaTC0Nn">Insurrection</a></i> (1998), and <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_Nemesis/Tpzce7uG">Nemesis</a></i> (2002). Data is portrayed by actor <a href="/facts/Brent_Spiner/aKULatHz">Brent Spiner</a>. </p><p>Data is a <a href="/facts/Self-awareness/e3Wh7bFx">self-aware</a>, <a href="/facts/Sapience/6Pqq0nAA">sapient</a>, <a href="/facts/Sentience/LQwKbI6F">sentient</a> and anatomically <a href="/facts/Sex_organ/c2ypY14E">fully functional</a> male <a href="/facts/Android_(robot)/JcEneeP9">android</a> who serves as the <a href="/facts/Second_mate/ySSR8YqE">second officer</a> and chief operations officer aboard the <a href="/facts/United_Federation_of_Planets/Bj2r5ysg">Federation</a> <a href="/facts/Starship/IWmlNGTY">starship</a> <a href="/facts/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D)/2hgMXL03">USS <i>Enterprise</i>-D</a> and later the <a href="/facts/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-E)/5PYXxsdr">USS <i>Enterprise</i>-E</a>. </p><p>Data is in many ways a successor to the original <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_The_Original_Series/BtLu8Sgu">Star Trek</a></i>'s <a href="/facts/Spock/tzRUPSD9">Spock</a>, in that the character has superior mental skills and offers an "outsider's" perspective on humanity. </p>