Review of Datalore

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Datalore (1988)
Season 1, Episode 12
10/10
REVIEW 2022
3 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This one is a Data Story which, I have learned from experience, are usually watchable. On this occasion, Data actually goes home but on arrival the away team find that the once populated planet has now been killed off, and that includes the vegetation and bacteria. What is it that could kill everything on an entire planet?

We learn that Data was found 26 years previously. Whilst Geordi's pocking around among some rocks, he finds the doorway to a secret chasm which in turn leads to quite an elaborate laboratory where Data senses something that feels familiar and dangerous.

This story introduces us to the works of Dr. Noonien Soong, Earth's foremost robotic scientist.

Amongst the epidermal mould's, the hundreds of empty beds, and the storage area, the away team find a compartment which contains the dis-assembled pieces of another Data. Considering the benefits that might provide Data with a link to a form like his own, our robotic friend decided to put all the pieces together. What could go wrong?
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