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Contents (5 sections)
| Code | S07E17 (episode 169 overall) |
| Aired | 1994-02-21 (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Stardate | 47615.2 |
| Director | Robert Wiemer (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Writer | Joe Menosky (Wikipedia · Memory Alpha) |
| Arcs | Data, Alien influence |
| Transcript | read the transcript |
Synopsis
An ancient alien archive inside a comet reshapes the Enterprise into its own culture's artefacts and fills Data with personalities, including the queen Masaka. Picard finds the symbols for her temple and her counterpart Korgano, poses as Korgano, and puts her to sleep, restoring the ship and Data.
Log entries
Captain's log, stardate 47615.2. We have encountered a rogue comet in sector one one five six. It is not native to this region of space, and there is no previous record of this object on any Federation charts.
Captain's log, stardate 47618.4. Commander La Forge has managed to disable the alien transformation programme. Starfleet has dispatched an archaeological team to study the archive further.
Characters (8 speaking)
| Character | Lines |
|---|---|
| Captain Jean-Luc Picard | 116 |
| Lieutenant Commander Data | 92 |
| Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge | 41 |
| Commander William T. Riker | 32 |
| Counselor Deanna Troi | 31 |
| Lieutenant Worf | 17 |
| Dr Beverly Crusher | 7 |
| Eric | 4 |
Locations (30 scenes)
| Location | Scenes |
|---|---|
| Bridge | 8 |
| Corridor | 4 |
| Engineering | 3 |
| Data's quarters | 3 |
| Temple | 3 |
| Classroom | 2 |
| Ready room | 2 |
| Data's quarters] | 2 |
| Troi's quarters | 1 |
| Observation lounge | 1 |
| Ten Forward | 1 |
Cast
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Starring
- Patrick Stewart as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Captain Jean-Luc Picard)
- Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr. William T. Riker (Commander William T. Riker)
Also starring
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge)
- Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf (Lieutenant Worf)
- Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher (Dr Beverly Crusher)
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi (Counselor Deanna Troi)
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data (Lieutenant Commander Data)
Co-star
- Rickey D'Shon Collins as Eric (Eric)
Uncredited co-stars
- Debbie David as Russell
- Cameron as Kellogg
- Tracee Lee Cocco as Jae
- Debra Dilley as command division ensign
- Keith Gearhart, Pauline Olsen, Noriko Suzuki as operations division ensign (3 performers)
- Fumiko Hamada as command division officer
- Marianne Lewis as operations division officer
- Lorine Mendell as Diana Giddings
- Michael Moorehead as science division ensign
- Mark Riccardi as operations division officer
- Margie Thomas as command officer