13 Facts About Datalore

Datalore refers to himself as Lore, and explains that Data was built first and he himself is the more perfect model.

Datalore feigns naivete to the crew, but shows signs of being more intelligent than he is letting on.

Datalore explains that a crystalline space entity capable of stripping away all life force from a world was responsible for the colony's demise.

Datalore finds Lore, now impersonating Data, who explains that he had to incapacitate his brother after being attacked.

Datalore took the new episode on as a challenge, in the belief that the producers didn't think the episode would work well, which caused him to become determined to put out a good episode.

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Datalore had numerous discussions with Brent Spiner, Justman, and Rick Berman on aspects of the episode, and the technical requirements and effects required an additional day of filming.

Datalore did one side, we shot through a double, then turned around, read it the other way and shot the other half of it.

Datalore was the only one of the Chief Engineers introduced during the first season to appear twice, with Geordi La Forge gaining the role in season two.

Datalore praised Spiner's "lovely, subtle performances as both Data and Lore", but felt that Lore's motivations and goals were unclear, and that the crew came off as stupid by their inaction to the Lore threat.

Datalore thought that transporting the villain into space was shocking and inconsistent.

Datalore noted that Data's origins had significant plotholes, such as that the ship which found Data didn't investigate the planet.

Datalore thought that Lore was a well-conceived villain who works well with Spiner's strengths as an actor, but that the story only scratched the surface of the character's potential.

Episodes from "Encounter at Farpoint" to "Datalore" were released in Japan on LaserDisc on June 10,1995, as part of First Season Part.