Datalore [SEP] series
Datalore
"Datalore" is the twelfth episode of the of the American science fiction television series "", originally aired on January 18, 1988, in broadcast syndication. The story was created by Robert Lewin and Maurice Hurley, and turned into a script by Lewin and the creator of the show, Gene Roddenberry. It was Roddenberry's final script credit on a "Star Trek" series. The director was originally to be Joseph L. Scanlan, but following delays in pre-production caused by script re-writes,
" and the revelation of Data's off switch in "Datalore". This is also the first episode to have a scene of the crew's poker game, which continued to feature throughout the series and was the final scene of the series finale, "".
Production Guest stars.
Guest stars included Brian Brophy, who had previously appeared as Traker in the science fiction television series "Max Headroom". His character, Bruce Maddox, was later mentioned in "The Next Generation" episode "Data's Day"