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A Christmas Carol Taught Star Trek’s Data What It Means To Be Human

By Mark Donaldson

Published 9 hours ago

Picard and Data discussed A Christmas Carol's Ebenezer Scrooge in Star Trek: TNG, highlighting the link between Charles Dickens and Gene Roddenberry.

Lt. Commander Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation learns a valuable lesson about humanity from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Data seeks feedback from Captain Jean-Luc Picard on his performance as Scrooge, which teaches him about what it means to be human.
Patrick Stewart, who played Picard, also portrayed Scrooge and had a personal connection to the story, emphasizing the themes of kindness and compassion.