Star Trek: The Next Generation, "The Offspring"
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Jump to navigationJump to search"The Offspring." Star Trek: The Next Generation. 10 March 1990. Jonathan Frakes, dir. Rene Echevarria, script.
Mr. Data produces and loses an android offspring, raising the question of "child" vs. "invention," and the centrality of feelings (esp. love) for the Trekkian definition of humanity.
Discussed briefly by Victor Grech in Feature 101, "Brain and Dualism in Star Trek," p. 20.[1]
See also Mariella Scerri and Victor Grech's "Sentience in Science Fiction 101." SFRA Review #315 (Winter 2016): pp. 14-18.[2]
RDE, Initial; finishing 7Jul21
