Alexander Siddig credited as playing...
Doctor Julian Bashir
- [Doctor Bashir has commented on Data's more "human" attributes]
- Lt. Commander Data: Most people are interested in my extraordinary abilities - how fast I can compute, my memory capacity, how long I will live. No one has ever asked me if my hair will grow, or noticed that I can breathe.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Well, your creator went to a lot of trouble to make you seem human. I find that fascinating.
- [during a shutdown, Data has experienced some kind of vision]
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Maybe you had a dream, or a hallucination.
- Lt. Commander Data: I am not capable of either of those functions.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Yet you can't account for what happened today, can you?
- Lt. Commander Data: At present, I cannot.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Well, maybe you should approach this from a more human standpoint. You're right that machines can't have hallucinations. But then again - most machines can't grow hair.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Remarkable. You know, this is just the kind of thing that might get me published in the Starfleet Cybernetics Journal. Would you mind if I authored a paper on all this?
- Lt. Commander Data: Of course not.
- Dr. Julian Bashir: Thank you, Data. And... sweet dreams.