Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 3 - "Elementary, Dear Data"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2015
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Elementary, Dear Data," Geordi La Forge has an idea: Pit Data as Sherlock Holmes against a foe on the holodeck. But the foe has ideas of his own. Seriously. He is thinking. Really. And he may have control of the Enterprise. Uh oh. Danger for Dr. Pulaski and a chance for Captain Picard to play dress up.
Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray
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| 0:00.0 | Mission Log, A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, Episode 124, Elementary, Geer Data. Good day fine people of the internet and welcome into another rousing adventure the |
| 0:22.4 | audio play we call Mission Log, |
| 0:24.8 | the Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, donning the role of host, I humbly submit myself |
| 0:30.9 | John Champion. And I, perhaps the only FOIL who could best Mr. Champion. |
| 0:36.0 | Also acting as host, Professor Ken Ray. |
| 0:40.0 | And I should warn you, I've disabled the fail-safe protocols for this episode. |
| 0:45.0 | Listen at your peril. |
| 0:47.0 | We meet again, Professor Ray. |
| 0:49.0 | For the first time, for the last time, we meet again. Today, elementary, dear data. |
| 0:58.3 | And before we get to that, we would love to have you contact us please. |
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