characters
She presides over Data’s trial to determine if he is Starfleet property.
Philippa
“Does Data have a soul? I don’t know that he has. Do you?” Who said it?
Picard
This event is taking place throughout this TV script selection.
Court trial
This word means warlike or unfriendly.
Hostile
sequence of events in a story
plot
This character is FORCED to serve as Data’s defense counsel.
Riker
“Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits!” Who said it?
Picard
Commander Riker is forced into this role against his will.
prosecutor
This word means statement that one argues is true or valid.
contention
A central message or insight about life
theme
The Starfleet officer who wants to dismantle Data for study.
Maddox
Who tells Riker: “That action injured you, and saved me”?
Data
The case hinges on whether Data is Starfleet’s ___ or a ___ being.
property / sentient
This word means inflict a penalty on; convict.
condemn
Introduces the characters and their situation
exposition
She is both a judge and an old friend of Captain Picard’s.
Philippa
This character, and EXPERT in androids and machines, subconsciously begins to admit that Data might not be a machine (isn’t just an “it”).
Maddox
Phillipa rules that Data is neither property nor _____, but something in between.
person
According to Maddox, Data is an outstanding piece of ______
machinery
Tells the story from the perspective of a narrator outside the story.
third person pov
This android is at the center of the debate over sentience.
Data
Finish the quote: “My rights. My status. My right to choose. My life. He seems pretty [...] _____ ______ to me”
self aware
The case sets a precedent in Federation law about the rights of this kind of lifeform.
android
According to Maddox, these 3 things are the measure of a man. In other words, this is how we can define sentience.
selfawareness, consciousness, and intelligence
Two parts:
This is the struggle between opposing forces, calls on characters to act, drives plot.
These are the two types.
Two parts:
This is the struggle between opposing forces, calls on characters to act, drives plot.
These are the two types.