Star Trek: The Next Generation - 64 - Archival Mission Log: Departmental Briefing Year Six – Special Crew Profile: Lt.Comdr.Data

Ronald D. Moore discusses writing episodes for the sixth season, visual effects producer Dan Curry remembers the challenges of re-creating the Original Series Enterprise bridge for “Relics,” and Michael Westmore and James Cromwell discuss make-up design. The parts are titled “Production”, “Make Up”, “Special Graphics Design”, and “Writing”. In the section “Profile: Dan Curry”, the visual effects producer provides a fascinating tour of his home, containing unique props and weaponry that inspired many of the artistic designs for the series. The featurette also includes a demonstration of the Klingon bat’leth and Tai Chi moves he choreographed for The Next Generation. The featurette “Special Crew Profile: Lt. Cmdr. Data” gives an exclusive profile of Brent Spiner and his android character, Data, which also includes rare footage of Spiner recording Ol’ Yellow Eyes Is Back. This featurette is splitted into “Doubling Data”, “An Android Sings”, and “Acting with Spiner”.