In a few of the earliest manufacturing notes for “Star Trek: The Subsequent Era,” written again in 1987, Information was described as having been constructed by a species of aliens that audiences would by no means see. The aliens have been described as “Earth Asian,” and Information was supposed to be performed by an Asian actor. Actor Kelvin Han Yee famously auditioned for the position. John Lone was briefly in consideration as was Kim Miyori, again when Information was (very briefly) reworked right into a feminine character. The ultimate audition truly got here right down to Spiner and Mark Lindsay Chapman. When Spiner was chosen, solely then did the bodily design for Information start in earnest. Make-up artist Michael Westmore was the one who invented Information’s pale pores and skin and yellow eyes.
The aliens who constructed Information would have additionally implanted his mind with the recollections of their homeworld, and Information would have an amalgamated persona of each surviving member of the species, now presumably misplaced without end. That is an bold sci-fi thought, however maybe troublesome to painting in an on a regular basis efficiency on primetime TV. That sort of idea is much better suited to sci-fi literature.
A few of that origin story made its approach into the script for “Datalore.” By on-screen Trek mythology, Information truly did have the private logs of the misplaced members of his “childhood” colony implanted into his positronic mind. Information, nevertheless, had no feelings, and will solely entry the logs when requested. The colonists’ recollections did not dictate his persona. Additionally, they have been all people within the remaining draft. No aliens in sight. Properly, apart from the crystalline entity that killed them.
