(July 3, 2021 at 7:56 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(July 3, 2021 at 7:49 am)Brian37 Wrote: Yea not as far as the writers history. There was no Data when Gene Rodenberry wrote the original series.
Actually, the writers are the ones responsible for them knowing each other. Spock was still alive during TNG, and the writers wrote an episode in which they met.
But even if they hadn’t physically met, it seems impossible that Data would not have known about Spock, since the later was at that time one of the most famous and widely regarded figures in the Federation.
*adjusts nerd hat*
Boru
Edit: By the by, what’s the answer to your coin question?
Um no, you are arguing after the fact. I am strictly talking about when the original series started. Data was the product of newer writers, not the original writers.