Elementary, Dear Data (TNG episode)

"Elementary, Dear Data" is the title of a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode.

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Professor Moriarty calling the arch

Data, after memorizing all of the Sherlock Holmes series of books, attempts to recreate the adventures within the holodeck aboard the Enterprise-D with himself playing the role of Sherlock Holmes and Geordi La Forge playing the role of Dr. Watson. However, his in-depth knowledge of the various mysteries allows him to solve them each before they have even started. Dr. Pulaski believes it is only his experience with the published stories that allows him to solve the various mysteries, stating that his artificial mind would not be able to solve a mystery on its own. She then challenges Data to solve a new and original Holmes-like mystery. Unfortunately, she didn't think out her challenge clearly enough. When instructing the computer to create the mystery she commanded it to create an adversary capable of defeating Data instead of an adversary capable of defeating Holmes, as was originally intended. Data, being an android with a mind infinitely more advanced than that of a human, could not be defeated by any of the characters from the Holmes mysteries. Therefore, the computer created an entirely new, and sentient, mind which was then inserted into character of Professor James Moriarty (played by Daniel Davis).

Moriarty quickly determined that he was an artificial life-form, the world he lived in (that of 19'th century London) did not exist, and that reality was far more fantastic than he had ever dreamed. He wished to escape the holodeck so he could experience the galaxy and all its wonders. Physical and moral barricades prevented the crew of the Enterprise-D from complying with his requests. They were unable to convert the temporary matter of a holodeck to the permanent matter required for sustained existence outside of said holodeck and they felt it would be unwise to unleash the "Napoleon of Crime" upon an unsuspecting Universe. Moriarty was able to convince them that he wasn't an evil person, he could certainly not be held responsible for the actions given to him by Arthur Conan Doyle, and that he wanted nothing more than to explore and enjoy the Universe. Unfortunately the crewmembers still couldn't perform the physical tasks required, but pledged to keep trying. Moriarty, satisfied that they would eventually fulfill their promise, was 'turned off' and saved until he could be converted into an actual human being or revived, which was done accidentally in the Ship in a Bottle episode.

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