Audacious Experiments, 1

Experiment one.

To several entranced clients, I sent a copy of a video link to a clip from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The clip was of the sequence "Data Learns To Dance," from season 4 episode 11, "Data's Day." Dr Beverley Crusher, the redhead (played by Gates McFadden) was teaching Data (Brent Spiner, the pallid android in yellow) to dance.

This is the clip:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlWmIhYADRM

Here's the clip itself:-


These selected clients saw a sequence which was not on the script. I asked them to report on what they saw. Everybody reported the same thing, exactly as instructed.

In the movie you see, Data and Crusher perform a very entertaining tap routine, followed by a ballroom-style dance number. In the movie the clients see, erotic music begins to play and Beverley begins a rather steamy, sensual dance as Data stands and watches.

As the music continues, Dr Crusher removes her clothes and continues to dance, now naked. She tells Data to remove his clothes, which he does - revealing that he was gold all the way down. Now naked, she begins stroking his erect android penis until interrupted by Sickbay.

Dr Crusher breaks off and lights up another cigarette before answering Sickbay; she then leaves the holodeck smoking, and still naked.

The sequence ends with Data summoning a new dance partner, who happens to be a naked Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis, not credited in this scene). The newcomer continued to dance erotically in front of Data as the sexually arousing music resumes.

I'm going to be practicing using this suggestion with other clients, to see how they respond to little deviations from the script when they are watching TV. Perhaps people believe things more readily if they see them on some sort of a screen than if they see them right in front of them.