Star Trek: 10 Times Music Saved The Day

10. A British Tar - Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek: Insurrection carries on the grand tradition of Data's exploration of humanity, this time using Gilbert & Sullivan to bring the android back down to Earth. Data may have been malfunctioning but such is the power of music that he shrugs it off to hit those notes.

Insurrection, despite its heavy themes, is a far lighter film than both Generations and First Contact, so the appearance of a sing-along scene was hardly that much of a surprise. Having it serve such a key role may have been a bigger surprise but, in honesty, was it not Trek to its core? 

There may still have been phaser fire and unsafe velocities (just wait til they get their hands on the Argo) but A British Tar is one of the funnier, key moments of a funny, inoffensive film. Worf may not have had a chance to familiarise himself with all of the new crewmembers but, without them, Data might never have been able to expose the Son'a's dastardly plans.