He was aware, just for a moment, of cold space around him, with things in it A bookcase.

He had disappeared into the cold and dark space.

A cold, empty, space had opened up inside him.

The years of slow movement through the great cold spaces between the stars are there.

"There's no possible explanation for a cold space in the middle of air!"

He moved his leg and was immediately aware of the cold empty space beside him.

It stood to reason that this mimic was responsible for putting him out here in cold space, Data decided.

Besides, outside the ship was nothing but cold space and asteroids.

"No wonder they wanted nothing to do with the planet that threw them out into cold dark space."

Back to the cold dark space from which he'd come.