Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia was a movie produced on Earth in 1962, depicting the life of T.E. Lawrence, a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia, a British national who aided the people of the Arabian Peninsula in their fight for independence in the early 20th century.

Lawrence's life and the film depicting it remained a part of human culture into the 23rd century. In 2296, David Rabin, a Starfleet officer assigned to the desert planet of Obsidian, drew several comparisons to Lawrence, and himself quoted Lawrence's movie line when asked why he liked the desert ("It's clean").