"payment for his appearance. In the """" episode """", McCoy mentions he has a daughter, Joanna. Although Chekov's friend Irina in the original series episode ""The Way to Eden"" was originally written as McCoy's daughter, it was changed before the episode was shot. In the 2009 ""Star Trek"" film, which takes place in an ""alternate, parallel"" reality, McCoy and Kirk become friends at Starfleet Academy, which McCoy joins after a divorce that he says ""left [him] nothing but [his] bones."" This line, improvised by Urban, explains how McCoy earned the nickname ""Bones"". McCoy later helps get Kirk posted aboard the"
"DeForest Kelley Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999), known to colleagues as ""De"", was an American actor, screenwriter, poet and singer known for his roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard ""Bones"" McCoy of the in the television and film series ""Star Trek"". Kelley was delivered by his uncle at his parents' home in Toccoa, Georgia, the son of Clora (née Casey) and Ernest David Kelley, who was a Baptist minister. DeForest was named after the pioneering electronics engineer Lee de Forest. He later named his ""Star Trek"" character's father ""David"" after his own father. Kelley"
"in """" (1973–74), and the first six ""Star Trek"" motion pictures (1979 to 1991). In one of the ""Star Trek"" comic books it was stated that Dr. McCoy's father had been a Baptist preacher, an idea that apparently originated from Kelley's background. In 1987, he also had a cameo in ""Encounter at Farpoint"", the first episode of """", as Admiral Leonard McCoy, Starfleet Surgeon General Emeritus. Several aspects of Kelley's background became part of McCoy's characterization, including his pronunciation of ""nuclear"" as ""nucular"". Kelley became a good friend of ""Star Trek"" cast mates William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, from their"
"Trek"" pilot """". In 1963, he appeared in ""The Virginian"" episode ""Man of Violence"" as a ""drinking"" cavalry doctor with Leonard Nimoy as his patient. (Nimoy's character did not survive.) Perhaps not coincidentally, the episode was written by John D. F. Black, who went on to become a writer-producer on ""Star Trek"". Just before ""Star Trek"" began filming, Kelley appeared as a doctor again, in the ""Laredo"" episode ""The Sound of Terror"". After refusing Roddenberry's 1964 offer to play Spock, Kelley played Dr. Leonard ""Bones"" McCoy from 1966 to 1969 in """". He reprised the character in a voice-over role"
"character's prominence, Kelley's contract granted him only a ""featuring"" credit; it was not until the second season that he was given ""starring"" credit, at the urging of producer Robert Justman. Kelley was apprehensive about ""Star Trek""s future, telling Roddenberry that the show was ""going to be the biggest hit or the biggest miss God ever made"". Kelley portrayed McCoy throughout the original ""Star Trek"" series and voiced the character in the animated ""Star Trek"". Kelley, who in his youth wanted to become a doctor like his uncle, but whose family could not pay for a medical education, in part drew"
"Leonard Nimoy Leonard Simon Nimoy (; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, film director, photographer, author, singer and songwriter. He was best known for his role as Spock of the ""Star Trek"" franchise, a character he portrayed in television and film from shot in late 1964 to his final film performance in 2013. Nimoy began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title role in ""Kid Monk Baroni"". Foreshadowing his fame as a semi-alien, he played"
"upon his real-life experiences in creating McCoy: a doctor's ""matter-of-fact"" delivery of news of Kelley's mother's terminal cancer was the ""abrasive sand"" Kelley used in creating McCoy's demeanor. ""Star Trek"" writer D. C. Fontana said that while Roddenberry created the series, Kelley essentially created McCoy; everything done with the character was done with Kelley's input. ""Exquisite chemistry"" among Kelley, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy manifested itself in their performances as McCoy, Captain James T. Kirk and science officer Spock, respectively. Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura, referred to Kelley as her ""sassy gentleman friend""; the friendship between the African-American Nichols and"
"Friendship with a Remarkable Man"". The book was released on February 16, 2016. Leonard Nimoy Leonard Simon Nimoy (; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, film director, photographer, author, singer and songwriter. He was best known for his role as Spock of the ""Star Trek"" franchise, a character he portrayed in television and film from shot in late 1964 to his final film performance in 2013. Nimoy began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title"
"physician, he prefers less intrusive treatment and believes in the body's innate recuperative powers. The character's nickname, ""Bones"", is a play on ""sawbones"", an epithet for physicians qualified as surgeons. When Kirk orders McCoy's commission reactivated in """" (1979); a resentful McCoy complains of being ""drafted"". Spock transfers his ""katra""—his knowledge and experience—into McCoy before dying in """" (1982). This causes mental anguish for McCoy, who in """" (1984) helps restore Spock's katra to his reanimated body. McCoy continues to serve on Kirk's crew aboard the captured Klingon ship in """" (1986). In """" (1989), McCoy (through the intervention of"
"Walter Koenig when they were both on a ""Star Trek"" panel at a science fiction convention held at UCLA. Koenig was about to travel to film the episode ""To Serve All My Days"". Zicree recalled Reaves' Sulu story and contacted ""New Voyages"" to offer it. He received a form response turning him down. Undeterred, he got in touch with John Muenchrath, who is both a producer on the series and portrayed Doctor Leonard McCoy. He was interested and this resulted in further conversations with executive producer James Cawley. After it was confirmed that ""New Voyages"" wanted the story, Zicree contacted"
"Larry Nemecek Larry Nemecek (born January 18, 1959) is an American ""Star Trek"" author, actor, editor, archivist, consultant, interviewer and producer, first widely known thanks to his classic best-seller ""Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion"" from Pocket Books. He has portrayed Dr. McCoy in the Star Trek Continues web series episodes ""Pilgrim of Eternity"" and ""Lolani"" and remains as the series' Creative Consultant. Nemecek has recently launched the pioneering Portal 47 monthly deep-dive features for Star Trek fans, and weekly hosts the new ""The Trek Files"" on the Roddenberry Podcast Network, launched in January 2018 as a 15-minute look with"
"and Steve Blalock doubled for Nimoy, so that a total of seven actors contributed to the role. DeForest Kelley returns as Leonard McCoy, doctor and the carrier of Spock's living spirit. Kelley has the majority of the film's memorable scenes, but admitted to occasional difficulties in acting with and being directed by his longtime co-star. However, he has declared that he had no doubts about Nimoy's ability to direct the film. Responding to suggestions that ""Star Trek"" copied ""Star Wars"", Kelley asserted that the opposite was true. Playing the other crew members are James Doohan, as Montgomery Scott, the chief"
"eleven full episodes between 2013 and 2017. In scientific illustrator Jenny Parks' 2017 book ""Star Trek Cats"", Spock is depicted as an Oriental Shorthair. There has been a practice of altering the portrait of Canada's seventh prime minister, Wilfrid Laurier, on Canadian five-dollar notes to look like Spock. After the death of Leonard Nimoy in 2015, there was an increase in that practice. Spock Spock is a fictional character in the ""Star Trek"" media franchise. Spock was first portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in the , and also appears in the , a two-part episode of """", eight of the ""Star"
"Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, roughly during the 2260s. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), first officer and science officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and chief medical officer Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening"
"NBC crime drama ""Dante"". That same year he played Dr. Abel in the episode ""The Haven"" on ""The DuPont Show with June Allyson"". Other television credits included ""Adventures of Superman"" (1953–1954, with Anthony Caruso and Elisha Cook, Jr.) and the adventure series, ""Northwest Passage"". Fix played Dr. Mark Piper, Leonard McCoy's predecessor in the second pilot episode of """", ""Where No Man Has Gone Before"". When NBC picked up ""Star Trek"" as a series in 1966, Fix was replaced as the ""Enterprise"" medical officer by DeForest Kelley in the role of Dr. Leonard ""Bones"" McCoy. Fix appeared as the presiding"
"complex confrontation with the twisted psychopath George Limb as Limb abuses time-travel to avoid his fate of becoming a Cyberman. See here. In 1990, readers of ""Doctor Who Magazine"" voted McCoy's Doctor ""Best Doctor"", over perennial favourite Tom Baker. Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". He is portrayed by Scottish actor Sylvester McCoy. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end"
"""DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy"" in the opening credits, and the first episode broadcast in the series' new time slot of 8:30 pm on Friday night. Spock, the first officer of the Federation starship USS ""Enterprise"", begins to exhibit unusual behavior and requests that he be granted leave on his home planet Vulcan. Captain James T. Kirk and Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy, having witnessed one of their friend's outbursts, agree and Kirk diverts the ship to Vulcan. En route, Kirk receives orders from Starfleet to travel to Altair VI to represent the Federation at the inauguration ceremony for the"
"years later, McCoy added an ""r"" to the end of ""Sylveste"", in part because of the actors' superstition that a stage name with thirteen letters was unlucky. Notable television appearances before he gained the role of the Doctor included roles in ""Vision On"" (where he played Pepe/Epep, a character who lived in the mirror), an O-Man in ""Jigsaw"" and ""Tiswas"". He also appeared in ""Eureka"", often suffering from the inventions of Wilf Lunn and as Wart, assistant to StarStrider in the CITV series of the same name. McCoy also portrayed, in one-man shows on the stage, two famous movie comedians:"
"than any of his earlier incarnations, manipulating people like chess pieces and always seeming to be playing a deeper game. A distinguishing feature of McCoy's performances was his manner of speech. He used his natural slight Scottish accent and rolled his ""r""s. At the start of his tenure he used proverbs and sayings adapted to his own ends (e.g. ""There's many a slap twixt cup and lap"" – ""Delta and the Bannermen""), although this characteristic was phased out during the later, darker series of his tenure. In 1990, readers of ""Doctor Who Magazine"" voted McCoy's Doctor ""Best Doctor"", over perennial"
"main characters: Captain Kirk (William Shatner), chief engineer Lt. Commander Scott (James Doohan) and Lt. Sulu (George Takei), who served as a physicist on the ship in the second pilot but subsequently became a helmsman throughout the rest of the series. Paul Fix played Dr. Mark Piper in the second pilot; ship's doctor Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) joined the cast when filming began for the first season, and he remained for the rest of the series, achieving billing as the third star of the series. Also joining the ship's permanent crew during the first season were the communications officer, Lt."
"McCoy later married Natira, the priestess of Yonada, characterized in the episode, ""For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"". In 2266, McCoy was posted as chief medical officer of the USS ""Enterprise"" under Captain James T. Kirk, who often calls him ""Bones"". McCoy and Kirk are good friends, even ""brotherly"". The passionate, sometimes cantankerous McCoy frequently argues with Kirk's other confidante, science officer Spock, and occasionally is prejudiced against Spock's Vulcan heritage. McCoy often plays the role of Kirk's conscience, offering a counterpoint to Spock's logic. McCoy is suspicious of technology, especially the transporter. As a"
"and began aggressively considering a bid from rival network ABC; his use of the law, although he ultimately decided to remain with NBC, allowed him to extract major concessions from the network, including a reduced workload, increase in pay and ownership of the show. Karl Urban – In 2007, Paramount began filming ""Star Trek"", the first in a rebooted series of ""Star Trek"" feature films with an entirely new cast, and released the film in 2009. Among the new actors was Karl Urban, who played the ""Enterprise's"" Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leonard McCoy. However, Urban felt that his role as"
"This story was originally offered by Roddenberry as an option for the second pilot titled ""The Omega Story"". The original script, while not significantly different in tone and message, did have some significant differences in characterization and background information. As the character of Dr. Leonard McCoy had not been created yet, the ship's surgeon is named Milton Perry, and in one version of the script it is Perry who attempts to use a ""Medi-Scanner"" to signal the ""Enterprise"" for rescue, only to be killed when Captain Tracey destroys the scanner with his phaser. Dr. Carter of the ""Exeter"" was also"
"Star Trek: The Original Series (season 1) The first season of the American science fiction television series . premiered on NBC on September 8, 1966 and concluded on April 13, 1967. It consisted of twenty-nine episodes, which is the highest number of episodes in a season of The Original Series of ""Star Trek"". Star Trek: The Original Series is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, and the original series of the Star Trek franchise. It features William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Spock and DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy. This article also"
"chapter. Doctor Leonard McCoy (erroneously nicknamed ""Doc"" instead of ""Bones"" throughout, for which Blish blamed an editor in one of his subsequent adaptation collections) and Engineer Montgomery Scott discuss McCoy's fear of the transporter. McCoy posits that an original person is killed upon dematerialization, and a duplicate is created at the destination. Scotty explains that the technology does not destroy the original object but causes every single particle to undergo a ""Dirac jump"" to its new location - and that converting a human-sized mass to energy would blow up the ship. McCoy is not convinced, and he wonders what happens"
"The City on the Edge of Forever ""The City on the Edge of Forever"" is the twenty-eighth and penultimate episode of the of the American science fiction television series """". The episode had several writers contribute to the finished product including: Harlan Ellison, Steven W. Carabatsos, D. C. Fontana, Gene L. Coon and a final re-write by Gene Roddenberry. The episode was directed by Joseph Pevney and first aired on NBC on April 6, 1967. In the episode, after a heavily medicated Doctor Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) travels back in time and changes history, Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock"
"Sylvester McCoy Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith; 20 August 1943) is a Scottish actor, best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" from 1987 to 1989—the final Doctor of the original run—and briefly returning in a television film in 1996. He was born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith in Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula, to an Irish mother and English father, killed in action in World War II a couple of months before his son was born. His maternal grandmother was from Portadown, Northern Ireland. He was raised"
"War, Daddy?"" and ""Mister Buddwing."" Paskey first appeared on ""Star Trek"" as a ""crewman"" on the second pilot episode ""Where No Man Has Gone Before,"" and was first identified by name in ""Mudd's Women"" in an early scene where Doctor McCoy refers to him as Connors. In subsequent episodes, he was cast regularly as a crewman, but also appeared as a security officer, a helmsman, an engineer station officer, even an alien, all to create a sense of continuity on ""Star Trek"" during the series' run. Paskey had scripted lines in four episodes and was credited in two. His character,"
"has cited as one of his favorites. They lived in their NZ$5.25 million mansion in the affluent Herne Bay section of Auckland, New Zealand. The couple announced their separation in June 2014, selling their home for NZ$6.65 million in December 2014. Urban serves as a celebrity ambassador for KidsCan, a charity which currently supports over 16,000 disadvantaged children in New Zealand by providing them with essentials such as food, clothing, and shoes. Karl Urban Karl-Heinz Urban (born 7 June 1972) is a New Zealand actor. He has portrayed Leonard McCoy in the ""Star Trek"" reboot film series (2009–), Éomer in"
"was also considered for the part of Pulaski, a decision Berman described as ""very tough"". Muldaur finally agreed to play the role, but asked Roddenberry to change the name of the character to Kate, which became Katherine. The character of Katherine Pulaski was modeled on Doctor Leonard McCoy from the original ""Star Trek"". Like McCoy, Pulaski feared transporters and disliked unemotional colleagues. The dynamic between McCoy and Spock was revisited with the relationship between Pulaski and Lieutenant Commander Data. Muldaur believed that Roddenberry deliberately created the parallel between the two characters on the two shows. Pulaski debuted in the episode"
"a ""little dismissive"" of Spock. Urban said the script was ""very faithful"" to the original character, including the ""great compassion for humanity and that sense of irascibility"" with which Kelley imbued the character. New Zealand-born Urban trained with a dialect coach to create McCoy's accent and reprised the role in its sequels ""Star Trek Into Darkness"" and ""Star Trek Beyond"". McCoy is someone to whom Kirk unburdens himself, but is a foil to Spock. He is Kirk's ""friend, personal bartender, confidant, counselor, and priest"". Spock and McCoy's bickering became so popular that Roddenberry wrote in a 1968 memo ""we simply"
"planetary survey and survived a deadly attack that killed a large portion of the ""Farragut""s crew, including his commanding officer, Captain Garrovick. He received his first command, a spaceship roughly equivalent to a destroyer, while still quite young. Kirk became Starfleet's youngest starship captain after receiving command of the for a five-year mission, three years of which are depicted in the original ""Star Trek"" series. Kirk's most significant relationships in the television series are with first officer Spock and chief medical officer Dr. Leonard ""Bones"" McCoy. McCoy is someone to whom Kirk unburdens himself and is a foil to Spock."
"to protect the ""Enterprise"" would be taken into consideration. Nored informs the Vendorian that it is very similar to Winston in personality and she offers to return to Earth with the alien. When Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy (voiced by DeForest Kelley) jokes that if the Vendorian had turned himself into a second Spock ""it would have been too much to take"", Spock (voiced by Leonard Nimoy) quickly replies that ""two Dr. McCoys just might bring the level of medical efficiency on this ship to acceptable levels."" ""The Survivor"" is writer James Schmerer's only credit in the ""Star Trek"" franchise,"