Dr Leonard H McCoy, known as "Bones", is a character in the American science-fiction franchise Star Trek.
25 Facts About Leonard McCoy
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The son of David Leonard McCoy, he attended the University of Mississippi and is a divorce.
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Leonard McCoy later married Natira, the priestess of Yonada, characterized in the episode, "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky".
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In 2266, McCoy was posted as chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise under Captain James T Kirk, who often calls him "Bones".
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The passionate, sometimes cantankerous Leonard McCoy frequently argues with Kirk's other confidant, science officer Spock, and occasionally is prejudiced against Spock's Vulcan heritage.
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Leonard McCoy often plays the role of Kirk's conscience, offering a counterpoint to Spock's logic.
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When Kirk orders Leonard McCoy's commission reactivated in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ; a resentful Leonard McCoy complains of being "drafted".
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Leonard McCoy continues to serve on Kirk's crew aboard the captured Klingon ship in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
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In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Leonard McCoy reveals that he helped his father commit suicide to relieve him of his pain.
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Shortly after the suicide, a cure was found for his father's disease, and Leonard McCoy had carried the guilt about it with him until Sybok's intervention.
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Leonard McCoy had attained the rank of admiral in the Trek timeline when this episode was aired, and he is stated to be 137 years of age.
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Leonard McCoy went on to become chief of Starfleet Medical, with a special rank known as branch admiral.
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The fictional book Comparative Alien Physiology was written by Leonard McCoy, and was required reading at the Starfleet Medical Academy through the 2370s.
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Leonard McCoy later helps get Kirk posted aboard the USS Enterprise.
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Leonard McCoy later becomes the chief medical officer after Doctor Puri is killed during an attack by Nero.
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Leonard McCoy remains aboard to see the Enterprise defeat Nero and his crew, with Kirk becoming the commanding officer of the ship.
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Kelley's first broadcast appearance as Doctor Leonard McCoy was in "The Man Trap".
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Star Trek writer DC Fontana said that while Roddenberry created the series, Kelley essentially created Leonard McCoy; everything done with the character was done with Kelley's input.
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Leonard McCoy is someone to whom Kirk unburdens himself, but is a foil to Spock.
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Leonard McCoy is Kirk's "friend, personal bartender, confidant, counselor, and priest".
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Leonard McCoy received two or three letters a month from others reporting similar experiences.
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Twenty times on the original Star Trek series, Leonard McCoy declares someone or something deceased with the line, "He's dead", "He's dead, Jim", or something similar.
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In 2012, IGN ranked the character Doctor Leonard McCoy, as depicted in the original series, its films, and the 2009 film Star Trek, as the fifth-top character of the Star Trek universe, behind Data, Picard, Spock, and Kirk.
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In 2016, Doctor Leonard McCoy was ranked as the fifth-most important character of Starfleet within the Star Trek science-fiction universe by Wired.
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In 2017, Screen Rant ranked the reboot film Leonard McCoy, played by Urban, as the 17th-most attractive person in the Star Trek universe.