48 Facts About Spock

Spock is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise.

Originally played by Leonard Nimoy, Spock first appeared in the original Star Trek series serving aboard the starship USS Enterprise as science officer and first officer and later as commanding officer of two iterations of the vessel.

Spock was played by Nimoy in the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, eight of the Star Trek feature films, and a two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Spock's backstory has been explained during the course of several episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 2009 film Star Trek and the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "Yesteryear".

Spock was born to the Vulcan Sarek and the human Amanda Grayson .

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Spock had a troubled childhood due to his mixed heritage.

Sarek supported Spock's scientific learning and application to the Vulcan Science Academy, as mentioned in "Journey to Babel".

Spock appeared as the science officer on the USS Enterprise in the first pilot for the series, "The Cage".

Spock was one of the members of the away team who joined Captain Christopher Pike on a mission to Talos IV in order to investigate a distress call.

Spock did appear in the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", but this was broadcast initially as the third episode.

Spock later conducts a mind meld with van Gelder as part of the investigation into the activities of the nearby colony.

Spock is reunited with Christopher Pike in "The Menagerie".

Spock commits mutiny and directs the ship to travel to Talos IV, a banned planet.

Spock saves the Enterprise, manning the phaser station and saves the life of Stiles in the process.

Spock leads a landing party on the shuttlecraft Galileo in "The Galileo Seven", which is damaged and pulled off course and lands on the planet Taurus II.

Spock is reunited with Leila Kalomi in "This Side of Paradise"; after joining an away team to the planet Omicron Ceti III.

The impact of the spores on him is cured after Kirk goads him into anger, and once freed of the effects, Spock is able to initiate a solution which cures the rest of the crew.

Spock uses technology of that period to interface with his tricorder over the course of the weeks they spend in the period before witnessing Edith Keeler's death.

McCoy orders an emergency transport directly to sickbay, while Spock is told by T'Pring that it was all a game of logic which would let her be with Stonn no matter the outcome.

Mirror-Spock is knocked unconscious, and is treated by McCoy while the others head to the transporter to attempt to return to their universe.

At the beginning of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Spock is no longer in Starfleet, having resigned and returned home to pursue the Vulcan discipline of Kolinahr.

Spock is unable to complete the Kolinahr ritual after he senses the coming of V'ger, and rejoins Starfleet to aid the Enterprise crew in their mission.

Spock, promoted to captain, is commanding officer of the Enterprise at the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .

The sequel, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, focuses on his crewmates' quest to recover Spock's body, learning upon arrival that he has been resurrected by the Genesis matrix after landing on the planet at the end of the previous film.

Spock is next seen in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, which depicts his recovery from the after-effects of his resurrection.

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Spock serves as a special envoy to broker peace with the Klingons after a natural disaster devastates their homeworld.

Spock appears in "Unification", a two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Nimoy was given approval rights over Spock's casting and supported Quinto being cast as the role.

The mission is only partially successful, and in the aftermath Spock is pursued into the past by Nero, a Romulan driven mad by the loss of his homeworld and family, setting into motion the events of the film.

Twenty-five years later in the new reality, Spock's ship emerges, and Nero captures him and the red matter.

In Star Trek Into Darkness, Spock Prime is described as living on 'New Vulcan' while the younger Spock remains aboard the Enterprise struggling with the loss of his homeworld, as well as his relationships with Uhura and James T Kirk.

Spock nearly dies protecting a planet from an active volcano, but Kirk breaks the Prime Directive and saves him.

Spock Prime is contacted by Spock on the Enterprise, to find out details on Khan.

That being said, he then informs Spock that Khan was a dangerous man, and the greatest threat that the Enterprise ever faced in his own timeline, and warns that he is likely as dangerous in Spock's alternate timeline as well.

Spock died in 2015, shortly before production began on Star Trek Beyond.

Spock's adopted sister Michael Burnham is attempting to help him recover.

In 2019, it was announced that the character Spock, as played by Peck would appear in two Star Trek: Short Treks, along with Captain Pike.

At Roddenberry's insistence, Spock was the only character retained for the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

Spock was persuaded to return to the role of Spock as the lead for the planned Trek film titled Planet of the Titans to be directed by Philip Kaufman.

The resulting film, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was successful enough that Nimoy was asked to direct once more for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

The following film of the series, the William Shatner-directed Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was initially unacceptable to Nimoy because it called for Spock to betray Kirk and side with his newly introduced half-brother Sybok.

Spock highlighted the work of Zachary Quinto, as he felt he looked similar and could portray the inner thought process of the character.

Spock has a brilliant mind, the wisdom of a patriarch and is oh, so cool.

In 2004, Spock was ranked number 21 in Bravo's list of The 100 Greatest TV Characters.

In 2012, IGN ranked the character Spock, as depicted in the original series and the 2009 film Star Trek, as the second top character of the Star Trek universe, with Kirk in the top spot.

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Spock has been parodied by, and has been the inspiration for, pop culture works in various media.

The name of progressive rock band Spock's Beard is a direct reference to Spock's goatee in this episode.

Spock was portrayed by Jeffrey Quinn for the pilot and first three episodes, by Ben Tolpin in episodes 4 and 5, and by Brandon Stacy in episodes 6 through 11.