Who's the greatest doctor in TV history?
House?
Grey?
Welby?
Kildare?
Nope!
"Bones" McCoy!
Yeah, the "I'm a doctor not a (insert occupation here)!" and "He/She's Dead, Jim!" guy!
Even the Canadian Medical Association Journal has proclaimed him "TV's only true physician"!
Even the Canadian Medical Association Journal has proclaimed him "TV's only true physician"!
Before you scream "NO WAY!", let's show why...
As we showed HERE, in the time of Star Trek the Next Generation/Voyager/Deep Space Nine, a strange disease, which turns organic to mineral affects all the attendees of a StarFleet medical convention.
A group of doctors running late for the get-together receive a distress call from the locale, and divert to a nearby world where a retired StarFleet doctor might hold a clue as to the nature of the epidemic!
They meet Dr Leonard McCoy, who tells them about a similar situation he encountered during his tour of duty aboard the Enterprise decades earlier...
The late DeForest Kelly often talked about how people would come up to him at Star Trek conventions and mention his portrayal of Dr Leonard McCoy inspired them to take up careers in medicine!
Trivia notes: Dr M'Benga appeared in the original series episodes "A Private Little War" and "That Which Survives", showing "Bones" wasn't the only doctor on the Enterprise (despite TV budget restrictions)!
The hazmat suits the landing party wears were shown in the episode "The Naked Time" and were fabricated by the costume designers...using shower curtain material!
The Trek production team sure knew how to stretch the budget in a show where almost everything had to be fabricated from scratch!
The Trek production team sure knew how to stretch the budget in a show where almost everything had to be fabricated from scratch!
You may wonder why a one-shot comic like IDW's Star Trek Special (2014) about the various medicos of the Star Trek universe was even produced!
And, did you notice there's no price or UPC (Universal Price Code) shown on the cover?
There's a fascinating story behind it, which you'll see tomorrow at our "brother" RetroBlog, Atomic Kommie Comics!
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