Federation ambassador There was a dynamic there to work with from an acting point of view." Burnham later reached out many times to make amends but Spock did not appear to be interested. It obviously affected everybody, because he's been a big part of our lives. (TOS: "By Any Other Name", "The Omega Glory", "Bread and Circuses"), Spock's mindless body equipped with a neural stimulator after the Eymorgs stole his brain, Later the same year, Spock's brain was stolen by the Eymorgs to help power the Great Teacher that controlled their society and provided for all their needs. Nimoy threatened to leave the series if the dispute was not solved. She replied, perhaps jokingly, "Harold". Divorced When Spock was urgently required by his commanding officer, an anguished and reflective Spock was found by Kirk, Spock regretting his inability to express love even for his mother. He was a cold, calculating, logical person. His first major role was at 17, as Ralphie in an amateur production of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing!,[12] which dealt with the struggles of a matriarchal Jewish family similar to his during the Great Depression. He played the role during seasons four and five (1969–1971). Sarek chose Spock over Burnham but he came to regret this decision as Spock chose to join Starfleet instead. While he was serving in the military the film gained a larger audience on television, and after his discharge he got steadier work playing a "heavy," where his character used street weapons like switchblades and guns, or had to threaten, hit or kick people. Its trilling seems to have a tranquilizing effect on the Human nervous system. Nimoy was honored by Symphony Space with the renaming of the Thalia Theater as the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater. [57] During 1980, Nimoy hosted the "Adventure Night" segment of the radio drama series Mutual Radio Theater, heard via the Mutual Broadcasting System. Nimoy and his wife, Susan Bay-Nimoy, were major supporters of the Observatory's historic 2002–2004 expansion.[59]. "As you wish. "[117] Former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin called Nimoy "a fellow space traveler because he helped make the journey into the final frontier accessible to us all. [13]:17, Nimoy took drama classes at Boston College, and after moving to Los Angeles, he used $600 he saved from selling vacuum cleaners to enroll at the Pasadena Playhouse. (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark"), Spock is forced to use a destructive measure in order to protect the Federation, Spock and Kirk later became trapped on Organia during a Klingon occupation of that planet. "[53] Meyer gives a few examples, including a scene in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, in which Spock quotes directly from a Doyle book and credits Holmes as a forefather to the logic he was espousing. (Reads answer) "'Hip, hip, hurrah...' and I believe it's pronounced 'Tally ho'." And while Nimoy portrayed the elder Spock in the film Star Trek, his younger alternate reality adult self was played by Zachary Quinto (who reprised the role in Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond), as well as briefly by Jacob Kogan, who portrayed Spock as a young boy. He saved the ship but sacrificed his own life in the process. As he knew it would be risky, he preferred not to involve others and wrapped up his affairs. After the Cybermen are defeated and the Doctor slips quietly away, Spock assures Kirk there are no signs of anymore Cybermen on the planet, but Kirk arranges for a permanent garrison of Starfleet Security personnel to protect the researchers just in case. [44] Star Trek was broadcast from 1966 to 1969. The ship escaped with the cloaking device and the Romulan commander on board, who made a pact with Spock to keep their mutual feelings for the other a secret. Nimoy was cast in the role of Paris, an IMF agent who was an ex-magician and make-up expert, "The Great Paris". [13]:41, Nimoy spent more than a decade receiving only small parts in B movies and the lead in one, along with a minor TV role. [106] Adam Nimoy said that as his father came closer to death, "he mellowed out. (TOS: "The Changeling"), On stardate 3219.8, an alien cloud creature took control of a shuttlecraft carrying Spock, Kirk, and Federation diplomat Nancy Hedford, landing it on a deserted planet. Finding Spock's body re-animated by Genesis, Kirk brought him and McCoy, to Vulcan for the fal-tor-pan (re-fusion) ritual. When Spock heard from Kirk that Captain Christopher Pike had been captured, Spock knew that Nero was responsible, describing the Romulan as "particularly troubled." So my acting career was designed to be a supporting player, a character actor. His first clone, Spock Two, possessed all of the original's memories, abilities, and sense of logic. Eventually, the two came to terms with their respective short-comings and eventually grow closer as they worked together to solve the mystery of the Red Angel. "Goodbye, Spock. Learning of the malevolent nature of the being calling itself "God", Sybok sacrificed his life to save Spock and his friends. After a synth attack on Mars destroyed the Federation fleet being assembled to evacuate Romulus, Spock formed a plan which involved injecting red matter into the star, thus creating an artificial black hole which would consume the star instead. It's logical. "You're right. READ PAPER. Peck also played the character in subsequent episodes of Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Short Treks. Best Spock Quotes. Amanda Grayson (biological)Perrin (stepmother) Analyzing the transmission the probe was producing, Spock concluded that the probe was transmitting the songs sung by whales, specifically humpback whales. Anticipating the result of a Vulcan's strength pitted against him, Kirk wielded a pipe for protection. Both Spock and the Jellyfish were captured by Nero who had been waiting for him. T'Pring admitted her distaste for Spock's growing fame among Vulcans, and her mutual attraction to Stonn. An early mission proved disastrous when Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell, a close friend of the new captain, developed enhanced psionic abilities when the Enterprise encountered an energy barrier at the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. [7], The documentaries For the Love of Spock (2016) and Remembering Leonard Nimoy (2017) were produced by his son and daughter respectively; they cover his life, career, and later his illness. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. Marital Status: The black hole eventually pulled in the Narada and the Jellyfish. He informed Kirk he knew his younger counterpart was emotionally compromised due to the destruction of his homeworld. As the ship proceeded to the Vega colony for medical care, a radio wave distress call forced Pike to divert the ship to Talos IV. "And what is that?" These successes made him a star director. As Mitchell's powers increased, Spock believed he had become extremely dangerous and feared that he would destroy the Enterprise. ", "You know, coming back in time, changing history... that's cheating. Nimoy explained to the show's director that Spock had, per the story, gone to the Vulcan Institute of Technology and had studied human anatomy. Aware he was being pursued, Spock abandoned his shuttlecraft in the Mutara sector and secretly returned to Vulcan. Recovering in sickbay, Sarek and Spock made peace with each other, even playfully teasing Amanda. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), Kirk and Spock, together on Kirk's birthday, Spock's sacrifice of his own life, to save the Enterprise from Khan's detonation of the Genesis Device, deeply affected Kirk. There, he met his less-than-surprised younger self (while Kirk had kept his word, his word was no match for even the intellect of the younger Spock, as he had figured out who Kirk's mysterious benefactor must be) and convinced him to remain in Starfleet. Through a mind meld, Spock explained to Kirk his presence in this time period and the reasons behind Nero's actions. [104], On February 25, 2015, Nimoy fell into a coma,[105] and died of complications from COPD on February 27, at the age of 83, in his Bel Air home. He responded that Khan was the most dangerous adversary the Enterprise had faced, and that it had required a great sacrifice to stop him. Nimoy, who had performed in the Yiddish theater as a young man, said the part was like a "homecoming" for him, explaining that his parents, like Tevye, also came from a shtetl in Russia and could relate to the play when they saw him in it. Species: Later, Spock told Kirk and McCoy that before leaving the Enterprise-A, he had studied all the details involving "camping out" and roasted a marshmallow over a fire. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II"), Following the end of the Federation-Klingon War in 2257, Spock took an unspecified leave of absence from Starfleet. ", something he felt was irrelevant, though his mother disagreed. 317-324), For approximately half an hour while Star Trek: The Animated Series was in early development, a boyhood version of Spock was considered for inclusion as a regular character in the upcoming series, along with other child equivalents of the series' main characters. [78] In 2013, Nimoy reprised his role as Ambassador Spock in a cameo appearance in Star Trek Into Darkness, and is the only actor from the original series to appear in Abrams' Star Trek films.[79]. "Yes. "[21] Shatner has said that Nimoy also worked on local radio shows for children, often voice acting Bible stories, adding: Obviously, there was something symbolic about that. After believing Scott dead for 75 years, Spock was momentarily startled to see him behind the transporter controls, but quickly regained his control. [17] Nimoy was Jewish. He discovered that the creature was called a Horta and determined that its killing of the miners was an attempt to protect its young. Nimoy also won acclaim for a series of stage roles. Well handled, sir! Nimoy's interest in photography began in childhood; for the rest of his life, he owned a camera he had rebuilt at the age of 13. For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky. In 1994 he directed his last feature film, Holy Matrimony. He appeared in Gunsmoke in 1962 as Arnie and in 1966 as John Walking Fox. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), Spock's coffin landed on the surface of the Genesis Planet. [46][47], Nimoy also came up with the concept of the "Vulcan nerve pinch", which he suggested as a replacement for the scripted knock out method of using the butt of his phaser. Since the release of the film Star Trek, the original reality version of Spock is now often referred to on websites and other media as "Spock Prime", to differentiate from the alternate reality version of the character. He battled the government of a planet where a Rome-like civilization had never fallen and gladiatorial games still took place in the planet's modern era. When the signal arrived, Spock found peace. "I beg to differ. ", "Greetings, captain." Partly as a result of his role, he then taught drama classes to members of Synanon, a drug rehab center, explaining: "Give a little here and it always comes back". 47 Likes, 1 Comments - University of Central Arkansas (@ucabears) on Instagram: “Your gift provides UCA students with scholarships, programs, invaluable learning opportunities and…” Grasping Kirk's hand while lying on a biobed, Spock told Kirk that the simple feeling of touching another was something beyond V'ger's comprehension. Michael's insult to Spock also caused a long-lasting change: He withdrew and lost trust in other people, and his openness vanished. Educated At: Starfleet Academy: Occupations: Commanding Officer, Ambassador, Executive Officer: Total quotes: 52 He also had a character part as a psychiatrist in Philip Kaufman's 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. In 1971 he played the starring role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, which toured for eight weeks. [24] He believed that playing the title role in the 1952 film Kid Monk Baroni would make him a star, but the film failed after playing briefly. Michael Burnham was Spock's adoptive sister after her parents' presumed deaths. His poetry can be found in the Contemporary Poets index of The HyperTexts. Starfleet's General Order 7 supported that judgment. T'Pring (later annulled) Afterwards, Spock witnessed the official promotion of Kirk to captain of the USS Enterprise, repeating what he knew the crew would say before launch, apparently commiserating on his own experiences as a member of the crew of the Enterprise. There are also several songs on the later albums that were written or co-written by Nimoy. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II", "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Corbomite Maneuver"; DIS: "Brother", "If Memory Serves", "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2"; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). While he would rarely do so without provocation, Spock was also quite capable of turning the tables on the doctor. As if you've always been there and always will." (TOS: "The Return of the Archons"), Spock helped Kirk to retake the Enterprise after Khan Noonien Singh, a 20th century Augment dictator whom the Enterprise's crew had found in stasis, commandeered the starship. Whereas Nimoy had declined to cameo in Star Trek Generations because he felt Spock's part in that movie had been too general, Nimoy was persuaded that Spock had such a specific role in Star Trek Into Darkness that he was willing to accept the part. Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, an alliance was nevertheless forged, bringing peace and stability to the Alpha Quadrant that had not existed for two hundred years. Spock experienced pon farr at least twice, once performing the kal-if-fee with Kirk's assistance, once mating with Saavik while physiologically a youth as a result of his regeneration by the Genesis Device. Accompanied by Kirk and McCoy, Spock arrived at his family's ancient koon-ut-kal-if-fee site for the wedding ceremony officiated by the matriarch T'Pau. (ST: "Q&A"), He was commissioned as a Starfleet officer in 2250 with the serial number S 179-276 SP and held an A7 computer expert classification. In the novel Crossover, Spock and several unificationists were captured by the Romulan Empire. (TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty? Nimoy had much input into how Spock would act in certain situations, and conversely Nimoy's contemplation of how Spock acted gave him cause to think about things in a way he never would have, had he not portrayed the character. Eventually finding her brother, she was dismayed to find Spock suffering from a mental breakdown due to an encounter with a time traveler. The young Spock from TAS: "Yesteryear" was voiced by Billy Simpson. [24] In 1981 he starred in Vincent, a one-man show which Nimoy wrote and published as a book in 1984. (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 97). [1] After 32 years of marriage, he reportedly left Sandra on her 56th birthday and divorced her in 1987. (Empire, issue 234, p. 126). "That is very kind of you, captain! [21]:481[a] Soon after he was discharged, with his wife Sandi pregnant with their second child, they rented an apartment and Nimoy took a job driving a cab in Los Angeles. There are a few instances in the novel where the people around Mr. Stevens explicitly comment on the emotional way in which he is behaving (such as the tears in his eyes when his father died or the way he storms through the halls when he hears Miss Kenton is leaving), while Mr. Stevens himself does not mention a word of such emotions. After the making of the film Star Trek, Leonard Nimoy retired (again) from acting and publicly stated that he did not intend to return to the role of Spock again, as he felt that to do so would be unfair to Zachary Quinto. He subsequently destroyed the creature with an antimatter bomb. March 2285 (revived that same year),USS Enterprise engine roomJanuary 2, 2263 (stardate 2263.02) (alternate reality),New Vulcan (aged 161) Accounting for the character's popularity, Gene Roddenberry stated, "I think that everyone was so smitten with Mr. Spock because he stood for loyalty and reliability." "What immediately intrigued me was that here was a character who had an internal conflict," Nimoy observed. ", "Your illogical approach to chess does have its advantages on occasion, captain." (Star Trek: The Motion Picture). Spock went on to serve as a Starfleet officer for several more years aboard the new USS Enterprise-A. He wanted a more sophisticated way of rendering a person unconscious. "[13]:25 He played more than 50 small parts in B movies, television series such as Perry Mason[30] and Dragnet, and serials such as Republic Pictures' Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), in which Nimoy played Narab, a Martian. [110] The service was attended by nearly 300 family members, friends and former colleagues, as well as Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, and J. J. Abrams. (TAS: "Once Upon a Planet"; DIS: "Context Is for Kings", "Light and Shadows"), As a child, Spock was betrothed to T'Pring in accordance with traditional Vulcan marriage procedure. The memo continued by proposing that Spock's mission include the now-aged other senior officers from Enterprise NX-01, and be "a secret and possibly illegal TBD mission." (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder"), Spock with Kirk aboard the Enterprise again in the 2270s, At the end of the Enterprise's five-year mission, a period marked by his frequent loss of emotional control, Spock chose to leave Starfleet and his friends, to pursue the kolinahr discipline of logic on Vulcan. Celebrity gossip, fashion, travel, lifestyle and arts and entertainment news headlines plus in-depth features and video clips. For her part, Amanda watched Spock's stiff-lipped anguish caused by torment at the hands of other Vulcan children who repeatedly attacked and teased him to provoke emotional responses, knowing that his "Human half" was suffering. Spock emerged from the black hole in the year 2258 of the alternate reality. The book was released on February 16, 2016.[126]. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country), Spock carried a lifelong interest in art, literature, poetry, music (especially the Vulcan lute and the piano), and three-dimensional chess. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture) Spock's Human side was also present when spores affected him on Omicron Ceti III. "[116], U.S. President Barack Obama, who had met Nimoy in 2007, remembered him as "a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time. The creature had brought the three Starfleet officers to be companions for Cochrane. Somewhat oddly, even when he was a lieutenant commander during the first season, he still wore a full commander's stripes. And I will miss you every day. Scott promised to explain how he reached the 24th century later to Spock. (Star Trek), Spock warns his younger self just who the Enterprise is up against. Shortly thereafter, the landing party encountered the supernatural being when it presented itself to them. It is likely he accumulated a great many more decorations by the time of his eventual retirement in the late 2290s. [21]:481 He took method actor Marlon Brando as a role model, and like him, wore jeans and T-shirts. Knowing that it could not break free of the planet's gravity, Spock ignited the shuttlecraft's remaining fuel to use it as a flare. In V'ger's aftermath, Spock finally achieved equilibrium, able to express his friendship for Kirk without the influence of aliens or illness, and notably lacking any threat of physical violence. Still limping, Spock joined a landing party that transported to the barren surface of the planet where Talosians captured Pike. Flint admitted that he had been Johannes Brahms and Leonardo da Vinci on Earth, and that he was an immortal being. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. In the novel Vulcan's Forge, Spock commanded the science ship Intrepid II in 2294, a year after Kirk was lost in the Nexus. "[20] The role "lit a passion" that led him to pursue an acting career. During Kirk's court-martial, after an astonished McCoy discovered him in the briefing room playing chess against the ship's computer, Spock casually allowed him to assume the worst (to the point of thanking him after the furious doctor had said he was "The most cold-blooded man I've ever known"), waiting until he reached the door to reveal that he had been victorious in four consecutive games – since the computer, whose account of the incident was the main evidence against Kirk, was programmed to be unbeatable, this proved that it had been tampered with (something only Kirk, Spock, and the "dead" Commander Finney were authorized to do), and cast doubt on the credibility of its account, keeping the trial going long enough to discover that Finney was, in fact, alive. Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime, The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years, Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, Star Trek: Costumes: Five Decades of Fashion from the Final Frontier, https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Spock?oldid=2720405, Takes a leave of absence from Starfleet following the, 2270: Resigns from Starfleet and returns to Vulcan to undergo the Kolinahr ritual, Begins attempts to reunify the Romulan and Vulcan people, Twice recommended for commendations by Captain Kirk. [124], In June 2015, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory renamed a 10 km (6.2 mi)-wide asteroid, originally discovered in 1988, in the Solar System's main asteroid belt, 4864 Nimoy, in memory of the actor. After Kirk's assumed death, Spock and McCoy viewed the "last orders" Kirk had prepared. In 2285, Spock was calmly able to tell Kirk, "You're my superior officer. Nimoy had been strongly considered as part of the initial cast for the show, but remained in the Spock role on Star Trek.[48]. January 6, 2230 (stardate 2230.06),ShiKahr, Vulcan ", "History will not provide an answer to your query, doctor. [16], In a memo he wrote Manny Coto (on 20 August 2004), Mike Sussman suggested that both an elderly Spock and a young version of the character be featured in a story covering an episode or two from the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise, if Leonard Nimoy was interested in appearing. Upon landing in the shuttlecraft Galileo, they are greeted by project manager Jefferson Whitmore, who assures them that all is well and gives them a tour of the facility, but Kirk finds the staff suspiciously calm, which Spock agrees with as by Human standards, the research team seemed remarkably placid and unemotional. He was the host in the documentary film The Once and Future Griffith Observatory, currently running in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Nimoy also provided voiceovers for the Star Trek Online massive multiplayer online game, released in February 2010,[60] as well as Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep as Master Xehanort, the series' leading villain. Between studies, to have some income, he took a job at an ice cream parlor on the Sunset Strip. Both distraught that they could not be together in the future, they shared a bittersweet farewell and Spock was transported away after one last "live long and prosper." (Star Trek: The Original Series), "Live long and prosper." He later reflected that his time with Kalomi was the first time in his life at which he had felt happy. Later that year, after the Enterprise crew had defeated the androids on planet Mudd (beings almost Vulcan-like in their lack of emotion and their "logical, pragmatic" thinking), McCoy told Spock that he must be quite unhappy to see that "poor, illogical" Humans were able to fairly defeat them, Spock responded that this was quite satisfactory, as nobody needed him and his logical ways as much as a ship full of Humans.