wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Walt Pesch) (05/01/84)
Here is a fascinating question for all McCoy followers: Name the occasions when the prase (or something like it) "Dammit Jim, I am a doctor, not a _____" was used and what occupation he filled the blank in with. One answer would be bricklayer when he was going to treat the Horta. Walt Pesch AT&T Technologies ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch
barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (05/02/84)
In HS I had a friend who liked to make audio cassette tapes of ST episodes, and I think he also had a tape which just contained all the "I'm a doctor, no a ..." lines. The only one I can think of offhand is "I'm a doctor, not an escalator", which was used in the episode where McCoy delivered a baby (my episode name memory is not what it used to be, and I don't have my Concordance handy). -- Barry Margolin ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar
jvs@ihu1e.UUCP (John V. Smith) (05/02/84)
<no-blank> My memory is dim, but I'm sure I remember a TV episode where McCoy was in command for a brief period of time. I don't remember which episode and I don't remember other details that I can associate with this, but I believe the Enterprise was under attack (or was going to be attacked) at the time. I remember McCoy saying something like "I'm a medical officer, I shouldn't be here". Judgeing from the net articals lately, I seem to be the only one who thinks he saw this. Can anyone help me out? -- Is I is, or is I aint, John V. Smith
markv@dartvax.UUCP (Mark Vita) (05/06/84)
The name of the episode in which McCoy says "I'm a doctor,
not a bricklayer," was "Friday's Child". The context
was something like when they were trying to get the
pregnant woman up a steep incline, Spock attempted to
help McCoy by pulling the woman up, but the woman
resisted, saying "No! I will allow only his [McCoy's] touch,"
to which Bones replied with the above line.
--
Mark Vita
Dartmouth College
{decvax,cornell,linus}!dartvax!markvks@astrovax.UUCP (Karl Stapelfeldt) (05/07/84)
Not so. McCoy's line in "Friday's Child" in the situation you give is "I'm a doctor, not an escalator". It is in "The Devil in the Dark" that McCoy, after being asked by Kirk to administer aid to the rock-like Horta, exclaims "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer". Besides, it just doesn't sound right as you recount it.
margaret@asgb.UUCP (05/07/84)
<NO Captain- Don't kill it. It may be intelligent.> Not to be picky, but... The episode in which McCoy helps the pregnant woman up the steep incline was "Friday's Child". The quote was "I'm a doctor, not an escalator." (If my memory serves me right.) The episode in which McCoy says "I'm a doctor, not a brick layer" is "Devil in the Dark"- the story of the rock creature called the Horta. McCoy is called in to patch a wound on the Silicon based creature after it is injured by a phasor blast. Now, how about some Spock trivia- Name all of the episodes in which Spock played his Vulcan harp. Also, what was it called? Anxiously awaiting the reincarnation of Spock this summer... Margaret Brown Burroughs ASG Boulder ...!sdcsvax!bmcg!asgb!margaret
cbspt005@abnjh.UUCP (Eric Carter) (05/07/84)
I believe that the episode in which Dr. McCoy says "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer" was the one with the Horta, that subterranean rock tunneller on the mining planet. This occurred when the Horta's injury was being repaired with concrete by the good doctor. - Eric Carter AT&T-IS S. Plainfield, NJ allegra!abnjh!cbspt005
markv@dartvax.UUCP (Mark Vita) (05/07/84)
article (about "Friday's Child") should have been "I'm
a doctor, not an escalator" rather than "I'm a doctor,
not a bricklayer." That's what I get for putting articles
on the net past my bedtime.
--
Mark Vita
Dartmouth College
{decvax,cornell,linus}!dartvax!markvmaryann@unisoft.UUCP (05/14/84)
I thought the line that Dr. McCoy said about being a doctor not a bricklayer was from the one about the silicon creature - Horta - where he had to use cement to mend the wound... Mary Ann Finnerty ucbvax!unisoft!maf
dss3485@acf4.UUCP (05/14/84)
Nf-From: acf4!dss3485 May 3 14:21:00 1984
Subject: McCoy trivia
In 'City on the edge of forever', when McCoy first comes down from his
drug-induced psychotic paranoia, he utters another great McCoy-ism.
After finding it strange that Leonard has never heard of Clark Gable,
Edith Keeler (who runs the mission and plays Kirk's romantic interest)
tells the good doctor that she knows some other people who strike her
as similarly strange (unbeknownst to McCoy she refers to Kirk and Spock).
To this he replies, "I'm a surgeon, not a psychiatrist.".
"We're only up to 76% power!" David SIlver
dss3485@nyu-acf4.ARPAfritzz@sdccsu3.UUCP (fritzz) (05/17/84)
The name of the episode in which McCoy says "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer," was "Friday's Child". I remember him saying that line in "The Devil in yhe Dark" when they were trying to heal the rock monster with cement. Maybye I'm just confused. -- fritzz the Zebra- "Gee, you look funny behind bars..."
ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/18/84)
Speaking of this. Back when I was really into TREKdom there was a company that was selling the scripts to the Star Trek episodes. Are they still around? They were also into some bogosities as the ten dollar Star Trek writer's guide which is completely contained in the paper back Making of Star Trek book. -Ron
linwood@jett.UUCP (Linwood Varney) (05/20/84)
I saw Mirror,Mirror tonight and McCoy said:
"I'm a doctor, not an engineer." and Scotty replies
"You're an engineer..."
- Linwood Varney (Jett Unix System, Huntsville, AL)
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