Spock

Star Trek: The Original Series

HOME    TOS    TAS    TNG    DS9    VOY    ENT    MOV    Sitemap
Episodes   Main Characters
Kirk   Spock   McCoy   Scott   Sulu   Uhura   Chekov   Chapel   Rand   Kyle
Mudd   Khan    Kor Cochrane    Sarek    Amanda   Koloth    Kang    M'Benga   Jones   T'Pau   Surak

Captain Spock; Science officer aboard the Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. Born 2230 on planet Vulcan. His mother, Amanda Grayson, was a human school-teacher from Earth, and his father, Sarek, was a diplomat from Vulcan. "This Side of Paradise", "Journey to Babel" As a result, he was torn between two worlds, the stern discipline of Vulcan logic and the emotionalism of his human side. The struggle to reconcile his two halves would torment him for much of his life "The Naked Time" Spock's Starfleet service number was 51 79-276 SR As of 2267, he had earned the Vulcanian Scientific Legion of Honor, had been twice decorated by Starfleet Command "Court Martial" and held an A7 computer expert classification. "The Ultimate Computer" His blood type was T-negative. "Journey to Babel"

Childhood and family: When he was five years old, Spock came home upset because Vulcan boys had tormented him, saying he wasn't really Vulcan. As a child, Spock had a pet sehlat, sort of a live Vulcan teddy bear. "Journey to Babel" Spock was raised with an older half-brother; Sybok, until Sybok was ostracized from Vulcan society because he rejected the Vulcan dogma of pure logic. Spock himself endured considerable antihuman prejudice on the part of many Vulcans, an experience that may have later made it easier for Spock to find a home in the interstellar community of Starfleet. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier At age seven, Spock was telepathically bonded with a young Vulcan girl named T'Pring. Less than a marriage, but more than a betrothal, the telepathic touch would draw the two together when the time was right after both came of age. "Amok Time" Spock experienced Pon farr, the powerful mating drive, in 2267, and he was compelled to return to Vulcan to claim T'Pring as his wife. T'Pring spurned Spock in favor of Stonn, freeing Spock. "Amok Time" Spock's father, Sarek, had hoped his son would attend the Vulcan Science Academy, and was bitterly disappointed when Spock instead chose to join Starfleet. Spock and his father had not spoken as father and son for 18 years when a medical emergency drew them together "Journey to Babel".

Aboard the U. S. S. Enterprise: Spock was the first Vulcan to enlist in the Federation Starfleet, and he distinguished himself greatly as science officer aboard the original U.S.S. Enterprise. His logical Vulcan thought-patterns proved of tremendous value when Spock first served aboard the Enterprise during the command of Captain Christopher Pike; "The Menagerie" he worked with Pike for 11 years, 4 months. Under the command of James Kirk, Spock suffered infection by parasites on planet Deneva in 2267, an intensely painful experience. He survived the Denevan neural parasites after being exposed to intense electromagnetic radiation that drove the parasites from his body. Spock was briefly feared to have been blinded by the light, but it was later learned that his Vulcan inner eyelid had protected his vision. "Operation-Annihilate!" Spock was critically wounded on Tyree's planet in 2267 with an ancient weapon known as a flintlock. He survived, using a Vulcan healing technique in which the mind concentrates on the injured organs. "A Private Little War" Following the conclusion of Kirk's five-year mission, Spock retired from Starfleet, returning to Vulcan to pursue the Kolinahr discipline. Although he completed the training, intended to purge all remaining emotion, Spock nonetheless failed to achieve Kolinahr because his emotions were stirred by the V'Ger entity in 2271. Star Trek: The Motion Picture Spock subsequently remained with Starfleet and was eventually promoted to Enterprise captain when that ship was assigned as a training vessel at Starfleet Academy.

Death and rebirth: Spock was killed in 2285 while saving the Enterprise from the detonation of the Genesis Device by Khan Noonien Singh. His body was consigned to space, but unknown to anyone at the time, his casket landed on the Genesis Planet. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Although none realized it at the time, Spock had, just prior to his death, mind-melded with McCoy. Spock had apparently intended for his friend to return Spock's katra to Vulcan in accordance with Vulcan custom. The presence of Spock's living spirit in McCoy's mind was later found to be an extraordinary opportunity to reunite Spock's body and spirit when his body was found to have been regenerated on the Genesis Planet. The fal-tor-pan (refusion) process was conducted at Mount Seleya on Vulcan, supervised by high priestess T'Lar. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Spock's younger selves in Star Trek III were played by Carl Steven, Vadia Potenza, Stephen Manley and Joe W Davis. Later, Spock underwent several months of re-education, during which his mind was instructed in the Vulcan way, but his mother, Amanda, was concerned that he regain knowledge of his human heritage as well. Spock elected to return to Earth with his shipmates from the Enterprise to face charges stemming from Kirk's violation of Starfleet regulations in Spock's rescue. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Later career: In later years, Spock's work became more diplomatic than scientific, even while he was still part of Starfleet. At the request of Ambassador Sarek, Spock served as Federation special envoy to the Klingon government in 2293, paving the way for the Khitomer peace accords with Chancellor Azetbur. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country In 2368, Spock secretly traveled to Romulus, on a personal mission to further the cause of Romulan-Vulcan re-unification. Spock's disappearance caused great consternation among Federation authorities, and the Enterprise-D was dispatched to determine his whereabouts and intentions. Spock's contact on Romulus was Senator Pardek, who was believed to have met Spock during the Khitomer conference in 2293. Pardek was later learned to be an agent of the conservative Romulan government, seeking to use Spock's initiative to cover an attempted Romulan invasion of Vulcan. Following the attempted invasion, Spock chose to remain underground on Romulus in hopes of furthering the cause of re-unification. "Unification, Parts I and II" (TNG) Spock continued his activities in the Romulan underground, and in 2369 helped arrange the defection of Romulan Vice-Proconsul M'ret to the Federation. Spock indicated he believed the escape of M'ret would help establish an escape route for other Romulan dissidents who lived in fear for their lives. "Face of the Enemy" (TNG). Following the death of his father, Spock had one final, unexpected encounter with Sarek. Prior to his death, Sarek had mind-melded with Jean-Luc Picard, sharing with Picard his deepest emotions, unclouded by Vulcan logic. On Romulus, Picard allowed Spock to mind-meld with him, and Spock finally came to know of his father's love for him. "Unification, Part II" (TNG)

The Animated Series Spock appeared in all 22 episodes. In the episode, "Yesteryear", Spock emerges from the Guardian of Forever to discover that history has recorded that he died at age 7 undergoing the Kahs-wan ordeal. Spock travels back to 2237 to save his own life. Spock is successful in restoring the proper timeline, however this time his pet sehlat dies during the ordeal. In "Yesteryear", Spock makes reference to the formidable range of mountains on Vulcan called Vulcan's Forge. Vulcan's Forge was also mentioned in the 6th season Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Change of Heart" (DS9). This is a tie-in between the Animated and DS9, which makes the animated series that much more canon! We learn that Spock's home town on Vulcan was ShiKahr in this episode. The Miranda-class starship ShirKahr mentioned in the 6th season Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Tears of the Prophets" (DS9) was named after this Vulcan city. This is another tie-in between the animated series and DS9! The Kahs-wan ordeal, which features prominently in this episode, was a ritual by which young Vulcan males proved their manhood by facing the dangers of the desert wilderness alone. An essentially similar ritual was described in the third season Star Trek: Voyager episode "Displaced" (VGR) which was written by Lisa Klink. In that story, Tuvok stated that he took part in the ritual of tal'oth wherein as a young child he survived for four months in the Vulcan desert with a ritual blade as his only possession. It seems that script writer Lisa Klink paid homage to the animated Star Trek series with this reference. Spock's live "teddy bear with six-inch fangs" mentioned in "Journey to Babel" (TOS) was seen in "Yesteryear". In the episode, "One of our Planets is Missing", the Enterprise encounters a cloud creature that feeds on the energy of the planets that lie in its path. Spock mind melds with the entity and tells it that it is killing life and he persuades it to return to its place of origin. On the recently-discovered planet Phylos, the U.S.S. Enterprise crew meets Dr. Keniclius, a scientist who survived Earth's Eugenic Wars. The Phylosians abduct Spock so that Keniclius can make a giant clone of him with the intention of forcing peace on the galaxy. "The Infinate Vulcan" In the episode, "The Ambergris Element", while exploring the planet Argo, Kirk and Spock are made into waterbreathers by an undersea race, and the venom of a deadly sea snake is the only antidote to return them to their normal selves. In the episode, "The Jihad", Kirk and Spock join a party of aliens to search for and recover a priceless artifact, the loss of which may cause a galactic holy war; but they soon learn that one of the party is a saboteur. In the episode, "The Pirates of Orion", Spock contracts a disease that is fatal to Vulcans, and Orion pirates make it difficult for the Enterprise to rendezvous with the S.S. Huron, a freighter that is carrying the only known antidote.