Spock was born to Vulcan diplomat Sarek and human school teacher Amanda Grayson. Spock blazed new trails early, being the first Vulcan to join Starfleet. This decision did not sit well with his father, however, and relations were strained between father and son for many years to follow. Spock first served under Captain Christopher Pike (along with his future captain, James Tiberius Kirk). By 2265, Spock had risen to the the rank of Lieutenant Commander, first officer and science officer on the U.S.S. Enterprise under Kirk for a five year mission. After the mission's completion, during which he saved Kirk and the Enterprise crew's collective ass many times, he returned to Vulcan to purge all emotions, but the presence of V'Ger spurred Spock to return to service on the Enterprise.
Perhaps most impressive of his many feats was sacrificing his life in order to repair plasma conduits (despite Scotty's hysterical objections), allowing the Enterprise to escape the detonation of the Genesis Device by the evil but sexy Ricardo Montalban. Just to screw with him, Spock chose Bones of all people to transfer his katra through one hell of a mind-meld. But no worries, because Spock actually CAME BACK TO LIFE due to regeneration on the new Genesis planet (it also may be related to the fact that some earthling named Leonard Nimoy was offered lots of money and a chance to direct Star Trek III and IV. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with Spock's sudden regeneration or not. Perhaps it was just coincidence.)
Anyway, Spock's later accomplishments were more in the field of diplomacy, where he negotiated a peace accord with the Klingons, and later attempted to make peace between the Vulcans and the Romulans. Mr. Spock was also a master three dimensional chess player, as well as an accomplished musician.
Live long and prosper, Mr. Spock. Live long and prosper.
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When you told me that he died I was stunned, actually stunned. I had never had a reaction to a celebrity's death such as I had when I heard of Leonard's passing. Sorry for the bad grammer, I am still mourning Leonard.
He was a true fixture during my entire life, it is weird but he was like another family member of sorts. You could turn on the TV during the last 30 years and he was always on some channel at some time in that blue shirt.
What I never noticed before was the voice of Spock. He had to try for that each time--his normal voice is Bostonian, 1950s Bostonian. What a voice!
I did not know about his alcoholism, and his photography, and the big body project that he did.
He even let the Wall St. Journal photograph the inside of his house because people wanted to know where Spock lived! (in Bel Air, if you want to know)
great man, great life
I am still in deep mourning. I have rewatched The Motion Picture and have begun watching the Animated Series. Had no idea the Motion Picture was "gleaned" from an episode of the Animated Series, in which Spock was the role of the bald chick as well as his role in the Movie (the translator, messenger)
So awesome, "Enterprise is infested with Carbon Units"
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