# Kirk, Spoke or McCoy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904 "2002-04-16T06:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/21 "2002-04-17T10:32:32Z")
From the original series, definitely McCoy, with a sweet smile to Kirk as I walk off with him. Kirk’s a little too full of himself for me. Of the 3 listed, **Spoke** , I’ll have to read more of your posts, but you’re not out of the running. Out of the major male cast of all the Star Trek series, Sam Beckett is the only one in the running, but then again I was also a big _Quantum Leap_ fan. Besides, if I get him, I get to share the dog, too, right? CJ Who’s Going Back To Her Life, Now ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/22 "2002-04-17T11:18:33Z")
ugh None Of The Above ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/23 "2002-04-17T13:41:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > \*\* > And, he would normally be very aloof and unfeeling, which would intrigue me and make me try to get him to express himself to me and only me… > > McCoy would work in a pinch. Never, ever, ever Kirk. Yuck. \*\* **Morgainelf** , I believe that you have hit upon the very reason for Spock’s unexpected appeal to women. I read in a book about Star Trek once that everyone was surprised at the amount of fan mail sent to Leonard Nimoy by women and I told my hubby that this was likely the cause. What better appeal to woman than the idea of being able to make a man who eschews human emotions succumb to them because of the power of HER love? I can’t deny that such a thing is VERY appealing to me! As for the second part of the quote–YES! You couldn’t be more right!!! Imagine being in bed with Kirk and all of a sudden he pauses, stares intently, and says, “There’s…something on the bed!” Yerk. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/24 "2002-04-17T14:23:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cjhoworth \* > **Of the 3 listed, Spoke, I’ll have to read more of your posts, but you’re not out of the running.** If it helps, my southern accent is much more charming than McCoy’s. spoke- ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/25 "2002-04-17T20:53:00Z")
I’m totally with **Baker** on this one: McCoy Worf O’Brien (but then Worf showed up on DS9 so . . . Worf) Voyager. Yuck. Who watched that show? Of course, all you Sam Beckett types have the new ST captain to love. Non-Star Trek sci fi guys?: Joel Robinson and Mike Nelson. And maybe **spoke-** , if he’s serious about his accent . . . ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/26 "2002-04-17T23:32:05Z")
spoke. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/27 "2002-04-17T23:43:59Z")
Data! (he’s _fully functional_…) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/28 "2002-04-18T00:09:51Z")
… and versed in multiple techniques. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/29 "2002-04-18T00:11:11Z")
BTW, I’d pick Kes over 7/9. In a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/30 "2002-04-18T02:59:37Z")
Kirk. Spock doesn’t know how to love, and Bones is too damn scrawny. Sure, Kirk will throw me over for the next green babe who looks at him twice, but at least we’ll always have Rigel-4. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/31 "2002-04-18T03:27:01Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by cjhoworth \* > Out of the major male cast of all the Star Trek series, \ if I get him, I get to share the dog, too, right?_\* At least the dog would be more _loyal_ than Kirk. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/32 "2002-04-18T03:43:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > \*\*Rats. I know it’s obvious, but… I meant SPOCK, not SPOKE. \*\* No, you got it right. Remember the episode “Amok Time?” T’Pau, the only vulcan with a European accent, calls Spock “Spoke.” Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/33 "2002-04-18T04:44:02Z")
Riker. What? I haven’t WATCHED the original series. Though I suppos I’d have to go for the doctor from what I’ve heard of personality. But Riker…that’s a mmm…whaaat? Troi’s hot, too. ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/34 "2002-04-18T05:39:13Z")
Go for the Doctor indeed. McCoy. Sylvester McCoy. From a _real_ sci-fi show, not some 3-year also-ran. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/35 "2002-04-18T09:49:34Z")
OK, **hazel-rah** , since you’re talking about the _the_ Doctor, it’s gotta be Tom Baker. Although I was always rather partial to the Brigadier myself. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/36 "2002-04-18T19:27:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angel of the Lord \* > **What? I haven’t WATCHED the original series.** \<\< GASP! \>\> Get yourself an education. NOW. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/37 "2002-04-18T20:07:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rocking chair \* > \*\*spoke. \*\* Aww, thanks **RC**. Warms the cockles of my Vulcan hearts. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ceejaytee \* > **And maybe spoke-, if he’s serious about his accent . . .** Of course I’m serious about the accent. Ah mean: Of cawse ah’m serious about th’accent, dahlin’. All this female attention. I think I feel an “Amok Time” coming on… …hummina hummina hummina… ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/38 "2002-04-18T23:59:37Z")
we may have some language troubles… i speak new england. but if your attire is appropriate… ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/39 "2002-04-19T00:59:56Z")
Scotty. “I can give ya warp 3 at best, but I cain’t promise how long she’ll last!” This reminds me of a game we used to play walking to lunch, called “Canadian, Jewish or dead?” NOT anti-jew, just trivia. For example: Player 1: Lorne Greene Player 2: Canadian, Dead Player 1: Canadian, Dead, AND Jewish. Player 3: Michael J Fox Player 1: Canadian Player 3: Very good. Player 2: Alan Thicke Players 1 & 3: This game sucks. Go eat lunch by yourself. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904/40 "2002-04-19T02:51:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baker \* > \*\*OK, **hazel-rah** , since you’re talking about the _the_ Doctor, it’s gotta be Tom Baker. Although I was always rather partial to the Brigadier myself. \*\* I was thinking maybe Tom Baker on M-W-F and Peter Davison T-H-S. Sunday is for rest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-spoke-or-mccoy/103904.md?page=3)