Leonard McCoy payment for his appearance. In the "" episode "", McCoy mentions he has a daughter, Joanna. Although Chekov's friend Irina in the original series episode "The Way to Eden" was originally written as McCoy's daughter, it was changed before the episode was shot. In the 2009 "Star Trek" film, which takes place in an "alternate, parallel" reality, McCoy and Kirk become friends at Starfleet Academy, which McCoy joins after a divorce that he says "left [him] nothing but [his] bones." This line, improvised by Urban, explains how McCoy earned the nickname "Bones". McCoy later helps get Kirk posted aboard the
Star Trek (IDW Publishing) entitled "". In 2009, IDW published "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", written by Andy Schmidt and based on the , and the only movie that has never been in comic form from the Original Crew. Other recent series include "Star Trek: Crew", "Star Trek: Romulans, Pawns of War" and "Star Trek: Doctor McCoy, Frontier Doctor". In September 2011, IDW began publishing a new ongoing Star Trek series, set in the continuity of the 2009 film. In October 2011, IDW began publishing "Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes", a six-issue crossover series between the two properties. In May 2012, IDW began