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: Planet of the Titans series Kaufmann went on to direct films such as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978) and "The Right Stuff" (1983). Although the film was never made, it was later discussed by critics and writers. David Hughes included it in his book "The Greatest Science Fiction Movies Never Made" (2008) in the chapter about the planned "Star Trek" films of the 1970s. Star Trek: Planet of the Titans Star Trek: Planet of the Titans, also known as Star Trek: Planet of Titans, is an unproduced film based on "Star Trek", which reached the script and design phases of pre-production. Following the