Leonard McCoy is confronted with the unusual silicon-based Horta alien in "The Devil in the Dark" (1967), saying, "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer." The line was used in "Terra Nova". Kelley himself parodied the phrase for a "Trivial Pursuit" commercial, in which the question is asked "How many chambers does a human heart have?" Kelley appears on screen and replies "How should I know? I'm an actor, not a doctor!". Leonard McCoy Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy is a character in the American science fiction franchise "Star Trek". First portrayed by DeForest Kelley in the , McCoy also appears in the
Star Trek This film is based on the premise that aliens monitoring the broadcast of an Earth-based TV series called "Galaxy Quest", modeled heavily on "Star Trek", believe that what they are seeing is real. Many "Star Trek" actors have been quoted saying that "Galaxy Quest" was a brilliant parody. "Star Trek" has been blended with Gilbert and Sullivan at least twice. The North Toronto Players presented a "Star Trek" adaptation of Gilbert & Sullivan entitled "H.M.S. Starship Pinafore: The Next Generation" in 1991 and an adaptation by Jon Mullich of Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore" that sets the operetta in the