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
Family (Star Trek: The Next Generation) said it was not "Star Trek" as it had no action or jeopardy. After the meeting was over, Moore asked Piller and Berman what he should do and he was advised to ignore Roddenberry's comments and write the script. He never heard what happened with Roddenberry, but the script went through without any issues. Picard's family would later be mentioned once again in the 1994 film "Star Trek Generations". The original idea was for Robert to die following a heart attack, but instead the writers opted to kill off both Robert and Rene off-screen in a fire. Throughout the years