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 which is owned by NECA, announced that they are developing a "Star Trek" collectible miniatures game using the HeroClix game system. "Star Trek" has led directly or indirectly to the creation of a number of magazines which focus either on science fiction or specifically on "Star Trek". "Starlog" was a magazine which was founded in the 1970s. Initially, its focus was on "Star Trek" actors, but then it began to expand its scope. In 2013, "Star Trek Magazine" was a significant publication from the U.K. which was sold at newsstands and also via subscription. Other magazines through the years included