STAR TREK VIEWING GUIDE
According to Dr. Leonard H. McCoyOne of the most difficult obstacles to breaking into an enormous fandom is the sheer mass of material. This becomes especially difficult for the less linear of us, who would sometimes like to skip to the parts that most concern a particular character. That said, the Star Trek fandom ( Read more... )

Tags Explanation
According to Leonard H. McCoy

Because not all episodes of Star Trek were created equal, you may enjoy narrowing your viewership based on commonalities that interest you. For that reason, here is a list of descriptions for the tags used in the episode guide, divided by type.

McCoy Manifestations:
In his play As You Like It, ( Read more... )

SEASON ONE
According the Leonard H. McCoy

( Locking in the Coordinates, Captain )

SEASON TWO
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( Locking in the Coordinates, Captain )

SEASON THREE
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( Locking in the Coordinates, Captain )

THE FILMS
According to Leonard H. McCoy

Geriatric Star Trek! Okay, I’m joking, but only slightly. The films pick up the adventures of the crew after the five year mission has ended and Captain Kirk and the others face life after the Enterprise...and without one another. There are people who consider these some of the worse films ever made, but ( Read more... )

THE NOVELS
According to Dr. Leonard H. McCoyThese books are a mixed batch of the good, the bad, and the ugly. No one author wrote more than a few contributions, and for that reason, they are full of contradictions, inconsistency, and plain old awful. One of my worst complaints is that some writers simply “forget” key characters - Dr. McCoy being ( Read more... )

A visit to an archeological outpost to deliver supplies brings McCoy into contact with an old flame, though she is now married. While on the planet, crew members start dropping likes flies - preyed on by a shape-shifting, salt-sucking creature. McCoy’s emotional attachment to Nancy inadvertently threatens the lives of the crew ( Read more... )

The Enterprise takes on a feral adolescent named Charlie who, from the age of three, grew up alone after his ship crash lands. He is awkward, desperate for approval, and has never seen a girl before. This is complicated by the fact that he can transmute matter. In a show of rebellion, he takes over the ship. Kirk tries to parent him into submission ( Read more... )

On a daring attempt to leave the galaxy, a freshly minted crew is caught by an unknown force that causes Kirk’s old friend Gary Mitchell to become hugely telepathic and (more) psychotic. Kirk has to decide whether to kill him, maroon him, or let him destroy them all. It takes place before McCoy’s commission ( Read more... )