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Spock did not originally have the logical manner which would become associated with the character, this instead being a trait of the character Number One ( Majel Barrett ).

However, Number One was dropped in developing the second pilot, " Where No Man Has Gone Before " ( 1966 ).

This episode presents a more fully formed Spock, with his trademark logic.

Nimoy liked the character's newly logical nature, observing the character is " struggling to maintain a Vulcan attitude, a Vulcan philosophical posture and a Vulcan logic, opposing what was fighting him internally, which was human emotion ".

Spock's behavior has been described as representing, in part, a type of normative judgment.

Spock's Vulcan salute references a sacred hand position used by the ancient Jewish priestly class.

Desilu vice president Herbert Solow believes Nimoy was the key contributor to the character's depiction.

Nimoy recalled, " As a Jew from Catholic Boston, I understood what it was like to feel alienated, apart from the mainstream ... There were a number of values in ' Star Trek ' that I felt very comfortable with as a Jew ".