" In Season 2, Episode 1 (" Amok Time ", 1967 ), Captain Kirk tells Spock, " As one of Finagle's Laws puts it: ' Any home port the ship makes will be somebody else's, not mine.

In the late 1970s, fiction that included a sexual relationship between two of the male characters of the media source ( first Kirk / Spock, then later Starsky / Hutch, Napoleon / Illya, and many others ) started to appear in zines.

This became known as slash from the '/' mark used in adzines to differentiate a K & S story ( which would have been a Kirk and Spock friendship story ) from a K / S story, which would have been one with a romantic or sexual bent between the characters.

The difference was remarked upon in dialog between characters in " Trials and Tribble-ations ", an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine when modern-era characters travel back in time to the days of Kirk and Spock ( and via then-brand new CGI techniques, appear within the TOS episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ", frequently coming into contact with the Enterprise crew ).

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), first officer Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), and chief medical officer Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), in the 23rd century.

Like Enterprise, the new film ( which did contain an indirect reference to the series: Scotty believes he has been " exiled " to the remote Starfleet outpost, where Kirk and the older Spock encounter him, as punishment for losing Admiral Archer's beagle-whom Kirk is quite familiar with-in a transporter mishap ) also adopted a prequel concept, with a different approach.

One element from Yesteryear that has become canon by depiction within Star Trek: The Original Series is the Vulcan city of ShiKahr, depicted in a background scene wherein Kirk, Spock and McCoy walk across a natural stone bridge ( first depicted in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ) in the remastered " Amok Time ".

" Exquisite chemistry " among Kelley, William Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy manifested itself in their performances as McCoy, Captain James T. Kirk and science officer Spock, respectively.

While Spock represented " extreme logic, extreme science " and Kirk symbolized " extreme emotion and intuition ", McCoy's role as " a very colorful doctor, essentially a very humanistic scientist " represented the " two extremes that often served as the glue that held the trio together.

" They chose to reveal McCoy befriended Kirk first, explaining the " bias " in their friendship and why he would often be a " little dismissive " of Spock.

McCoy is someone to whom Kirk unburdens himself and is a foil to Spock.

* In Dalla Van Hise's 1985 Killing Time, the Romulans use time travel to alter history, which results in James T. Kirk becoming an ensign and Spock a starship captain.

Captains: Robert April ( James Doohan, Gene Roddenberry ), Christopher Pike ( Jeffrey Hunter ), James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), Willard Decker ( Stephen Collins ) ( refit ), Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) ( refit )

" In the " The Apple " Spock points out that Starfleet Command may not agree with his choice to interfere with the computer controlled culture to which Kirk replies " I'll take my chances.

In " The Paradise Syndrome "," the Enterprise attempts to save a pre-industrial planet by moving an asteroid that was on a collision course with it ; when McCoy asks Kirk if he should warn the people, Kirk and Spock only point out the people would not understand the warning, and neither makes any reference to the Prime Directive.

At the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Kirk takes command of the Enterprise from Captain Spock to pursue his enemy from " Space Seed ", Khan Noonien Singh.

In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Kirk leads his surviving officers in a successful mission to rescue Spock from a planet on which he is reborn.

The 2009 film Star Trek introduces an alternate timeline that reveals different origins for Kirk, the formation of his association with Spock, and how they came to serve together on the Enterprise.

Kirk and Spock clash at Starfleet Academy, but, over the course of the movie, Kirk focuses his " passion and obstinance and the spectrum of emotions " and becomes captain of the Enterprise.

In the 2009 film Star Trek, screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci focused their story on Kirk and Spock in the movie's alternative timeline while attempting to preserve key character traits from the previous depictions.

Believing it is the elders ' responsibility to ensure that participants do not " eat and drink judgment to themselves " ( as mentioned in I Corinthians 11: 27-34 ) they require those who would participate to make themselves known to the Kirk Session before the service begins.

Kirk is mortally wounded from the encounter ; as he dies, Picard assures him that he helped to make a difference.

For example, as part of the Federation's then-ongoing hostilities with the Klingons, Captain Kirk was ordered to make contact with the seemingly pre-industrial Organians in " Errand of Mercy.

At Starfleet Academy, Kirk became the only student to defeat the Kobayashi Maru test, garnering a commendation for original thinking by reprogramming the computer to make the " no-win scenario " winnable.

Although Kirk initially refuses the offer, he agrees when he realises that the Nexus cannot give him the one thing he has always sought: the ability to make a difference.

However, Kirk is mortally wounded ; as he dies, Picard assures him that he helped to " make a difference ".

Kirk and McCoy arrive at the Rura Penthe mines and are befriended by a shapeshifter named Martia, who offers them an escape route ; in reality, it is a ruse to make their arranged deaths appear accidental.

The adventure team consists of the series ' main characters, Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy, and an occasional " red-shirted " security officer, who is the first to be killed should the player make a fatal misstep.

To cash in on the success of the Kirk Douglas film Ulysses, Pietro Francisci planned to make a film about Hercules, but searched unsuccessfully for years for a physcially convincing yet experienced actor.

A hissing, slow-moving, but lethal beast, the Gorn captain is also shown to be quite cunning and devious ; chuckling wickedly to himself as he sets a trap for Kirk, and later promising that if the captain gives himself up, the Gorn will make his death " merciful and quick ".

Uhura, Kirk, and Scotty head for the transporter room again, while McCoy stays behind to make sure that mirror-Spock is all right.

The ongoing attack damages the Enterprise and Kirk decides to try a ruse, shutting down internal power to make the Enterprise appear crippled.

Captain Kirk, along with First Officer Spock, Chief Medical Officer Dr. McCoy, Lt. Sulu, and other crewmen, beam down to the planet's surface and make the startling discovery that the colonists are still very much alive.

Nonetheless, when Spock arrives, Kirk insults him with a stream of racist abuse and taunts him as a freak who dares to make love to Leila.

Kirk comes out in support of Lucien's life and says that killing him would make the Megans just like humans.

However, Man-Bat's alter-ego ( Kirk Langstrom and Francine Langstrom ) did make a cameo in Bruce Wayne's wedding in the episode " Chemistry ".

In 1984 Kirk Stevens became the first player to make a maximum break at the event against Jimmy White in the semi-final.

The builders of the ship want to make contact with the Federation, but only if Kirk can pass a series of philosophical tests to prove his worth.

Robert Hughes ( as Darrell's tech school teacher ) and Kirk Pengilly make guest appearances.

On stardate 4385. 3, the starship USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, is instructed to make peaceful contact with the Melkotians, the mysterious alien inhabitants of Theta Kiokis II, but is warned away by a strange space buoy that orders it not to proceed to the Melkotians ' planet.

Captain Kirk assembles a landing party consisting of himself, First Officer Spock, Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leonard McCoy, and Navigator Ensign Pavel Chekov and beams down to the surface of the planet to make contact.

Kirk confesses that he is unsure if Karidian is Kodos and he is unwilling to make such an accusation without proof.

Kirk and Spock make their way to the wargame computers, and once there, Kirk destroys the entire system while Anan looks on in terror.

Kirk is also aware that the Capellans are known to have dealings with the Klingons, which may make the negotiations difficult.