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|species       = [[Vulcan]]/[[Human]] [[hybrid]]
|affiliation   = [[United Federation of Planets]]
|rank          = [[Captain]] ([[retired]])
|occupation    = [[Federation]] [[ambassador]]
|serial number = [[Serial number|S 179-276 SP]]
|status        = [[MIA]] (prime universe)<br>[[Deceased]] (alternate reality)
|datestatus    = 2263{{bracket right}}, {{bracket left}}alternate reality
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|mother        = [[Amanda Grayson]] (biological)<br>[[Perrin]] ([[stepmother]])
|sibling       = [[Sybok]] ([[paternal]] [[half-brother]])<br>[[Michael Burnham]] ([[Fosterage|foster]] [[sister]])
|relative      = [[Grayson's mother 001|Spock's maternal grandmother]]<br>[[Skon]] ([[grandfather]])<br>[[Solkar]] ([[great-grandfather]])<br>[[Selek]] ([[cousin]])<br>{{dis|T'Pel|wife of Sasak}} (cousin)<br>[[Sasak]] (cousin)<br>[[Spock Two]] ([[clone]])
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|pet           = [[I-Chaya]] (''[[Sehlat]]'')
|blood type    = [[T-negative]]
|actor         = [[Leonard Nimoy]] (primary)<br>[[Billy Simpson]]<br>[[Carl Steven]]<br>[[Vadia Potenza]]<br>[[Stephen Manley]]<br>[[Joe W. Davis]]<br>[[Liam Hughes]]<br>[[Ethan Peck]] (primary)}}
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{{aquote|&hellip;Of my friend, I can only say this&hellip; of all the [[soul]]s I have encountered in my travels, his was the most&hellip; Human.|[[James T. Kirk]]|2285|2}}

'''Spock''' &ndash; full name generally considered unpronounceable by [[Human]]s &ndash; was a male Human/[[Vulcan]] [[hybrid]] who lived during the [[23rd century|23rd]] and [[24th century|24th centuries]], who became one of the most distinguished and respected figures in the [[United Federation of Planets]]. ({{TOS|This Side of Paradise|Journey to Babel}}; {{TNG|Unification I|Unification II}}; {{VOY|Alliances|Endgame}})

As a [[Starfleet]] [[officer]] in the 23rd century, Spock served aboard the [[starship]] {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} as [[science officer]] under [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]], as [[first officer]] and science officer under Captain [[James T. Kirk]], and as the [[commanding officer]] of the ''Enterprise'' during its tenure as a [[training ship]]. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part II|Where No Man Has Gone Before|The Corbomite Maneuver}}; {{DIS|Brother|If Memory Serves|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}}; {{film|2}})

In the 24th century, Spock became an adviser to the leadership of the [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] and a celebrated [[ambassador]] on their behalf. He disappeared in [[2387]] after saving the Federation from a [[supernova]] that destroyed [[Romulus]] and caused the creation of the [[alternate reality]]. Spock spent the remainder of his life in the alternate reality, eventually dying on [[New Vulcan]] after helping to guide {{alt|Spock|his alternate self}} down the same path that he himself had taken. ({{TNG|Unification I|Unification II}}; {{film|11}}; {{film|13}})

==Childhood==
[[File:Sarek and Spock, The Final Frontier.jpg|thumb|left|The newborn Spock with his father, [[Sarek]]]]
Spock was born on [[January|January 6]], [[2230]] in the city of [[Shi'Kahr]] on the planet {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}. His mother was [[Amanda Grayson]], a Human [[school]] [[teacher]], and his father, [[Sarek]], was a Vulcan [[scientist]] and [[diplomat]]. ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver|This Side of Paradise|The Squire of Gothos|Amok Time}}; {{film|5}}; {{film|13}})

{{bginfo|The events of {{TAS|Yesteryear}} on Vulcan were described as taking place thirty years earlier, when Spock was seven years old. As that episode has been decided to have taken place in [[2270]], that suggests Spock was instead born in [[2233]].|In a [[deleted scene#Star Trek movies|deleted scene]] from the [[Star Trek films|film]] {{film|11}}, Spock was shown to be born in the year 2230 (specifically, on stardate 2230.06). By {{alt|Sarek}}'s suggestion, he was {{dis|Spock|deleted material|named after}} one of {{alt|Vulcan}}'s early society builders. Since Spock's birth took place prior to the arrival of the ''[[Narada]]'' and the destruction of the {{USS|Kelvin}}, this event was considered to have taken place in the original timeline; however, since the scene was deleted, it was not regarded as [[canon]]ical. Spock's [[date of birth]] was later made canon as it was shown on a display in {{film|13}}.}}

[[File:Spocks childhood drawing room.jpg|thumb|Spock's spartan childhood drawing room on Vulcan]]
After his half-brother [[Sybok]]'s [[Vulcan 23rd century princess|mother]] died, Spock and Sybok were raised as brothers. ({{film|5}})

Spock's mixed parentage caused difficulties throughout his early life. His own father, despite having married a Human woman, was ambivalent about his son's half-Human nature at his birth. For her part, Amanda watched Spock's stiff-lipped anguish caused by torment at the hands of other Vulcan children who repeatedly attacked and teased him to provoke emotional responses, knowing that his "Human half" was suffering. ({{film|5}}; {{film|11}}; {{TOS|Journey to Babel}}; {{TAS|Yesteryear}}) Spock himself indicated that emotions confused him. ({{DIS|Light and Shadows}}) 

When Spock was a child, he seemed to have fewer filters, and everything reached him. He also suffered from ''[[L'tak Terai]]'', the Vulcan equivalent of [[dyslexia]] which he had inherited from his mother. Amanda intervened early on to ensure that her son was able to work past his learning difficulties. As part of her efforts to assist him, Amanda read ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' to him. ({{TAS|Once Upon a Planet}}; {{DIS|Context Is for Kings|Light and Shadows}})

As a child, Spock was betrothed to [[T'Pring]] in accordance with traditional Vulcan marriage procedure. ({{TOS|Amok Time}})

[[File:Spock, young and old.jpg|thumb|left|Young Spock with "an older cousin"]]
In [[2237]], at the age of seven, Spock decided prematurely, and without parental knowledge or approval, to undertake the ''[[kahs-wan]]'' in the Vulcan wilderness in an attempt to prove himself. His pet ''[[sehlat]]'', [[I-Chaya]], tagged along against his master's wishes and defended Spock from a ''[[le-matya]]''. The intervention of an older cousin saved Spock from the ''le-matya'' but I-Chaya was left badly wounded. Faced with the choice of a painfully extended life or a peaceful release for I-Chaya, Spock logically opted for the latter. That decision marked his choice of following [[Surak]]'s philosophies of logic and emotional control. ''In [[2269]], the accidental creation of an [[alternate timeline]] created a universe in which Spock was killed in his childhood. Using the [[Guardian of Forever]], Spock returned to the Vulcan of his youth and assumed the role of [[Selek]], the nearly-forgotten cousin who saved his life during the ''kahs-wan'' ordeal.'' ({{TAS|Yesteryear}})

Spock often disappeared into the mountains for days as a boy, refusing to tell his father where he had gone or what he had been doing. He ignored Sarek's forbiddance of his trips, and silently endured punishment. ({{TNG|Unification I}})

After the apparent [[death]] of [[Gabrielle Burnham|two]] [[Mike Burnham|Human]] [[scientist]]s on [[Doctari Alpha]], Sarek considered it his and Amanda's responsibility to take in the scientists' daughter, [[Michael Burnham]]. ({{DIS|Battle at the Binary Stars|The Red Angel|Brother}}) Upon being introduced to his new foster sister and being told he was to teach her the ways of Vulcan, Spock was not very welcoming to her. Upon seeing Michael enter the house, he withdrew into his room and drew an [[art|image]] of a [[dragon]]-like [[monster]] with his [[computer]] tablet. He flung the image at her and it screamed at her, after which he shut his [[door]] to her. ({{DIS|Brother}})

Later, however, Spock became what Michael described as her "little shadow." After [[logic extremist]]s bombed a [[Vulcan Learning Center]] targeting Michael, she resolved to run away from home, believing if the logic extremists could not get to her, they would target Spock. Spock confronted her as she tried to leave and tried to convince her to stay. Michael deliberately insulted Spock's parentage to drive him away from her, leaving Spock distraught as she fled. Michael was subsequently found after Spock told his parents where to find her, claiming this information was given to him in a vision from a being he called "the [[Red Angel]]." His parents assumed the Angel was a figment of his imagination and that Spock had used logic to pinpoint her direction, but he never wavered from the belief that the Angel was real. Michael's insult to Spock also caused a long-lasting change: He withdrew and lost trust in other people, and his openness vanished. Burnham later reached out many times to make amends but Spock did not appear to be interested. ({{DIS|Point of Light|If Memory Serves}})

[[File:Spock, age 17.jpg|thumb|left|Spock as a teenager]]
After Michael's graduation from the [[Vulcan Science Academy]], Sarek was forced to choose between Michael and Spock as to who should join the [[Vulcan Expeditionary Group]]. He chose Spock over Michael but he came to regret this decision as Spock chose to join [[Starfleet]] instead. Sarek had given Spock his first lessons in [[computer]]s and set him on a path of science. Therefore, Spock's preference to pursue a scientific career in Starfleet caused a rift between him and his father that kept them from speaking to each other for eighteen years. ({{TOS|Journey to Babel}}; {{DIS|Lethe}})

{{bginfo|In [[J.J. Abrams]]' film {{film|11}}, a scene revealed that Spock (the first person ever admitted to the VSA who then chose not to attend) reached his decision when he concluded that the senior professors of the Academy would never see him as an equal, realizing this once and for all upon being told that his record was all the more impressive given the "disadvantage" of being half-Human &ndash; told by the astonished head councilor that never before had a Vulcan turned down this honor, Spock shot back that, as he obviously wasn't a ''real'' Vulcan, this was still true. However, its canonicity in the "prime" timeline was uncertain, as it occurred after [[Nero]]'s first incursion. Screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]] felt that Nero's first incursion left Spock's backstory unaffected. ''{{TrekMovie.com|2008/12/11/bob-orci-explains-how-the-new-star-trek-movie-fits-with-trek-canon-and-real-science/}}''}}

==Starfleet career==
===Starfleet Academy===
During his time at Starfleet Academy, Spock had [[Onafuwa]] for Fundamentals of Quantum Stochastics and several other advanced courses. He was commissioned as a [[Starfleet]] officer in [[2250]] with the [[serial number]] S 179-276 SP and held an A7 computer expert classification. Later in life, he wrote a memoir about the challenges he faced at Starfleet Academy, titled ''[[The Many and the One]]''. ({{PIC|The Star Gazer}}; {{ST|Q&A}}; {{TOS|The Enterprise Incident|Court Martial|The Ultimate Computer}})

{{bginfo|In the alternate reality, Spock began programming the {{Kobayashi Maru scenario}} in 2254. The writers of the film {{film|11}} stated, in the movie's [[audio commentary]], that they felt this event overlapped with the prime reality and that Kirk also met Spock at a hearing after he cheated on the test. According to the script for {{film|2}}, after taking the ''Kobayashi Maru'' test for the third time, Spock said to Kirk that his solution would not have occurred to a Vulcan [[mentality]]. ''{{st-minutiae|resources/scripts/twok.txt}}'' This would have implied that Kirk and Spock knew each other since the late [[2250s]], and that Spock was at the Academy. As it was, this information was not in the theatrical or [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director's Cut)|director's cut of the film]]. Furthermore, Spock was to have been depicted as a Starfleet cadet in two undeveloped productions: ''[[Star Trek: The First Adventure]]'' and a story suggested for inclusion in [[ENT Season 4]]. (For more information, see [[#Reappearances|Reappearances]].)}}

===Early postings and assignments===
One of Spock's early assignments was to the {{USS|Kongo}}. ({{SNW|Memento Mori}})

===Serving under Christopher Pike===
====Arrival on the ''Enterprise''====
[[File:Una and Spock in the turbolift.jpg|thumb|left|Spock and Lieutenant Una Chin-Riley in a turbolift shortly after his arrival.]]
In [[2253]], Spock was assigned to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} under the [[Commanding officer|command]] of [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]]. When [[Ensign]] Spock was first transported aboard the ''Enterprise'', he bonded with the ship's [[first officer]], [[Lieutenant]] [[Una Chin-Riley]] (who preferred to be known simply as "Number One"). When they became trapped in the [[turbolift]] while on their way to the bridge, Spock asked Una many questions and the two opened up to each other. ({{ST|Q&A}}; {{SNW|Among the Lotus Eaters}} ''display graphic'')

By [[2254]], he was promoted to [[lieutenant]]. ({{TOS|The Cage}})
{{bginfo|Spock's promotion to lieutenant can only be extrapolated by comparing his rank in "Q&A" (ensign) with that in "The Cage" (lieutenant).}}

====Rescuing Pike from the Talosians====
[[File:Spock, 2254.jpg|thumb|Spock in 2254]]
Later that year, Lt. Spock was wounded in the leg when Pike's [[landing party]] was attacked on [[Rigel VII]]. 

As the ship proceeded to the [[Vega colony]] for medical care, a [[radio|radio wave]] [[distress call]] forced Pike to divert the ship to [[Talos IV]]. Still limping, Spock joined a landing party that transported to the barren surface of the planet where [[Talosian]]s captured Pike. 

He was the first of the ship's crew to realize the Talosians had powerful illusory abilities. Spock's final report, along with Pike's, recommended a ban on visitation to the planet. Starfleet's [[General Order 7]] supported that judgment. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part II}})

{{bginfo|At one point during the filming of "The Cage", [[Gene Roddenberry]] intended for Spock to appear in [[Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes#Spock's leg story|an installment]] which was to be filmed later but set before "The Cage". In that episode, Spock would have been depicted injuring his leg. Roddenberry, as a way to set the story up, asked Spock actor [[Leonard Nimoy]] to limp on-screen during "The Cage". Nimoy complied with that request but the planned episode was never filmed, leaving the reason for Spock's leg wound as somewhat of a mystery. ''{{st.com|bl=1|startrek/view/news/article/120585.html}}''}}

====Searching for the Red Angel====
[[File:Spock, 2257.png|thumb|left|Spock in 2257]]
Following the end of the {{dis|Federation-Klingon War|2256-57}} in [[2257]], Spock took an unspecified leave of absence from Starfleet. He had accumulated a number of [[month]]s during the [[five-year mission]] which, according to Pike, took a toll on the whole [[crew]] as well as Spock. Upon reviewing [[Personal log, Spock|Spock]]'s [[personal log]] entries on the ''Enterprise'', Michael Burnham learned that Spock had been having [[vision]]s ever since he was a boy, and that he had had premonitions of the mysterious [[red burst]]s that the {{USS|Discovery}} was likewise investigating, which Spock believed were related to his childhood visions of "the Red Angel." ({{DIS|Brother}})

Spock followed his visions to an [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant planets#Ice Planet|unknown planet]] where he encountered the Red Angel. Through a [[mind meld]], he discovered that it was a Human but one clad in a suit far beyond [[23rd century]] technology. Through the meld, he received a vision of the destruction of [[Earth]], {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}, [[Andor]], and [[Tellar Prime|Tellar]], and began experiencing time non-linearly. ({{DIS|If Memory Serves}}) He decided to have himself committed to the psychiatric unit on [[Starbase 5]]. In doing so, he requested that Starfleet not inform his family about the matter, including his father and foster sister. While there, he was observed to display acutely emotional dissociation and extreme empathy deficits. When he was told the red bursts had occurred as he had predicted, Spock broke out of the facility, disabling three of his doctors with [[Vulcan nerve pinch]]es and fleeing on a [[shuttlecraft]]. ({{DIS|New Eden|Point of Light|If Memory Serves}})

Starfleet subsequently claimed that Spock had murdered his doctors and made finding him a priority. The {{USS|Discovery}} and [[Section 31]] became involved in the search. Aware he was being pursued, Spock abandoned his shuttlecraft in the [[Mutara sector]] and secretly returned to Vulcan. There, his mother hid him in a sacred crypt where [[katra stone]]s shielded him from telepathic searches. Spock had become delusional and incoherent, unable to bear the experience of viewing time non-linearly, and repeated the [[First Doctrines of Logic]] and a sequence of numbers over and over. Burnham convinced Amanda to take her to Spock, but Sarek followed Burnham and convinced her that the best way to help Spock was to hand him over to Section 31. Burnham took Spock to the Section 31 ship [[NCIA-93]] where Captain [[Leland]] promised he would help repair Spock's mind. However, {{mu|Philippa Georgiou}} warned Burnham that Leland intended to extract Spock's memories using a process that would destroy his mind. At Georgiou's suggestion, Burnham overpowered her and took Spock from the Section 31 ship in a shuttlecraft. ({{DIS|Saints of Imperfection|Light and Shadows}})

Burnham realized that, since Spock's mind had regressed to childhood, the sequence of numbers he had been repeating was reversed due to his ''[[L'tak Terai]]''. In the opposite order, the numbers represented the coordinates for [[Talos IV]]. Burnham thus set a course for that planet. There, the [[Talosian]]s and [[Vina]] agreed to help heal Spock and subsequently projected illusions to the pursuing NCIA-93 to allow Burnham and Spock to escape to the {{USS|Discovery}} which was commanded by his old friend Captain [[Christopher Pike]] while the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} was down for repairs. ({{DIS|Light and Shadows|If Memory Serves}})

====Stopping Control====
Spock subsequently joined the ''Discovery''{{'}}s ongoing mission to investigate the [[red burst]]s, discovering that [[Control]] had framed Spock for murder ({{DIS|Project Daedalus}}) and helping to trap the Red Angel on [[Essof IV]]. To everyone's surprise, the Red Angel was revealed to actually be [[Gabrielle Burnham]], [[Michael Burnham]]'s mother who was long believed to be dead. While attempting to prevent Control from wiping out all life in the galaxy after gaining full sentience, Gabrielle had discovered that Spock was the only one capable of truly perceiving her and her purpose. However, an effort to beam Gabrielle into their time permanently failed and resulted in the [[Red Angel suit]] and Gabrielle getting pulled back into the [[32nd century]], unable to return due to Gabrielle's [[time crystal]] being destroyed. ({{DIS|The Red Angel|Perpetual Infinity}})

When the decision was made to send ''Discovery'' into the future in order to prevent Control from ever getting its hands on the {{dis|Sphere|lifeform}} data, Spock decided to accompany his sister on the one-way trip. During the [[Battle near Xahea]], Spock helped to guide Burnham's use of the second Red Angel suit from a shuttlecraft, but his engines were damaged and he couldn't return to the ship with her. With ''Discovery'' too badly damaged to risk lowering its shields to beam him onboard, Spock was forced to remain behind in [[2257]]. Burnham promised to send the seventh red burst to signal her brother that they had successfully made it and offered him some final words of advice. Spock told Burnham that he loved her, a sentiment that she returned, before Spock had the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} beam him out. From the ''Enterprise'' bridge, Spock witnessed Burnham successfully lead ''Discovery'' through the [[wormhole]] to the future. ({{DIS|Such Sweet Sorrow|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}})

====Return to Starfleet====
[[File:Spock, 2258.jpg|thumb|Spock in 2258]]
After the battle against [[Control]], Spock returned to his position as science officer aboard the ''Enterprise'' in [[2258]]. He was sworn to secrecy, along with the rest of the crew of Pike's starship, to never again speak the name of his adoptive sister or the [[USS Discovery|ship she served on]] aloud in public again. Four months after the ''Discovery''{{'}}s departure, the seventh [[red burst]] appeared near [[Terralysium]], confirming to Spock that his sister had made it to the future. ({{DIS|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}})

In [[2259]], T'Pring, his betrothed, proposed marriage to him, which he accepted. ({{SNW|Strange New Worlds}})

Later that year, the pirate Captain {{dis|Angel|Captain}}, lover of Spock's half-brother Sybok, came aboard, manipulating Spock at an attempt to free Sybok from the [[Ankeshtan K'til|Ankeshtan K'til Retreat]] he was currently confined to. Angel ultimately took control of the ''Enterprise'' and tried to blackmail T'Pring into releasing Sybok, using Spock as leverage. Spock and Christine Chapel foiled her plans by pretending to be in love with each other and temporarily ending his betrothal to T'Pring. They renewed their bonding afterwards. ({{SNW|The Serene Squall}})

When an alien [[consciousness]] from the [[Jonisian Nebula]] brought the [[fairy tale]] ''[[The Kingdom of Elysian]]'' to life on the ''Enterprise'', Spock was used for the character of the Wizard [[Pollux]]. He didn't remember the events after the ship was returned to normal. ({{SNW|The Elysian Kingdom}})

Spock was part of a mission to the {{USS|Peregrine}}, which had made a crash landing on [[Valeo Beta V]]. Inside the ship, confronted with young Gorn who had just hatched and hunted the landing party, Spock allowed himself to give into his unchecked emotions and rage to provoke and draw out the Gorn. Afterwards, he had still trouble controling his anger as well as his pain and that his mind was weak, but was assured by Christine Chapel that it was not a weakness, but him being Human. ({{SNW|All Those Who Wander}})

====Meeting Leila Kalomi====
On [[Earth]] briefly in [[2261]], Spock met [[Leila Kalomi]]. Although she declared a love for Spock, his emotional control prevented him from reciprocating until [[2267]] when he was infected by the spores on [[Omicron Ceti III]]. Under the spores' influence, he became peaceful and happy but Captain [[James T. Kirk]] infuriated him, which killed the spores and returned him to normal. ({{TOS|This Side of Paradise}})

Spock's service under Pike (eleven years, four months, and five days) inspired considerable respect and loyalty from the young officer. In 2267, Spock risked his life and career for the sake of his former captain. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part II}})

===Serving under James T. Kirk===
====Year One====
[[File:Spock, 2265.jpg|thumb|left|Lieutenant Commander Spock in 2265]]
After Pike's promotion to [[fleet captain]], Kirk assumed command of the ''Enterprise'' in [[2265]], with Spock as his first officer. An early mission proved disastrous when Lieutenant Commander [[Gary Mitchell]], a close friend of the new captain, developed enhanced psionic abilities when the ''Enterprise'' encountered an [[Galactic barrier|energy barrier]] at the edge of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]].

[[File:Spock and Kirk (2265).jpg|thumb|Spock and [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] in 2265]]
Spock examined the tapes of an earlier ship, the {{SS|Valiant}}, that had encountered the same barrier and was destroyed. As Mitchell's powers increased, Spock believed he had become extremely dangerous and feared that he would destroy the ''Enterprise''. He therefore advised Kirk to either strand Mitchell on the uninhabited and desolate [[Delta Vega]] to isolate him from galactic civilization or kill Mitchell before it was too late. Kirk hesitated but initially attempted the former, but the scope of Spock's concerns were eventually borne out and Kirk was forced to kill Mitchell. ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}})

{{bginfo|In the final revised draft of the script for "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (dated {{d|8|July|1965}}), Spock's final line of the episode was to have featured him admitting he had "hated every minute of being logical about" the treatment of Gary Mitchell. ''{{el|leethomson.myzen.co.uk/Star_Trek/1_Original_Series/Star_Trek_1x03_-_Where_No_Man_Has_Gone_Before.pdf}}'' This line of dialogue, however, wasn't used.}}

====Year Two====
The ''Enterprise'' repelled the first [[Neutral Zone Incursion|Romulan incursion]] of Federation space in over a century on [[stardate]] 1709.2. Spock and the [[bridge]] crew became the first Starfleet officers to make visual contact with [[Romulan]]s who finally revealed their Vulcan-like appearance to Starfleet. [[Lieutenant]] {{dis|Stiles|Lieutenant}} briefly suspected Spock of being a Romulan agent until Spock saved his life in the course of battle. ({{TOS|Balance of Terror}})

====Year Three====
Spock kidnapped Fleet Captain Pike and hijacked the ''Enterprise''. Pike had been crippled and was confined to a wheelchair, unable to speak, as a result of an accident. Spock wanted to return him to [[Talos IV]]; he wished to return Pike to the [[Talosian]]s there so he could enjoy the rest of his life in an illusory reality and would not have to continue enduring his disability. After a lengthy inquiry into the matter, and in light of the Talosian-provided images, Kirk allowed Pike to beam down. [[Commodore]] [[Jose I. Mendez]] also dropped all charges against Spock. ({{TOS|The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part II}})

While commanding an [[away mission]] aboard the ''{{dis|Galileo|2267}}'' on stardate 2821.5, the [[shuttlecraft]] crashed on the surface of [[Taurus II]]. Giant hostile creatures killed two crewmembers while the shuttle was stranded there. Spock, aided by Lieutenant Commander [[Montgomery Scott]], eventually launched the shuttle. Knowing that it could not break free of the planet's gravity, Spock ignited the shuttlecraft's remaining fuel to use it as a flare. His gamble paid off; it alerted the ''Enterprise'' which turned around and rescued the team. ({{TOS|The Galileo Seven}})

[[File:McCoy, Scott, Spock, and Uhura watch Kirk.jpg|thumb|Spock in command of the ''Enterprise'' after the [[Metron]]s abduct Kirk]]
After being thrown back in time to Earth of [[1969]] and interacting with that planet's [[US Air Force]], Spock was able to recreate a time warp with a slingshot maneuver around the sun. ({{TOS|Tomorrow is Yesterday}})

[[File:Shaw questions Spock.jpg|thumb|left|Spock being questioned at Kirk's trial in 2267]]
When Kirk was court-martialed for causing the death of Lieutenant Commander [[Benjamin Finney]], Spock proved that Finney had altered the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s computer tapes to frame Kirk, by beating the computer at chess four times in a row, something which would ordinarily be impossible. ({{TOS|Court Martial}})

[[File:Spock and Kirk fire phasers.jpg|thumb|Spock confronts {{dis|Landru|machine}} with Kirk]]
Spock, along with Kirk, helped disable [[Landru]], a computer that controlled the lives of a civilization on [[Beta III]] and allowed no free thought or creative thinking. ({{TOS|The Return of the Archons}})

Spock helped Kirk to retake the ''Enterprise'' after [[Khan Noonien Singh]], a [[20th century]] [[Augment]] dictator whom the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s crew had found in [[stasis]], commandeered the starship. He flooded the ship with gas, disabling Khan and his followers. ({{TOS|Space Seed}})

On stardate 3192.1, Spock and Kirk were taken prisoners on [[Eminiar VII]] which had been at war for over five hundred years with [[Vendikar]]. Computers fought the war virtually so that the destruction of actual warfare did not devastate the two worlds, thus preserving both civilizations. Whenever the computer registered a hit, the affected citizens reported to a disintegration chamber where they were vaporized. When the ''Enterprise'' entered orbit around Eminiar VII, it became a legitimate target for Vendikar. The war computer soon declared that a [[tricobalt]] satellite explosion had destroyed the ''Enterprise''; as a result, Eminiar officials expected the crew to report to the disintegration stations. They abducted Kirk and Spock to ensure compliance, but the two escaped captivity and destroyed the computers on Eminiar VII. With the threat of a real war looming over the inhabitants of both planets, Spock and Kirk negotiated a peace between Eminiar VII and Vendikar. ({{TOS|A Taste of Armageddon}})

On the mining planet [[Janus VI]], an unknown creature was killing [[miner]]s there. After locating the creature, Spock [[mind meld]]ed with it. He discovered that the creature was called a [[Horta]] and determined that its killing of the miners was an attempt to protect its young. The miners had been unintentionally killing the Horta's offspring by destroying [[silicon nodule]]s which were really the creature's eggs. Spock negotiated a pact between the Horta and the miners: The miners would leave the eggs alone and the Horta, in turn, would help the miners locate valuable minerals. ({{TOS|The Devil in the Dark}})

[[File:Spock prepares sonic grenade.jpg|thumb|Spock is forced to use a destructive measure in order to protect the Federation]]
Spock and Kirk later became trapped on [[Organia]] during a [[Klingon Empire|Klingon]] occupation of that planet. The [[Klingon]]s wanted to use Organia as a base in their war against the Federation. The [[Organian]] council refused the Federation's help, and after the Klingons invaded and took control of Organia, Kirk and Spock had civilian identities imposed on them, with Spock being given the identity of a [[merchant]]. They then became involved in sabotage. After the Klingons captured them, the Organians set Spock and Kirk free. Just as war began to break out, the Organians revealed themselves to be powerful energy beings. They neutralized both sides weaponry and stopped the war. ({{TOS|Errand of Mercy}})

On stardate 3134.0, Spock and Kirk traveled back in time using the [[Guardian of Forever]] to retrieve [[Dr.]] [[Leonard McCoy]] who had entered the time portal and somehow changed history. Spock discovered McCoy saved the life of [[Edith Keeler]] who, in the altered timeline, led a [[pacifism|pacifist]] movement that delayed the [[United States of America]]'s entry into [[World War II]], thus allowing [[Adolf Hitler]] to win the war. Spock persuaded Kirk that allowing Keeler to die in an auto accident was only way to restore the timeline. ({{TOS|The City on the Edge of Forever}})

[[File:Neural parasite attacks Spock.jpg|thumb|left|A neural parasite attacking Spock]]
Near the end of the year, a [[Denevan neural parasite]] that destroyed the colony on [[Deneva]] also attacked Spock. He submitted to an experiment that destroyed the creature inside him but also left him blind. However, the blindness was only temporary due to an inner set of [[inner eyelid|eyelids]] that all Vulcans possessed. ({{TOS|Operation -- Annihilate!}})

[[File:Spock, 2267.jpg|thumb|Commander Spock in 2267]]
In late [[2267]], the ''Enterprise'' encountered a [[probe]] called ''[[Nomad]]'' that had destroyed multiple [[star system]]s and their inhabitants. Spock mind-melded with the probe and discovered it was an old Earth probe originally tasked with seeking out new life. Somehow damaged in space, it had merged with an alien probe on a mission to sterilize "imperfect" biological organisms from soil. These two missions had merged into sterilizing or improving anything that was not "perfect." Using its own [[logic]] against it, Kirk destroyed the probe. ({{TOS|The Changeling}})

On stardate 3219.8, an alien cloud creature took control of a shuttlecraft carrying Spock, Kirk, and Federation diplomat [[Nancy Hedford]], landing it on a deserted planet. There, they found [[Zefram Cochrane]], the inventor of Earth's [[warp drive]] who was believed to have died decades ago. The cloud creature, which Cochrane called the "[[Companion]]", had discovered him and kept him alive and young. The creature had brought the three Starfleet officers to be companions for Cochrane. When Spock tried to repair the shuttlecraft, the Companion stopped him. The situation was resolved when the Companion joined with Hedford, who was terminally ill, and cured her. Hedford/The Companion remained on the planet with Cochrane. ({{TOS|Metamorphosis}})

====Year Four====
At some point around Spock's fourth year on the ''Enterprise'', he was offered an assignment with [[Medusan]] [[Ambassador]] [[Kollos]] which he turned down, as he claimed that he "''was unable to accept,''" as his "''life is here,''" aboard the ''Enterprise''. The assignment, instead, went to [[Miranda Jones]]. ({{TOS|Is There in Truth No Beauty?}})

In [[2268]], Spock and other crewmembers of the ''Enterprise'' encountered [[Harry Mudd]] stranded on a [[Mudd|planet]] of [[android]]s. The androids wanted the ''Enterprise'' to escape the planet and serve Humans so that they would not have to explore space. Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew eventually managed to overload the androids' central control by acting in a illogical manner, causing the chief android, [[Norman]], to have a breakdown. ({{TOS|I, Mudd}})

While traveling to a peace conference on [[Babel]], Spock was reunited with his parents. There was still much friction between Spock and his father. When Sarek was accused of the murder of [[Gav|another delegate]], it was revealed that he was ill with a cardiac defect which made it unlikely that he could have committed the crime. McCoy was then tasked with performing surgery on Sarek while in a space battle with an enemy ship. It was then discovered that [[Orion]]s were responsible for the murder, and Spock made himself available for a [[blood transfusion]] for his father's surgery because they shared the same rare [[blood type]], [[T-negative]]. Recovering in [[sickbay]], Sarek and Spock made peace with each other, even playfully teasing Amanda. ({{TOS|Journey to Babel}})

On stardate 4523.3, Spock helped foil a Klingon plot to poison [[quadrotriticale]] earmarked for [[Sherman's Planet]] while at the same time trying to clear the ''Enterprise'' of a fast-breeding alien species called [[tribble]]s. ({{TOS|The Trouble with Tribbles}}; {{DS9|Trials and Tribble-ations}})

Spock later visited [[Sigma Iotia II]] whose inhabitants had modeled their society on the [[gangster]] era of Earth's [[1930s]]. An earlier starship had left behind a book about gangsters from Earth's [[20th century]] that the imitative [[Iotian]]s had used as a blueprint for their society. Spock played the part of one of the bosses of the main syndicate, "The Federation," and helped Kirk unite the two warring bosses into a form of [[government]]. ({{TOS|A Piece of the Action}})

[[File:Spock reacts to the death of the Intrepid.jpg|thumb|left|Spock sensing the terrible deaths of an entire Vulcan crew]]
Spock, along with the ''Enterprise'', encountered a [[space amoeba]] that destroyed entire [[star system]]s. The {{USS|Intrepid|NCC-1631}}, which was sent to investigate the phenomenon, was destroyed, and Spock felt the Vulcans on the ship dying. In order to gain information on the creature, Spock piloted a shuttle into the amoeba and found that it was about to reproduce by fission. He subsequently destroyed the creature with an [[antimatter]] bomb. ({{TOS|The Immunity Syndrome}})

Spock's body was later taken over by [[Henoch]], one of three survivors of an ancient civilization that had destroyed itself. The three had become energy beings to survive and wished to build androids to house their minds. Henoch, the rival of fellow survivor [[Sargon]], refused to relinquish Spock's body and attempted to kill Sargon. He himself was killed with the help of Spock's consciousness and Sargon's wife [[Thalassa]]. ({{TOS|Return to Tomorrow}})

[[File:Eneg and Spock.jpg|thumb|Ekosian Nazis capture Spock]]
Spock came in contact with various other worlds in the early part of 2268. He was captured by [[Ekosian]]s who had based their society on that of [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and tortured him for information about the ''Enterprise''. [[John Gill]], a Federation [[historian]], had visited [[Ekos]] and attempted to use the efficiency of Nazi Germany to bring stability to the planet. Toward the end of the encounter, it was found out that Gill was drugged by his deputy Melakon. Through the use of the mind meld, Spock helped bring Gill to almost full wakefulness. ({{TOS|Patterns of Force}})

Spock battled [[Kelvan]]s who tried to take over the ''Enterprise'' in order to return to their [[Kelva|homeworld]] in the [[Andromeda Galaxy]]. He helped Kirk stop [[Ronald Tracey]], a Federation captain interfering in [[Omega IV]]'s societies by arming the [[Kohm]]s against the [[Yang]]s. He battled the government of [[892-IV|a planet]] where a [[Rome]]-like civilization had never fallen and gladiatorial games still took place in the planet's modern era. ({{TOS|By Any Other Name|The Omega Glory|Bread and Circuses}})

[[File:Spock wearing neural stimulator 2.jpg|thumb|left|Spock's mindless body equipped with a [[neural stimulator]] after the Eymorgs stole his brain]]
Later the same year, Spock's [[brain]] was stolen by the [[Eymorg]]s to help power the [[Great Teacher]] that controlled their society and provided for all their needs. McCoy was able to reconnect Spock's brain to his body with the same technology used to remove it. ({{TOS|Spock's Brain}})

Spock, along with Kirk, stole a [[cloaking device]] from the Romulans. As part of the plan to retrieve the device, he pretended to kill Kirk in self-defense and romanced the craft's commander in order to gain her trust. He initially intended only to carry out his mission but experienced actual feelings for the beautiful and brilliant commander. After Kirk returned to the Romulans' craft disguised as a Romulan and stole the device, Spock stalled the Romulans long enough for the device to be installed in the ''Enterprise''. The ship escaped with the cloaking device and the Romulan commander on board, who made a pact with Spock to keep their mutual feelings for the other a secret. ({{TOS|The Enterprise Incident}})

Spock later saved Kirk and a tribe of transplanted [[Native American]]s when he helped save their planet [[Amerind]] from an asteroid by activating a [[deflector]] beam. ({{TOS|The Paradise Syndrome}}) He allowed [[Kollos]] to take over his body so that he could guide the ''Enterprise'' back into the galaxy after a mad [[Larry Marvick]] had driven it into an uncharted region. The Medeusans were a highly intelligent species but their bodies were grotesque in form &ndash; so much so that gazing upon a Medeusan would cause instant insanity in humanoids. However, it was said that telepathically viewing a Medeusan's mind, as Spock did, was quite a beautiful experience. ({{TOS|Is There in Truth No Beauty?}})

Spock helped save an [[landing party]] from the [[Melkotian]]s who had, as punishment for trespassing, forced them to relive the infamous gunfight at the [[OK Corral]] in a recreation of [[Tombstone]], [[Arizona]]. ({{TOS|Spectre of the Gun}}) He also helped redirect ''[[Yonada]]'' from colliding with [[Daran V]]. ({{TOS|For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky}})

Spock took command of the ''Enterprise'' when a [[spatial interphase]] trapped Kirk between universes. Despite a [[Tholian]] attack from Commander [[Loskene]], Spock and the ''Enterprise'' crew managed to retrieve Kirk and escaped from the Tholians' energy web. ({{TOS|The Tholian Web}})

A race of [[psychokinetic]]s later captured Spock, Kirk, and McCoy. The aliens forced them to take part in dangerous games and unwanted love affairs. ({{TOS|Plato's Stepchildren}})

After hyper-accelerated aliens took over the ''Enterprise'' and hyper-accelerated Kirk to take as a hostage, Spock managed to receive a warning from Kirk and became hyper-accelerated himself but carried an antidote with him. He and Kirk stopped the aliens and retook the ship. ({{TOS|Wink of an Eye}})

Spock was part of a landing party that aliens were using to test the worthiness of an empathic race. A supernova was going to destroy their planetary system, and [[Vian|the aliens]] wanted to see if their race should be saved. After the aliens tortured Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, the empath {{dis|Gem|humanoid}} healed them. Impressed by this, the aliens saved her planet. ({{TOS|The Empath}})

====Year Five====
[[File:Spock two Kirks.jpg|thumb|left|Spock attempting to differentiate between two almost identical Kirks in 2269]]
In early [[2269]], Spock and Kirk took a new medicine that could cure mental illness to a Federation mental facility. However, under the leadership of former [[Starfleet]] captain [[Garth of Izar]], inmates had taken over the facility. Garth captured Spock and Kirk, putting their lives in danger. Spock escaped and found Kirk but Garth, who had developed shapeshifting powers, had assumed Kirk's identity. Spock determined the real Kirk from the impostor and subdued Garth, thus giving him medication that helped his mental illness. ({{TOS|Whom Gods Destroy}})

In the same year, Spock was part of a landing party that found a Human named [[Flint]]. He found masterpiece paintings and original classical music. Flint admitted that he had been [[Johannes Brahms]] and [[Leonardo da Vinci]] on [[Earth]], and that he was an immortal being. ({{TOS|Requiem for Methuselah}})

[[File:Droxine and Spock.jpg|thumb|Spock with Droxine]]
Spock helped Kirk negotiate a peace treaty between two societies on [[Ardana]]. He also became attracted to [[Droxine]], the daughter of [[Plasus]], the ruler of Ardana; he referred to her as a work of art and even discussed ''[[pon farr]]'' with her. However, nothing ever came out of the relationship. ({{TOS|The Cloud Minders}})

The [[Excalbian]]s forced Spock and Kirk into a battle between [[good]] and [[evil]] to study Human concepts. The aliens created images of people who possessed "good" qualities, such as [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Surak]], against "bad" people such as [[Colonel]] [[Phillip Green]] and [[Kahless]]. ({{TOS|The Savage Curtain}})

Spock, Kirk, and McCoy entered a time portal, and were stuck in different past eras of [[Sarpeidon]] which was about to be destroyed by an exploding sun. Spock and McCoy traveled into the planet's [[ice age]] where they met [[Zarabeth]], who had been sent there as punishment. Even though McCoy was dying from the cold, Spock wished to remain with the woman with whom he had fallen in love since, in this time period, he had emotions. Eventually, he discovered the portal door and saved McCoy. ({{TOS|All Our Yesterdays}}) 

After [[Janice Lester]] transferred her consciousness into Kirk's body and his consciousness into her body, she attempted to kill Kirk and assume his captaincy. However, Spock managed to expose her and helped to re-transfer Kirk's consciousness into his body. ({{TOS|Turnabout Intruder}})

[[File:Spock and McCoy old.jpg|thumb|left|Spock (left) along with McCoy, rapidly aged on planet]]
[[File:Spock with Klingons.jpg|thumb|Spock with Klingons from the {{IKS|Klothos}}]]
Spock joined a landing party that beamed down to inspect the [[Planet Two|second planet]] of the [[Taurean system]]. There, he became affected by the glandular secretion of the [[female]] members of [[Theela's species]] who inhabited there, who were known for controlling the male mind. This drained Spock of his "life force," causing him to age at a rate of ten years per day. Spock escaped the females of the planet and contacted the ''Enterprise''. An all-female security detachment led by Lieutenant [[Nyota Uhura]] eventually recovered him and the landing party. By using their molecular pattern stored in the [[transporter]] system, Spock and the others were returned to their previous ages. ({{TAS|The Lorelei Signal}})

[[File:Spock 2 and Spock.jpg|thumb|Spock Two performing a mind meld on Spock]]
On a mission to [[Phylos]], Spock was captured by [[Stavos Keniclius]] who planned to clone him and make an army of Spock [[clone]]s to enforce an era of peace throughout the galaxy. His first clone, [[Spock Two]], possessed all of the original's memories, abilities, and sense of logic. However, the cloning process left the original Spock near death. Since Spock Two possessed his progenitor's sense of logic, he [[mind meld]]ed with him and restored his mind, most likely transferring his ''[[katra]]'' back into the original Spock. The original Spock proposed that Spock Two remain on Phylos to help Keniclius rebuild the Phylosian society. ({{TAS|The Infinite Vulcan}})

===Purging emotions===
After completing the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s five-year mission of exploration, Spock chose to return to his home planet. As a result of his occasional displays of [[emotion]] during his ''Enterprise'' missions, he decided to undergo the ''[[kolinahr]]'' ritual to purge himself of the last vestiges of emotion. ({{film|1}})

===''V'ger'' crisis===
Two and half years after leaving Starfleet, Spock felt the arrival of a vast consciousness. He aborted his ''kolinahr'' training and resumed his Starfleet career both for personal reasons and to help [[Rear Admiral]] Kirk during the ''[[V'ger]]'' incident. Spock's return to Starfleet amazed former colleagues and others but his reputation remained excellent, with Commander [[Will Decker]] stating that he was "well-aware of Mr. Spock's qualifications" when Spock offered to again serve as science officer. Within three hours, he helped Scott repair the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s malfunctioning [[warp drive]]. ({{film|1}})

[[File:Spock, 2270s.jpg|thumb|left|Commander Spock in the 2270s]]
{{bginfo|This film was one of the few instances in which Spock was not second in command or a commanding officer for that matter. Since Decker had a temporary grade reduction from captain to executive officer, this left Spock to serve only as a science officer without the dual responsibility of a first officer.}}

[[File:Spock holding James T. Kirk's hand.jpg|thumb|"''Jim, this simple feeling is beyond ''V'ger''{{'}}s comprehension.''"]]
Spock's attitude towards his colleagues was far different from when he had served with them during the five-year mission. Wishing to rid himself of any personal attachments to Starfleet, he no longer considered any of the crew to be his friends and barely acknowledged them upon his return except where his duties demanded it. Feeling that the consciousness would answer for his quest, he broke into an [[airlock]] and stole a [[thruster suit]]. He exited the ship and proceeded to the next chamber of the mechanism, witnessing a planet populated by living machines. There, he attempted a mind meld and he realized ''V'ger''{{'}}s quest. Knocked unconscious by the enormous power of ''V'ger'' during the meld, Spock was recovered in open space by Kirk. Later, he was in sickbay being treated for neurological trauma. He informed Kirk that ''V'ger'' was a life-form of its own, seeking answers to its questions; specifically "''Is this ''all'' that I am? Is there nothing more?''" Grasping Kirk's hand while lying on a [[biobed]], Spock told Kirk that the simple feeling of touching another was something beyond ''V'ger''{{'}}s comprehension. 

Spock later accompanied Kirk, Decker, and McCoy to the heart of ''V'ger'', guided by the [[Ilia probe]]. The group discovered ''V'ger'' was actually the [[20th century]] [[NASA]] probe ''[[Voyager 6]]''. Spock deduced that the old probe was found by the living machine inhabitants of a planet located on the other side of the galaxy and they built the mammoth vessel so it could fulfill ''Voyager''{{'}}s simple programming, "''learn all that is learnable''." Spock told Kirk that ''V'ger'' had to evolve, as its knowledge had reached the limits of the known universe. 

Spock informed McCoy and the others that other dimensions and higher levels of being could not be proven logically and ''V'ger'' was therefore incapable of believing in them, needing the Human quality to leap beyond logic. Decker chose to merge with ''V'ger'', and Kirk, McCoy, and Spock escaped shortly thereafter when it and Decker evolved into another dimension. Afterwards, Spock chose to remain on the ''Enterprise'' rather than return to his [[homeworld]].

Spock's direct encounter with ''V'ger'' showed him that purging his emotions and operating on pure logic would not answer his questions but would simply create new ones. ({{film|1}})

===Death and resurrection===
Sometime after the ''V'ger'' incident, Spock was promoted to captain and assigned to [[Starfleet Academy]] where he trained [[cadet]]s on the ''Enterprise'' which had been retired from active service.

[[File:Spocks death 2.jpg|thumb|left|The death of Spock in 2285]]
In early [[2285]], Spock, while on a training mission, ceded command of the ''Enterprise'' to Kirk during a mission that involved keeping the [[Genesis Device]] from [[Khan Noonien Singh]]. When Kirk and the ''Enterprise'' defeated Khan, he armed the device. Spock repaired the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s warp drive in a severely irradiated portion of [[engineering]] in order to save the crew. He saved the ship but sacrificed his own life in the process. Following his funeral service, Kirk gave Spock a "burial by sea" by firing Spock's body into space inside a [[torpedo]] casing. ({{film|2}})

[[File:Spock, resurrected.jpg|thumb|Spock, resurrected on [[Mount Seleya]]]]
Spock's coffin landed on the surface of the {{dis|Genesis|planet|Genesis Planet}}. The [[radiation]] emanating from the planet regenerated his cells. Spock was thus reborn as a child but quickly aged to adulthood. However, his mind was a complete blank. Kirk and the rest of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[senior staff]] disobeyed Starfleet orders so that they could retrieve Spock's body. On Vulcan, Spock's living body, now at the age of his death, was reunited with his ''katra'' which Spock himself had placed in McCoy prior to his death via mind meld. ({{film|3}})

After his ''katra'' and body were re-integrated, Spock trained for three months with the help of his mother to bring his knowledge and intellect back to where it had been before he died. Answering many complicated questions at rapid fire during his [[memory test]], he had difficulty answering the question "''How do you feel?''", something he felt was irrelevant, though his mother disagreed. Returning back to Earth aboard the {{HMS|Bounty}} with his ''Enterprise'' crewmates to offer testimony in their defense to the [[Federation Council]], Spock and the crew discovered that the planet was under siege by a mysterious [[Whale Probe|alien probe]] which was causing critical damage to Earth's oceans and subsequently Earth's ecosystem. Analyzing the transmission the probe was producing, Spock concluded that the probe was transmitting the [[whale song|songs sung by whales]], specifically [[humpback whale]]s. Spock informed Kirk that the humpback whales had been [[extinction|extinct]] since the [[21st century]] and suggested the crew [[time travel|travel back through time]] to acquire humpback whales. Spock's calculations from memory for the [[slingshot effect]] around [[Sol]] proved instrumental in the ''Bounty''{{'}}s successful journey back to the year [[1986]].

[[File:Spock and Kirk, 1986.jpg|thumb|Spock, with Kirk in San Francisco in 1986]]
Upon the landing of the [[cloak]]ed [[Bird-of-Prey]] in [[Golden Gate Park]], Spock teamed up with Kirk and together they set off in search of humpback whales. The pair discovered [[George and Gracie]] at the [[Cetacean Institute]] in [[Sausalito]]. Spock jumped into the whales' tank and mind melded with Gracie, discovering she was [[pregnancy|pregnant]]. After traveling back to [[2286]] with the whales and [[cetacean biologist]] [[Gillian Taylor]], Spock and the rest of the crew saved Earth once again by releasing George and Gracie into the [[San Francisco Bay]] from the sunken ''Bounty''. The whales successfully communicated with the probe and it left Earth's [[sol system|solar system]]. After the dismissal of all charges to the crew of the ''Enterprise'', save for Kirk, Spock spoke to his father and asked him to relay a message to his mother: That he felt fine. Spock went on to serve as a Starfleet officer for several more years aboard the new {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}}. ({{film|4}})

{{bginfo|In ''Star Trek III: The Search For Spock'', Kirk honors Spock, after his death, in a toast with Kirk's senior staff in his apartment on Earth. "To absent friends" is the same toast [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] gave in [[Data]]'s honor after his death in {{film|10}}. This is a traditional naval toast.}}

===The ''Enterprise''-A===
Prior to the launch of the new ''Enterprise'', Spock was recruited to test the new [[brig]] as he was the most "intelligent and resourceful person the designers could find." However, despite his ingenuity, he failed to escape. ({{film|5}})

Spock joined Kirk and McCoy for [[shore leave]] at [[Yosemite National Park]] and observed Kirk climbing [[El Capitan]] with his [[levitation boots]]. He saved Kirk's life when he slipped and fell off of the mountain, grabbing his [[ankle]] just seconds before he was killed by the impact. Later, Spock told Kirk and McCoy that before leaving the ''Enterprise''-A, he had studied all the details involving "camping out" and roasted a [[marshmallow]] over a [[fire]]. Spock's shore leave was interrupted when Commander Uhura brought the [[Galileo type shuttlecraft|shuttlecraft]] ''{{dis|Galileo|2287}}'' to the trio's campsite to bring them to the ''Enterprise'' as the transporters were malfunctioning.

[[File:Spock and Sybok say farewell.jpg|thumb|Spock says goodbye to his half-brother Sybok]]
Upon the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s mission to [[Nimbus III]] to resolve a hostage situation, Kirk retained Spock as his first officer. During the ''Enterprise'' strike team's rescue mission to [[Paradise City]] on Nimbus III, Spock discovered his long-lost half-brother [[Sybok]] had been the leader of the [[Galactic Army of Light]], the group responsible for capturing the three diplomats. Sybok hijacked the ''Enterprise'' and ordered that it be brought through the [[Great Barrier]]. During the subsequent voyage in the shuttle ''{{dis|Copernicus|2287}}'' to the mythical {{dis|Sha Ka Ree|planet}}, Spock tried to console his brother when they could not initially find "{{dis|God|Sha Ka Ree}}" on the surface. 

Shortly thereafter, the landing party encountered the supernatural being when it presented itself to them. Learning of the malevolent nature of the being calling itself "God", Sybok sacrificed his life to save Spock and his friends. Spock and McCoy were beamed up to the ''Enterprise'' through the repaired transporter, leaving Kirk alone. The transporter was severely damaged when [[Klaa's Bird-of-Prey]] fired on the ''Enterprise''. Spock saved Kirk's life from the entity by commandeering the Bird-of-Prey with the help of [[General]] [[Korrd]] and firing on it with the Klingon ship's weapons. Later, in the ''Enterprise''-A's observation lounge, Spock reflected on the loss of his brother. Kirk told him that he had lost a brother once, but he was fortunate in that he got him back. Returning to Earth, Spock resumed his shore leave in Yosemite with Kirk and McCoy, this time playing "[[Row, Row, Row Your Boat]]" on his [[Vulcan lute]]. ({{film|5}})

In [[2293]], Spock was chosen to be the Federation's [[special envoy]] to the "Gorkon Initiative" as it was he who opened secret talks with [[Chancellor]] [[Gorkon]] following the [[Praxis]] disaster. Spock later committed Kirk to the negotiations with the Klingon Empire. During Kirk and McCoy's subsequent trial and imprisonment for the assassination of Gorkon, Spock took command of the ''Enterprise'' and the murder investigation. He led the rescue mission of Kirk and McCoy from [[Rura Penthe]] and helped stop an assassination attempt on the Federation President. Though this mission was successful, Spock blamed himself for endangering Kirk and the consequences that followed, a guilt that lasted seventy-five years. ({{film|6}}; {{TNG|Unification II}})

{{bginfo|One version of the {{film|6}}'s script would have revealed that [[Valeris]] was Spock's daughter with Saavik, also [[namesake|named]] {{dis|Saavik|daughter}} after her mother. ''{{Twitter|TrapperSeanMD/status/1719018262338404476}}''}}

==Diplomatic career==
[[File:Spock, 2293.jpg|thumb|left|Captain Spock (2293)]]
In 2293, on the suggestion of his father, Spock opened a dialog with Gorkon in the hopes of initiating peace talks. He recommended an alliance between the [[Klingon Empire]] and the Federation at the [[Khitomer Conference]], and Gorkon agreed to negotiate. His recommendation produced a major dispute because the Federation viewed Klingons as outlaws who built their empire through violence and brutality. Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, an alliance was nevertheless forged, bringing peace and stability to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] that had not existed for two hundred years. [[Tuvok]], who initially opposed the alliance, later noted that "''Spock's suggestion, so controversial at first, proved to be the cornerstone of peace''." ({{film|6}}; {{VOY|Alliances}})

Also during the Khitomer Conference, Spock opened up negotiations with Ambassador [[Pardek]] of [[Romulus]] in an attempt to unify Vulcan and the [[Romulan Star Empire]]. ({{TNG|Unification I|Unification II}})

{{bginfo|Picard stated in the episode {{e|Sarek}} that, as a lieutenant, he had briefly met with Sarek at the wedding of the latter's son. Episode writer [[Ira Steven Behr]] recalled that caution was still in place during early {{S|TNG}} about dealing with characters from {{S|TOS}}, thus it was only implied that the son in question was Spock. ({{tngc|2|127}}) In the novel ''[[Vulcan's Heart]]'', it was the wedding of Spock and Saavik, in [[2329]], and Lt. Picard, not really knowing why he was there, spent most of it in the company of one of the few other Humans in attendance, Leonard McCoy.}}

[[File:Spock, 2368.jpg|thumb|Ambassador Spock in 2368]]
Spock and Sarek publicly disagreed over issues involving the [[Federation-Cardassian War|Cardassians]], leading to a rift in their relationship. ({{TNG|Unification I}})

In his later years, Spock went into semi-retirement, choosing to act as a Federation ambassador, much as his father had done. ({{TNG|Unification I}})

====Reunification attempts====
In [[2368]], Spock undertook a secret personal mission to [[Romulus]], unauthorized by the Federation Council or Starfleet. As he knew it would be risky, he preferred not to involve others and wrapped up his affairs. He acted to facilitate Romulan-Vulcan [[Unification|reunification]], avoiding contact with the rest of the Federation as he was reluctant to risk anyone's life but his own on such a mission after the near-fatal consequences to Kirk and McCoy in their involvement in the Khitomer conference. Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] met Spock on Romulus and informed him of his father's death. Before Picard's departure, the two mind-melded, allowing Spock to realize the depth of his father's feelings for him. ({{TNG|Unification I|Unification II}})

In [[3189]], a recording of Spock made on stardate 45825 while on Romulus was retrieved from the personal files of Admiral Picard and viewed by Michael Burnham and [[Cleveland Booker]]. ({{DIS|Unification III}})

===="Cowboy diplomacy"====
In [[2369]], Spock was involved in an incident of "[[cowboy diplomacy]]" in which [[Deanna Troi]] was temporarily kidnapped to help with the defection of three Romulans, including [[Vice-Proconsul]] [[M'ret]], to the Federation. He also had a [[Spock's messenger 001|message sent]] back to the Federation indirectly through the [[defector]] [[DeSeve]]. ({{TNG|Face Of The Enemy}})

====Rumors====
When an [[Joret Dal|unknown person]] was [[beam]]ed on board the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} in [[2370]], {{dis|Ben|24th century}} told a few [[junior officer]]s that he heard that this was Ambassador Spock. ({{TNG|Lower Decks}})

{{bginfo|In the {{novel}} ''{{dis|Star Trek: The Motion Picture|novel}}'', it was mentioned in the footnote that James T. Kirk heard of rumors about an affair with Spock, something he denied: "''I was never aware of this ''lovers'' rumor, although I have been told that Spock encountered it several times. Apparently he had always dismissed it with his characteristic lifting of his right eyebrow which usually connoted some combination of surprise, disbelief, and/or annoyance. As for myself, although I have no moral or other objections to physical love in any of its many Earthly, alien, and mixed forms, I have always found my best gratification in that creature ''woman''. Also, I would dislike being thought of as so foolish that I would select a love partner who came into sexual heat only once every seven years.''"}}

In [[2380]], [[Ensign]] [[Beckett Mariner]] asked Ensign [[Brad Boimler]] if he knew who Spock was, to which Boimler answered, "I think I know who Spock is." ({{LD|Second Contact}})

====The Red Matter incident====
[[File:Spock sees Romulus destroyed.jpg|thumb|left|Spock arrives too late to prevent Romulus' destruction]]
In [[2387]], Romulus faced destruction when its [[Romulan sun|sun]] threatened to go into a massive [[supernova]]. After a [[synth]] [[attack on Mars]] destroyed the Federation fleet being assembled to evacuate Romulus, Spock formed a plan which involved injecting [[red matter]] into the star, thus creating an artificial [[black hole]] which would consume the star instead. Piloting the ''{{dis|Jellyfish|ship}}'', an advanced spacecraft equipped with red matter, Spock proceeded to the star to carry out his mission. Before he could, the star went supernova and destroyed Romulus. With other worlds threatened with destruction, Spock continued his mission and successfully created a black hole which consumed the supernova. Before he could escape, however, the [[Romulan]] [[mining vessel]] ''[[Narada]]'', commanded by [[Nero]], intercepted him. Nero blamed Spock for Romulus' destruction and was bent on revenge. The black hole eventually pulled in the ''Narada'' and the ''Jellyfish''. ({{film|11}}, {{PIC|Remembrance}})

{{bginfo|In the script of ''Star Trek'', Spock was established as having seen "the beginning" of the supernova and its destructive effects. His mission to stop the supernova was a [[kamikaze]] run, as Spock did not plan on returning, and actually underwent "a ritual ceremony of a Vulcan Kamikaze pilot" (involving "[[tea]], sipped inside [[Noah's Ark|the Ark]]") before leaving Vulcan. Also, Spock purposely created a second, smaller black hole that he deliberately used to escape by traveling back in time. ''{{el|imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek.html}}'' In the final version of the [[Star Trek films|film]], it is unclear if he saw the supernova prior to approaching it in the ''Jellyfish'', Spock was beginning his return journey when Nero intercepted him, and he was accidentally pulled into the black hole, of which there was only one.}}

==Legacy==
Though brought up to embrace a Vulcan way of life that he would eventually commit to as a young man, Spock's encounter with ''V'ger'' had a profound impact on his personal philosophy. From that point forward, Spock began to further embrace his Human half and more readily explore the influences and impacts of Human emotion, though he continued to temper his outward expressiveness. ({{film|1}}, {{film|4}}, {{film|11}})

Spock's self-sacrifice to save the ''Enterprise'' from Khan formed the basis of Starfleet's ''[[The Needs of the Many]]'' [[holographic]] [[training drill]], while the rescue of his resurrected self from the Genesis Planet was the basis for the ''[[Escape from Spacedock]]'' drill. Both [[simulation]]s were in use by [[2381]]. ({{LD|I, Excretus}})

[[Kirk's old bar]] on [[Starbase 25]] still had Kirk and Spock's names scratched into the counter top as of 2381. ({{LD|An Embarrassment Of Dooplers}})

Spock was known as "'''Sprok'''" to [[Enderprizian]]s, and was "''well-known for his words so wise''", including the phrase "''most illogical.''" ({{PRO|All the World's a Stage}})

By [[2399]], Spock would become known as "The Great Spock". ({{PIC|The End is the Beginning}})

His work towards reunification eventually led Romulans to settling on Vulcan and beginning to merge their society with the Vulcans, later renaming the planet to [[Ni'Var]] centuries after Spock's disappearance. However, they eventually left the Federation after [[the Burn]]. After reaching [[Federation Headquarters]] in [[3189]], a year after her arrival from [[2257]], [[Michael Burnham]] learned of her brother's achievements and viewed a recording of Spock talking to [[Jean-Luc Picard]]. Despite Ni'Var's separation from the Federation, Burnham's status as Spock's sister opened the chance for her to negotiate for the [[SB-19]] data. ({{DIS|Unification III}}) While onboard the {{ISS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, Burnham stared nostalgically at the science station and commented to [[Cleveland Booker]] that it had been her brother's station on the USS ''Enterprise''. ({{DIS|Mirrors}})

Spock's legacy further extended into the alternate reality. It was he who located New Vulcan, a new homeworld for the Vulcans following the loss of their old one. ({{film|11}}) Following his death, alternate reality Spock originally planned to resign his Starfleet commission and continue the work the ambassador began on New Vulcan. However, after seeing a photograph of the prime reality ''Enterprise'' crew that was among old Spock's personal effects, alternate Spock changed his mind, having come to the conclusion that for now, his destiny lay with his crewmates. ({{film|13}})

== Involvement in the alternate reality==
[[File:Spock watches Vulcan's destruction.jpg|thumb|Spock witnesses the destruction of Vulcan]]
Spock emerged from the black hole in the year [[2258]] of the [[alternate reality]]. Since Nero had emerged [[2233|twenty-five years earlier]], Spock was immediately intercepted by the ''Narada'' upon his arrival. Both Spock and the ''Jellyfish'' were captured by Nero who had been waiting for him. Spock's life was spared by Nero, although Nero marooned him on {{dis|Delta Vega|Vulcan system}} where he could witness the destruction of {{alt|Vulcan}} from the planet's surface. After Nero used some of the red matter from the ''Jellyfish'' to create a black hole in Vulcan's [[planetary core]], Spock watched helplessly from Delta Vega as his homeworld was destroyed.

{{bginfo|As of {{d|5|November|2007}}, the script of {{film|11}} did not include Spock witnessing the destruction of Vulcan. ''{{el|imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek.htm}}''}}

[[File:Spock meets Kirk (alternate).jpg|thumb|left|Spock realizes whose life he just saved]]
Shortly thereafter, Spock rescued a Starfleet officer from a [[hengrauggi]], only to discover that the young officer was {{alt|James T. Kirk}} himself, that reality's {{alt|Spock}} having marooned him on the planet for [[mutiny]]. The elder Spock was surprised that Kirk was not captain of the ''Enterprise''. When Spock heard from Kirk that Captain {{Alt|Christopher Pike}} had been captured, Spock knew that Nero was responsible, describing the Romulan as "particularly troubled." Through a mind meld, Spock explained to Kirk his presence in this time period and the reasons behind Nero's actions.

{{bginfo|An ultimately omitted line of dialogue from the script of {{film|11}} would have established that Spock, prior to scaring a hengrauggi away in the movie, was already familiar with that species of animal. ''{{el|imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek.html}}''}}

[[File:Spock and James T. Kirk, 2258.jpg|thumb|Spock with Kirk on Delta Vega]]
He then walked with Kirk to the Starfleet [[Delta Vega outpost]], where they met {{alt|Montgomery Scott}}. Using Scott's equation for [[transwarp beaming]] (which Scott had not actually figured out yet), Spock was able to transport Kirk back to the ''Enterprise'' along with Scott. When asked why he would not come with them, Spock stated that his other self must not know of his existence, implying that it could cause some kind of temporal paradox. Knowing his younger self would never take the course of action that could stop Nero but that Kirk would, Spock instructed Kirk to use Regulation 619 to force his younger self to give up command to him by proving he was emotionally compromised. He informed Kirk he knew his younger counterpart was emotionally compromised due to the destruction of his homeworld. Kirk followed his advice and, by emotionally manipulating the alternate Spock, managed to take command of the ''Enterprise''.

[[File:Spocks.jpg|thumb|left|Spock meets himself]]
After the ''Enterprise'' defeated the ''Narada'' and Nero, the elder Spock returned to Earth. There, he met his less-than-surprised younger self (while Kirk had kept his word, his word was no match for even the intellect of the younger Spock, as he had figured out who Kirk's mysterious benefactor must be) and convinced him to remain in Starfleet. He also explained the reason he had not returned to the ''Enterprise'' with Kirk to explain things was that he had not wished to deprive Kirk and Spock of the chance of working together and developing the friendship they were destined to have. He then wished his younger self good luck and walked away.

{{bginfo|In ultimately omitted dialogue from the script of {{film|11}}, Spock additionally told his alternate reality counterpart that he and Kirk were "''Opposing yet complimentary opposites,''" and went on to say, "''It was that balance between us &ndash; I should say you and Kirk &ndash; that often made the impossible, possible.''" His heart heavy, Spock admitted, however, that he was "in no position to judge," and that his own actions had "robbed" the younger Spock of much. Moments later, Spock Prime advised his younger self, "''The world you've inherited lives in the shadow of incalculable devastation&hellip; but there's no reason you must face it alone.''" ''{{el|imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek.html}}''}}

[[File:Spock views Kirk's promotion.jpg|thumb|"''Thrusters on full&hellip;''"]]
Afterwards, Spock witnessed the official promotion of Kirk to captain of the USS ''Enterprise'', repeating what he knew the crew would say before launch, apparently commiserating on his own experiences as a member of the crew of the ''Enterprise''. He left with an intention to establish [[New Vulcan|a Vulcan colony]]. His attempts to convince his younger self succeeded and the younger of the two Spocks returned to the ''Enterprise'' to act as Kirk's first officer. ({{film|11}})

{{bginfo|Spock also planned to help start a new Vulcan Science Academy, due to the destruction of Vulcan and the elimination of the old version of that organization. ''{{el|imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek.html}}''}}

[[File:Spock 2259 alternate reality.jpg|thumb|left|Spock warns his younger self just who the ''Enterprise'' is up against]]
A [[2259|year]] later, Spock was living on New Vulcan, having made a solemn vow not to further interfere with history by keeping information about his experiences confidential. However, when the younger Spock contacted him for information regarding {{alt|Khan Noonien Singh}}, the old Spock felt obligated to break his vow. He responded that Khan was the most dangerous adversary the ''Enterprise'' had faced, and that it had required [[Battle of the Mutara Nebula|a great sacrifice]] to stop him. 

Ironically, the younger Kirk later made the same sacrifice Spock himself had made when facing Khan in the prime reality to save the crew of the ''Enterprise'', though he was revived. ({{film|2}}; {{film|12}})

==== Final death====
[[File:Spock's obituary.jpg|thumb|Ambassador Spock: 2230.06-2263.02]]
Spock passed away of natural causes on New Vulcan on January 2, [[2263]].

{{bginfo|Having been born in 2230 in his own timeline, Spock would be around 161 years old at the time of his death if the time travel in 2387 through the black hole was in very short time and it led him to the same month in 2258. ({{TOS|This Side of Paradise}}; {{TAS|Yesteryear}}). However, the obituary document published upon his passing reflected the paradoxical nature of his temporal journey by stating his lifespan as "2230-2263," as if he died at the same age of his younger alternate reality counterpart.}} 

[[File:Spock's group photo.jpg|thumb|left|Spock and his comrades, 2287]]
After his death, a small cache of personal items Spock had managed to retrieve from the ''Jellyfish'' was turned over to the younger Spock, including a photograph of the prime reality's bridge crew of the ''Enterprise''-A from around [[2287]], illustrating to the younger Spock that his destiny was to serve alongside Kirk, McCoy, and the others for decades to come. After struggling at first with whether or not to leave Starfleet in light of the elder Spock's death, this inheritance caused the younger Spock to change his mind and remain with his friends instead. ({{film|13}})

{{bginfo|In the script of {{film|11}}, Spock was to "appear to be 75 earth-years old" at the age of 157. ''{{el|imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek.html}}''|The death of Ambassador Spock was written into {{film|13}} in memory of the actor who played him, [[Leonard Nimoy]], who had died shortly beforehand. Including Nimoy in the film was appreciated by [[Zachary Quinto]], who portrayed the younger Spock and stated about the tribute, "''I think people will see where it's coming from, and it's coming from a place of love. I felt it was very important that we acknowledge it, and I think [[Simon Pegg]] and [[Doug Jung]], who co-wrote the film together, did a beautiful job of finding a way to fold it in.''" (''[[Star Trek Magazine Movie Special 2016]]'', p. 32)}}

==Alternate timelines and realities==
===Alternate Neutral Zone incursion===
[[File:Spock (alternate 2266).jpg|thumb|Commander Spock in an alternate 2266]]In an [[alternate timeline]] where Captain [[Christopher Pike]] avoided his crippling fate, Spock was his first officer on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} in [[2266]] during the [[Neutral Zone Incursion]]. Having been brought from [[2259]] by his future self to see the consequences of his actions, Pike enlisted Spock's help to make sense of his presence in the future and what he was meant to do there. During the following confrontation with the Romulans, Spock worked on repairing the weapons systems on the ''Enterprise'' and was severely injured, leaving him in a state similar to the Pike of the correct timeline. Spock's prognosis was grim and even if he survived, he was unlikely to ever be the same again. As a result, Spock could not take part in causing reunification between the Vulcans and Romulans and Pike came to believe that he had exchanged his own fate for Spock's. ({{SNW|A Quality of Mercy}})

After showing his 2259 self the future, the Christopher Pike of the alternate timeline revealed that he had learned from the [[Boreth]] monks that in every timeline where Pike changed his own fate, Spock died as a result. Because of this, in all of those futures, Spock couldn't go on to do the great things that he was meant to do which would change the fate of the galaxy. ({{SNW|A Quality of Mercy}})

===Alternate 2259===
[[File:Sh'Rel bridge.png|thumb|Captain Spock in an alternate 2259]]
In an alternate timeline where Vulcan was at war with the Romulan Star Empire, where by 2259, Spock held the rank of captain and commanded the ''[[Sh'Rel]]''. 

During an engagement with the Romulans, the ''Sh'Rel'' was damaged and he requested [[United Earth Fleet]] Captain {{dis|James T. Kirk|alternate timeline}} of the {{UEF|Enterprise}} for assistance. Kirk however refused as United Earth had their own problems with the Romulans and could not afford to fight a war on two fronts. ({{SNW|Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow}})

== Anything but canon scenarios ==
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===First Contact Day party===
[[File:Spock (Holiday Party).jpg|thumb|Spock providing entertainment for the First Contact Day party]]
According to an anything but canon account, Spock provides [[entertainment]] for a [[First Contact Day]] [[party]]. The [[duty]] originally was assigned by the [[captain]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} to [[Lieutenant]] [[Hemmer]], the [[chief engineer]], however he turned it over to Spock, since Spock actually was [[Hybrid|both]] [[Human]] and [[Vulcan]]; and therefore a better choice considering the [[holiday]] was intended to be a [[celebration]] based upon the [[first contact|first meeting]] between those two [[species]].

Spock begins with a [[blooper reel]] that he had compiled featuring clips of many of the biggest [[blooper]]s in Starfleet. Most of the bloopers that had occurred aboard the ''Enterprise'', including a gruesome [[transporter malfunction]], that Chapel, Number One, Nyota Uhura and many others that were present found to be more disturbing than humorous, and finally Uhura tells him that he needed to tone it down a little. She explained that it doesn't have to involve such big bloopers, because those aren't funny at all, especially when death resulted from it. She told him that bloopers should be smaller than that, like when someone accidentally runs into a [[door]] that doesn't open in time, or when someone [[Pronunciation|mispronounces]] his name as "[[Spork]]."

Spock believed that he finally got the idea of what she was trying to say, even though it seemed pretty clear that he still didn't fully understand the concept of humor in the same way that they did. He decided to play one last video in the hopes of making them [[laugh]]. It involved an [[ensign]] with [[space diarrhea]] who, while running,  slipped on a freshly mopped floor, which caused him to slam his [[genitals]] into the [[mop]], before [[poop]]ing his pants right then and there. Uhura told him that was the perfect blooper. Spock was finally pleased with his success, and grabbed a mop and chased Hemmer with it, to demonstrate to the crew a "live blooper." ({{VST|Holiday Party}})

===Klingons destroy the ''Enterprise''===
[[File:Spock (Skin a Cat).jpg|thumb|Spock, minutes before his death]]
In another anything but canon account, Spock was present on the bridge while the ship was under the command of [[Enterprise captain 001|another captain]], while ship was under attack by several [[Klingon battle cruiser]]s. 

During the scenario, Spock reported to the captain that their [[weapon]]s were disabled and their [[deflector shield|shields]] were down. The captain then informed Spock that he knew of a way out. After hearing this, Spock further updated the captain, informing him that their [[warp engine|warp]] and [[impulse engine]]s were also offline. The captain then turned to Spock, and uttered a [[figure of speech]] that compounded the situation by offending a number of the bridge crew. As the misunderstandings continued, Spock interrupted to suggest that the captain avoid the use of figures of speech until they were free of the impending doom. The captain continued to trip over his own tongue, as Spock updated the captain that the [[hull breach|hull was breached]], and the next shot woulf finish the ship off. As the captain continued on his tangent, the ''Enterprise'' [[explosion|exploded]] killing Spock and the rest of the crew. ({{vST|Skin a Cat}})

===Jam session on the bridge===
[[File:TOS crew on the viewscreen.jpg|thumb|Spock on the viewscreen along with McCoy, Scott, and Kirk]]
During another anything but canon account, a [[Post Mainframe Acid-Cardassian Ten Forwardcore]] jam session broke out on the bridge, during which, scenes appeared on the [[viewscreen]] that used [[sound effects]] for the song, such as the hum of the [[transporter]] when Spock, Kirk, Scott, and McCoy transported wearing [[life support belt]]s. 

Other clips on the viewscreen corresponded with the song lyrics and showed Spock putting his hands around two Klingon's [[shoulder]]s, as if they were his "[[friend|buddies]]". That was followed by a clip of Spock during the time Nurse Chapel feigned "accidentally" [[sitting|sat]] down on his [[lap]] after she used [[Harry Mudd]]'s [[love crystal]]s on him. A final clip of Spock and Kirk helping one another from slipping in an icy corridor, looped to appear as if they were [[dancing]]. ({{VST|Walk, Don't Run}})
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==Physiology ==
Although half Human, Spock's physiology retained most of its Vulcan characteristics such as the green blood, the placement of his liver, ({{TOS|The Apple|A Private Little War}}) his strength, ({{TOS|The Naked Time|This Side of Paradise|Operation -- Annihilate!}}) telepathic abilities, ({{TOS|Dagger of the Mind|A Taste of Armageddon|By Any Other Name}}) and his greater lifespan ({{TOS|The Deadly Years}}; {{TAS|The Lorelei Signal}}; {{TNG|Unification II}}; {{film|11}}) when compared to the average Human. However, it should also be noted that the life he lived was still about forty years shorter than the average Vulcan, who generally lived to be around two hundred years old. His father Sarek, for example, was 203 at his death. ({{film|13}}; {{ENT|Broken Bow}}; {{TNG|Sarek}}; {{TNG|Unification II}})

His Human characteristics were obvious when Sarek was in need of a blood transfusion and concern over donating his hybridized blood would be a danger to Sarek's full Vulcan physiology. ({{TOS|Journey to Babel}}) The other instance where his Human side was evident happened during the final stages of his [[Kolinahr]] ritual acceptance. While on Vulcan performing the ritual, the ''V'ger'' probe approached proximity and its own emotional instability affected Spock's Human emotional side which he worked so hard to repress. ({{film|1}}) Spock's Human side was also present when spores affected him on [[Omicron Ceti III]]. ({{TOS|This Side of Paradise}}) 

Like most Vulcans, he experienced ''[[pon farr]]'' neurochemical imbalance at least every seven years until the symptoms were remedied through ritual mating or ''[[kal-if-fee]]'' (dueling). If not dealt with, a Vulcan could die within eight days of the first symptoms. Spock experienced ''pon farr'' at least twice, once performing the ''kal-if-fee'' with Kirk's assistance, once mating with [[Saavik]] while physiologically a youth as a result of his regeneration by the [[Genesis Device]]. Both successfully relieved his symptoms of ''pon farr''{{'}}s neurochemical issues. ({{TOS|Amok Time}}; {{film|3}})

As of Vulcan rituals concerning death, Spock was able to transfer his ''katra'' into someone that was close to him &ndash; such as a family member &ndash; who could then transfer the ''katra'' into a large repository on Vulcan. In his case, he picked Dr. McCoy as a host for his ''katra'' when he decided to expose himself to fatal warp core radiation in order to restore warp power to the ''Enterprise''. His corpse regenerated when his torpedo casing casket was shot towards the Genesis planet and was subjected to the Genesis cycles that rapidly evolved all life on the planet. ({{film|2}}; {{film|3}})

{{bginfo|Spock was also written to die and be resurrected in the ultimately [[Undeveloped Star Trek: The Original Series episodes|undeveloped TOS episode]] "[[Shol]]".}}

After Spock received a mind meld from Captain Picard, he seemed to have accepted his Human side. He admitted to being emotionally compromised and showed some emotions when he dealt with [[Nero]] destroying Vulcan in the alternate timeline and dealing with his [[Spock (alternate reality)|younger self]]. ({{TNG|Unification II}}; {{film|11}})
[[File:McCoy watches Spock play chess.jpg|thumb|Spock playing three-dimensional chess]]

On his Human side, Spock once implied he had an ancestral relationship to British [[author]] Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]. ({{film|6}})

==Personal interests==
Spock carried a lifelong interest in art, literature, poetry, music (especially the [[Vulcan lute]] and the piano), and [[three-dimensional chess]]. ({{TOS|Requiem for Methuselah|Where No Man Has Gone Before|Charlie X|The Cloud Minders|Court Martial}}; {{TAS|The Jihad|The Magicks of Megas-Tu}}) He disliked [[Italian]] food, possibly because like most Vulcans, he was a [[vegetarian]]. ({{TOS|All Our Yesterdays}}; {{TAS|The Slaver Weapon}}; {{film|4}})

==Relationships==
=== Friendships===
====James T. Kirk====
[[File:Kirk and Spock meet.jpg|thumb|Lt. Kirk and Lt. Spock meeting for the first time in 2259]]
Spock first met Kirk aboard the ''Enterprise'' in [[2259]], when it was under command of [[Fleet Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]]. ({{SNW|Lost in Translation}})

In [[2265]], after the death of [[Gary Mitchell]], Spock's detached and logical analysis was relied on by Kirk as a supplement to his own intuitive and impulsive nature. Their official relationship deepened into a friendship of mutual respect and love that was, without a doubt, the most important relationship of both Spock and Kirk's life. As Edith Keeler observed of Spock's place in the world, "''You? At his side. As if you've always been there and always will.''" ({{TOS|The City on the Edge of Forever}}) 

[[File:McCoy Kirk Spock, 2267.jpg|thumb|left|Spock with Kirk and McCoy]]
Kirk once described his Vulcan friend as "the noblest half of myself" and declared that Spock's immortal soul "is my responsibility, as surely as if it were my very own." Kirk even told [[Sarek|Spock's father]] that he would never realize how important Spock was to him, and declared that, despite losing the ''Enterprise'' and his son, had he not tried to rescue his friend, "''the cost would have been my soul.''" ({{film|3}})

{{bginfo|Spock's first ever scene with Kirk, in {{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}, was not included in that episode's first draft script. In ultimately unused dialogue from that scene in the final revised draft of the teleplay (dated {{d|8|July|1965}}), Spock concluded a sentence for Kirk, who later predicted Spock might someday learn to enjoy his "bad blood."}}

The polywater intoxication that affected the ''Enterprise'' crew in [[2266]] led to a difficult encounter between Spock and Kirk. When Spock was urgently required by his commanding officer, an anguished and reflective Spock was found by Kirk, Spock regretting his inability to express love even for his mother. Trying to bring the first officer around to the moment, Kirk slapped him. Spock's reaction was flat and revelatory, "''Jim, when I feel friendship for you, I'm ashamed.''" Struck again, Spock responded in kind, sending Kirk backwards over a table. ({{TOS|The Naked Time}})

Spock was sympathetic to Kirk's plight after the [[transporter]] divided the captain's personality into opposite aspects. He referred to his own halves, "submerged&hellip; constantly at war with each other." Spock believed that Kirk could survive such a contest intact, and urged him to embrace the part of himself that, seemingly ugly, was crucial to his personality and captaincy. ({{TOS|The Enemy Within}})

[[File:Spock disagreeing with Kirk, 2267.jpg|thumb|Spock comes into conflict with Kirk over destroying a [[Gorn starship]]]]
After Kirk discovered emotional rage was the key to nullifying the effect of the [[pod plant]]s' [[spore]]s, his first step in retrieving his crew was to taunt Spock into anger. Anticipating the result of a Vulcan's strength pitted against him, Kirk wielded a pipe for protection. After calling him an "elf with a hyperactive thyroid" and saying he belonged "in the circus, right next to the dog-faced boy," Spock indeed lost control, nearly killing Kirk before regaining control of himself. ({{TOS|This Side of Paradise}})

[[File:Kirk holding Spock on Deneva.jpg|thumb|left|Kirk holding Spock after his encounter with a [[Denevan neural parasite]]]]
In [[2267]], Spock began his ''pon farr'' mating cycle, and behaved bizarrely aboard the ''Enterprise''. Kirk called Spock "the best first officer in the Fleet" and "an enormous asset to me" as he pled with Spock to explain his actions. When told that taking Spock to Vulcan was against Starfleet orders, Kirk fired back, "''I owe him my life a dozen times over! Isn't that worth a career?''" Joining him on Vulcan for his marriage ceremony, Kirk was drawn into T'Pring's scheme to marry another, and forced to fight Spock to the death. McCoy, knowing Kirk was endangered, faked Kirk's death, and the marriage was not consummated. Spock, despondent that he had murdered his captain, was thrilled at the sight of Kirk alive, exclaiming, "''JIM!''" which McCoy delighted in needling Spock about, once he gained his composure. ({{TOS|Amok Time}})

Kirk's understanding of Spock had an enormous impact on the parallel [[mirror universe]], visited after a transporter accident in [[2267]]. As Kirk's party prepared to return to their proper universe, Kirk implored the {{mu|Spock|mirror Spock}} to re-examine his role in the fascistic [[Terran Empire]], insisting, "''One man can make a difference.''" Mirror Spock's consideration of those words led to his rise to dominance and reform of the Empire, with drastic consequences. ({{TOS|Mirror, Mirror}}; {{DS9|Crossover}})

When Kirk was trapped in [[spatial interphase]] during a rescue operation in [[Tholian]] space, Spock ordered the ''Enterprise'' to maintain its position in an effort to retrieve him, in spite of the danger the Tholians presented and the disruptive nature of the local space. After Kirk's assumed death, Spock and McCoy viewed the "last orders" Kirk had prepared. He urged Spock to use all the Vulcan disciplines at his disposal, tempered with intuitive insight. Kirk believed Spock had the latter qualities, but should they elude him, he was urged to seek out McCoy. ({{TOS|The Tholian Web}})

[[File:Kirk forget.jpg|thumb|Spock making Kirk "''forget''" about [[Rayna Kapec]]]]
Kirk once commented to Captain Garth that he and Spock were "brothers". Spock merely responded, "''Captain Kirk speaks somewhat figuratively, and with undue emotion, but what he says is logical and I do, in fact, agree with it.''" ({{TOS|Whom Gods Destroy}})

When Dr. [[Janice Lester]], a former lover of Kirk's, took over Kirk's body, Spock performed a [[mind meld]] on Kirk while he was trapped in Lester's body. Spock believed Kirk was Lester before anyone else, and when Lester as Kirk ordered his execution, he continued to stand by his friend. ({{TOS|Turnabout Intruder}})

[[File:Spock and Kirk, 2270s.jpg|left|thumb|Spock with Kirk aboard the ''Enterprise'' again in the [[2270s]]]]
At the end of the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s five-year mission, a period marked by his frequent loss of emotional control, Spock chose to leave Starfleet and his friends, to pursue the ''kolinahr'' discipline of logic on Vulcan. His return to the ''Enterprise'' during the ''[[V'ger]]'' threat was a cold event, without acknowledgment of his past friendships. In ''V'ger''{{'}}s aftermath, Spock finally achieved equilibrium, able to express his friendship for Kirk without the influence of aliens or illness, and notably lacking any threat of physical violence. In [[2285]], Spock was calmly able to tell Kirk, "''You're my superior officer. You are also my friend. I have been and always shall be yours.''" ({{film|1}}; {{film|2}})

[[File:Kirk and Spock, 2285.jpg|thumb|Kirk and Spock, together on Kirk's birthday]]
Spock's sacrifice of his own life, to save the ''Enterprise'' from Khan's detonation of the [[Genesis Device]], deeply affected Kirk. At his funeral, Kirk could only bring himself to say of Spock, "''Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most&hellip; Human.''" ({{film|2}})

The revelation that Spock's ''katra'', his living spirit, survived in the tormented mind of McCoy, led Kirk to risk his career, and in turn, his crew's. He first asked [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Morrow]] for permission to retrieve Spock's body from the [[Genesis Planet]], to bring it, and McCoy, to Vulcan. Kirk insisted that any chance to save Spock's soul was his responsibility, "''as surely as if it were my very own.''" His request declined, he told his crew, "''the word is No. I am therefore going anyway.''" 

With the help of Uhura, Scott, Sulu, and Chekov, Kirk rescued McCoy from confinement and commandeered the ''Enterprise'' from [[Spacedock One]]. The renegade mission saw the death of Kirk's ship as well as his son. Finding Spock's body re-animated by Genesis, Kirk brought him and McCoy, to Vulcan for the ''[[fal-tor-pan]]'' (re-fusion) ritual. The first person Spock recognized was Kirk: "''Jim. Your name, is Jim.''" ({{film|3}})

During their homecoming from Vulcan, and eventually their trip to [[1986]], Kirk tried to remind the [[resurrect]]ed Spock, suffering from memory loss, of their friendship and past adventures together. After Kirk and the crew's trial, Spock told his father, his "associates" were his friends. ({{film|4}})

[[File:Spock going after Kirk.jpg|thumb|Spock in an attempt to save Kirk's life at Yosemite National Park]]
In [[2287]], Spock accompanied Kirk and McCoy on a camping trip together at [[Yosemite National Park]], which abruptly ended when Spock's half-brother, Sybok, diverted the ''Enterprise'' to [[Nimbus III]]. After their adventure on {{dis|Sha Ka Ree|planet}} and Sybok's death, Kirk referred to Spock once again as his "brother", and told him and McCoy that they were his real family. ({{film|5}})

When Spock later entered the [[alternate reality]], he told {{alt|James T. Kirk|the James T. Kirk of that reality}} of their deep friendship, despite the fact that {{alt|Spock|the alternate Spock}} had marooned Kirk on {{dis|Delta Vega|Vulcan system}}. Before returning Kirk, along with {{alt|Montgomery Scott|Scott's counterpart}}, to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701 alternate reality}} (revealing to this Scott [[transwarp beaming|an advancement in transporter technology]] over a century before his prime counterpart perfected it), Spock &ndash; who in this reality had designed the ''Kobayashi Maru'' simulation and openly begrudged Kirk outsmarting it &ndash; was reminded that this could be viewed as "cheating", to which he replied that an "old friend" &ndash; namely, Kirk &ndash; had taught him how to cheat.

Later, when Spock Prime spoke to his own alternate reality counterpart about that universe's Kirk, he explained that he had resorted to a level of subterfuge in order to inform both men of the necessity of their friendship, both to themselves and to others. Spock Prime explained, "''I could not deprive you of the revelation of all that you could accomplish together, of a friendship that will define you both in ways you cannot yet realize.''" ({{film|11}})

{{bginfo|According to the {{st-minutiae|resources/scripts/twok.txt|script}} for "The Wrath of Khan", after taking the ''Kobayashi Maru'' test for the third time, Spock said to Kirk that his solution would not have occurred to a Vulcan mentality. This would have implied that Spock had known Kirk since the late 2250s, and that Spock had attended Starfleet Academy. As it was, this information was not in the theatrical or director's cut of the film. In the [[Star Trek films|film]] {{film|11}}, the alternate Spock programmed the scenario and leveled charges of cheating against Kirk.|Another scripted but never executed moment was when, in the first draft script of {{film|7}}, Spock's role as an ambassador was discovered by Kirk, who learned it from Picard and replied, "''Spock's an <u>Ambassador</u>? What have things come to&hellip;? I can see I'm needed in your century.''"|In an ultimately unused line of dialogue from the script of the aforementioned film ''Star Trek'', Spock made reference to Kirk Prime upon reacting to the Kirk of the alternate reality clearly looking confused by [[Starfleet Regulation 619|a particular regulation]]. In reply, Spock said, "''Yes.  I forget what little regard you had for such things.''" ''{{el|imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Trek.html}}''}}

====Leonard McCoy====
The relationship between Spock and Dr. [[Leonard McCoy]] seemed a little strained at times on McCoy's part because of his taunts about Spock's green [[blood]] and lack of [[emotion]]. However, there was an obvious respect and friendship among [[James T. Kirk]], Spock, and McCoy. McCoy, in fact, was one of the two friends Spock requested to join him in his marriage ceremony. ({{TOS|Amok Time}})

While he would rarely do so without provocation, Spock was also quite capable of turning the tables on the doctor. During Kirk's court-martial, after an astonished McCoy discovered him in the [[briefing room]] playing chess against the ship's computer, Spock casually allowed him to assume the worst (to the point of thanking him after the furious doctor had said he was "''The most cold-blooded man I've ever known''"), waiting until he reached the door to reveal that he had been victorious in four consecutive games &ndash; since the computer, whose account of the incident was the main evidence against Kirk, was programmed to be unbeatable, this proved that it had been tampered with (something only Kirk, Spock, and the "dead" Commander [[Ben Finney|Finney]] were authorized to do), and cast doubt on the credibility of its account, keeping the trial going long enough to discover that Finney was, in fact, alive. 

Later that year, after the ''Enterprise'' crew had defeated the [[Mudd androids|androids]] on planet [[Mudd]] (beings almost Vulcan-like in their lack of emotion and their "logical, pragmatic" thinking), McCoy told Spock that he must be quite unhappy to see that "poor, illogical" Humans were able to fairly defeat them, Spock responded that this was quite satisfactory, as ''nobody'' needed him and his logical ways as much as a ship full of Humans. ({{TOS|Court Martial|I, Mudd}})

{{bginfo|In an ultimately unused line of dialogue from the final draft script of {{e|Charlie X}}, Spock voiced a statement of approval about McCoy, saying, "''Occasionally the doctor does associate himself with a scientific fact.''"|In the first draft script of {{film|7}}, Spock's first line of dialogue, while in a very small turbolift with McCoy as they traveled to the bridge of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-B|-B}}, was to tell him, "''I haven't felt this close to you in years.''"}}

==== Christopher Pike====
Spock and Pike developed a mutual respect and fondness for one another during their service aboard the ''Enterprise''; Pike at one point expressed how important Spock was to him, a feeling Spock reciprocated. ({{SNW|A Quality of Mercy}}) Spock's loyalty to Pike went even so far as to risk court martial in 2267 to kidnap his disabled former captain and bring him to [[Talos IV]] to live a life of illusion and happiness. ({{TOS|The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part II}})

===Family===
====Sybok ====
Sybok, Spock's elder half-brother, encountered Spock on [[Nimbus III]] in [[2287]], shortly before Sybok hijacked the ''Enterprise''-A for his quest to find Sha Ka Ree in the [[Great Barrier]]. Spock had remained silent on the subject of his brother for decades, not even telling Kirk until Sybok had already taken control of the ''Enterprise''. At first, Spock was extremely distant from him, but following Sybok's death, he realized what he had lost. ({{film|5}})

====Michael Burnham====
Michael Burnham was Spock's adoptive sister after her parents' presumed deaths. When she first met him, a very young Spock shut his bedroom door on her after greeting her with a holographic drawing of a dragon screaming. Over time, Spock and Michael grew closer and Spock grew to idolize his older adoptive sister. However, feeling that she placed her adoptive family in danger from logical extremists who targeted her due to being Human, Michael decided to run away. Spock tried to persuade her otherwise, telling her that he "loved her" and would run away with her. To push Spock away, Michael insulted him by calling him a "half-breed" who was "incapable of love." While well meaning, her insults deeply hurt Spock who shunned his Human half in response and grew to no longer trust people. Over the years, Michael tried to make amends, but Spock showed no interest in reconnecting.

After they both grew up and entered Starfleet, they rarely talked to each other. Eventually Spock and Michael were forced to come to terms with each other after the Federation-Klingon War. Michael searched for a missing Spock after meeting his commanding officer, Captain Christopher Pike of the USS ''Enterprise''. Eventually finding her brother, she was dismayed to find Spock suffering from a mental breakdown due to an encounter with a time traveler.  She was able to help restore Spock's mind with the help of the Talosians, but this did not resolve the animosity between the siblings as they clashed several times with Spock blaming her for causing the Federation-Klingon war and calling her out on her habit of assuming responsibility for all the wrongs in the universe. Eventually, the two came to terms with their respective short-comings and eventually grow closer as they worked together to solve the mystery of the Red Angel.

When Burnham needed take ''Discovery'' to the future in order to avoid Control having access to the Sphere information stored in the ship's memory, Spock volunteered to help her. Unfortunately, while helping Burnham prepare, Spock's shuttle was badly damaged.  Both distraught that they could not be together in the future, they shared a bittersweet farewell and Spock was transported away after one last "live long and prosper." ({{DIS|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}})

In the months following ''Discovery''{{'}}s disappearance, Spock was unnerved that they had not received a signal to indicate that ''Discovery'' had arrived safely in the future. When the signal arrived, Spock found peace. ({{DIS|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}})

[[File:Burnham and Book watch a recording of Spock.png|thumb|Burnham and Book watch a holo-recording of Spock]]
In [[3189]], Michael Burnham watched a [[recording]] of Spock. She told her [[boyfriend]] [[Cleveland Booker]] that since she had arrived in the [[32nd century]], she hadn't bothered researching [[history]] to find out the type of man that Spock eventually became. But she was proud of who he had became, and she was happy he had found a way to reunify the Vulcans and Romulans. ({{DIS|Unification III}})

===Romances===
====T'Pring====
[[File:Kal-if-fee.jpg|thumb|left|Spock with T'Pring in 2267]]
At age seven, Spock was [[mind meld|bonded]] to [[T'Pring]] in a family-arranged Vulcan ceremony described in Human terms as "''less than a marriage, but more than a betrothal.''" ({{TOS|Amok Time}})

T'Pring formally proposed marriage to Spock in [[2259]], but the two had not been married by 2267. ({{SNW|Strange New Worlds}})

When Spock experienced his ''pon farr'' of [[2267]], he succumbed to the madness of the ''[[plak tow]]'' mating instinct. The ''Enterprise'' diverted to Vulcan in time to consummate the marriage. Accompanied by Kirk and McCoy, Spock arrived at his family's ancient ''[[koon-ut-kal-if-fee]]'' site for the wedding ceremony officiated by the matriarch [[T'Pau]]. Unexpectedly &ndash; but within the bounds of Vulcan tradition &ndash; T'Pring demanded the challenge of ''[[kal-if-fee]]'', forcing Spock to earn the right to marry his bride through victory in personal combat. Rather than her prospective consort [[Stonn]], T'Pring chose Kirk as her champion.

Unwilling to appear weak or disrespectful in front of the legendary T'Pau, Kirk agreed to fight his [[first officer]]. Between rounds using the ''[[lirpa]]'' and ''[[ahn-woon]]'' weapons, T'Pau belatedly revealed the combat was "to the death," and it became clear that Kirk had little chance against Spock in the throes of his blood fever. McCoy intervened, deceptively dosing Kirk with a [[drug]] that simulated his death.

Spock's ''plak tow'' subsided after his apparent victory. Appalled at the turn of events, Spock calmly questioned T'Pring's decisions. T'Pring admitted her distaste for Spock's growing fame among Vulcans, and her mutual attraction to Stonn. By her logic, choosing Kirk meant neither victor would claim her in the end, and she would have her life with Stonn. Spock acknowledged her way of thinking, referring to it as "flawless". T'Pring, for her part, was honored, but Spock advised Stonn that he would find that "''having&hellip; is not so pleasing a thing after all&hellip; as wanting''."

After returning to the ''Enterprise'', McCoy revealed Kirk's clandestine survival. A rare show of extreme emotion came from Spock when he exclaimed "''JIM!''" with a beaming smile. ({{TOS|Amok Time}})

====Christine Chapel====
Spock and [[Christine Chapel]] met when she was assigned to the ''Enterprise'' in [[2259]] along with Doctor [[Joseph M'Benga]]. ({{SNW|Strange New Worlds}})

[[File:Spock and Chapel kiss.jpg|thumb|Spock kissed Christine in a ruse to prevent T'Pring from handing over Sybok to the pirate angel]]
When the [[pirate]] {{dis|Angel|Captain}} took over the ''Enterprise'', Angel took Spock and Christine Chapel hostage in an effort to get [[T'Pring]] to hand over [[Sybok|a prisoner]] that was Angel's lover. To prevent the prisoner transfer, Spock and Christine Chapel engineered a ruse where Spock and Christine had developed romantic feelings for one another and [[kiss]]ed in front of Angel and T'Pring. ({{SNW|The Serene Squall}})

During [[Chief engineer]]'s [[Hemmer]]'s [[funeral]], Chapel consoled Spock as he was feeling emotions such as rage and pain. Spock didn't want her to follow him but did so anyway and Chapel ended up hugging him. ({{SNW|All Those Who Wander}}) 

Spock and Chapel entered into a relationship for some time after his engagement with T'Pring ended due to him not confiding in her that he was transformed into a full Human and stripped of his Vulcan genes. The relationship reached its conclusion when Chapel was accepted into [[Roger Korby]]'s [[fellowship]]. ({{SNW|Charades|Subspace Rhapsody}})

[[File:Chapel loves Spock.jpg|thumb|left|Spock with Christine Chapel, being emotionally influenced by the Psi 2000 intoxication]]
When the [[Psi 2000 intoxication]] infected the crew of the ''Enterprise'' in [[2266]], Chapel admitted her love for Spock, who was thereupon emotionally shocked. Her love for him was an ongoing issue, but never interfered with her professional duties. ({{TOS|The Naked Time}})

Chapel once housed Spock's consciousness to keep him from being destroyed by [[Henoch]]. They were later forced by powerful telepaths to kiss each other, but neither enjoyed the forced situation. ({{TOS|Return to Tomorrow|Plato's Stepchildren}})

While under the spell of [[Harry Mudd]]'s [[love potion]], Spock became infatuated with Chapel, and was willing to fight for her love. However, the potion eventually wore off and then Chapel, as a side effect of the drug, seemed to hate Spock for a brief time. Spock commented to Mudd that a few brief moments of love being paid for with several hours of hatred is scarcely a bargain. ({{TAS|Mudd's Passion}})

====Leila Kalomi====
On [[stardate]] 3417, Spock was infected by [[Omicron spore]]s while on [[Omicron Ceti III]] by [[Leila Kalomi]], who was serving as the [[Omicron colony]]'s botanist. The spores broke down Spock's emotional control, and he confessed his love for Kalomi. Their time together was short-lived, however, as Kirk deduced a method of destroying the spores with intense emotion and induced anger in Spock.

Once free from the spores, Spock freed Kalomi and the rest of the planet from their influence. He later reflected that his time with Kalomi was the first time in his life at which he had felt happy. ({{TOS|This Side of Paradise}})

====Zarabeth====
When visiting the planet [[Sarpeidon]] Spock got trapped in in the planet’ ice age in the past with Dr. McCoy. When there Spock began to act like the Vulcans of that time period and started to act emotional. There he fell madly in love with her. Eventually McCoy realized what was happening and they were eventually able to escape back to their time period without [[Zarabeth]]. ({{TOS|All Our Yesterdays}})
==Holograms {{anchor|Holograms}}==
{{dthumb|Spock one.jpg|Spock (Kobayashi Maru hologram).png|Romulan hologram of contemporary Spock|Starfleet hologram of TOS era Spock}}
A hologram of Spock was created by the [[Romulan]]s in [[2368]] for [[Sela]] to use to give a false address to the [[Federation]]. It was known by the title "[[Spock One]]". ({{TNG|Unification II}})

During [[Dal R'El|Dal]]'s setup of the {{Kobayashi Maru scenario}} aboard the {{USS|Protostar}} in [[2383]], he requested that the computer select the best officers on his behalf, which included a holographic version of Spock, from the [[TOS era]], as a member of his command crew. ({{PRO|Kobayashi}})

{{abc|[[File:Riker T'Pol Tucker Spock Uhura.jpg|thumb|Spock's head on a holographic amalgamation of four other Starfleet officers|left]]During an incident in which a [[holoprogram]] apparently [[malfunction]]ed, a [[monster|monstrous]] [[hologram]] that was a combination of Spock, [[William T. Riker]], [[T'Pol]], [[Charles Tucker III]] and [[Nyota Uhura]] was created. 

The [[head]] that resembled [[Trip Tucker|Tucker]] was attempting to freeze the [[playback]] of a [[holographic program]] that featured [[Neelix]] watching a [[holonovel]] that was one of many "silly [[story|stories]]" he saw on his [[PADD]]. The program seemingly froze, but then Tucker noticed he wasn't actually Tucker, but a strange monstrous combination of the aforementioned [[Starfleet]] [[officer]]s.

He then asked his other [[head]]s if they were real, or if they were part of the [[hologram]]. They didn't know. Just then, the [[computer voice]] begins [[speaking]], and tells the [[computer]] to freeze the program. Tucker then tells the computer that she is the computer; and furthermore, he begins to ask her who she's even talking to. But before he can finish his [[sentence]], he was frozen along with the rest of the [[holographic program]]. ({{VST|Holograms All the Way Down}})}}

==Key dates==
* [[2230]]: Born in [[ShiKahr]] on [[Vulcan]]
* [[2247]]&ndash;[[2250]]: [[Cadet]] at Starfleet Academy
* Between 2250 and 2253: Assigned to the {{USS|Kongo}}
* 2253: Assigned to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} under [[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]]
* [[2257]]:
**Takes a leave of absence from Starfleet following the {{dis|Federation-Klingon War|2256-57}}
**Assists the {{USS|Discovery}} in solving the mystery of the [[Red Angel]]
* [[2258]]: Returns to service aboard the ''Enterprise''.
* [[2259]]: Becomes [[Engagement|engaged]] to [[T'Pring]]
* [[2265]]&ndash;[[2270]]: Serves as [[XO|First officer]] and [[science officer]] aboard the ''Enterprise'' under Captain [[James T. Kirk]].
**[[2268]]: Is offered an assignment with [[Medusan]] [[Ambassador]] [[Kollos]].
* 2270: Resigns from Starfleet and returns to Vulcan to undergo the Kolinahr ritual
* [[2270s]]: Returns to Starfleet to help with the ''V'ger'' crisis
* Between the 2270s and 2285: Appointed captain of the USS ''Enterprise''
* [[2285]]:
** Dies on the USS ''Enterprise''
** Transfers his Katra to Leonard McCoy
* [[2286]]:
**Is resurrected on the {{dis|Genesis|planet|Genesis planet}}
**Transfers to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701|-A}}
* [[2287]]&ndash;[[2293]]: First officer/science officer of the USS ''Enterprise''-A
* Between 2293 and [[2368]]:
**Resigns from starfleet
**Becomes a Federation ambassador
**Begins attempts to reunify the Romulan and Vulcan people
* [[2387]]: Attempts to stop a star from destroying Romulus and ends up pulled into a black hole and transferred to an alternate reality.
* [[2258]] ([[alternate reality]]): leads the surviving members of the Vulcan people to start a new colony on New Vulcan
* [[2263]] (alternate reality): Dies on New Vulcan. The age must be around 161 if the time travel in 2387 through the black hole was in very short time and it led him to the same month in 2258.

==Memorable quotes==
"''Is there a valuable question in your arsenal?''"<br>
"''Yes. Do you actually think the beard is working?''"
:- '''Spock''' and '''Burnham''' ({{DIS|If Memory Serves}})


"''History will not provide an answer to your query, doctor. Instead you should be asking me, 'How is it I can remember tomorrow?'"''
:- '''Spock''', to the psychiatrist ({{DIS|If Memory Serves}})


"''This will go easier if you answer me. Or it could go harder.''"<br>
"''I beg to differ. Say goodbye, Spock.''"<br>
(Spock raises his hand in the Vulcan salute)
"''Goodbye, Spock.''"
:- '''Leland''', '''Burnham''', and '''Spock''' ({{DIS|If Memory Serves}})


"''Greetings, captain.''"<br>
"''Spock. Are you all right?''"<br>
"''Much better for seeing you in person, sir. Even if we are riding into danger.''"<br>
(Spock smiles)<br>
"''Is that a smile I see on your face?"''<br>
"''I believe it is. Yes.''"<br>
"''Well, Welcome to ''Discovery''.''"
:- '''Spock''' and '''Christopher Pike'''{{'}}s reunion on ''Discovery'' ({{DIS|If Memory Serves}})


"''I don't suppose the Red Angel offered you any advice on how to handle a situation like this.''"<br>
"''No. But my limited experience as a fugitive suggests only one course of action.''"<br>
"''And what is that?''"<br>
"''We run.''"
:- '''Christopher Pike''' and '''Spock''', on ''Discovery'' becoming "the most wanted ship in the galaxy" ({{DIS|If Memory Serves}})


"''I happen to have a Human thing called an adrenaline gland.''"<br>
"''That does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?''"<br>
"''Very funny.''"<br>
"''Try to cross brains with Spock, he'll cut you to pieces every time.''"
:- '''Bailey''', '''Spock''', and '''Sulu''' ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver}})


"''I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic circuit using stone knives and bearskins.''"
:- '''Spock''', to Edith Keeler, regarding his frustrations with early twentieth century technology ({{TOS|The City on the Edge of Forever}})


"''I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.''" ({{TOS|This Side of Paradise}})


"''A curious creature. Its trilling seems to have a tranquilizing effect on the Human nervous system. Fortunately, of course, I am&hellip; immune&hellip; to&hellip; its&hellip; effect&hellip;''"
:- '''Spock''', while petting a tribble ({{TOS|The Trouble with Tribbles}})


(To Alice 27) "''I love you.''" <br>
(To Alice 210) "''However, I'' hate ''you.''"<br>
"''But I am identical in every way with Alice 27!''"<br>
"''Exactly. That is exactly why I hate you; because you are identical.''"<br>
''[The androids violently malfunction.]''<br>
"''Fascinating.''"
:- '''Spock''' and '''Alice 210''' ({{TOS|I, Mudd}})


"''Logic is a little, tweeting bird, chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad.''" ({{TOS|I, Mudd}})


"''Nowhere am I so desperately needed as among a shipload of illogical Humans.''" ({{TOS|I, Mudd}})


"''On my planet, 'to rest' is to rest, to cease using energy. To me, it is quite illogical to run up and down on green grass, using energy instead of saving it.''" ({{TOS|Shore Leave}})


"Enterprise'' to signaler on planet's surface. Identify self.''" (Reads answer) "''{{'}}Hip, hip, hurrah&hellip;' and I believe it's pronounced 'Tally ho'.''" ({{TOS|The Squire of Gothos}})


"''{{'}}Fascinating' is a word I use for the unexpected. In this case, I should think 'interesting' would suffice.''"<br>
:- '''Spock''', regarding the puckish alien Trelane ({{TOS|The Squire of Gothos}})


"''I have been, and always shall be, your friend.''"<br>
:- '''Spock''', stated to Kirk at least three times &ndash; as his dying words, his first fully conscious words (recalling the previous conversation) after rebirth, and, in the [[alternate reality]], after recognizing the young Human he just saved from a [[hengrauggi]] as that universe's James T. Kirk ({{film|2}}; {{film|3}}; {{film|11}})


"''Jim. Your name is ''Jim."<br>
:- '''Spock''' ({{film|3}})


"''If I were Human, I believe&hellip; my response would be 'Go to Hell.' If I were Human.''"
:- '''Spock''', giving his opinion on Starfleet's decision to retire the USS ''Enterprise'' and her crew ({{film|6}})


"''Billions of lives lost, because of me, Jim because&hellip; I failed.''"
:-'''Spock''', blaming himself for the destruction of Romulus and Vulcan in a mind meld with Kirk ({{film|11}})


"''Thrusters on full.''"
:-A proud '''Spock''', after watching Kirk being promoted to captain of the ''Enterprise'' ({{film|11}})


"''Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship ''Enterprise''. Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lifeforms and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before.''"
:- '''Spock''' ({{film|11}})

===Catchphrases===
"''Fascinating.''" ({{s|TOS}})

"''Live long and prosper.''" ({{s|TOS}})

"''Interesting.''"

"''The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.''"

===Kirk and Spock ===
"''Have I ever mentioned you play a very irritating game of chess, Mr. Spock?''"<br>
"''Irritating? Ah, yes: one of your Earth emotions.''"
: - '''Kirk''' and '''Spock''' ({{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}})


"''Your illogical approach to chess does have its advantages on occasion, captain.''"<br>
"''I prefer to call it 'inspired'.''"<br>
"''As you wish.''"
:- '''Spock''' and '''Kirk''' ({{TOS|Charlie X}})


"''You'd make a splendid computer, Mr. Spock.''"<br>
"''That is very kind of you, captain!''"
: - '''Kirk''' and '''Spock''' ({{TOS|The Return of the Archons}})


"''So, we're stranded here, in the middle of a Klingon occupation army.''"<br>
"''So it would seem. Not a very pleasant prospect.''"<br>
"''You have a gift for understatement, Mister Spock. It's not a very pleasant prospect at all.''"
: - '''Kirk''' and '''Spock''' ({{TOS|Errand of Mercy}})


"''You didn't really think I was going to beat his head in, did you?''"<br>
"''I thought you might.''"<br>
"''You're right.''"
: - '''Kirk''' and '''Spock''' ({{TOS|Errand of Mercy}})


"''Well, Mr. Spock, if we can't disguise you, we'll find some way of explaining you.''"<br>
"''That should prove interesting.''"
: - '''Kirk''' and '''Spock''' ({{TOS|The City on the Edge of Forever}})


"''My friend is obviously Chinese. I see you've noticed the ears. They're actually easy to explain.''"<br>
''[Long pause.]''<br>
"''Perhaps the unfortunate accident I had as a child.''"<br>
"''The 'unfortunate' accident he had as a child. He caught his head in a mechanical&hellip; rice picker.''"
:- '''Kirk '''and '''Spock''', attempting to explain Spock's appearance to a 20th century police officer ({{TOS|The City on the Edge of Forever}})


"''Don't grieve, admiral. It's logical. The needs of the many&hellip; outweigh&hellip;''"<br>
"''The needs of the few.''"<br>
"''Or the one. I never took the ''Kobayashi Maru'' test, until now. What do you think of my solution?''"
:-'''Spock''' and '''Kirk''', as Spock is dying ({{film|2}})


"''You know, coming back in time, changing history&hellip; that's cheating.''"<br>"''A trick I learned from an [[James T. Kirk|old friend]].''"
:-'''{{alt|James T. Kirk|Kirk}}''' and '''Spock''' ({{film|11}})

==Awards and achievements==
[[File:Spock dress uniform.jpg|thumb|Spock in dress uniform 2267]]
* Twice decorated with the [[Starfleet Award of Valor]] ({{TOS|Court Martial}})
* [[Vulcanian Scientific Legion of Honor]] ({{TOS|Court Martial}})
* The Vulcan [[IDIC]] ({{TOS|Is There in Truth No Beauty?}})
* An A-7 computer expert classification ({{TOS|The Ultimate Computer}})
* Innovator of [[time travel]] methodologies: the [[warp drive]] [[cold start]] and the [[slingshot effect|"slingshot" maneuver]] ({{TOS|The Naked Time|Tomorrow is Yesterday}})
* Twice recommended for commendations by Captain Kirk. ({{TOS|Space Seed|The Immunity Syndrome}})
{{bginfo|[[File:Spock's personnel file, production.jpg |thumb|100px|left|Spock's personnel file]]|Spock wears a total of nine medals in [[2269]], not counting the IDIC medal he wore in "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" It is likely he accumulated a great many more decorations by the time of his eventual retirement in the late [[2290s]].|Additional references were listed on his personnel file in {{e|Among the Lotus Eaters}}.{{clear}}}}

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==Appendices==
=== Appearances===
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* {{TOS}}
** {{e|The Cage}}
** {{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}
** {{e|The Corbomite Maneuver}}
** {{e|Mudd's Women}}
** {{e|The Enemy Within}}
** {{e|The Man Trap}}
** {{e|The Naked Time}}
** {{e|Charlie X}}
** {{e|Balance of Terror}}
** {{e|What Are Little Girls Made Of?}}
** {{e|Dagger of the Mind}}
** {{e|Miri}}
** {{e|The Conscience of the King}}
** {{e|The Galileo Seven}}
** {{e|Court Martial}}
** {{e|The Menagerie, Part I}}
** {{e|The Menagerie, Part II}}
** {{e|Shore Leave}}
** {{e|The Squire of Gothos}}
** {{e|Arena}}
** {{e|The Alternative Factor}}
** {{e|Tomorrow is Yesterday}}
** {{e|The Return of the Archons}}
** {{e|A Taste of Armageddon}}
** {{e|Space Seed}}
** {{e|This Side of Paradise}}
** {{e|The Devil in the Dark}}
** {{e|Errand of Mercy}}
** {{e|The City on the Edge of Forever}}
** {{e|Operation -- Annihilate!}}
** {{e|Catspaw}}
** {{e|Metamorphosis}}
** {{e|Friday's Child}}
** {{e|Who Mourns for Adonais?}}
** {{e|Amok Time}}
** {{e|The Doomsday Machine}}
** {{e|Wolf in the Fold}}
** {{e|The Changeling}}
** {{e|The Apple}}
** {{e|Mirror, Mirror}}
** {{e|The Deadly Years}}
** {{e|I, Mudd}}
** {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}
** {{e|Bread and Circuses}}
** {{e|Journey to Babel}}
** {{e|A Private Little War}}
** {{e|The Gamesters of Triskelion}}
** {{e|Obsession}}
** {{e|The Immunity Syndrome}}
** {{e|A Piece of the Action}}
** {{e|By Any Other Name}}
** {{e|Return to Tomorrow}}
** {{e|Patterns of Force}}
** {{e|The Ultimate Computer}}
** {{e|The Omega Glory}}
** {{e|Assignment: Earth}}
** {{e|Spectre of the Gun}}
** {{e|Elaan of Troyius}}
** {{e|The Paradise Syndrome}}
** {{e|The Enterprise Incident}}
** {{e|And the Children Shall Lead}}
** {{e|Spock's Brain}}
** {{e|Is There in Truth No Beauty?}}
** {{e|The Empath}}
** {{e|The Tholian Web}}
** {{e|For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky}}
** {{e|Day of the Dove}}
** {{e|Plato's Stepchildren}}
** {{e|Wink of an Eye}}
** {{e|That Which Survives}}
** {{e|Let That Be Your Last Battlefield}}
** {{e|Whom Gods Destroy}}
** {{e|The Mark of Gideon}}
** {{e|The Lights of Zetar}}
** {{e|The Cloud Minders}}
** {{e|The Way to Eden}}
** {{e|Requiem for Methuselah}}
** {{e|The Savage Curtain}}
** {{e|All Our Yesterdays}}
** {{e|Turnabout Intruder}}
* {{TAS}}
** {{e|Beyond the Farthest Star}}
** {{e|Yesteryear}}
** {{e|One of Our Planets Is Missing}}
** {{e|The Lorelei Signal}}
** {{e|More Tribbles, More Troubles}}
** {{e|The Survivor}}
** {{e|The Infinite Vulcan}}
** {{e|The Magicks of Megas-Tu}}
** {{e|Once Upon a Planet}}
** {{e|Mudd's Passion}}
** {{e|The Terratin Incident}}
** {{e|The Time Trap}}
** {{e|The Ambergris Element}}
** {{e|The Slaver Weapon}}
** {{e|The Eye of the Beholder}}
** {{e|The Jihad}}
** {{e|The Pirates of Orion}}
** {{e|Bem}}
** {{e|The Practical Joker}}
** {{e|Albatross}}
** {{e|How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth}}
** {{e|The Counter-Clock Incident}}
* {{Star Trek films}}:
** {{film|1}}
** {{film|2}}
** {{film|3}}
** {{film|4}}
** {{film|5}}
** {{film|6}}
** {{film|11}}
** {{film|12}}
** {{film|13}} {{small|(picture only)}}
* {{TNG}}
** {{e|Unification I}}
** {{e|Unification II}}
* {{DS9|Trials and Tribble-ations}} {{small|(archive footage)}}
* {{DIS}}
**{{e|Brother}}
**{{e|New Eden}} {{small|(archive voice footage)}}
**{{e|Light and Shadows}}
**{{e|If Memory Serves}}
**{{e|Project Daedalus}}
**{{e|The Red Angel}}
**{{e|Perpetual Infinity}}
**{{e|Through the Valley of Shadows}}
**{{e|Such Sweet Sorrow}}
**{{e|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}}
**{{e|Unification III}} {{small|(archive footage)}}
**{{e|Stormy Weather}} {{small|(picture only)}}
* {{ST}}
** {{e|Q&A}}
** {{e|Ask Not}}
* {{LD}}
** {{e|No Small Parts}} {{small|(picture only)}}
** {{e|An Embarrassment Of Dooplers}} {{small|(picture only)}}
* {{PRO|Kobayashi}} {{small|(hologram; archive audio)}}
* {{SNW}}
**{{e|Strange New Worlds}}
**{{e|Children of the Comet}}
**{{e|Ghosts of Illyria}}
**{{e|Memento Mori}}
**{{e|Spock Amok}}
**{{e|Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach}}
**{{e|The Serene Squall}}
**{{e|The Elysian Kingdom}}
**{{e|All Those Who Wander}}
**{{e|A Quality of Mercy}}
**{{e|The Broken Circle}}
**{{e|Ad Astra per Aspera}}
**{{e|Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow}}
**{{e|Among the Lotus Eaters}}
**{{e|Charades}}
**{{e|Lost in Translation}}
**{{e|Those Old Scientists}}
**{{e|Under the Cloak of War}}
**{{e|Subspace Rhapsody}}
**{{e|Hegemony}}
* {{VST}}
** {{e|Skin a Cat}}
** {{e|Holiday Party}}
** {{e|Holograms All the Way Down}} {{small|(background hologram)}}
** {{e|Walk, Don't Run}} {{small|(archive footage)}}
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===Background information===
====Performers====
Spock was played by [[Leonard Nimoy]] in the vast majority of the character's television and cinematic appearances. The [[Genesis Device|Genesis]]-regenerated versions of Spock at nine, thirteen, seventeen, and twenty-five years of age in {{film|3}} were portrayed by [[Carl Steven]], [[Vadia Potenza]], [[Stephen Manley]], and [[Joe W. Davis]], respectively. Spock's screams in that film were provided by [[Frank Welker]]. 

The young Spock from {{TAS|Yesteryear}} was voiced by [[Billy Simpson]]. [[Carey Scott]] recorded some dialogue for a younger Spock in {{film|5}}, but his scenes were [[deleted scene|cut]].  Spock is also portrayed by an unknown infant in that film. And while Nimoy portrayed the elder Spock in the [[Star Trek films|film]] {{film|11}}, {{alt|Spock|his younger alternate reality adult self}} was played by [[Zachary Quinto]] (who reprised the role in {{film|12}} and {{film|13}}), as well as briefly by [[Jacob Kogan]], who portrayed Spock as a young boy. Nimoy reprised the role of Spock for a cameo in {{film|12}}. [[Liam Hughes]] portrayed a young Spock in the ''Discovery'' episode {{e|Brother}} while [[Ethan Peck]] voiced the adult version of the character in the same episode. Peck also played the character in subsequent episodes of {{s|DIS}}, {{s|ST}}, and {{s|SNW}}.

A deleted scene from ''Star Trek'' featured a newborn Spock, portrayed by [[Jenna Vaughn]]. As Spock's birth would have occurred before the universe split, technically, she would have been the only performer to portray both Spock Prime and his alternate reality counterpart, as well as the only ''actress'' ever to play Spock.

====Name ====
[[Jane Wyatt]], who played Spock's mother [[Amanda Grayson]], was once asked by [[Trekkie|fans]] at a [[Star Trek convention|convention]] what Spock's first name was. She replied, perhaps jokingly, "''Harold''" {{el|guardian.co.uk/media/2006/oct/25/usnews.guardianobituaries}} However, the question itself was flawed, since the episode {{e|Journey to Babel}} makes it clear that "Spock" is Spock's personal name.

On the other hand, Spock's family name has never been established in [[canon]]. In the episode {{e|This Side of Paradise}}, Leila Kalomi says to Spock, "''You never told me if you had another name,''" to which he replies, "''You couldn't pronounce it.''" [[D.C. Fontana]] &ndash; who was considered the "Vulcan expert" of the [[TOS]] behind-the-scenes staff and who created such details as the fact that Spock's father was an ambassador and his mother a school teacher &ndash; revealed, in an issue of the fanzine ''Spockanalia'', that she had intended his family name to be "Xtmprsqzntwlfd", but since this is unpronounceable, there wasn't really any way to get this said in dialogue during an episode.

The [[Pocket TOS]] book {{dis|Ishmael|novel}} gives Spock's full name as "S'chn T'gai Spock". This name was also used on a poster for [[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds]] at the Mission Chicago Trek Convention, but CBS said that it was "incorrect" the next day and had the posters replaced.{{el|blog.trekcore.com/2022/04/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-mbenga-spock-first-names/}}

Since the release of the [[Star Trek films|film]] {{film|11}}, the original reality version of Spock is now often referred to on websites and other media as "Spock Prime", to differentiate from the alternate reality version of the character.

====From concept to series====
From the start of thinking Spock up, [[Gene Roddenberry]] knew he wanted the character to be partly alien, and that he wanted Leonard Nimoy to play the role. Roddenberry later explained, "''I made [Spock] a half-caste, because I remember thinking a half-breed Indian would be a lot more interesting than a full-blooded Indian or white, because he's going to be tugged in many different directions.''" (''[[Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before]]'', p. 15)

Gene Roddenberry also wanted Spock's appearance to be very similar to typical portrayals of Satan the Devil. "''I did purposely give him a slight look of the 'devil' because I thought that might be particularly provocative to women, particularly when his nature contrasted so greatly to this,''" Roddenberry stated. {{el|lettersofnote.com/2010/06/science-fiction-should-be-mainly-about.html}}

The following character biography appeared in Roddenberry's original, {{y|1964}} series pitch ''[[Star Trek is...]]'' (and was reprinted in ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]''){{page cite}}:

::"'''The First Lieutenant'''. ''The Captain's right-hand man, the working-level commander of all the ship's functions &ndash; ranging from manning the bridge to supervising the lowliest scrub detail. His name is Mr. Spock. And the first view of him can be almost frightening &ndash; a face so heavy-lidded and satanic you might almost expect him to have a forked tail. Probably half [[Martian]], he has a slightly reddish complexion and semi-pointed ears. But strangely &ndash; Mr. Spock's quiet temperament is in dramatic contrast to his satanic look. Of all the crew aboard, he is the nearest to Captain April's equal, physically, emotionally, and as a commander of men. His primary weakness is an almost [[cat]]like curiosity over anything the slightest 'alien.{{'}}''"

In the revised first draft script of {{e|The Cage}} (dated {{d|6|October|1964}}), Spock was described thus; "''The only exception to the familiar types represented by the crew, Mister Spock is of partly alien extraction, his reddish skin, heavy-lidded eyes and slightly-pointed ears give him an almost satanic look. But in complete contrast is his unusual gentle manner and tone. He speaks with the almost British accent of one who has learned the language in textbooks.''" The episode's revised final draft script (dated {{d|20|November|1964}}) excluded mention of the "reddish skin" but otherwise remained the same. Later in the script, one of Spock's statements was directed to be delivered in an "excited" manner.

Gene Roddenberry thought up the unemotional aspect of Spock. Roddenberry explained, "''As I created him, I said to myself, 'If I could just get rid of the emotions that plague me and work things out logically&hellip; ''ah'', the things I could do!''" (''[[Cinefantastique]]'', Vol. 27, No. 11/12, p. 47) Casting Director [[Joseph D'Agosta]] added, "''On the Spock character, the only guidelines I had were that he had to be thin, and a good actor with no emotion. He was a cold, calculating, logical person. Humor was not even considered at that time.''" (''[[The Star Trek Interview Book]]'', p. 213)

Actor [[Martin Landau]] (Commander {{w|John Koenig}} of {{wt|Space: 1999}}) was an early casting consideration for the character of Spock in TOS. This was before the role went to Leonard Nimoy.

In spite of studio request to get rid of "the guy with the ears," Gene Roddenberry insisted on keeping the character through both pilot episodes of the series. (''[[Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories]]''; ''[[Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime]]'')

According to Leonard Nimoy, he felt the need to play the character as more emotional when [[Jeffrey Hunter]] was playing the internalized Christopher Pike, as opposed to [[William Shatner]]'s portrayal of Captain Kirk. (''[[Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime]]''; et al.) Also, there was room for Spock's emotional detachment when the similarly emotionless character of [[Una Chin-Riley|Number One]] was discarded along with Pike, after {{e|The Cage}}. (''[[Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before]]'', p. 15)

[[NBC]]'s early-{{y|1966}} publicity booklet gave this bio for Spock (reprinted in ''[[Inside Star Trek: The Real Story]]''):

::"'''Science Officer Spock''' ''has a precise, logical turn of mind inherited from his father (a native of the planet Vulcanis, who married an Earth woman). Because Vulcanians regard any display of emotion as a breach of good taste, Spock rarely betrays what he is thinking or feeling, either by his speech or his facial expression. He cannot, however, mask his cat-like curiosity about everything of alien origin. This sometimes proves to be his {{dis|Achilles|mythology}}-heel.''"

The unemotional quality of Spock's persona was extremely appealing to Leonard Nimoy. "''What immediately intrigued me was that here was a character who had an internal conflict,''" Nimoy observed. "''This half-Human, half-Vulcan being, struggling to maintain a Vulcan attitude, a Vulcan philosophical posture and Vulcan logic, opposing what was fighting him internally, which was Human emotion. There was a dynamic there to work with from an acting point of view.''" (''[[Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before]]'', p. 15)

Gene Roddenberry recognized Spock as a team effort. "''I'll take credit for formulating Spock and guiding the character,''" he said, "''then give as much credit to Leonard Nimoy for making it work, and also credit to the writers who kept it going in many story situations.''" {{el|lettersofnote.com/2010/06/science-fiction-should-be-mainly-about.html}} On the other hand, Roddenberry proclaimed, in a letter to [[Isaac Asimov]], "''It's easy to give good situations and good lines to Spock.''" Roddenberry also thought it was easier to write Spock than it was to write McCoy. {{el|lettersofnote.com/2012/06/getting-star-trek-on-air-was-impossible.html}} Nonetheless, the depiction of Spock was still to be further developed as the show began. Recalling the character's genesis, [[TNG]] Producer [[Robert Lewin]] noted, "''Spock was not the hero that he became during the early part of the first series.''" (''[[The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years]]'', p. 71)

The series writers' guide (third revision, dated {{d|17|April|1967}}) gave the following description of Spock (''[[Star Trek: The Original Series 365]]''):

::"'''MISTER SPOCK'''": ''Played by Leonard Nimoy, this is the ship's science officer, in charge of all scientific departments aboard. As such, he is the ship's number two ranking officer and holds the rank of commander.''

::"''His bridge position is at the [[library-computer station]], which links the bridge to the vessel's intricate 'brain', a highly sophisticated and advanced computer that interconnects all stations of the ship. From his central panel, Spock can tap resources of the entire computer system &ndash; including a vast micro-record library of man's history&hellip; plus all known information on other solar systems, Earth colonies, alien civilizations, a registry of all space vessels in existence, personnel information on any member of the USS ''Enterprise'', or almost anything else needed in any of our stories&hellip;''

::"''Mister Spock's mother was Human, his father a native of the planet Vulcan. This alien-Human combination results in Mister Spock's slightly alien features, with the yellowish complexion and satanic pointed ears&hellip; He has a strange Vulcan 'ESP' ability to merge his mind with another intelligence and read the thoughts there. He dislikes doing so since it deprives him of his proud stoic mannerisms and reveals too much of his inner self&hellip;''

::"''We now realize that Spock is capable of feeling emotion, but he denies this at every opportunity. On his own planet, to show emotion is considered the grossest of sins. He makes every effort to hide what he considers the 'weakness' of his half-Human heredity.''"

====Season 2 salary issue ====
In the spring of {{y|1967}}, before production began on ''Star Trek''{{'}}s [[TOS Season 2|second season]], Leonard Nimoy and his agent got into an argument with the producers regarding the actor's salary (Nimoy felt it unfair that series star [[William Shatner]] was paid US$5,000 per episode, while he was only paid US$1,250). The agent wanted US$3000 per episode for his client, and would settle with US$2,500. However, a misunderstanding resulted in the agent believing that ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' stars had at least US$11,000 salaries, so he suddenly demanded US$9,000 for Nimoy. The studio, of course, refused. Nimoy threatened to leave the series if the dispute was not solved.

In response to Nimoy's threats, [[Desilu]] executive [[Herb Solow]] asked Casting Director [[Joseph D'Agosta]] to compile a list of possible "Vulcan replacements", in case negotiations went unresolved. Three lists were made of actors who were deemed suitable for the role of Spock:

"A" List: [[Mark Lenard]], [[William Smithers]], [[Liam Sullivan]], {{w|Lloyd Bochner}}, {{w|Joe Maross}}, {{w|Donald Harron}}, {{w|Edward Mulhare}}, {{w|James Mitchell (actor)|James Mitchell}}, {{w|Michael Rennie}}, [[Peter Mark Richman]], {{w|Charles Robinson (actor)|Charles Robinson}}, {{w|Chris Robinson (actor)|Chris Robinson}}, [[Stewart Moss]], {{w|David Canary}}, {{dis|John Anderson|actor}}, {{w|David Carradine}}

"B" List: {{w|Anthony James (actor)|Anthony James}}, [[Perry Lopez]], {{w|George Bachman}}, [[Alan Bergmann]], {{w|Lee Kinsolving}}, [[Blaisdel Makee]], {{w|Bill Fletcher}}, [[Henry Darrow]], {{w|Anthony George}}, {{w|Curt Lowens}}, {{w|Jacques Denbeaux}}, {{w|Maxwell Reed}}

"C" List: [[Lawrence Montaigne]], {{w|Ron Hayes}}, [[Patrick Horgan]], {{w|Paul Mantee}}, [[Bruce Watson]], {{w|Robert Yuro}}, {{w|Richard Evans (actor)|Richard Evans}}, [[Joseph Ruskin]], {{w|Ted Markland}}, [[Lee Bergere]], {{w|John Rayner}}

In reality, these lists were only a psychological ploy to put pressure on Leonard Nimoy and his agent. The only two actors considered as possible replacements were Mark Lenard and Lawrence Montaigne (ironically, both of them appeared as Vulcans in the second season, Lenard playing Spock's father, Sarek).

Eventually, Desilu (at the insistence of [[NBC]]) and Nimoy settled with US$2,500 per episode, plus US$100 for additional expenses, a better billing, a better merchandising deal, and more script input. However, when Montaigne was cast as [[Stonn]] in {{e|Amok Time}}, his contract had an option of recalling him to be cast as Spock, "just in case." (''[[Inside Star Trek: The Real Story]]'', pp. 317-324)

====Animated depictions====
For approximately half an hour while {{s|TAS}} was in early development, a boyhood version of Spock was considered for inclusion as a regular character in the upcoming series, along with other child equivalents of the series' main characters. (''[[The Art of Star Trek]]'', pp. 42 & 43)

While initially developing {{TAS|Yesteryear}}, D.C. Fontana realized she wanted to feature Spock in the story, since he had always been her favorite main character and was the focus of her favorite episodes from the ones she had written for {{s|TOS}}, such as {{e|This Side of Paradise}} and {{e|Journey to Babel}}. (''[[Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before]]'', p. 56) She was excited by the prospect of showing "part of what made Spock Spock," delving into his backstory in "Yesteryear". (''[[Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages]]'', p. 97)

====Reappearances====
The notion of Spock suffering racial prejudice, alluded to in {{TAS|Yesteryear}} and the film {{film|11}}, was shared by the unmade prequel ''[[Star Trek: The First Adventure]]'', in which Spock first met Kirk when he was defended by him from bullies at Starfleet Academy.

Gene Roddenberry once distributed a memo to the TNG writing staff which declared that, due to financial considerations, it would probably be impossible for Leonard Nimoy to ever guest star on that series as Spock (though Roddenberry also suggested Sarek appearing in a guest star role as an alternative). (''[[The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise]]'', p. 22)

In an interview with {{TrekMovie.com}}'s Anthony Pascale in {{m|July|2007}}, Leonard Nimoy explained that he felt Spock had been superfluous in the script of {{film|7}} and that that was why he had chosen not to appear in the film. Nimoy initially proclaimed, "''There was no Spock role in that script,''" then elaborated, "''There were five or six lines attributed to Spock [&hellip;] but it had nothing to do with Spock. They were not Spock-like in any way. I said to [[Rick Berman]], 'You could distribute these lines to any one of the other characters and it wouldn't make any difference.' And that is exactly what he did. There was no Spock function in the script.''" {{TrekMovie.com|2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/}}

In a memo he wrote [[Manny Coto]] (on {{d|20|August|2004}}), [[Michael Sussman]] suggested that both an elderly Spock and a young version of the character be featured in [[Undeveloped Star Trek: Enterprise episodes#Spock story|a story]] covering an episode or two from the [[ENT Season 4|fourth season]] of {{s|ENT}}, if Leonard Nimoy was interested in appearing. As Sussman proposed, the older depiction of Spock would have been portrayed, in a framing story, by Nimoy, while the young Spock would have been played by another actor (a technique inspired by the portrayal of {{w|Indiana Jones}} in a two-parter from {{wt|The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles}} called "Mystery of the Blues", which features not only a young version of Jones, but also a middle-aged Jones, played by {{w|Harrison Ford}}). In the same memo, Sussman envisioned Spock in the 24th century, as a "distinguished and [[retire]]d Ambassador," being visited by a young Vulcan/Human hybrid who sought advice for balancing the two halves of his own personality. The elderly Spock then began recounting an adventure that took place in the early 23rd century, in which he, as a Starfleet cadet, assisted a middle-aged [[T'Pol]], learning, in the process, "some lesson which helped him choose his own path in life." Sussman went on to suggest that a lot of new details about Spock could be divulged in the story, possibly including that, in his young adulthood, he had been torn between life as a diplomat (like his father) and a Starfleet career. The memo continued by proposing that Spock's mission include the now-aged other senior officers from {{EnterpriseNX}}, and be "a secret and possibly illegal TBD mission." However, this Spock story ultimately wasn't developed. {{twitter|_MichaelSussman/status/792919789610020866}}

[[Roberto Orci]], a co-writer of the film {{film|11}}, wrote the Spock character as being essential to that film's narrative without considering a back-up story, had Leonard Nimoy turned down appearing in the film. He recalled Nimoy raised an eyebrow at the idea of the [[destruction of Vulcan]]. {{el|nerdist.com/pepisode/Humans-from-earth-2-bob-orci/}} Commented [[J.J. Abrams]], "''Leonard was a dream to work with. He was always incredibly encouraging and excited about what he was seeing. He had a couple of thoughts, but he loved everything related to his role [&hellip;] He was happy to see Spock look so damn good!''" (''[[Star Trek: Costumes: Five Decades of Fashion from the Final Frontier]]'', p. 240) Abrams also stated, "''It's a big deal for him to come back and play this part again. I don't think it's something he expected to do. Directing him as Spock for the first time was as surreal a moment as I've had. It was preposterous, but wonderful.''" (''{{dis|Empire|magazine}}'', issue 234, p. 126)

After the making of the film {{film|11}}, Leonard Nimoy retired (again) from acting and publicly stated that he did not intend to return to the role of Spock again, as he felt that to do so would be unfair to Zachary Quinto. Nimoy even went as far as to say, "''I definitely will not be in ''Star Trek 2," and, "''I think I can be definitive about the fact that I will not be in it.''" (''[[SFX]]'', issue #200, p. 68) However, it was eventually confirmed that he would indeed be returning to the role of Spock for the sequel, {{film|12}}. {{el|aintitcool.com/node/55344}} {{TrekMovie.com|2012/04/30/major-star-trek-sequel-spoilers-confirmed/}} Regarding how J.J. Abrams invited him to make a cameo appearance in the film, Nimoy recalled, "''He just said, 'Would you come in for a couple of days and do me a favor.{{'}}''" Whereas Nimoy had declined to cameo in {{film|7}} because he felt Spock's part in that movie had been too general, Nimoy was persuaded that Spock had such a specific role in ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' that he was willing to accept the part. Addressing why he had claimed not to be in the film, Nimoy, who was very pleased that the truth of his involvement was kept secret, initially said, "''I was asked time and time again if I was in the movie, and I managed to avoid answering without lying.''" He laughed, but was then reminded that he had flat-out denied being in the film and replied, "''Maybe I was confused. Of course, speaking, if you'll pardon me, logically, I wouldn't know if I was in the movie until I saw the movie.''" {{st.com|article/exclusive-interview-leonard-nimoy-talks-star-trek-into-darkness}} His cameo marked Nimoy's final appearance as Spock and his final role overall prior to his death in {{m|February|2015}}.

In 2017, {{s|DIS}} producer [[Akiva Goldsman]] said that Spock would not be seen on ''Discovery''. {{el|polygon.com/tv/2017/10/18/16500810/star-trek-discovery-continuity-original-series}} However, two years later, Spock did appear in [[DIS Season 2|''Discovery{{'}}s second season'']], played by Ethan Peck.

====Other language voice actors====
[[File:Wenn ich ein Mensch wäre.ogg|thumb|An excerpt from the German version of {{film|6}}; Weicker, voicing Spock, saying, "''Wenn ich ein Mensch wäre, wäre meine Antwort mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit: Fahr zur Hölle!&hellip; Wenn ich ein Mensch wäre.''" English: ''If I were Human, I believe my response would be 'Go to Hell!'&hellip; If I were Human.'']]
Herbert Weicker was a German stage and voice actor who is widely associated with Spock, since he voiced this character in all German translations of episodes and films with the exception of the first run of {{s|TAS}}.

Similarly, Czech television and film dubs have almost uniformly featured the late Jiří Plachý in the role of Spock, specifically, in the dubs of the TV appearances in {{s|TOS}}, {{s|TNG}} and {{s|DS9}}, as well as in the six TOS era films and the first two Kelvin Timeline films. Zdeněk Junák dubbed the younger alternate reality Spock of the Kelvin Timeline films, while Lukáš Hlavica voiced Spock in the Czech dub of {{s|TAS}}. 

Slovak film and television dubs of Spock have included Štefan Kožka for the six installments of the TOS era film series, Ivan Letko for Spock's appearances on {{s|TNG}}, as well as Marián Slovák as an older prime timeline Spock and Filip Tůma as a younger alternate reality Spock in the first Kelvin Timeline film.

====Reception====
Spock became one of the most enduring symbols of ''Star Trek''. Accounting for the character's popularity, Gene Roddenberry stated, "''I think that everyone was so smitten with Mr. Spock because he stood for loyalty and reliability.''" (''[[Cinefantastique]]'', Vol. 27, No. 11/12, p. 47)

The popularity of Spock was one factor that motivated Leonard Nimoy into demanding a salary increase for the second season of TOS. "''By this time, Leonard's popularity had convinced him of what he already knew: He had the most important role,''" Herb Solow observed. In a memo Gene Roddenberry sent [[Gene L. Coon]] (on {{d|1|April|1967}}), Roddenberry mentioned Spock having generated "considerable mail volume and public adulation" during the first season. (''[[Inside Star Trek: The Real Story]]'', pp. 317 & 319) [[NBC]] likewise regarded Spock and Nimoy as the most popular part of the original ''Star Trek'' series, and believed that losing them would be very unflattering. The popularity of the character was thus influential in Leonard Nimoy's continuation in the part. (''[[Inside Star Trek: The Real Story]]'', p. 324)

[[Roberto Orci]] has cited Spock as his favorite character. {{el|nerdist.com/pepisode/Humans-from-earth-2-bob-orci/}}

Casting Leonard Nimoy as an elderly version of Spock in the film ''Star Trek'' gave irate fans pause, caused them to stand down, and even won them over. (''{{dis|Empire|magazine}}'', issue 234, p. 126) However, [[William Shatner]] has been disapproving of how Spock is portrayed in that movie and its sequel, ''Star Trek Into Darkness'', commenting, "''I thought the two Spock appearances were gratuitous. J.J. [Abrams] wanted to pay homage to Spock I guess, but he didn't offer anything to the plot [&hellip;] I told Leonard, 'You know that you're old when you go back in time and you're still old.{{'}}''" ("''{{dis|Empire|magazine}}'' Presents ''50 Years of Star Trek''" supplement, p. 15)

====Rank====
Spock is referred to as a [[lieutenant commander]] in {{e|Court Martial}}, though the final draft and revised final draft of that episode's script instead referred to him as a full [[commander]]. The {{ste|c}} listed Spock as having been promoted from lieutenant commander to full commander following "Court Martial". However, in a captain's log entry made by Kirk in {{e|The Menagerie, Part I}}, Spock is still identified as a lieutenant commander, as he is again in {{e|Tomorrow is Yesterday}}. Spock was first referred to as a commander in {{e|Amok Time}}. Throughout all his appearances on ''The Original Series'', Spock wore the [[rank]] [[stripe]]s of a full commander.

Near the end of the {{s|DIS}} episode {{e|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}}, Spock dons his Starfleet uniform for the first time in that show, wearing [[lieutenant junior grade]] stripes. However, in the earlier episode {{e|Project Daedalus}}, Spock identifying himself as a [[lieutenant]]. "Lieutenant" is the proper way to address lieutenant junior grades as well as full lieutenants, however, Spock was stating his own rank while being questioned by Admiral Cornwell and thus would have used his full rank. In {{s|SNW}}, Spock was still identified as a lieutenant and wore the correct insignia.

===Trivia===
Spock was the inspiration for the Decepticon scientist, Shockwave, from the ''"Transformers"'' franchise. Comic book writer Bob Budiansky, who gave Shockwave his name and personality, described the character as "my attempt to take Spock from ''Star Trek'' and make him into a Decepticon." {{el|denofgeek.com/movies/transformers/31240/the-strange-story-of-jetfire-and-other-transformers-toys}}

A portion of this article was paraphrased into first person and used as the content of Spock's memoir ''[[The Many and the One]]'' in {{PIC|The Star Gazer}}. {{twitter|terrymatalas/status/1502033168374796295}}

===Apocrypha===
[[Barbara Hambly]]'s novel ''{{dis|Ishmael|novel}}'' gives Spock's unpronounceable full name as "S'chn T'gai Spock," with "S'chn T'gai" apparently being the family name as opposed to the personal name. The ebook ''[[Seasons of Light and Darkness]]'' also uses this name.

According to [[Diane Duane]]'s novel ''[[Spock's World]]'', Spock was a descendant of [[Surak]].

The novelization of {{film|4}} states that during the exile of the ''Enterprise'' command crew on Vulcan, Spock and McCoy underwent a series of mind melds facilitated by T'Lar to ensure that any lingering parts of the other's personalities were transferred back to the right person.  In the days following Kirk and the ''Enterprise'' command crew saving Earth from the destructive effects of the whale probe, McCoy went to see Spock, who was temporarily staying at the Vulcan embassy on Earth and expressed worry that any punishment handed down by the Federation might not let him participate in future mind melds if needed.  Spock assured McCoy that the ''fal-tor-pan'' was complete, and no further mind melds were needed. Spock told McCoy the two would always retain a smart part of each other in their minds.  

Spock briefly reactivated his [[Starfleet]] [[commission]], with the rank of [[admiral]], during the [[Dominion War]], according to ''[[Spectre]]'', a {{novel}} on whose writing [[William Shatner]] collaborated with [[Judith Reeves-Stevens|Judith]] and [[Garfield Reeves-Stevens]].

In the novel ''{{dis|Crossover|novel}}'', Spock and several unificationists were captured by the Romulan Empire. He was ultimately rescued by Montgomery Scott, Commander [[William T. Riker|Riker]], [[Data]], and [[Geordi La Forge]] aboard the {{USS|Yorktown|23rd century}} that Scott stole from a Starfleet museum using the shuttle he was given by Picard to control the ''Yorktown''{{'}}s computer. After believing Scott dead for 75 years, Spock was momentarily startled to see him behind the transporter controls, but quickly regained his control. Scott promised to explain [[Relics (episode)|how he reached the 24th century]] later to Spock.

In the novel ''[[The Fire and the Rose]]'', Spock began to lose his emotional control after hearing of the [[Star Trek Generations|death of Captain Kirk]], and eventually returns to Gol to take ''Kolinahr'' training again. Spock ultimately succeeded and became truly emotionless, a situation that neither Sarek nor Amanda agreed he should have tried to do. Amanda in particular, felt Spock had rejected his Humanity and therefore in some measure, her by extension. Spock's lack of emotion also ultimately alienated McCoy when he came to ask Spock to stand with him at his wedding to [[Tonia Barrows]] and Spock refused. Ultimately, after Amanda's death in a shuttle accident and Spock seeing Sarek grieve for Amanda ''(which surprised Spock as he mistakenly believed Sarek to have also been a student of ''Kolinahr'')'', and when Spock realized that he can't grieve for Amanda and that he didn't even miss her, he sought McCoy out on Earth to help him engage in an ancient Vulcan ritual to reverse the ''Kolinahr'', allowing Spock to feel emotions again. This accomplished, Spock rebuilt his relationship with McCoy, was able to grieve for his mother and Captain Kirk, and once again found the balance and peace between his Vulcan and Human halves, allowing him to have emotional control again without rejecting his emotions.

In the novel ''[[Provenance of Shadows]]'', Spock, having been contacted by McCoy's wife [[Tonia Barrows]], and told that [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] was taking a turn for the worse, went to see McCoy because he had regretted that he didn't get to see either [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] or his mother once more before their deaths, and he was not going to make that mistake this time. Spock did spend the day with McCoy and planned to return the next day, but as he left McCoy's house, Spock was left with the impression he would never see McCoy alive again. Spock's feelings are proved correct as McCoy does die peacefully in his chair on the porch that same evening before Spock can return, with Tonia by his side, reflecting on his life and the good work he's done and his family and friends.

In the novel ''{{dis|Vulcan's Forge|novel}}'', Spock commanded the [[science vessel|science ship]] ''Intrepid II'' in [[2294]], a year after Kirk was lost in the [[Nexus]]. Within the story, Uhura was Spock's first officer and McCoy his [[chief medical officer]].

Other novels set after ''Star Trek VI'' established that Picard was at the wedding of Spock and [[Saavik]] met Sarek.

In the novel ''[[Yesterday's Son]]'', Spock found out that he had a son with [[Zarabeth]], whom she had named Zar.

In the game ''[[Star Trek: Armada]]'', Ambassador Spock was sent aboard a ''Galaxy''-class starship to mediate a treaty between the Klingon and Romulan empires on Romulus. The [[Borg]] intercepted this ship and assimilated him. The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} traveled two days back in time to make sure he reached the peace conference. The plan succeeded, resulting in Romulan and Klingon ships being dispatched to assist the Federation in defending Earth.

[[File:Countdown Spock.jpg|thumb|Spock in ''Star Trek: Countdown'']]
In the comic series ''[[Star Trek: Countdown]]'', leading up to {{film|11}}, Spock was aided in his attempts to help convince the Vulcans to provide the Romulans with the red matter necessary to stop the impending supernova explosion by [[Jean-Luc Picard]], who was now Federation Ambassador to Vulcan, as well as by a restored [[Data]], who was now captain of the ''Enterprise''-E. Also, the comic established that Geordi La Forge had designed the ''Jellyfish'', which Spock used to drop the red matter into the supernova. Just after the ''Jellyfish'' and the ''Narada'' were pulled through the black hole and into the alternate reality, the black hole finished collapsing and the ''Enterprise'' arrived in the area finding no indication anywhere that Spock managed to escape. Presuming Spock to be dead, Picard said that he hoped his friend's soul did indeed live long and prosper.

In the {{dis|Star Trek|novel|novelization}} of {{film|11}}, after Kirk told Spock that {{alt|Leonard McCoy|Dr. McCoy}}, {{alt|Hikaru Sulu|Sulu}}, {{alt|Pavel Chekov|Chekov}}, and {{alt|Nyota Uhura|Uhura}} &ndash; all but one of the group of officers who had once been willing to throw away their careers to save him &ndash; were all serving on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701 alternate reality}} (taking McCoy's presence for granted when following the confirmation of the other three), Spock suggested to Kirk that their meeting, and the way the crew was already coming together, was the work of the timeline attempting to "fix" itself. As for the one person not yet aboard the ship, he had been well aware that Scotty was stationed at the outpost, which he had visited on occasion for supplies &ndash; though it wasn't clear whether they had actually met &ndash; but he had a made a point of keeping his distance. This self-imposed isolation was the only reason that he happened to be at the right place with a torch as the hengrauggi wrapped its tongue around Kirk's leg, which struck him as yet more evidence to support his theory &ndash; Kirk's arrival made it clear that the three had converged there for a reason, since he could give Scott the basics of his own invention, and therefore return Kirk to the ''Enterprise'', with a way to take his rightful place in command (seeing that the young officer was obviously unaware of Regulation 619, he admitted to having forgotten how insignificant such things had been to the Kirk he knew so well), and hopefully be able to minimize the damage to the timeline.

In the comic series ''[[Star Trek: Spock: Reflections]]'', the events leading up to ''Countdown'' were detailed. He traveled to [[Veridian III]] after Picard sent him a message following the events of {{film|7}} explaining what really happened to Kirk regarding his "death" on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-B|-B}} to retrieve his body where he brought him back home to Earth to be reburied at the Kirk family farm in [[Iowa]]. Spock explained to Picard how Kirk did the same for him, at a terrible cost and that he needed to be equal to Kirk's sacrifice. Picard then tells Spock that he would be welcomed to return to Starfleet duty, in any capacity, but Spock planned to return to Romulus to continue his work. Picard asks whether arrangements can be made to make Spock's presence there official, but Spock declined, saying he has always led "a life of solitude and duty". As Spock remembers how he once worked with remarkable friends and comrades, he tells Picard to treasure those times in his own life, since they will someday end. They exchange the Vulcan salute and Picard walks away, but turned back to see Spock still standing quietly by his friend's grave.

Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto also lent their voices to ''[[Star Trek Online]]''; Nimoy reprised his role as Spock and narrated key events to players, while Quinto voices a Mark VI [[Emergency Medical Holographic program]] who helps the player though the tutorial level.

The {{y|2013}} [[Games|virtual collectible card battle game]] ''[[Star Trek: Rivals]]'' was using Nimoy's picture for card #103 "Ambassador Spock".

The ''[[Star Trek: Ongoing]]'' story arc ''[[Star Trek, Volume 13|Legacy of Spock]]'' focuses on his place in the [[alternate reality]]'s [[New Vulcan|new Vulcan settlement]]. Though initially blamed in part for the ultimate destruction of Vulcan, he is ultimately revered for his dedication to his people and receives a monument that is still standing 3,000 years later. Unlike the other monuments, which are massive, his is life-size, reportedly because he felt to make it any larger would not be "logical".

[[File:The Doctor and Spock.jpg|thumb|left|The Doctor offering Spock a jelly baby]]
In the [[Assimilation², Issue 3|third issue]] of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' crossover comic ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Doctor Who: Assimilation²|Assimilation²]]'', Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Scott investigate a Federation archaeological team on the planet Aprilia III on stardate 3368.5, which had lost contact with Starfleet. Upon landing in the shuttlecraft ''Galileo'', they are greeted by project manager Jefferson Whitmore, who assures them that all is well and gives them a tour of the facility, but Kirk finds the staff suspiciously calm, which Spock agrees with as by Human standards, the research team seemed remarkably placid and unemotional. The team later return to the facility after dark where they meet the [[w:c:tardis:Fourth Doctor|Fourth Doctor]], assuming he's a member of the research team and he helps them break the electronic lock with his [[w:c:tardis:Sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] and then offers Spock a [[w:c:tardis:Jelly baby|jelly baby]]. Together, they infiltrated the facility. There, they find the researchers standing catatonically, with small cybernetic devices in their ears. It is discovered they were under the control of the Doctor's enemies, the [[w:c:tardis:Cyberman|Cybermen]]. A battle ensues and Spock and Scotty use their phasers on two Cybermen, while Kirk and the Doctor handle the [[w:c:tardis:Cyber-Controller|Cyber-Controller]]. The Doctor then uses gold dust to clog up the Controller's respiration, allowing Spock to fire his phaser and destroying it. After the Cybermen are defeated and the Doctor slips quietly away, Spock assures Kirk there are no signs of anymore Cybermen on the planet, but Kirk arranges for a permanent garrison of Starfleet Security personnel to protect the researchers just in case.

In ''[[Star Trek Cats]]'', Spock is depicted as an Oriental Shorthair [[cat]].

In the {{s|PIC}} novel ''[[The Last Best Hope]]'', Spock left Romulus in the early [[2380s]], believing there was nothing more he could achieve in the face of the predicted Supernova, but not without taking as many survivors as his small ship can carry with him. He was later contacted by now-Admiral Jean-Luc Picard when his journey brought him to an unplanned rendezvous with the USS ''Verity''.

Spock appears in the video game ''[[Star Trek: Resurgence]]'', where he comes aboard the USS ''Resolute'' to assist in stopping a crisis between the Hotari and the Alydians.

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