Spock

Overview of Spock

Spock advocated that infants should not be placed on their back when sleeping, commenting in his 1958 edition that “if [an infant] vomits, he’s more likely to choke on the vomitus.” This advice was extremely influential on health-care providers, with nearly unanimous support through to the 1990s.[25] Later empirical studies, however, found that there is a significantly increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) associated with infants sleeping on their abdomens.

Spock thus initiated a Vulcan mind-meld in an attempt to know the situation, but was unprepared for the intensity and amount of its four-million-year old memories, and forced to terminate the link; in doing so, however, Spock had inadvertently roused Prime back to life, and after introducing himself Prime warned the organics that he wasn’t the only Autobot on the planet.

Spock’s earlier peace initiative with Romulus (TNG’s “Unification” two-parter) would later be taken up by Starfleet captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in the new series PIC (2019–present), which sees Picard lead an effort to relocate surviving Romulans within Federation space from their destroyed home system (following the events of 2009’s “Star Trek”).

Spock’s grandson Peter, Michael’s son, committed suicide on Christmas of 1983 at the age of 22 by jumping from the roof of the Children’s Museum.[47] He had been employed at the museum part-time[48] and had long suffered from schizophrenia.[49] This story has often been misreported as his son’s suicide.[50]

Spock assumed that he was heterosexual, and made further assumptions on Vulcan sexuality based on the episodes “Journey to Babel” and “Amok Time”, the only TOS episodes to show hints of Vulcan culture, and on his remarks and actions in “This Side of Paradise”, “All Our Yesterdays”, “The Enterprise Incident”, and “The Cloud Minders”.

Spock (Leonard Nimoy/Zachary Quinto/Ethan Peck), as every Star Trek fan knows, is the half-Vulcan character who was the first Vulcan to refuse a fellowship at the esteemed Vulcan Science Academy; choosing instead to become the first Vulcan to atseem Starfleet Academy, where he briefly served as an instructor.

Spock, (born May 2, 1903, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.—died March 15, 1998, La Jolla, California), American pediatrician whose books on child-rearing, especially his Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946; 6th ed., 1992), influenced generations of parents and made his name a household word.

Spock’s work with the Romulan underground movement would also bear fruit in the 6th season episode “Face of the Enemy” which saw Counselor Troi (Marina Sirtis) abducted and surgically altered to appear Romulan in order to help smuggle members of the Romulan dissident movement into Federation space.

Spock’s sacrifice for his shipmates is a debt his colleagues repay to him in the next film, “The Search For Spock”(1984), which is one of the rare times where Spock was not a very active participant in a Star Trek movie, even though the entire film revolves around his resurrection.

Spock’s mixed human-Vulcan heritage was a great plot device that allowed “Star Trek” to subtly comment on the human condition, exploring the tension between logic and emotion, between our intellectual capacities and our baser drives.

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As the Autobots and Decepticons went head to head, Spock and the other humans were beamed aboard by Kirk, who transformed the Autobot ship into the mighty “Fortress Tiberius” to deal with the Decepticon Trypticon.As the Decepticons regrouped to lay waste to the mining colony, Spock and his two shipmates ineffectually fought back against the Decepticons as they attempted to evacuate the miners.Before Starscream could execute Prime, however, Kirk and the other Autobots arrived to save the day—with Kirk piloting Fortress Maximus, the Autobot’s alternate mode reshaped into a copy of the Enterprise.It soon became clear that the four heroes could not overpower the Decepticon force, forcing Spock to take the only logical action and surrender on the condition that the Federation miners go free—much to the amusement of the Klingon Kuri, whose forces had formed an alliance with the Decepticons.Prime’s Directive, Part Three

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In 1968 — the year Clark made contact with Belafonte, and the same year the Star Trek episode “Plato’s Stepchildren” caused much consternation for network executives who feared backlash against the interracial kiss between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura — a young girl wrote a letter to Spock, care of FaVE magazine.In the letter, she makes the connection between Spock’s fictional identity and her own very real situation:

Support

Although Dr.calm, logical, and stoic.His level-headedness makes him an ideal leader and support to his passionate friends, but Kirk and McCoy’s emotional tendencies often put them at odds with the cooler-headed Spock.In fact, this is also similar to the internal struggle Spock feels in reconciling his human and Vulcan heritage.McCoy would say Spock doesn’t have a personality and is cold and distant, Spock has a deep capacity for compassion through his ability to mind-meld.Mind-melding is a Vulcan power that allows Spock to share thoughts and memories with others.Needless to say, he’s a complicated man.Personality…

11 HE NEVER MIND-MELDED WITH HIS FATHER?

To say Spock and his father Sarek had a poor relationship would be an understatement.The two fell out when Spock turned down the Vulcan Science Academy to join Starfleet and didn’t speak for almost 30 years.In their infrequent meet-ups during the original series, they slowly mended their relationship, but never achieved the full father-son bond they had in Spock’s childhood.It was only decades later on Sarek’s deathbed that Jean-Luc Piccard found the perfect solution.

13 WHY DOESN’T HE KEEP TRACK OF HIS PON FARR CYCLE?

The Vulcan Pon Farr cycle is considered one of the most beloved parts of Star Trek lore.Every seven years, Vulcan males succumb to mind-bending emotional rages that must be subsided either through mating or ritual combat within a certain time frame or else die from the chemical dysphoria in their brains.

16 HE PUT HIS SOUL IN MCCOY INSTEAD OF KIRK?

The death of Spock in Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan is one of the most unironically touching moments in the entire franchise.As Spock sacrifices himself to save his friends, he waxes poetic about utilitarianism one last time before succumbing to the poison he’d exposed himself to and dies right in front of Kirk, just missing the epic “KHAN!” shout.

18 HE CAN MIND-MELD WITH COMPUTERS?

The Vulcan mind meld is one of the most versatile and helpful tools in their bag of assorted alien tricks.

22 WHY WAS HE PASSED UP FOR A PROMOTION TO CAPTAIN?

This isn’t so much a weird thing about Spock as much as the circumstances surrounding him.At the beginning of the original Star Trek series, it is briefly stated that Spock had been serving as chief science officer on the U.S.S.Enterprise for over 11 years under the command of then-Captain Christopher Pike.Pike is promoted in the pilot episode, reaching the rank of Admiral and leaving the captain’s chair on the bridge of the Enterprise up for grabs.

23 HAS A PICTURE OF THE OG ENTERPRISE CREW ON HIM?

The brief but tasteful tribute to the late Leonard Nemoy in Star Trek Beyond was a beautiful homage to the man who first brought Spock to life.As the young Spock pulled an electronic picture of the original Enterprise crew from the effects of Spock Prime, the camera panned across the image and ensured that there would be nary a dry eye in the theater.But hang on a second, those items came from the original Star Trek universe of which the reboot films are a tangent.

4 WHY DOESN’T HE TEACH EVERYONE THE VULCAN NERVE PINCH?

The Vulcan nerve pinch is easily the most effective physical move that can be used in the Star Trek universe.Where others flail wildly and try desperately to grapple with aliens and humans alike, Spock maintains his cool stoicism in combat by simply jabbing someone in their collarbone and putting them to sleep.For a long time, it was considered his signature move, reserved only for elite Vulcan Federation officers.Then Jean-Luc Picard did it.And then Data.

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Duality: Either/Or?

This concept of duality was not invented by Roddenberry.It has been prevalent in man’s way of representing the world in art and culture long before the starship enterprise first took flight.

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How Do I Get Started?

Read ten reasons why Spock is for you, run your first spec in Spock Web Console, fork the spock-example project, learn how to write a specification, or dive into the reference documentation.

Okay, how the hell does this recording of Spock even exist?

IRL, we totally understand where Michael’s brief Spock clip comes from.It’s from “Unification II,” and it’s Spock talking to Picard.But, in-universe, why does this holographic recording exist? There’s really only one answer: Picard must have been recording Spock nearly the entire time they were on the mission.The speech Michael Burnham views is (mostly) from the very end of “Unification II,” in which Spock says: “The union of the Vulcan and Romulan people will not be achieved by politics diplomacy will not be achieved by politics or diplomacy — but it will be achieved.” Spock says this to Picard, while Data is watching.So, it feels possible that Data was recording the entire conversation for the purposes of the mission.After all, Picard and Data were on a covert mission for Starfleet, meaning it isn’t insane that they would have recorded it.When Burnham accesses the file, the computer says “coordinates redacted” but also that it’s from the personal files of “Admiral Jean-Luc Picard.” So, Picard is the source, the coordinates were the planet Romulus, and somehow Picard recorded this convo, maybe with Data’s help, or maybe some other way.

What is “SPOCK” exactly?

I cannot see the exact definition of the “SPOCK”.

What is it?

Spock is a testing and specification framework for Java and Groovy applications.What makes it stand out from the crowd is its beautiful and highly expressive specification language.Thanks to its JUnit runner, Spock is compatible with most IDEs, build tools, and continuous integration servers.Spock is inspired from JUnit, RSpec, jMock, Mockito, Groovy, Scala, Vulcans, and other fascinating life forms.

When did the planet Vulcan become Ni’Var?

It’s not exactly clear.We know that Ni’Var left the Federation 100 years prior to 3188, but it seems likely that the integration of Vulcans and Romulans was underway a long time before that happened.Could it have been as early as the 25th century? Sometime after the events of Star Trek: Picard? Maybe.After 2387, we know the Romulans literally don’t have a home, and by 2399 (Picard Season 1) there’s a loose government called The Romulan Free State.That said, several parts of Romulan culture seem more open to peace simply because things aren’t going so great.Could the Romulan emigration to the planet have happened sometime fairly quickly after Picard Season 1? It’s possible! In fact, considering we see the Romulan Qowat Milat order in “Unification III,” it feels possible that Picard Season 2 could show us the beginnings of the planet Vulcan becoming “Ni’Var.” Then again, it’s also possible this whole Ni’Var business didn’t start until several centuries after Picard, too.There are 930 years between Discovery Season 2 and Discovery Season 3.But, that’s still 789 years between Picard and Discovery Season 3.A lot could have happened.

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History of Spock

In “I Am Not Spock,” Mr.

In 1924, while at Yale, Spock was part of the all-Yale Men’s eight rowing team at the Paris Olympics, captained by James Rockefeller, later president of what would become Citigroup.

In 1944, Spock joined the Medical Corps of the US Naval Reserve as a psychiatrist, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander by the time of his discharge two years later.

In 1946, Spock published his book The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, which became a bestseller.

In 1960, Spock announced his support for John F.

In 1962, Spock joined The Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, otherwise known as SANE.

In 1967, Spock was pressed to run as Martin Luther King Jr.’s vice-presidential running mate at the National Conference for New Politics over Labor Day weekend in Chicago.[31]

In 1968 — the year Clark made contact with Belafonte, and the same year the Star Trek episode “Plato’s Stepchildren” caused much consternation for network executives who feared backlash against the interracial kiss between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura — a young girl wrote a letter to Spock, care of FaVE magazine.

In 1968, Spock signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War,[32] and he later became a sponsor of the War Tax Resistance project, which practiced and advocated tax resistance as a form of anti-war protest.[33] He was also arrested for his involvement in anti-war protests resulting from his signing of the anti-war manifesto “A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority” circulated by members of the radical intellectual collective RESIST.[34] The individuals arrested during this incident came to be known as the Boston Five.[35]

In 1968, the American Humanist Association named Spock Humanist of the Year.[36] On 15 October 1969, Spock was a featured speaker at the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam march.[37]

In 1968, the teen magazine FaVE!

In 1970, Dr.

In 1972, Nimoy stumped nationwide for George McGovern.

In 1972, Spock, Julius Hobson (his Vice Presidential candidate), Linda Jenness (Socialist Workers Party Presidential candidate), and Socialist Workers Party Vice Presidential candidate Andrew Pulley wrote to Major General Bert A.

In 1975, Spock and his wife divorced, and in 1976 he married Mary Morgan, a feminist activist 40 years his junior.

In 1976, Spock married Mary Morgan.[11] They built a home in Arkansas, on Beaver Lake, where Spock would row daily.[12] Mary quickly adapted to Spock’s life of travel and political activism.

In 1984, a fan wrote of this name: “I think it’s funny that it’s practically carved in stone that Spock’s family name is Xtmprsqzntwlfb.

In 1988, Eddie Bengtsson wrote a handful of songs to be performed at Finn Albertsson’s birthday party, with Alexander Hofman performing vocals; the three young men dubbed the band Mr.

In 1989 Spock on Spock: A Memoir of Growing Up with the Century, edited by Spock’s second wife, Mary Morgan, was published.

In 1989, the band members contacted Paramount Pictures for permission to use the name “Mr.

In 1991, during  Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5, the two-part episode “Unification” featured the return of Leonard Nimoy as live-action Spock to the small screen for the first time since The Original Series.

In 1991, Nimoy’s Spock was strictly relegated to appearing in the Trek feature films, and in fact, his final performance as Spock, was also in 1991, in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

In 1991, on the heels of the original crew’s cinematic farewell in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Spock made an appearance on The Next Generation in a much-anticipated two-part episode.

In 1991, the same year that he resurrected Mr.

In 1992, Spock received the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award at the John F.

In 1996, Don moved to Raleigh to start his life anew.

In 2265 the USS Enterprise was deployed on a 5 year mission of deep space exploration.

In 2267, however, T’Pring chose Stonn, a Vulcan, over Spock, and the Vulcan returned to the U.S.S.

In 2267, Spock kidnaps his former Captain, Christopher Pike, and hijacks the Enterprise to Talos IV.

In 2268, Spock was reunited with his parents when the Enterprise traveled to a peace conference on the planet Babel.

In 2285, Spock and Admiral Kirk take control of the Enterprise (which was engaged in a routine training mission) to answer a distress call.

In 2293 Spock goes on to the rank of admiral and is critical in creating a peace treaty between the Klingon Empire and the Federation.

In 2368, Ambassador Spock continued his clandestine attempts at Vulcan/Romulan unification and he met Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) on Romulus.

In 2387, a Praxis-like emergency opportunity for cooperation arose as an expanding supernova threatened to engulf Romulus, allowing Spock to head a project to stem the nova’s massively destructive advance.

In the 1940s, Spock favored circumcision of males performed within a few days of birth.

In the 1960s and 1970s, blame was placed on Spock for the disorderliness of young people, many of whose parents had been devotees of Baby and Child Care.[7] Vice President Spiro Agnew also blamed Spock for “permissiveness”.[7][41] These allegations were enthusiastically embraced by conservative adults, who viewed the rebellious youth of that era with disapproval, referring to them as “the Spock generation”.[42][43][44]

In the 1970s, Freudian views became the target of feminist critics who deemed it misogynistic.