Star Trek: Dr McCoy's 10 Point Guide To Being The Best Doctor In Starfleet

By Amarpal Biring /

3: What Are You?

I doesn't hurt to constantly remind everybody that your a doctor, especially if you get asked to do something beneath your abilities. Along with ''He's dead Jim,'' ''I'm a doctor, not a...'' is the catchphrase that is synonymous with Dr McCoy. Normally uttered when he was frustrated or annoyed with, some of the variations include ''I€™m a doctor, not a flesh peddler/moon shuttle conductor/ coal miner/escalator and bricklayer!'' The tradition carried on into later Star Trek series with both Dr Bashir in Deep Space Nine and The Doctor in Voyager using the catchphrase. McCoy's Lesson: Repeat after me, I'm a doctor not a...