Star Trek: Every Medical Officer Ranked

11. Phil Boyce

As Star Trek's very first doctor, Doctor Phil Boyce holds a special place in the franchise despite only a single appearance in the very first unaired pilot, "The Cage" (and of course file footage in "The Menagerie").

Boyce is also notable right out of the gate for medicating Captain Pike (and self-medicating right along with him) with a medkit martini in our first introduction to the character. As the prototypical Star Trek medical officer, Boyce is established in the pilot as a sounding board for Pike, a relationship that would be duplicated when Star Trek went to air with the roles swapped out for Kirk and McCoy.

With the return of Captain Christopher Pike both in the Kelvin Timeline films and later in Star Trek: Discovery, alongside another "Cage" favorite Number One, maybe now's the time for the return of Doctor Phil Boyce in a Star Trek: Pike spin off series.

Kahless knows television could use a competent Doctor Phil.