Dr. Philip Boyce in 2254
Doctor Philip Boyce was the chief medical officer aboard the USS Enterprise in 2254, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike.
He enjoyed martinis, to the point of having a portable martini kit. He was acerbic and a realist – "Sometimes a man will tell his bartender things he'd never tell his doctor." (TOS: "The Cage")
Background
Dr. Philip Boyce was played by John Hoyt.
In Gene Roddenberry's original pitch for the series, the following is written about Boyce:
- Ship's Doctor --
- Phillip Boyce, an unlikely space traveler. At
- the age of fifty-one, he's worldly, humorously
- cynical, makes it a point to thoroughly enjoy
- his own weaknesses. Captain April's only real
- confidant, "Bones" Boyce considers himself the
- only realist aboard, measures each new landing
- in terms of relative annoyance, rather than
- excitement.
The following character biography appears in The Making of Star Trek, during a time in production when Robert April was still being considered as the name of the Enterprise's captain:
- Ship's Doctor. Philip Boyce, M.D., is a highly unlikely space traveler. Well into his fifties, he's worldly, humorously cynical, makes it a point to thoroughly enjoy his own weaknesses. He's also engaged in a perpetual battle of ideas and ideals with Jose. Captain April's only real confidant, "Bones" Boyce considers himself the only realist aboard, measures each new landing in terms of the annoyances it will personally create for him.
Apocrypha
According to the novel Enterprise: The First Adventure, by Vonda N. McIntyre, Boyce was the CMO of Starbase 23 following his tenure aboard the Enterprise.
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