Dr McCoy's daughter

[Forbin]

"That one woman in Dr. McCoy's past" doesn't mean it was the ONLY woman in his past. I'm sure any guy here of sufficient age can think of one special woman in his past, even if he ended up letting her go, getting dumped, or marrying someone else.

 

[Zeppster]

It's not definitive of course. But it just makes it a bit harder to believe he had a child based on that line. Of course maybe that's just all he wanted Kirk to know about.

 

[kirsten187]

That's what made me wonder but I thought I'd ask people here since you all seem to know more than me! So thank you again for your help and answers.

 

[Therin of Andor]

It's not definitive of course. But it just makes it a bit harder to believe he had a child based on that line. Of course maybe that's just all he wanted Kirk to know about.

Many men have children with women that they do not love.

 

[Greg Cox]

Or, perhaps, he loved Joanna's mother at the time, but the nasty divorce soured his memories of her so that he was not inclined to remember her wistfully by the time of "Mantrap." Easier to recall Nancy Crater as the lost love of his life, instead of that damn ex-wife who broke his heart . . . .

But, yeah, the backstory about McCoy and his daughter was an idea that never actually made it into any canonical ST episodes or movies.

 

[Zeppster]

It's not definitive of course. But it just makes it a bit harder to believe he had a child based on that line. Of course maybe that's just all he wanted Kirk to know about.

Many men have children with women that they do not love.

Again I said as much. Greg Cox may be right. The point is that it's never made it into movies or shows.

 

[Captain Robert April]

It's important to keep in mind the emphasis Kirk puts on the words, "that one woman". Kind of along the same lines of an old Sam Kinison bit about how everyone has that one woman in their past who went through their lives and made it hell, doesn't matter if it was last week or third grade (immediately followed by picking a random guy in the audience, asking him who that woman was, if he knows her phone number, then calling her from on stage, and informing her that they'd just held a vote on who was the biggest bitch in the universe, AND SHE WON!!)

 

[Forbin]

...or that one woman who got away. I love my wife desperately, but I occasionally think of a girl I dated around the time I met her. I chose wisely in the end, but... sometimes I can't help but wonder...

 

[Davros]

I do not remember any of Doctor McCoy's relatives ever being mentioned on the show.

 

[therealsb63]

I think the lady in The Way To Eden was a Russian who went to the Academy with Chekov. Irina someone I think her name was.

That's correct.

How do we know her name is Joanna? Was that ever established?

It's mentioned in The Making of Star Trek, published between TOS's second and third seasons, that a future episode would feature Dr. McCoy's daughter Joanna. Kirk would be romantically attracted to her and the Kirk-McCoy relationship would have some new kinks and twists. The best-laid plans of mice and men . . .

It's true, there used to be a script treatment you could get at conventions years ago that was supposedly Dorothy Fontana's would-be fourth season episode "Joanna" which would have finally introduced McCoy's daughter.

 

[flandry84]

It's been ages since I've seen ST5;The final frontier,but I have a vague memory of the campfire conversation during hich Kirk remarks that even though he,Spock and Bones have family of their own,they still decide to spend their shore leave together.
Maybe someone more familiar with the movie might confirm.

 

[Zeppster]

That doesn't mean none of them ever had kids. We all know Kirk had at least 1 son that was killed by Klingons. There's nothing saying he didn't have others.

 

[Kelso]

It's been ages since I've seen ST5;The final frontier,but I have a vague memory of the campfire conversation during hich Kirk remarks that even though he,Spock and Bones have family of their own,they still decide to spend their shore leave together.
Maybe someone more familiar with the movie might confirm.

No, Bones remarks that other people have families to spend shore leave with. Kirk replies, "Other people, Bones. Not us."

 

[Therin of Andor]

It's true, there used to be a script treatment you could get at conventions years ago that was supposedly Dorothy Fontana's would-be fourth season episode "Joanna" which would have finally introduced McCoy's daughter.

Not quite. The "Joanna" script treatment evolved into the third season's "The Way to Eden". The script treatment (rumoured to be a DC Fontana story) intended for a hypothetical Season Four, and featuring Joanna McCoy, was "The Stars of Sargasso".

 

[kirsten187]

What started out as a question has become an amazing thread - I think I'll have to ask questions more often! Thank you.

 

[22 Stars]

It should also be mentioned that in DS9, Dax does imply having been intimate as a previous host with Leonard McCoy, who had the 'hands of a surgeon'.

 

[Captain Robert April]

It was while he was a med student at Ol' Miss.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

It should also be mentioned that in DS9, Dax does imply having been intimate as a previous host with Leonard McCoy, who had the 'hands of a surgeon'.

It was while he was a med student at Ol' Miss.

And while Emmony Dax was in her 30's, most likely, and he was in his teens (17-18.) I sense a possible underage/overage relationship thing here!

 

[Captain Robert April]

I'll need to check the episode, but since we're talking med student, not pre-med, I think we're talking mid-twenties, not late teens. And how can Emony's age be determined to be in her mid-thirties?

 

[kirsten187]

I remember that. I laughed so much when I watched the DS9 episode for the first time in ages about a month ago and Dax said that.