Mr Spock,things you might know about Mr Spock and one Spock thing you won't!

Spock facts


Spock,aka Leonard Nimoy, was a key character of Star Trek from the Original Series until Star Trek:-The Undiscovered Country.

For many fans of Star Trek, he's not only the original, but best, and no emotional robot or hyper-efficient ex Borg can ever take his place.

Here's some neat Spock facts for you Leonard Nimoy fans out there,whatever galaxy you're residing in.


Spock was half-human,the child of Sarek, Vulcan diploman and Amanda Grayson, a human schoolteacher.Throughout his life Spock struggled to reconcile the two sides of his personality - vulcan logic and human emotion.

Leonard Nimoy went on to direct two Star Trek films - The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home, as well as the 1987 hit comedy Three Men and a Baby.

As a child, Spock owned a pet sehlat,a Vulcan animal similar to a teddy bear in appearance but with less fur.

A man of musical as well as many other talents, Leonard Nimoy has released several albums. His best known track is his 1969 homage to a hobbit, The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.

Spock and Kirk often relaxed by playing tri-dimensional chess. Spock was also skilled at playing the Vulcan lute.

Mr Spock was the first ever Vulcan to join the Starfleet, and had the Starfleet service number S179-276. He originally joined the Enterprise under Captain Pike, and worked as Science Officer under Captain Kirk.

Several enduring elements of Vulcan behaviour, such as the Vulcan nerve pinch, were improvised by Leonard Nimoy. He also created the Vulcan salute, basing it on a traditional Jewish religious gesture.

Leonard Nimoy's father owned a barber shop, where, apparently, one of the popular styles on offer was the "Spock cut",you have to be kidding right?

Being half-Vulcan, Spock had green blood, Copper, as opposed to Iron and the group the group T-negative.

Spock's final Trek television appearance was on the Next Generation episodes Unification parts one and two, in which he finally discovered the love of his father, Sarek.

One other little known fact concerns Spock's fear of teleportation,this T shirt pays homage to Spock's deep rooted fear.Evidently,on one occasion the wrong ears were beamed down,hence his appearance.