and three times by Karl Urban in later films. McCoy repeats the line when he must perform some task beyond his medical skills, such as when he is asked to treat the unfamiliar silicon-based Horta alien in "The Devil in the Dark" (1967), saying, "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer." The artificial-intelligence Doctor in the later Star Trek: Voyager series repeatedly makes statements that pay homage to this catchphrase. Kelley parodied the phrase in a 1992 commercial for Trivial Pursuit's 10th Anniversary Edition, in which the question is asked, "How many chambers are there in a human heart?" replying "How should I know? I'm an actor, not a doctor!". Reception In a rebuttal to a tongue-in-cheek analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which claimed that Dr. Nick from The Simpsons was a better role model than his competitor Dr. Hibbert, both of which were published in the same journal in 1998, both doctors are cast aside for Dr. McCoy, "TV's only true physician" and "someone who has broken free from the yoke of ethics and practises the art and science of medicine beyond the stultifying opposition of paternalism and autonomy. A free and independent thinker and, indeed, someone even beyond role models". In 2012, IGN ranked the character Doctor McCoy, as depicted in the original series, its films, and the 2009 film Star Trek, as the fifth-top character of the Star Trek universe, behind Data, Picard, Spock, and Kirk. In 2016, Doctor McCoy was ranked as the fifth-most important character of Starfleet within the Star Trek science-fiction universe by Wired. In 2016, SyFy ranked McCoy third of the six main-cast space doctors of the Star Trek franchise. In 2017, Screen Rant ranked the reboot film (Kelvin timeline) McCoy, played by Urban, as the 17th-most attractive person in the Star Trek universe. In 2018, The Wrap placed Doctor McCoy as sixth out 39 in a ranking of main cast characters of the Star Trek franchise. In 2018, CBR ranked McCoy as the 11th-best Starfleet character of Star Trek. References External links Leonard McCoy at StarTrek.com "DeForest Kelley (1920-1999)" at the New Georgia Encyclopedia Star Trek: The Original Series characters Star Trek: The Animated Series characters Star Trek (film franchise) characters Starfleet officers Star Trek: The Next Generation characters Starfleet admirals Fictional physicians Fictional surgeons Star Trek: Phase II characters Starfleet medical personnel Starfleet commanders Starfleet lieutenant commanders Television characters introduced