▁episode , ▁" The ▁N aked ▁Time ". ▁The ▁mechan ics ▁of ▁the ▁pin ch ▁have ▁never ▁been ▁explained . ▁While ▁pract iced ▁mainly ▁by ▁V ul c ans , ▁it ▁is ▁apparently ▁not ▁exclusive ▁to ▁their ▁race . ▁Jonathan ▁Arch er ▁and ▁Jean - L uc ▁Pic ard ▁both ▁use ▁the ▁technique ▁after ▁becoming ▁involved ▁in ▁V ul can ▁tele path ic ▁rit uals ▁( Ar cher ▁holding ▁the ▁k atra ▁of ▁Sur ak , ▁Pic ard ▁having ▁under g one ▁a ▁mind - m eld ▁with ▁S are k ). ▁Seven ▁of ▁N ine ▁is ▁dep icted ▁as ▁capable ▁of ▁using ▁this ▁ability ▁in ▁the ▁episode ▁of ▁Vo y ager , ▁" The ▁R aven ". ▁The ▁android ▁Data ▁also ▁displayed ▁this ▁ability ▁in ▁the ▁T NG ▁episode , ▁" Un ification , ▁Part ▁II ". ▁ ▁The ▁neck ▁pin ch ▁itself ▁( re ferred ▁to ▁in ▁scripts ▁as ▁' FS NP ', ▁or ▁' F am ous ▁Spo ck ▁Ne ck ▁Pin ch ') ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁Leonard ▁N imo y , ▁who ▁object ed ▁to ▁a ▁scene ▁in ▁" The ▁En emy ▁Within ", ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁trans porter ▁mal function ▁had ▁divided ▁Kirk ▁between ▁his ▁good ▁and ▁evil ▁sel ves , ▁that ▁required ▁Spo ck ▁to ▁render ▁the ▁" ev il " ▁Kirk ▁un cons cious ▁and ▁sub du ing ▁him ▁by ▁hitting ▁him ▁over ▁the ▁head ▁with ▁the ▁but t ▁of ▁a ▁ph aser . ▁N imo y ▁was ▁convinced ▁that ▁such ▁over t ▁violence , ▁in