it's only logical that kirstie alley has been called out by star trek fans for paying tribute to the wrong spock the actress raised the heckles of trekkies sunday when she wrote a tribute on twitter seemingly honoring a real life celebrity child psychologist instead of the fictional science officer of uss enterprise portrayed by the late actor leonard nimoy 'rest in peace dr spock  xxxooo,' alley wrote in a message accompanying a black and white still photograph of nimoy as the half vulcan first officer under the command of captain james t kirk scroll down for video  twitter gaffe: kirstie alley has been called out by star trek fans for calling leonard nimoy's character 'dr spock' instead of 'mr spock' wrong spock: the actress (left) accidentally paid tribute to dr benjamin spock (right), a celebrity child psychoanalyst who died in 1998  the vintage image also features a young kirstie alley as the romulan lieutenant saavik, who appears to be going in for a kiss with nimoy's stone faced spock in the 1982 star trek: the wrath of khan alley was later replaced in the role by the actress robin curtis the 64 year old tv and film actress unwittingly eulogized dr benjamin spock, a famed pediatric psychoanalyst and the author of the mega best seller baby and child care who passed away in 1998 at age 94 fans of the successful science fiction franchise star trek wasted no time pointing out alley’s mistake co stars: kirstie alley (left) played the romulan lieutenant saavik in star trek: the wrath of khan alongside nimoy as spock (right) brief sci fi career: alley (left andf right) was later replaced in the role by the actress robin curtis  team enterprise: nimoy (far right) portrayed the half vulcan, half human science officer spock for 47 years this file photo shows the cast of star trek: the wrath of khan, including william shatner as captain james t kirk (center) and alley as saavik (second right) 'that's *mr* spock dr spock was the baby expert,' user eric fettmann reminded the look who's talking star another star trek fan julie smith wrote: 'rofl dr spock gave our parents advice about how to take care of us!' but others have come to alley's defense, insisting that the actress' slip up was just an innocent mistake alley, who was out of the country when leonard nimoy passed away friday at age 83, defiantly responded to the flurry of tweets about her gaffe about an hour later outspoken: alley, 64, has defended her tweet in a follow up message, insisting that honorary titles notwithstanding, the sentiment was the same  live long and prosper: nimoy passed away friday after a long battle with lung disease he was 83 'i'm sure mr spock had phd's in scienceanyway the sentiment is the samejeezhard to make gestures on here without trek policerip,' she retorted nimoy, who played mr spock for 47 years, was laid to rest sunday in los angeles following an intimate ceremony attended by family and close friends
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alley, 64, mixed up nimoy's mr spock with dr spock, calling to mind the late pediatric psychoanalyst and bestselling author dr benjamin spock . the look who's talking star appeared in star trek: the wrath of khan, portraying lt saavik . alley defended her message in a follow up tweet, insisting that her gaffe notwithstanding, the sentiment was the same 