Steampunk Star Trek Photography

Posted by Michael Pinto on Dec 13, 2010 in Fandom, Star Trek

These wonderful Victorian styled Star Trek photos are he handy work of an artist known as Rabittooth. I really love how the artist has matched the role of each character on the show with an appropriate historical counterpart: Read more…

Tags: Captain Kirk, Dr. Leonard McCoy, Spock, steampunk, Uhura

Meet a Real Life Dr. McCoy

Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 20, 2010 in Science

Robert Satcher Jr. is an astronaut and a surgeon: And not only is he a 21st century of a Dr. McCoy but since he’s also an Chemical engineer you can say that he’s also like Mr. Scott. What I love about watching videos like this is that you get to see people who actually go into outer space for a living, and cooler yet they’re actually quite geeky too! It’s also inspiring to see that Satcher has given back so much too. Here’s a wonderful photo of Satcher in action: Read more…

Tags: Dr. Leonard McCoy, NASA

The Birth of the Man Who Invented Bones McCoy

Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 20, 2010 in Star Trek

90 years ago today in the town of Toccoa, Georgia the wife of a local Baptist minister gave birth to Jackson DeForest Kelley. Foreshadowing his science fiction and television future DeForest was named after pioneering electronics engineer Lee De Forest who played a major role pioneering both radio and sound-on-film. Read more…

Tags: Dr. Leonard McCoy