Philip Boyce Dr . Philip Boyce was a male Human Starfleet officer who lived during the mid - 23rd century . He served in the sciences division aboard the under Captain Christopher Pike . He served as ship ' s Chief Medical Officer in 2254 . Boyce was an acerbic realist who did not hesitate to tell Captain Pike when he thought Pike was wrong . He was known to carry a portable martini kit with him , reasoning that , " " sometimes a man will tell his bartender things he ' ll never tell his doctor . " " In this capacity , Boyce counseled Pike to remain in the service when Pike confided in him , in 2254 , that he was considering retiring . Boyce realized that Pike ' s sentiment was stemming from a recent incident on Rigel VII in which three " Enterprise " crewmembers , including Pike ' s own yeoman , were killed , an incident on which Pike blamed his own complacency . Shortly thereafter , Boyce was a member of a landing party which investigated the apparent existence of survivors of a crash ed survey expedition on planet Talos IV . As such , he reported to Pike on the extraordinary health of the survivors , despite them having supposedly been stranded for eighteen years . Later , when it became clear that the existence of survivors was an illusion created by the Talosian s for the purpose of abducting Pike , Boyce participated in a staff briefing , cautioning the crew as to the dangers posed by the Talosians ' mental powers . ( ) Footage of his experience aboard the " Enterprise " under Captain Pike during the original visit to Talos IV , from thirteen years prior , was transmitted from that planet during Spock ' s fictional court martial aboard the same ship in 2267 . ( ) Memorable quotes . " " Sometimes a man ' ll tell his bartender things he ' ll never tell his doctor . " " " " Chris , you set standards for yourself no one could meet . You treat everyone on board like a Human being except yourself . " " " " We both get the same two kinds of customers . The living and the dying . " " " " Eve ? As in Adam ? " " " " As in all ship ' s doctors are dirty old men . " " Appendices . Background information . Philip Boyce was played by John Hoyt . Boyce was the first ship ' s doctor conceived for " Star Trek " . In Gene Roddenberry ' s original pitch for the series , the following was written about Boyce : Some of the ideas about Dr . Boyce subsequently influenced a character biography that appears in " The Making of Star Trek " . Written during a time when Robert April was still being considered as the name of the " Enterprise " s captain , the biography stated : In the script of " The Cage " , a description of Dr . Boyce stated , " " A highly unlikely looking space crewman , Boyce is pushing middle age , something of a worldly cynic . " " At one time , David Opatoshu was considered for the role of Doctor Boyce . Malachi Throne was also considered for the part . He was called into audition for it by Gene Roddenberry , as well as Herb Solow and Oscar Katz , who were running Desilu , at that point . ( ' # 190 , p . 52 ) After Throne was turned down for the role of Spock during the meeting , the subject of conversation changed to the possibility of Throne portraying the character of the doctor . " " Gene says , ' Is there anything else you want to do , because we want you to play the ship ' s doctor . ' I said , ' No , no , no . [ The doctor ] is the third man through the door , and a friend of mine wrote a book called , ' Don ' t Be The Third Man Through The Door In Hollywood ' , because you will end up that way ' [ . . . ] I said to Gene and the others , ' Well , I don ' t want to do that , either . I don ' t want to play Bones . It ' s not my idea to play a doctor in space . I mean , my mother would like it , but nonetheless , I don ' t want to do that . . . " " ( ) Throne concluded , " " I said , " No thank you , I ' m late for unemployment . ' So , they immediately fell on the floor laughing . " " ( ' # 190 , p . 52 ) DeForest Kelley was likewise considered for the part of Boyce . Though Roddenberry was insistent that Kelley be cast in the role , Director Robert Butler opposed that idea , preferring John Hoyt , an option Roddenberry ultimately agreed with . ( " The Star Trek Interview Book " , p . 98 ) After Hoyt portrayed Boyce in " The Cage " , he was disappointed not to be asked back to reprise the role . ( " " # 113 ) The text commentary of regarded Dr . Boyce as being the first of numerous " bartender - confidantes " throughout " Star Trek " history , also counting Guinan in and Vic Fontaine in as fitting this mold . His first name was spelled " Phillip " in the . " " issue 113 mistakenly referred to Boyce ' s first name as " Joseph " . Apocrypha . According to the novel " " , by Vonda N . McIntyre , Boyce was the CMO of Starbase 23 following his tenure aboard the " Enterprise " . His mirror universe counterpart appeared in the short story " The Greater Good " by Margaret Wander Bonanno , which was contained in the anthology " Shards and Shadows " . He was depicted as the chief medical officer of the , then under the command of Captain , in 2264 . " " incorrectly gives his first name as " Joseph " .