“For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky”
“For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky” McCoy suffers from an incurable disease, xenopolycythemia. His presumably last mission leads him to the asteroid starship Yonada whose inhabitants think they are on a planet. He falls in love with the high priestess and decides to stay on Yonada. The asteroid, however, is on a collision course, and against the resistance of the residents, Kirk and Spock access the computer to change course and also find a cure for McCoy’s disease. summary by Ex-Astris-Scientia
I’m not really sure how I felt about this one. On the one hand, I thought having a love affair for McCoy (for once it wasn’t Kirk) was a good idea. Then, as I watched the plot it seemed a little pathetic. An incurable disease, a wish to live out his days by a woman’s side? Come one, Bones!