Star Trek is famous for their Doctor's saying "I'm a Doctor, not
a ..." then whatever they're not. It goes clear back to the original series
with every doctor since saying this famous phrase at some time or another.
McCoy holds the record for saying it the most times but our favorite EMH
from Voyager is catching up! Below is the known times that McCoy, Crusher,
Bashir, and the EMH have the
phrase. If anyone has one I missed please e-mail
it to me!
Dr. Leonard McCoy (TOS))-
"I'm
a Doctor, not an Engineer" - ??
"I'm a Doctor, not a bricklayer" - The Devil in the Dark
"I'm a Doctor, not a moon shuttle conductor" - The Corbomite
Maneuver
"I'm a Doctor, not a psychiatrist" - The City on the Edge of
Forever
"I'm a Doctor, not a mechanic" - The Doomsday Machine & The Empath
"I'm a Doctor, not a scientist" - Metamorphosis
"I'm a Doctor, not a physicist" - Metamorphosis
"I'm a Doctor, not an escalator" - Friday's Child
"I'm a Doctor, not a magician" - The Deadly Years
"I'm a Doctor, not a flesh peddler" - Return to Tomorrow
"I'm a Doctor, not a coal miner" - The Empath
Dr. Beverly Crusher (TNG) -
"I'm a doctor, remember, not a fusion engineer." - Here There Be Dragons
Dr. Julian Bashir (DS9) -
"I'm
a Doctor, not a historian" - Trials and Tribble-ations
"I'm a Doctor, not a botanist." - The Wire
"I'm a Doctor, not an insurgent" - Vengeance
The Doctor (VOY) -
"I'm
a Doctor, not a doorstop" - First Contact
"I'm
a Doctor, not a database" - Future's End, Part II
"I'm
a Doctor, not a decorator" - The Phage
"I'm
a Doctor, not a bartender" - Twisted
"I'm
a Doctor, not a performer" - Investigations
"I'm
a Doctor, not a counter-insurgant" - Basics, Part II
"I'm a Doctor, not a voyeur" - Parturition
"I'm a Doctor, not a jailer" - Ghost of a Chance
EMH-2 -
"I'm a Doctor, not a commando" - Message in a Bottle
The disease spreads...
Lt. Tom Paris (VOY) -
"I'm a pilot, not a doctor"
- Message in a Bottle
Lt. B'Elanna Torres (VOY) -
"I'm an engineer, dammit, not a soldier!" - Ragnarok
While going through our extensive database we have found examples from the past that indicate this phrase was used as far back as 1998!! On something called a television show we have found this quote...
"Jesse's a healer, not a fighter.." -- Dr. Marc Sloan (Diagnosis Murder)