It's kind of a surprise to find the original Vulcan still referred to
as "Dr. Spock" in the mundanemedia (see today's issue of The City, a
fine free daily paper of San Fran) all these decades later.

Still, can one not assume that such a title must have some truth?
Surely he has earned more than one PhD in his career, after leaving
Kirk's command.

No doubt one in pediatrics.

-Al-

Given that there were other non-medical doctors mentioned in the
series -- Dr. Daystrom comes to mind -- we can use that as evidence
that Spock did not have a doctorate.

On the other hand, we never encounter any Vulcan with an academic
title. Perhaps they have a cultural inhibition to their use. We did
encounter other non-human doctors, so it would have to be a Vulcan
thing.

On Mar 25, 2:43 pm, Al Smith address.com> wrote:

Bones wrote:

No, you can use that as evidence that Spock was a Starfleet officer who
is normally addressed by his rank. Dr. Daystrom was a civilian and
calling him "doctor" is the norm.

I don't know if Commander Spock had a doctorate at that time of the
series, but your "evidence" is less than useful.

Realistically, Spock must have acquired academic degrees. I mean,
the man is a walking science library. He probably has a string of
degrees as long as a Rigelian Bloodworm.

-Al-

Al Smith wrote:

Why?

On Mar 25, 5:25 pm, Ragnar comsouth.net> wrote:

I thought about this possibility, since what you describe is the norm
in the current military. However, we did see a number of characters in
StarFleet uniform also being addressed by the title "Doctor." Not all
were physicians, who really are only doctors by courtesy not by
academic achievement

Al Smith wrote:

(not quite so) Fat Sam wrote: