Leonard Nimoy: Here's how 'The Big Bang Theory' remembered the 'Star Trek' actor
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
Those behind the scenes at the popular CBS sitcom 鈥淭he Big Bang Theory鈥� recently paid tribute to deceased 鈥�Star Trek鈥� star Leonard Nimoy during the newest episode of the show.
A 鈥渧anity card鈥� often appears after each episode and 鈥淭heory鈥� creator Chuck Lorre shares his thoughts on a certain subject using this medium.
On the March 5 episode, the vanity card had a picture of Nimoy and read, 鈥淭he impact you had on our show and our lives is everlasting,鈥� according to the .听
Nimoy 鈥� or at least his voice 鈥� guest-starred on an episode in 2012 when Nimoy provided the voice for an action figure of his 鈥淪tar Trek鈥� character Spock.听
Many of the main characters on 鈥淭heory鈥� love anything to do with science fiction or fantasy and the show 鈥淪tar Trek鈥� has been brought up many times.听
Nimoy spoke with 聽in 2012 about how he got involved with 鈥淭heory鈥� and why the appearance was ultimately in voice form.听
鈥淭hey are a wonderfully talented bunch of people and it is a smart show that is full of talent,鈥� the actor said of the sitcom. 鈥淭hey asked me to appear on the show. For various reasons, a physical appearance didn鈥檛 work out, but when they came up with this idea of voicing the Spock character with Sheldon being given a聽鈥楽tar Trek鈥櫬爐ransporter, I thought the whole idea was wonderful. It was a way for me to deliver an appearance on the show and to work with that very, very talented bunch of people.鈥澛�
Nimoy died on Feb. 27. Following his death, various co-stars offered their remembrances. 鈥淚 loved him like a brother,鈥� William Shatner, who portrayed 鈥淪tar Trek鈥� captain James T. Kirk, said. 鈥淲e will all miss his humor, his talent and his capacity to love.鈥� Meanwhile, 鈥淪tar Trek鈥� co-star Nichelle Nichols said of Nimoy, 鈥淗e was a true force of strength and his character was that of a champion. Leonard's integrity and passion as an actor and devotion to his craft helped transport 'Star Trek' into television history. His vision and heart are bigger than the universe.鈥�
Actor Zachary Quinto, who took on the role of Spock for the new 鈥淪tar Trek鈥� films, said of Nimoy鈥檚 death, 鈥淢y heart is broken. I love you profoundly my dear friend. And I will miss you everyday. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.鈥�
