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Doctor's Orders (novel)

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Country
  
United States

Publisher
  
Pocket Books

Media type
  
Print (paperback)

Originally published
  
June 1990

Preceded by
  
The Pandora Principle

ISBN
  
0-671-66189-2

Language
  
English

Publication date
  
June 1990

Pages
  
291 pp

Author
  
Diane Duane

Followed by
  
Enemy Unseen

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Genres
  
Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction

Similar
  
Diane Duane books, Star Trek: The Original Series books, James T Kirk books

Doctor's Orders is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel written by Diane Duane.

Plot

In response to good-natured complaints about his command style, Captain Kirk leaves Doctor McCoy in command of the Enterprise. Kirk beams down to the planet 'Flyspeck' in order to facilitate its acceptance into the Federation. Kirk soon vanishes, leaving McCoy stuck with the ship against his will; regulations forbid him from passing on command to Commander Spock.

Kirk is nowhere to be found and to complicate matters, the Klingons show up, claiming to have a stake in 'Flyspeck' as well. It is later found that Kirk had been lost in the time stream, as one of Flyspeck's races do not fully live in linear time.

References

Doctor's Orders (novel) Wikipedia