Chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike in 2254, an older, wry physician who doubles as the captain's confidant and prescribes a martini along with his advice.
Doctor Philip Boyce is the Enterprise's chief medical officer in the first Star Trek pilot, The Cage, where he is played by John Hoyt. Footage of him was later reused in the two-part episode The Menagerie.
After the costly fight on Rigel VII, Boyce visits a weary Pike in his quarters, mixes him a martini from his medical bag and listens as the captain talks about resigning. He argues that a man either meets life head-on or turns his back and withers.
When Pike is abducted on Talos IV, Boyce briefs the officers on the power of Talosian illusion and warns that the captives cannot trust anything they see. He remains aboard when Number One leads the rescue party.