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Recently, a letter from Gene Roddenberry surfaced that suggests he originally intended for Spock to serve as the series sex symbol on "Star Trek." (He hypothesized that dark, Vulcan good looks would be "particularly provocative to women.") Of course, Kirk ended up netting all the space-beefcake glory, but for our Federation credits, Mr. Spock is the ultimate man.*

Why? Vulcan males are governed by reason and logic. They won't try to spill their emotions all over you like your average tapas-bar-going, Alicia-Keyes-listening Earth dudes.

I know what you're thinking -- if you're looking for a low-maintenance relationship with someone with the emotional sensitivity of a claw hammer, why not try a Klingon? But you forget -- Spock is humanoid, so you could take him home to grandma (unless she has something against Jewish dudes with body mods). Plus, with a Vulcan, you wouldn't have to worry about ridged-head-crest or weapons-belt chafing during sex.

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*half-man, half-Vulcan.

Look, Spock's been to college. He has a job. And he would totally understand the fact that women can be moody. Just as we're slaves to our spurting glands for a couple days every month or so, Spock is subject to a septennial brain fever caused by a biological imperative to have stoic, reasonable babies. And if you ever needed to travel back in time, he could construct a process interface for you using only stone knives and bear skins.

Sure, there are a couple of cons. The bowl-cut. The Vulcan condescension. ("Your rabbit died? Ah, yes. Grief. One of your Earth emotions.") The fact that he only gets horny every seven years and greets everybody with a hand signal resembling a modified "shocker." And yes, there was that one unfortunate episode where he had a goatee.

But I'd let any guy who can't lie and only cries when he gets space sickness pretty much go where ... well, a couple guys may have been before. Til then, I guess it's back to cruising DragonCon.

(Check out more sci-fi guys we'd do.)