Space Academy (TV Series)

Countdown (1977)

Jonathan Harris: Commander Gampu

Quotes 

• Cmdr. Isaac Gampu : [Observing space debris on screen]  It's from the Vegan War.

  Loki : Vegan War?

  Cmdr. Isaac Gampu : A long time ago, Loki, the people who left Earth to colonize the planet Vega called themselves "Vegan," and they referred to us as their "Terran enemies." And so, unfortunately, we found ourselves at war.

• Tee Gar Soom : [Balking at Gampu's orders]  Collecting space junk? Oh, c'mon, Commander! The Academy isn't here to teach us garbage collecting.

  Cmdr. Isaac Gampu : On the contrary. The Academy is here to teach us everything. The Academy is all things to all people.

• Tee Gar Soom : [Humbly]  Commander, what you said about the Academy being "all things to all people"?

  Cmdr. Isaac Gampu : [on viewscreen]  Yes?

  Tee Gar Soom : Well, it taught me a couple of things. One, there's no such thing as an unimportant mission. And two, you never know when you're gonna find a new friend.

• Chris Gentry : Well, first of all there's an old Vegan space mine clamped to our hull and it's ticking. Peepo says we have sixteen minutes. I'm gonna climb out and see if I can disarm it.

  Cmdr. Isaac Gampu : [on viewscreen]  Negative, Chris. Do not try to disarm, those space mines are generally boobytrapped!

• Laura Gentry : [to Roarg]  You two have something in common. Gampu is almost three hundred years old and you must be over two hundred years old.

  Cmdr. Isaac Gampu : [on viewscreen]  How do you do, young man? When you get back to the academy, we can discuss old time, if you'd like.

  Roarg : It would be my pleasure, Commander. It seems I have a lot of catching up to do.