Star Trek (TV Series)
Space Seed (1967)
Madlyn Rhue: Marla
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Quotes
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Captain James T. Kirk : Lieutenant, at any one time, the safety of this entire vessel might depend on the performance of a single crewman aboard, and the fact that you find a man strangely compelling to you personally...
Lt. Marla McGivers : Not personally, Captain. Professionally. My profession is historian, and when I specimen from the past alive, I'm in the sheer delight of examining his mind.
Captain James T. Kirk : And men were more adventuresome then. Bolder, more coloful.
Lt. Marla McGivers : Yes, sir, I think they were.
Captain James T. Kirk : Good. If I can have honesty, it's easier to overlook mistakes. That's all.
Lt. Marla McGivers : Yes, sir.
[She leaves sickbay]
Dr. McCoy : A pity you wasted your life on command, Jim. You'd made a fair psychologist.
Captain James T. Kirk : [in mock arrogance] Fair?
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Lt. Marla McGivers : I don't know if you're going to like living in our time.
Khan Noonien Singh : Then I'll have to remould it to my liking.
Lt. Marla McGivers : [Khan moves in to embrace Marla] Please don't.
Khan Noonien Singh : [pushes her away] Go. Or stay, but do it because it is what you *wish* to do!
[awkward pause]
Khan Noonien Singh : Well?
Lt. Marla McGivers : I'll stay a little longer.
Khan Noonien Singh : How many minutes do you graciously offer?
Lt. Marla McGivers : I only meant...
Khan Noonien Singh : This grows tiresome. You must now *ask* to stay.
Lt. Marla McGivers : [timidly] I'd like to stay... please.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [the landing party has beamed aboard the Botany Bay] Scotty?
Scott : Definitely Earth-type mechanism, sir. Twentieth century vessel. Old type atomic power. Bulky, solid. I think they used to call them transistor units. I'd love to tear this baby apart.
Lt. Marla McGivers : Captain, it's a sleeper ship.
Captain James T. Kirk : Suspended animation.
Lt. Marla McGivers : I've seen old photographs of this. Necessary because of the time involved in space travel until about the year 2018. It took years just to travel from one planet to another.
Captain James T. Kirk : Is it possible they're still alive after centuries of travel?
Dr. McCoy : It's theoretically possible. I've never heard of it being tested for this long a period.
