Star Trek (TV Series)

The Return of the Archons (1967)

Leonard Nimoy: Mister Spock

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Quotes 

• Captain James T. Kirk : You'd make a splendid computer, Mr Spock.

  Mr. Spock : That is very kind of you, Captain.

• Lindstrom : Well, this is simply ridiculous. A bunch of stone-age characters running around in robes...

  Mr. Spock : And apparently commanding powers far beyond our comprehension. Not simple. Not ridiculous. Very, very dangerous.

• Mr. Spock : This is a soulless society, Captain. It has no spirit, no spark. All is indeed peace and tranquility - the peace of the factory, the tranquility of the machine, all parts working in unison.

• [Landru's image appears against a wall] 

  Mr. Spock : Projection, Captain. Unreal.

  Captain James T. Kirk : But beautiful, Mr. Spock, with no apparatus at this end.

• Mr. Spock : [speaking of the robed lawgivers]  Their reaction to your defiance was remarkably similar to the reaction of a computer when fed insufficient or contradictory data.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Are you suggesting the lawgivers are mere computers, that they aren't human?

• Mr. Spock : How often mankind has wished for a world as peaceful and secure as the one Landru provided.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Yes. And we never got it. Just lucky, I guess.

• Marplon : It is done.

  Mr. Spock : Joy be with you. Peace and contentment.

• Mr. Spock : [Kirk has been vainly trying to communicate with Landru's image]  Useless, Captain. A projection.

  Captain James T. Kirk : [Pulling out a pocket phaser]  Yes, Mr. Spock. Let's have a look at the projector.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Mr. Spock, the plug must be pulled.

  Mr. Spock : Sir?

  Captain James T. Kirk : Landru must die.

  Mr. Spock : Captain, our prime directive of non-interference...

  Captain James T. Kirk : That refers to a living, growing culture. You think this one is?