Star Trek (TV Series)

Tomorrow Is Yesterday (1967)

William Shatner: Captain James Tiberius 'Jim' Kirk

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• Capt. Kirk : All right, Colonel. The truth is, I'm a little green man from Alpha Centauri, a beautiful place. You ought to see it.

  Lieutenant Colonel Fellini : I am going to lock you up for 200 years.

  Capt. Kirk : That ought to be just about right.

• Mr. Spock : [referring to Captain Christopher]  We cannot return him to Earth, Captain. He already knows too much about us and is learning more. I do not specifically refer to Captain Christopher; but suppose an unscrupulous man were to gain certain knowledge of man's future. Such a man could manipulate key industries, stocks, and even nations, and in so doing, change what must be. And if it is changed, Captain, you and I, and all that we know, might not even exist.

  Capt. Kirk : Your logic can be most... annoying.

• Capt. Kirk : Captain's log, supplemental. Engineering Officer Scott informs, warp engines damaged, but can be made operational and re-energized.

  Enterprise Computer : Computed and recorded, dear.

  Capt. Kirk : Computer, you will not address me in that manner. Compute.

  Enterprise Computer : Computed... dear.

  Capt. Kirk : Mr. Spock, I ordered this computer and its interlinking systems repaired.

  Mr. Spock : I have investigated it, Captain. To correct the fault will require an overhaul of the entire computer system and a minimum of three weeks at a starbase.

  Capt. Kirk : I wouldn't mind so much if only it didn't get so... affectionate.

  Mr. Spock : It also has an unfortunate tendency to giggle.

• Captain John Christopher : I never thought I'd make it into space. I was in line to be chosen for the space program. But I didn't qualify.

  Capt. Kirk : Take a good look around, Captain. You made it here ahead of all of them.

• Capt. Kirk : [talking about Captain Christopher]  And if we do get back to where we belong, then he won't belong. We're roughly about the same age, but in our society, he'd be useless. Archaic.

  Dr. McCoy : But maybe he could be retrained, re-educated.

  Capt. Kirk : Now you're sounding like Spock.

  Dr. McCoy : If you're gonna get nasty, I'm gonna leave.

• Capt. Kirk : Feel free to look around, Captain. Don't touch anything, but I think you'll find it interesting.

  Captain John Christopher : Interesting is a word and a half for it, Captain.

• Radio Broadcaster : This is the 5.30 news summary. Cape Kennedy. The first manned moon shot is scheduled for Wednesday, 6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. All three astronauts who are to make this historic...

  [Kirk has the broadcast muted] 

  Capt. Kirk : Manned moon shot? That was in the late 1960s.

  Mr. Spock : Apparently, Captain, so are we.

• Enterprise Computer : Recommendation for his disposition, dear?

  Capt. Kirk : Maintenance note. My recording computer has a serious malfunction. Recommend it either be corrected... or scrapped. Compute.

  Enterprise Computer : [sullen]  Computed!

• Lieutenant Colonel Fellini : I want to know how you got in here. Now, that's a simple question. Give me a simple answer. Nobody saw you. You got all the way inside here without tripping any alarm. How did you do it?

  Capt. Kirk : Believe me, Colonel... you wouldn't believe me.

  Lieutenant Colonel Fellini : Now, don't try to be funny. How did you get in?

  Capt. Kirk : I popped in out of thin air.

• Capt. Kirk : We're from your future. A time warp placed us here. It was an accident.

  Captain John Christopher : You seem to have a lot of them.

• [a guard has just been beamed up to the Enterprise] 

  Capt. Kirk : [over communicator]  Your surprise package is an Air Police sergeant from the base. I want you to keep him in the transporter room. No sense in letting him see any more of the ship than is necessary.

  Mr. Spock : [regarding the "paralyzed" sergeant]  I don't believe there'll be any trouble in that respect, Captain. Our guest seems quite satisfied to remain where he is.

• Capt. Kirk : [to Captain Christopher]  Get your gear, report to the transporter room. And, Captain Christopher, you only have about fifteen years, so you'd better hurry.

• Capt. Kirk : Captain's log, stardate 3113.2. We were en route to Starbase 9 for resupply when a black star of high gravitational attraction began to drag us toward it. It required all warp power in reverse to pull us away from the star. But like snapping a rubber band, the breakaway sent us plunging through space, out of control, to stop here - wherever we are.

• [the bridge crew is picking itself up after being thrown through the time warp; the lights are out] 

  Mr. Spock : Except for secondary systems, everything is out, sir. We're on impulse power only.

  Capt. Kirk : Auxiliaries?

  Mr. Spock : If Mr. Scott is still with us, auxiliaries should be on momentarily.

  [both are attending to Uhura, when the lights come back on] 

  Mr. Spock : Mr. Scott is still with us.

• Capt. Kirk : Well, gentlemen, we all have to take a chance - especially if one is all you have. Assume your stations.

• [last lines] 

  Capt. Kirk : Starfleet Control. This is the Enterprise, Captain Kirk speaking.

  Enterprise Computer : Record ship arrival, dear.

  Starfleet Control : Enterprise, this is Starfleet Control. Come in, please.

  Capt. Kirk : Starfleet Control, repeating message. The Enterprise is home. Kirk out.