Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Lifesigns (1996)

Robert Picardo: The Doctor

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Quotes 

• Dr. Danara Pel : Before I met you, I was just a disease, but now, everything's different. When people look at me, they don't see a disease anymore. They see a woman - a woman you made, a woman you love, a woman you're not afraid to touch.

  The Doctor : Danara, I was never afraid to touch you.

  Dr. Danara Pel : Why? Because you're a doctor?

  The Doctor : Because I love you.

• The Doctor : Mr. Paris, I assume you've had a great deal of experience being rejected by women.

  Lieutenant Tom Paris : Oh, thanks a lot, Doc.

• The Doctor : You said before you knew me... that you were just a disease. Well, before you, I was just a projection of photons held together by force fields, a computerized physician, doing a job - doing it exceptionally well, of course but, still, it was... just a profession, not a life; but, now that you're here, and my programming has adapted, I'm not just working anymore. I'm living, learning what it means... to be with someone, to love someone. I don't think I can go back to the way things were either. Danara, please... don't die.

• [the Doctor has shooed off Neelix and the Gigolo] 

  The Doctor : I apologize.

  Dr. Danara Pel : No. They were just being nice.

  The Doctor : Irritating, isn't it?

• The Doctor : My program was developed by Dr. Lewis Zimmerman in a lab on Jupiter Station; I was activated on stardate 48308. Since that time I've performed 347 medical exams, healed eleven compound fractures, performed three appendectomies, and, in my greatest feat of medical prowess, I once cured Mr. Neelix of an acute case of the hiccups.

• The Doctor : I'm used to being in control of my faculties, confident with my decisions, but lately, whenever Danara's program is deactivated and I should be concentrating on my work, I find myself thinking of nothing but her.

  Kes : Why don't you reactivate her?

  The Doctor : Because whenever I do that, I suddenly feel... unsettled, unsure of myself, and I have no idea what to say. Why would people seek out situations which induce such unpleasant symptoms?

  Kes : Because when the other person feels the same way you do, it's the most wonderful thing in life.

• The Doctor : By the way, Danara, I've been meaning to tell you.

  Dr. Danara Pel : Yes?

  The Doctor : I'm romantically attracted to you and wanted to know if you felt the same way.

• [the Doctor is upset because someone has given Danara's body lethal nytoxinol] 

  The Doctor : We have to find out who's trying to obstruct your recovery.

  Dr. Danara Pel : *I* administered the nytoxinol.

  The Doctor : Didn't you know it would kill you?

  Dr. Danara Pel : You mean kill her.

  The Doctor : She *is* you!

  Dr. Danara Pel : *Was* me. I don't ever want to be her again!

• Dr. Danara Pel : Thank you... for... everything.

  The Doctor : Thank YOU for... giving me a name.

• Dr. Danara Pel : Where are we exactly?

  The Doctor : On a planet called Mars, inside a primitive, land-based vehicle. It's called a '57 Chevy. Mr. Paris is quite an automobile aficionado. This is his program.

  Dr. Danara Pel : What is it that we're supposed to be doing?

  The Doctor : I believe it's called... parking.

• Dr. Danara Pel : You are a computer simulation?

  The Doctor : An incredibly sophisticated computer simulation.

• Dr. Danara Pel : I think it's best if we keep our relationship... professional.

  The Doctor : Well... I'm going to... try stimulating the posterior sciatic nerve.

• The Doctor : Don't your people have recreational facilities?

  Dr. Danara Pel : Congregating in groups is strictly regulated. It's considered to be a threat to public health.

• Dr. Danara Pel : You're very funny.

  The Doctor : I am? Well, several clinical studies have shown humor to be very therapeutic. Consider it part of your treatment.