Star Trek (TV Series)
Spock's Brain (1968)
DeForest Kelley: Dr. McCoy
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Quotes
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Kara : Brain and brain! What is *brain*? It is Controller, is it not?
Dr. McCoy : Yes. Yes, in a way, it is. The human brain controls the individual's functions.
Captain James T. Kirk : [with dawning realization] Bones... Scotty... Spock's... brain... controls.
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Dr. McCoy : I'll never live this down - this Vulcan is telling *me* how to operate.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [regarding Spock] You've got him on complete life support. Was he dead?
Dr. McCoy : He was worse than dead.
Captain James T. Kirk : What do you mean?
Dr. McCoy : Jim...
Captain James T. Kirk : Come on, Bones, what's the mystery?
Dr. McCoy : His brain is gone.
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[last lines]
[McCoy has restored Spock's brain]
Captain James T. Kirk : How do you feel, Spock?
Mr. Spock : On the whole, Captain, I believe I am quite fit. It's fascinating. A remarkable example of a retrograde civilization. At the peak, advanced beyond any of our capabilities, and now operating at this primitive level which you saw. And it all began thousands of years ago, when a glacial age reoccurred. You see, this underground complex was developed for the women. The men remained above, and a male-female schism took place. A fascinating cultural development of a kind which has...
Dr. McCoy : I knew it was wrong. I shouldn't have done it.
Captain James T. Kirk : What's that?
Dr. McCoy : I should have never reconnected his mouth.
Captain James T. Kirk : Well, we took the risk, Doctor.
Mr. Spock : [unfazed by the interruption] As I was saying, a fascinating cultural development of the kind which hasn't been seen in ages. The last such occurrence took place on old Earth, when the Romans were warring...
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[Kirk, McCoy and Scotty are in an elevator that descends abruptly]
Dr. McCoy : Call Chekov and tell him to send my stomach down!
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Dr. McCoy : Vulcan physiology limits what I can do. Spock's body is much more dependent on that tremendous brain for life support.
Captain James T. Kirk : Then we'll have to take him with us.
Dr. McCoy : Take him... take him where?
Captain James T. Kirk : In search of his brain, Doctor.
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Dr. McCoy : Where are you going to look for Spock's brain? How're you gonna find it?
Captain James T. Kirk : I'll find it.
Dr. McCoy : Even if you do, I can't restore it. I don't have the medical technique.
Captain James T. Kirk : It was taken out. It can be put back in.
Dr. McCoy : But I don't know how!
Captain James T. Kirk : The thief that took it has the knowledge. I'll FORCE it out of her!
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Scott : "Pain and delight", he said up above.
Dr. McCoy : I'm sure you noticed the 'delight'-aspect of this place.
Captain James T. Kirk : Yes, I certainly did notice those delightful aspects.
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Captain James T. Kirk : This fellow is keeping us from our property.
Scott : Well, isn't there a way to correct that situation?
Captain James T. Kirk : I certainly think that science might provide an answer.
Dr. McCoy : It does, Captain.
Captain James T. Kirk : Agreed, Doctor.
[they take on the guards in a surprise attack]
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Dr. McCoy : His body lives, the autonomic functions continue. But there is no mind.
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Dr. McCoy : [after acquiring knowledge from the Teacher] Of course. Of course. A child could do it. A child could do it.
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Dr. McCoy : I'm trying to thread a needle with a sledgehammer.
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Mr. Spock : [voice] I seem to have a body which stretches into infinity.
Scott : Body? Why, ya have *none*.
Mr. Spock : Then, what am I?
Dr. McCoy : You are a disembodied brain.
Mr. Spock : Fascinating. It could explain much, Doctor. My medulla oblongata is hard at work apparently breathing, apparently pumping blood, apparently maintaining a normal physiologic temperature.
