Star Trek (TV Series)
The Squire of Gothos (1967)
William Campbell: Trelane
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Quotes
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Trelane : You will hang by the neck, Captain, until you are dead, dead, *dead!*
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Trelane : [noticing Kirk talking with his men] Discussing deep-laid plans, I'll wager. I cannot WAIT to see them evolve.
Captain James T. Kirk : Trelane, we haven't planned...
Trelane : [interrupting] Tut, tut. Do not think that I deplore your martial virtue of deception and strategem. Quite the contrary. I have nothing but admiration for your whole species.
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Trelane : Ah, you've been, eh, quite derelict in your social duties, Captain. You haven't introduced me to the charming contingent of your crew.
Captain James T. Kirk : [begrudgingly] This is General Trelane.
Trelane : Retired. But if you prefer, you may address me as the lonely Squire of Gothos, dear ladies.
Captain James T. Kirk : Lieutenant Uhura of communications.
Trelane : Ah, a Nubian prize.
[he kisses her hand]
Trelane : Taken on one of your raids of conquest, no doubt, Captain?
Captain James T. Kirk : No doubt.
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Trelane : Oh, the remarkable treachery of the species!
Captain James T. Kirk : Go on, Trelane! Look at it! It's over. Your power is blanked out. You're finished!
Trelane : You've earned my wrath! Go back. Go back to your ship! All of you! And prepare: you're all dead men! You, especially, Captain!
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Trelane : I want to learn all about your feelings on war and killing and conquest, that sort of thing. Do you know that you're one of the few predator species that preys even on itself?
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Trelane : DeSalle, did you say? Un vrai Français?
Lt. Vincent DeSalle : My ancestry is French, yes.
Trelane : Ah, monsieur, vive la gloire! Vive Napoleon! You know, I admire your Napoleon very much.
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Trelane : Dear Captain, so many questions. Make the most of an uncertain future. Enjoy yourself today. Tomorrow... may never come at all.
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Captain James T. Kirk : There's STILL not enough sport in just killing me with a sword.
Trelane : I know. That WILL be dull.
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Trelane : You broke it. You broke my sword!
Captain James T. Kirk : You've got a lot to learn about winning, Trelane.
Trelane : You dare to defy me!
Captain James T. Kirk : In fact, you've got a lot to learn about everything, haven't you?
[slaps him on both cheeks]
Trelane : I'll fix you for that! You cheated! You haven't played the game right! I'll show you!
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Trelane : Until a moment ago, I didn't think it possible, but it was. I did it. I was angry! I actually experienced genuine rage. This experiment has been successful.
Captain James T. Kirk : [sarcastically] I'm glad you weren't disappointed.
Trelane : Why, Captain, you're still angry! Would that I could have sustained that moment.
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Trelane : Ah, yes, I've been looking in on the doings of your lively little Earth.
Captain James T. Kirk : Then you've been looking in on the doings 900 years past.
Trelane : Oh, really? Have I made an error in time? How fallible of me.
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Trelane : Come, everyone, let's forget your bad manners.
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Trelane : You must excuse my whimsical way of fetching you here, but when I saw you passing by I simple could not resist.
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Trelane : Now, you will behave yourself hereafter, won't you? Or I shall be very, very angry.
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Trelane : Ein, zwei, drei, vier, wirgehen vermittels schiessgewehr!
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Trelane : Now... do let me anticipate your next question.
[Looks around his drawing room]
Trelane : You want to know how I've managed all of this.
Captain James T. Kirk : That's correct.
Trelane : We... meaning I and others, have, to state the matter briefly, perfected a system by which matter can be transferred to energy, and back to matter again.
Captain James T. Kirk : Like the transporter system aboard the Enterprise.
Trelane : [Dismissively] Oh, a crude example of an infinitely more sophisticated process! You see, we not only transport matter from place to place... but we can alter its shape. At will.
