Star Trek (TV Series)
Spock's Brain (1968)
Leonard Nimoy: Mister Spock
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Quotes
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Captain James T. Kirk : We came to put you back. Where are you?
Mr. Spock : [voice] Back where?
Captain James T. Kirk : Back into your body. We brought it along with us.
Mr. Spock : [voice] Thoughtful, Captain, but probably impractical. While I might trust the Doctor to remove a splinter, or lance a boil, I do not believe he has the knowledge to restore a brain.
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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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Mr. Spock : [voice] Captain, there is a definite pleasurable experience connected with the hearing of your voice.
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Captain James T. Kirk : Spock, you're in a black box tied in with light rays into a complex control panel.
Mr. Spock : [voice] Fascinating.
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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.