Roddy McDowall credited as playing...
V.I.N.CENT.
- V.I.N.CENT: We have to go!
- B.O.B.: Nope, I can't make it! My main circuits are gone, my anti-grav-systems blown, and both backup systems are failing.
- V.I.N.CENT: You *can* make it!
- B.O.B.: It's no use, V.I.N.CENT! My useful days are finished! But part of me goes with ya. You'll never be obsolete.
- [starts to shut down]
- B.O.B.: Carry on the tradition. We're the best...
- [shuts down and falls back]
- V.I.N.CENT: [V.I.N.CENT's eyes slowly look down at his comrade in arms, then turns towards the probe ship, turning his head backwards to look at B.O.B. once more as he leaves]
- V.I.N.CENT: To quote Cicero: rashness is the characteristic of youth, prudence that of mellowed age, and discretion the better part of valor.
- V.I.N.CENT: A pint can not hold a quart, Mr. Pizer. If it holds the pint. it's doing the best it can.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: We'd be better off without you and Maximilian trying to knock heads.
- V.I.N.CENT: I can handle that thing.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Well, far be it from you to admit there isn't anything you can't handle.
- V.I.N.CENT: There are three basic types, Mr. Pizer: the Wills, the Won'ts, and the Can'ts. The Wills accomplish everything, the Won'ts oppose everything, and the Can'ts won't try anything.
- Captain Dan Holland: Well, do us all a favor, V.I.N.CENT, and try to be a Can't, especially where that monster is concerned. We need you, not another corkscrew.
- [after first seeing the black hole]
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Every time I see one of those things I expect to spot some guy dressed in red with horns and a pitchfork.
- Captain Dan Holland: It's a monster, all right.
- V.I.N.CENT: A rip in the very fabric of space and time.
- Captain Dan Holland: The controls aren't responding.
- V.I.N.CENT: Captain, the ship has been programmed!
- Captain Dan Holland: [resigned] To Reinhardt's course!
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: [shocked] You mean we're going into the black hole?
- Captain Dan Holland: [confirmed] Yup.
- Kate McCrae: Let's pray he was a genius!
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: You know what they say, Vincent, all work and no play...
- V.I.N.CENT: All sunshine makes a desert, so the Arabs say.
- [Outside the Palimino's docking area, B.O.B. and V.I.N.CENT brief Charlie, Captain Holland and Harry about the real story regarding the Cygnus]
- B.O.B.: The officer the men trusted most was Frank McCrae.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Kate's father.
- B.O.B.: They turned to him when Dr. Reinhardt ignored the orders to return home. He tried to take control of the Cygnus. Reinhardt called it mutiny and killed Mr. McCrae.
- Captain Dan Holland: What became of the crew?
- B.O.B.: They were captured by the sentry robots and are still on board.
- Harry Booth: What?
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Where?
- B.O.B.: In the command tower, and the power center.
- V.I.N.CENT: *Robots*, Mr. Pizer. *Humanoid* robots!
- B.O.B.: The most valuable thing in the universe, intelligent life, means nothing to Dr. Reinhardt. Without their wills, the crew became things he could command.
- Captain Dan Holland: That explains the funeral.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Right!
- Captain Dan Holland: [looks to Harry] And the limping robot you spotted.
- Harry Booth: [turns B.O.B. around to face him] Do you mean to tell me that there is actually a human *body* under that clothing?
- B.O.B.: Exactly, Mr. Booth.
- Captain Dan Holland: We can't just take off and leave these poor devils behind. Harry, looks like we're going to have to try your plan.
- Harry Booth: What? And end up just like the rest of the crew? Why, if they couldn't pull it off, what chance do *we* have?
- B.O.B.: Cap'n, the damage is irreversable. Death is their *only* release.
- Harry Booth: That's right! For God's sakes, Dan! We can't take on that mechanical army!
- V.I.N.CENT: Captain, I was forced to destroy two sentry robots. The others are searching *now*. If they're found...
- Captain Dan Holland: Gotcha, V.I.N.CENT. Charlie, start the countdown.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Right!
- Captain Dan Holland: V.I.N.CENT, tell Kate I want her and Alex back here on the double!
- V.I.N.CENT: [the little robot turns to the camera. We see his eyballs glowing; he is communicating via ESP with Kate]
- [first lines]
- V.I.N.CENT: [beep] 2130; day 547. Unscheduled course correction due at 2200. Pre-correction check: rotation axis plus three degrees. Nitrous oxide pressure: 4100 rising to 5,000. Quad jet C and D on preselect. Rotor ignition sequence beginning in 3-0. Thruster line reactors on standby.
- Captain Dan Holland: V.I.N.CENT, notify me with 15 to go. Alex?
- Dr. Alex Durant: Yes, Dan?
- Captain Dan Holland: Have you determined a difference in ETAs with and without our correction?
- Dr. Alex Durant: Working on it. You know, we shouldn't be needing a correction at this time. V.I.N.CENT, run a confirmation on the last inertial fix and check it with another celestial, please.
- V.I.N.CENT: [beep] I have. It is correct. But I think I've found the reason for our present variation. Mr. Pizer?
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Yes, V.I.N.CENT?
- V.I.N.CENT: [beep] Mr. Pizer, I think you should come up here.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: [DELETED SCENE, SHORTLY AFTER OPENING CREDITS] ... I'm starving. What's on the menu for Christmas Eve?
- V.I.N.CENT: Dehydrated turkey, with dehydrated oyster stuffing. Also dehydrated cranberry sauce, dehydrated gravy and giblets, dehydrated sweet potatoes in dehydrated orange sauce, dehydrated vegetable salad, dehydrated mince pie, dehydrated...
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: [firmly cutting him off] I envy you, VINCENT.
- V.I.N.CENT: That's not surprising. Why?
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Because you don't have any taste buds.
- V.I.N.CENT: I don't like it when somebody else pulls the strings, Captain.
- Captain Dan Holland: Neither do I, V.I.N.CENT. Who's ever up in that control tower is calling the shots right now.
- V.I.N.CENT: Whoever - or, whatever, Captain.
- [as Captain S.T.A.R moves toward B.O.B]
- B.O.B.: Oh, Lordy, he wants a rematch!
- V.I.N.CENT: As an old war hero once said, "Damn the torpedos! full speed ahead!"
- B.O.B.: He also said something about going in harm's way.
- V.I.N.CENT: [the little robot enters the Parts Storage warehouse on the Cygnus. Old B.O.B. floats in one of the corners and comes out upon V.I.N.CENT's entry]
- B.O.B.: My name's B.O.B., Bio-Sanitation Batallion. I couldn't talk freely before, but I have a whole lot to tell ya. If Maximilian knew you were here, it would be the end for the both of us.
- V.I.N.CENT: Can you permanently re-arm my lasers?
- B.O.B.: Yeah, I can. V.I.N.CENT, you and your friends are in grave danger. Reinhardt only turned the lights on to prevent any damage to the Cygnus. This is a death ship.
- V.I.N.CENT, B.O.B.: [the two robots float in the hospital, to observe drones being programmed. Two rotating turntables are seen, with cavity cut-outs in the shape of humanoid forms on each turntable, which rotate under a 5-point triangular beam and focus on the cranial area of each cutout]
- B.O.B.: These poor creatures are what's left of the crew. Kept alive by means I don't pretend to understand.
- V.I.N.CENT: Humans?
- B.O.B.: They're more robot than human. Let's get out of here before we're discovered.
- V.I.N.CENT: [the hospital door opens to reveal two armed sentry droids] Too late! Watch it!
- [a firefight ensues. V.I.N.CENT and B.O.B. manage to destroy both droids]
- V.I.N.CENT: Think there are any more?
- B.O.B.: All clear. Let's get rid of the evidence.
- V.I.N.CENT: [the two robots put the remains of the sentry droids behind the control console table] How long before they'll start searching for these two?
- B.O.B.: It depends on their duty schedule. It could be anytime.
- V.I.N.CENT: Then we'll have to move fast.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: What's up, V.I.N.CENT?
- V.I.N.CENT: The largest black hole I have ever encountered, Mr. Pizer.
- V.I.N.CENT: There is a saying that you can't unscramble eggs!
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: A penny's worth of philosophy, right now, isn't going to buy us out of this now, V.I.N.CENT.
- V.I.N.CENT: A good offense is a the best defense!
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: V.I.N.CENT, were you programmed to bug me?
- V.I.N.CENT: No, sir, to educate you.
- Kate McCrae: Alex, I will not have you throw your life away for this!
- Dr. Alex Durant: He can do it, Kate. I know he can.
- Kate McCrae: Oh, God, Alex!
- Dr. Alex Durant: There's an entirely different universe beyond that black hole. A point where time and space as we know it no longer exists. We will be the first to see it, to explore it, to experience it!
- [Inside the Palomino]
- Harry Booth: Damn it all, Dan! If we wait for Alex, we may be too late! Don't you see? He's hypnotized by that man!
- Captain Dan Holland: V.I.N.CENT!
- V.I.N.CENT: Yes, Captain?
- Captain Dan Holland: Tell Kate I want her back here fast, with or without Alex. Tell her why.