DeForest Kelley: Dr. McCoy
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Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Well Jim... I hear Chapel's an M.D. now. Well I'm gonna need a top nurse... not a doctor who'll argue every little diagnosis with me. And they probably redesigned the whole sickbay, too! I know engineers, they LOVE to change things.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [33:14] Well, for a man who swore he'd never return to the Starfleet...
Dr. McCoy : Just a moment, Captain, sir. I'll explain what happened. Your revered Admiral Nogura invoked a little-known, seldom-used "reserve activation clause." In simpler language, Captain, they DRAFTED me!
Captain James T. Kirk : [in mock horror] They didn't.
Dr. McCoy : This was your idea. This was your idea, wasn't it?
Captain James T. Kirk : Bones, there's a... thing... out there.
Dr. McCoy : Why is any object we don't understand always called "a thing"?
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Captain James T. Kirk : Well, Bones. Do the new medical facilities meet with your approval?
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : They do not. It's like working in a damn computer center.
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[after Spock comments that, mentally, V'ger is a child]
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Spock, this "child" is about to wipe out every living thing on Earth. Now, what do you suggest we do? Spank it?
Commander Spock : It knows only that it needs, Commander. But, like so many of us... it does not know what.
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Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Well, it's been a long time since I delivered a baby. I hope we got this one off to a good start.
Captain James T. Kirk : I hope so, too. I think we gave it the ability to create its own sense of purpose out of our own human weaknesses, and the drive that compels us to overcome them.
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Commander Spock : V'Ger must evolve. Its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe and it must evolve. What it requires of its god, doctor, is the answer to its question, "Is there nothing more"?
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : What more is there than the universe, Spock?
Commander Willard Decker : Other dimensions. Higher levels of being.
Commander Spock : The existence of which cannot be proven logically. Therefore, V'Ger is incapable of believing in them.
Captain James T. Kirk : What it needs in order to evolve... is a human quality. Our capacity to leap beyond logic.
Commander Willard Decker : And joining with its creator might accomplish that.
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : You mean this machine wants to physically join with a human? Is that possible?
Commander Willard Decker : Let's find out.
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[the crew realise that V'ger wishes to physically join with its creator]
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Touch God...? V'Ger's liable to be in for one hell of a disappointment.
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Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Spock, you haven't changed a bit. You're just as warm and sociable as ever.
Commander Spock : Nor have you, doctor, as your continued predilection for irrelevancy demonstrates.
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Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : [Walking up to Spock] So help me, I'm actually pleased to see you!
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Captain James T. Kirk : Engineering, stand by for warp drive.
Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott : Captain, we need further warp simulation on the flow sensors.
Captain James T. Kirk : Engineering, we need warp speed now.
Dr. McCoy : Jim? You're pushing. Your people know their jobs.
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Lt. Pavel Chekov : No casualties reported, Doctor.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Wrong, Mr. Chekov. There are casualties: my wits!
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Captain James T. Kirk : Where is Lieutenant Ilia?
Lt. Ilia : [as the alien probe] That unit no longer functions. I've been given its form to more readily communicate with the carbon-based units infesting Enterprise.
Ensign Perez : "Carbon-based units"?
Dr. McCoy : Humans, Ensign Perez. Us.
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Captain James T. Kirk : Make your point, Doctor.
Dr. McCoy : The point, Captain, is that it's you who's competing. You rammed getting this command down Starfleet's throat. You've used this emergency to get the Enterprise back.
Captain James T. Kirk : And I intend to keep her, is that what you're saying?
Dr. McCoy : Yes. It's an obsession. An obsession that can blind you to far more immediate and critical responsibilities. Your reaction to Decker is an example, Jim.
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Lieutenant Commander Nyota Uhura : It could hold a crew of... tens of thousands.
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Or a crew of a thousand ten miles tall.
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Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : [referring to Spock's time on Vulcan] Yes, you were undergoing the "Kolanear" discipline.
Commander Spock : If you are referring to the Kolinahr, Doctor, you are correct.
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Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : [V'ger begains striking the Enterprise] Well Mr. Spock... your "child" is having a tantrum.
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Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : Jim, we're down to ten minutes!
