Star Trek (TV Series)

Spock's Brain (1968)

Leonard Nimoy: Mister Spock

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Quotes 

• 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.

• [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...

• Mr. Spock : [voice]  Captain, there is a definite pleasurable experience connected with the hearing of your voice.

• 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.

• Kara : You must not take the Controller away. We will all die! The Controller is young and, and powerful. Perfect!

  Mr. Spock : [voice]  How very flattering.

• 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.