Star Trek (TV Series)

The Changeling (1967)

William Shatner: Captain James Tiberius 'Jim' Kirk

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Quotes 

• Capt. Kirk : [of Uhura]  What d'you do to her?

  Nomad : That unit is defective. Its thinking is chaotic. Absorbing it unsettled me.

  Spock : That "unit" is a woman.

  Nomad : A mass of conflicting impulses.

• Spock : My congratulations, Captain - a dazzling display of logic.

  Capt. Kirk : You didn't think I had it in me, did you, Spock?

  Spock : [deadpan]  No, sir.

• Spock : [Places hands on Nomad and conducts mild meld]  I am Nomad. I am performing my function. Deep, emptiness. It approaches, collision, damage, blackness. I am the other. I am Tan Ru. Tan Ru. Nomad. Tan Ru. Error. Flaw. Imperfection. Must sterilize. Rebirth. We are complete. Much power. Gan Ta Nu Ika. Tan Ru. The creator instructs, search out, identify, sterilize imperfections. We are Nomad. We are Nomad. We are complete. We are instructed. Our purpose is clear. Sterilize imperfections. Sterilize imperfections. Nomad! Sterilize! Sterilize! Nomad! Sterilize!

  Capt. Kirk : Spock!

  Spock : Nomad! Sterilize!

  Capt. Kirk : Spock!

  Capt. Kirk : Nomad, you're in contact with the unit Spock! Stop! Stop!

  Nomad : Acknowledged.

• [outtake from a scene shortly before beaming Nomad aboard the ship] 

  Capt. Kirk : We are prepared to beam you aboard.

  Scott : Captain... you forgot all about the environment and all that stuff. Do you wanna really do that?

  [everyone bursts out laughing] 

• Capt. Kirk : [of Nomad's demise]  It's not easy to lose a bright and promising son.

  Spock : Sir?

  Capt. Kirk : Well, it thought I was its mother, didn't it? D'you think I am completely without feelings, Mr. Spock? You saw what it did to Scotty. What a doctor it would have made.

  [a beat] 

  Capt. Kirk : My son, the doctor.

  Capt. Kirk : [fists his own heart]  Kind of gets you right there, doesn't it?

• Capt. Kirk : I am the Kirk, the creator?

  Nomad : You are the creator.

  Capt. Kirk : You're wrong! Jackson Roykirk, your creator, is dead. You have mistaken me for him. You are in error! You did not discover your mistake; you have made two errors. You are flawed and imperfect, and you have not corrected by sterilization; you've made three errors!

  Nomad : [starting to have a meltdown over this]  Error? Error? Error? Examine.

• Nomad : You are the Kirk, the creator. You programmed my function.

  Dr. McCoy : [outraged]  Well, I'M not the Kirk. Tell ME what your function is.

  Nomad : This is one of your units, creator?

  Capt. Kirk : Yes, he is.

  Nomad : It functions irrationally.

  Capt. Kirk : Sometimes, but tell him your function, nevertheless.

  Nomad : My function is to probe for biological infestations, to destroy that which is not perfect.

• Sulu : [the Enterprise is under attack from an unknown enemy]  Sir, they've fired another!

  Capt. Kirk : Can we take it, Mr. Scott?

  Scott : That's... problematical, sir.

• [outtake] 

  Capt. Kirk : Listen, that bacon is really bad. No, no kidding. It just stays with you the whole day.

• Spock : [Places hands on Nomad and conducts mind meld]  I am Nomad. I am performing my function. Deep, emptiness. It approaches, collision, damage, blackness. I am the other. I am Tan Ru. Tan Ru. Nomad. Tan Ru. Error. Flaw. Imperfection. Must sterilize. Rebirth. We are complete. Much power. Gan Ta Nu Ika. Tan Ru. The creator instructs, search out, identify, sterilize imperfections. We are Nomad. We are Nomad. We are complete. We are instructed. Our purpose is clear. Sterilize imperfections. Sterilize imperfections. Nomad! Sterilize! Sterilize! Nomad! Sterilize!

  Capt. Kirk : Spock!

  Spock : Nomad! Sterilize!

  Capt. Kirk : Spock!

  [to Nomad] 

  Capt. Kirk : Stop it! You're in contact with the unit Spock! Stop! Stop!

  Nomad : Acknowledged.