Star Trek (TV Series)

The Empath (1968)

DeForest Kelley: Dr. McCoy

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Quotes 

• Dr. McCoy : Well, we can't keep referring to her as 'she' as if she weren't here.

  Captain James T. Kirk : D'you have any ideas?

  Dr. McCoy : Well, I don't know about you, but I'm going to call her Gem.

  Dr. McCoy : Gem, Doctor?

  Dr. McCoy : Well, that's better than 'Hey, you'.

• Dr. McCoy : Men weren't intended to live this far underground. It's just not natural.

  Captain James T. Kirk : And space travel is?

  Mr. Spock : Some men spend the majority of their lives in mines beneath the surface.

  Dr. McCoy : I'm a doctor, not a coal miner.

• Dr. McCoy : You've got a good bedside manner, Spock.

• Dr. McCoy : Well, personally, I find it fascinating that with all their scientific knowledge and advances, that it was good old-fashioned human emotion that they valued the most.

  Scott : Perhaps the Vulcans should hear about this.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Mr. Spock, can you be prevailed upon to bring them the news?

  Mr. Spock : Possibly, Captain.

  Mr. Spock : [with a wry look]  I shall certainly give the thought all the consideration it is due.

• Mr. Spock : What is puzzling you, Captain?

  Captain James T. Kirk : I'm not puzzled, Mr. Spock, I'm awed.

  Dr. McCoy : I'm with you, Captain. She awed me.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Be careful.

  Dr. McCoy : Why, she seems harmless enough.

  Mr. Spock : The sand-bats of Manark IV appear to be inanimate rock crystal, Doctor, until they attack.

• Dr. McCoy : Don't fight the force field. There's something about it that upsets the body metabolism.

  Lal : Not quite, Doctor. The field draws its energy FROM your bodies. The more you resist, the stronger the force field becomes.

• Lal : Doctor, please understand if there was any other way to accomplish our purpose...

  Dr. McCoy : [strung up for torture]  Get on with it.

• Dr. McCoy : I'm still Chief Medical Officer of the Enterprise. I'll tell you what you need and when you need it.

• Captain James T. Kirk : A race of mutes, like the civilization on Gamma-Vertis IV.

  Dr. McCoy : That's my observation, for whatever it's worth.

• Dr. McCoy : Now, how would one get the bends down here?