Star Trek (TV Series)
For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (1968)
Majel Barrett: Nurse Chapel
Quotes
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Nurse Christine Chapel : [to McCoy] A lot can happen in a year. Please... give yourself every minute.
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Nurse Christine Chapel : I am a nurse first, Dr. McCoy, and a member of the crew of the Enterprise second.
Dr. McCoy : You're excused! You may return to your quarters.
Nurse Christine Chapel : No, I'm sorry, Doctor! I have called the Captain, and I'll wait until he comes!
Captain James T. Kirk : [enters] What's the emergency?
Dr. McCoy : [loudly] I said you're excused, Nurse!
Dr. McCoy : [quietly] Please, Christine. I promise you I'll give the Captain a full report.
[Nurse Chapel exits]
Captain James T. Kirk : That was quite a scene.
Dr. McCoy : I've just completed the standard physical examinations for the entire crew.
Captain James T. Kirk : Excellent. What's the emergency?
Dr. McCoy : The crew is fit. I found nothing unusual, with one exception.
Captain James T. Kirk : Serious?
Dr. McCoy : Terminal.
Captain James T. Kirk : What is it?
Dr. McCoy : Xenopolycythemia. It has no cure.
Captain James T. Kirk : Who?
Dr. McCoy : He has one year to live at the most.
Captain James T. Kirk : Who is it?
Dr. McCoy : The ship's Chief Medical Officer.
Captain James T. Kirk : You?
Dr. McCoy : I'll be most effective on the job in the time left if you'll keep this to yourself.
