Star Trek (TV Series)

Journey to Babel (1967)

DeForest Kelley: Dr. McCoy

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• McCoy : Spock, I've always suspected you were a little more human than you let on. Mrs. Sarek, I know about the rigorous training of the Vulcan youth, but tell me, did he ever run and play like the human children, even in secret?

  Amanda : Well, he, uh, he did have a pet Sehlat he was very fond of.

  McCoy : Sehlat?

  Amanda : It's sort of a... a fat teddy bear.

  McCoy : [grinning]  A teddy bear?

  Sarek : Excuse me, Doctor. It has been a rather long day for my wife. Captain.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Ambassador.

  McCoy : [needlingly Spock after Sarek and Amada have gone]  "A teddy bear."

  Spock : Not precisely, Doctor. On Vulcan the "teddy bears" are alive, and they have 6-inch fangs

• McCoy : Mrs. Sarek, you must understand the chances are extremely small to find a way to produce sufficient T-negative blood.

  Spock : Indeed. I would estimate the odds...

  Amanda : [exasperated]  Please don't!

• [last lines] 

  McCoy : [to Spock]  Shut up.

  [Kirk opens mouth to comment, McCoy interrupts] 

  McCoy : Shh. Shh.

  [Kirk lays back dejectedly] 

  McCoy : [smiles]  Well, what do you know? I finally got the last word.

• McCoy : How does that Vulcan salute go?

  [Spock demonstrates] 

  McCoy : That hurts worse than the uniform.

• [first lines] 

  McCoy : [Captain Kirk is adjusting uniform in mirror, Dr. McCoy pacing behind him, tugging at tight collar]  Dress uniforms - spit and polish. I don't know how much longer I'm gonna be able to stand this. I feel like my neck's in a sling.

• Captain James T. Kirk : [standing over a dead Tellarite]  How was he killed?

  McCoy : His neck was broken... by an expert.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Explain.

  McCoy : Well, from the nature and location of the break, I'd say the killer knew exactly where to apply pressure to snap the neck instantly.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Who aboard would have that knowledge?

  Spock : Vulcans. On Vulcan the method is called Tal-Shaya. It was considered a merciful form of execution in ancient times.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Bones...

  McCoy : Are you quite through shaking the ship around?

  Captain James T. Kirk : Spock, Sarek, how are they?

  McCoy : Well I don't mind telling you, you sure make it difficult for a surgeon trying...

  Captain James T. Kirk : [raises voice]  Bones!

• McCoy : Where do you think you're going?

  Spock : I must see the captain.

  McCoy : My patients don't walk out in the middle of an operation.