Star Trek (TV Series)

The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)

Bart La Rue: Guardian

Quotes 

• Scott : [Kirk and Spock return from the past through the Guardian]  What happened, sir? You only left a moment ago.

  Spock : [to Scott, after seeing McCoy return through the Guardian]  We were successful.

  Guardian of Forever : TIME HAS RESUMED ITS SHAPE. ALL IS AS IT WAS BEFORE. MANY SUCH JOURNEYS ARE POSSIBLE. LET ME BE YOUR GATEWAY.

  Lt. Uhura : Captain, the Enterprise is up there. They're asking if we want to beam up.

  Capt. Kirk : [softly]  Let's get the Hell out of here.

• Spock : Incredible power. It can't be a machine as we understand mechanics.

  Capt. Kirk : Then what is it?

  Guardian of Forever : A QUESTION. SINCE BEFORE YOUR SUN BURNED HOT IN SPACE AND BEFORE YOUR RACE WAS BORN, I HAVE AWAITED... A QUESTION.

  Capt. Kirk : What are you?

  Guardian of Forever : I AM THE GUARDIAN OF FOREVER.

  Capt. Kirk : Are you machine or being?

  Guardian of Forever : I AM BOTH AND NEITHER. I AM MY OWN BEGINNING, MY OWN ENDING.

  Spock : [archly]  I see no reason for answers to be couched in riddles.

  Guardian of Forever : I ANSWER AS SIMPLY AS YOUR LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING MAKES POSSIBLE.

• Spock : A time portal, Captain. A gateway to other times and dimensions, if I'm correct.

  Guardian of Forever : AS CORRECT AS POSSIBLE, FOR YOU. YOUR SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE IS OBVIOUSLY PRIMITIVE.