Star Trek (TV Series)

The Naked Time (1966)

Nichelle Nichols: Uhura

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• [Sulu, acting psychotically, grabs Uhura and pulls her close to him] 

  Sulu : I'll protect you, fair maiden.

  Uhura : Sorry, neither.

  [pulls away] 

• Riley : [over the intercom]  Lt. Uhura, you've interrupted my song, uh... I'm sorry but there'll be no ice cream for YOU tonight.

  Capt. Kirk : Cut him off.

  Uhura : I can't, sir. There's no way to do it.

  Riley : Attention, crew, this is Capt. Riley. There will be a formal dance in the bowling alley at nineteen hundred hours tonight.

• [the Enterprise is spiraling out of control toward a disintegrating planet, crewmen are going loopy as flies, and Riley, barricaded in the engine room, has been singing off-key over the ship's intercom for the last several hours. Rand enters the bridge hurriedly as Kirk drags an hysterically giggling Leslie away from the helm station] 

  Yeoman Rand : I would have gotten here sooner, sir, but Crewman Williams stopped me in the hall and...

  Capt. Kirk : Take the helm!

  Yeoman Rand : Sir?

  Capt. Kirk : [shoving her into the chair]  TAKE THE HELM!

  Yeoman Rand : Yes, sir.

  [Kirk pulls a semi-comatose crewman away from the engineering section as Riley's song comes to an end] 

  Riley : [over the intercom]  And now... ONE MORE TIME.

  Capt. Kirk : [stalking over to a frantically-working Uhura]  At least TRY cutting him off!

  Uhura : [shouting]  Sir, if I could cut him off, don't you think I...?

  [She suddenly remembers to whom she's speaking and visibly gets her temper under control] 

  Uhura : Yes, sir. I'll keep trying.

  Capt. Kirk : [ruefully]  Sorry.

  [Uhura smiles back at him and gets back to work] 

• Uhura : [over the intercom]  Entering planet's outer atmosphere, sir.

  Scotty : Captain!

  Capt. Kirk : What is it?

  Scotty : He's turned the engines off. They're completely cold. It'll take 30 minutes to regenerate them.

  Uhura : [over the intercom]  Entering planet's outer atmosphere, sir. Ship's outer skin is beginning to heat, Captain. Orbit plot shows we have about 8 minutes left.

  Capt. Kirk : Scotty!

  Scotty : I can't change the law of physics! I've got to have 30 minutes!

• Riley : Have no fear, O'Riley's here, and one Irishman is worth ten THOUSAND of you...

  Spock : You're relieved, Mister Riley! Lieutenant Uhura, take over this station

  Uhura : Yes sir!

  Riley : Now THAT'S what I like. Let the WOMEN work too! Universal SUFFRAGE...

  Spock : Report to sickbay, Mister Riley!

  Riley : Sick bay? Exactly where I was headed. Sir!

• Capt. Kirk : We've got to risk implosion. It's our only chance!

  Spock : It's never been done.

  Capt. Kirk : Don't tell me that again, Science Officer! It's a theory! It's possible! We may go up into the biggest ball of fire since the last sun in these parts exploded, but we gotta take that one in 10,000 chance!

  Uhura : [over the intercom]  Bridge to Captain: Engineer asks "Did you find..."

  Capt. Kirk : Yes, I found Mr. Spock! I'm talking to Mr. Spock, d'you understand!

  Uhura : [over the intercom]  Yes, sir. Three and a half minutes left, captain.

• Uhura : All decks, alert system B-2. Repeat: go to Alert condition Baker 2. Seal off all main sections. Stand by.