Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Distant Voices (1995)

Alexander Siddig: Doctor Julian Bashir

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• Doctor Bashir : I am aware that aging is part of the natural process of life; it's just that I don't wanna be reminded of it, that's all. And look, Garak - in two days I turn thirty. If I choose to be grumpy about it, that's my prerogative!

  Garak : Oh, by all means, Doctor, be as grumpy as you like.

  Doctor Bashir : Well, thank you for the support!

• Quark : You know, we just introduced a new lunch menu at the bar.

  Doctor Bashir : [edgy]  Goodbye, Quark.

  Garak : Don't take it personally. He's turning thirty.

• Doctor Bashir : You all embody different aspects of my personality, different voices inside my head.

  Chief O'Brien : I don't believe we're having this discussion.

  Doctor Bashir : If I were to guess, Chief, I would say that you represent my doubt, and my disbelief.

  Chief O'Brien : No, I don't!

• Doctor Bashir : You represent my professionalism, and my skill.

  Commander Sisko : I'm flattered.

• Garak : I admire your tenacity, Doctor, but it's over. Look at yourself. Your bones are as brittle as twigs, you can't catch your breath; you can't even stand, let alone walk.

  Doctor Bashir : But other than that, I feel wonderful!

• Doctor Bashir : One thing's for sure, you know. After experiencing life at a hundred plus, turning thirty doesn't seem that bad anymore.

  Garak : In that case: happy birthday.

• Doctor Bashir : [describing the real Altovar after surviving his telepathic attack]  He barely got two meters before Odo arrested him.

  Garak : It sounds like he was a lot more dangerous in your mind than he was in the real world.

• [last lines] 

  Garak : You know, Doctor, what I find most fascinating about this entire incident is how your unconscious mind chose people you know to represent the various parts of your personality.

  Doctor Bashir : Well, it did make things interesting.

  Garak : And what I find interesting, is how your mind ended up casting me in the role of the villain.

  Doctor Bashir : Oh, I wouldn't read too much into that, Garak.

  Garak : Oh, how can I not? To think, after all this time, all our lunches together, you still don't trust me. There is hope for you yet, Doctor.

• Doctor Bashir : Does anybody else hear that?

  Major Kira : What?

  Odo : I don't hear anything.

  Doctor Bashir : No, Garak didn't either.

  Lieutenant Jadzia Dax : Julian, what are you talking about?

  Doctor Bashir : I know, I know, it sounds odd, but I keep hearing voices.

  Chief O'Brien : And he says *we're* acting peculiar?

• Doctor Bashir : I'll tell you something: I like the real Chief better than you.

• Doctor Bashir : How did we get back here?

  Chief O'Brien : You tell me. It's your mind.

• Garak : Your hair - it seems to be turning gray.

  Doctor Bashir : So I've noticed.

  Garak : I guess you had reason to feel worried about turning thirty after all. Either that, or your job is even more stressful than I thought.

• Doctor Bashir : This monitor - it's displaying my vital signs.

  Chief O'Brien : And what's the prognosis?

  Doctor Bashir : Pulse is thready, blood pressure is dropping steadily. I'm dying.

  Chief O'Brien : I could've told you that just by looking at you.

• Doctor Bashir : You may be inside my head, but you don't know me half as well as you think you do. Take Dax. I do have feelings for her. But the important thing is, she's my friend. You know? Friend? Hm? And I wouldn't exchange that friendship for anything. As far as my career is concerned, I may have been a good tennis player, but I am a great doctor. Maybe I could have been first in my class; but it wouldn't have changed anything in my life. I still would have chosen this assignment. This is where I belong.

• Chief O'Brien : Mind if I come along?

  Doctor Bashir : I thought you said I didn't have a chance.

  Chief O'Brien : Well, I'm hoping I was wrong.

  Doctor Bashir : So am I.

  Chief O'Brien : But somehow I doubt it.