Stargate: Atlantis (TV Series)

The Tower (2005)

David Hewlett: Dr. Rodney McKay

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• Dr. Rodney McKay : If we're hoping these people have something to trade, we are wasting our time. From the looks of it, they barely have enough food to feed themselves; and their technology...

  [showing a scythe] 

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Well, let's just say that this about sums it up, huh?

  Teyla Emmagan : Establishing good relations with our neighbours is not just about trade.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Right, but do we need to make friends with every primitive agrarian society in the Pegasus galaxy?

  Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Alright, that's enough. They can't all be planets with cool technology and open-minded women.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : I don't see why not!

• Dr. Rodney McKay : If I can find the ZPM, then we can shut these people down whenever we want. Without the Drone Chair, they're just a bunch of primitive thugs with axes and knives.

  Dr. Carson Beckett : Axes and knives can cause damage, Rodney!

  Dr. Rodney McKay : You know what I mean.

• Teyla Emmagan : We have a problem. They took Colonel Sheppard.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : What? Who did?

  Teyla Emmagan : Soldiers from the Tower. They confiscated our weapons.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : What, and you let them?

  Teyla Emmagan : We didn't exactly have much of a choice.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Alright. I'm on my way back.

• Baldric : What do you intend to do with it?

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Blow a hole straight up to the surface, assuming I can get it to fly in a straight line. I've never actually done anything like this before.

  Baldric : What'll happen if you succeed?

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Well, two possibilities. Either we create a nice sturdy shaft that will give us some much-needed air and provide a big enough gap for the radio signal to get through, or it will bring the already unsteady ceiling down on us, burying us both alive.

  Baldric : I prefer to imagine the first possibility.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : Yes, yes, the power of positive thinking. Very good. While you do that, I will rely on my experience and expertise.

  Baldric : You said you'd never done this before.

  Dr. Rodney McKay : General expertise. Will you be quiet while I do this?

• Baldric : I can't believe that worked!

  Dr. Rodney McKay : What happened to positive thinking?

  Baldric : I lied.