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Midas Redux

Submitted by scotese on Tue, 2006-09-26 10:05

Chief Engineer Quinn: I'll bet any quantum mechanic in the service would give the rest of his life to fool around with this gadget.

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At the Top Again

Submitted by scotese on Tue, 2006-09-26 10:03

[to Altaira]
Commander John J. Adams: Alta, about a million years from now the human race will have crawled up to where the Krell stood in their great moment of triumph and tragedy. And your father's name will shine again like a beacon in the galaxy. It's true, it will remind us that we are, after all, not God.

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Boredom Part 2

Submitted by scotese on Tue, 2006-09-26 10:01

Cookie: Another one of them new worlds. No beer, no women, no pool parlors, nothin'. Nothin' to do but throw rocks at tin cans, and we gotta bring our own tin cans.

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Ready to Wear

Submitted by scotese on Tue, 2006-09-26 10:00

[Instructing Robby the robot on making a new dress]
Altaira Morbius: But it must be different - absolutely nothing must show - below, above or through.
Robby: Radiation-proof?
Altaira Morbius: No, just eye-proof.

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Potential

Submitted by scotese on Tue, 2006-09-26 09:59

Doc Ostrow: The total potential here must be nothing less than astronomical.
Dr. Edward Morbius: Nothing less. The number 10 raised almost literally to the power of infinity.

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