"The Devil in the Dark'' Line-by-Line

Discussion in 'Star Trek - The Original & Animated Series' started by leandar, Apr 27, 2013.

  1. Zameaze

    Zameaze Commodore Commodore

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    APPEL: You're all pretty tough, aren't you? Starship, phaser banks. You can't get your starship down in the tunnels.
     
  2. Ziz

    Ziz Commodore Commodore

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    KIRK: I don't think we'll need to, Mister Appel. Mister Vanderberg, we'll need a complete subsurface chart of all the drifts, galleries and tunnels.
     
  3. mach7

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    Vanderberg: You'll get it
     
  4. Athena28

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    SPOCK: Mister Vanderberg, what is this?
     
  5. mach7

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    Vanderberg: It's a silicon nodule, there a million of then down there. No commercial value.
     
  6. Athena28

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    SPOCK: But a geological oddity to say the least. Pure silicon?
     
  7. mach7

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    Vanderberg: A few trace elements, look we didn't call you here so you can collect rocks!
     
  8. Athena28

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    KIRK: Thank you, Mr. Vanderberg. We'll need your complete cooperation.
     
  9. mach7

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    Vanderberg: You'll have it! Just find that creature, Whatever it is, I've got a quota to meet.

    (Vanderberg walks away)

    Come on Appel!
     
  10. Zameaze

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    (McCoy comes back.)
    KIRK: The vast number of tunnels won't make our hunting any easier. Doc?
     
  11. Enterprise1981

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    MCCOY: Schmitter didn't burn to death, not in the usual sense, anyway.
     
  12. Athena28

    Athena28 Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    KIRK: Explain.
     
  13. mach7

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    McCoy: Well there are only fragments of bone and teeth left but the plants physician agrees with me. A chemical corrosion, almost as if he'd been thrown into a vat of extremely corrosive acid.
     
  14. Enterprise1981

    Enterprise1981 Vice Admiral Admiral

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    KIRK: Strong enough to eat machinery?
     
  15. Athena28

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    MCCOY: Strong enough to eat anything else that you can think of.
     
  16. Zameaze

    Zameaze Commodore Commodore

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    KIRK: Mister Spock.
     
  17. Enterprise1981

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    SPOCK: (at the mine map) I've charted the positions of the deaths and acts of sabotage. Here, here, and here. If the times of these incidents are to be accepted as accurate, the creature would have to have moved at an incredible rate of speed.
     
  18. Athena28

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    KIRK: Mr. Vanderberg, how recent are these charts?
     
  19. Enterprise1981

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    Re-enter Van der Berg

    Van der Berg: They were made last year.
     
  20. Athena28

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    KIRK: Before the appearance of whatever this is?