Star Trek (TV Series)

What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1966)

Michael Strong: Dr. Roger Korby

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• Dr. Roger Korby : Christine, you must realise an android is like a computer. It does only what I program. As a trained scientist yourself, you must realise...

  Christine Chapel : That given a mechanical Dr. Brown, a mechanical geisha would be no more difficult?

  Dr. Roger Korby : You think I could love a machine?

  Christine Chapel : Did you?

  Dr. Roger Korby : Andrea is incapable of that. She simply obeys orders.

• Dr. Roger Korby : Do you realize the number of discoveries lost because of superstition, of ignorance, a layman's inability to comprehend?

• Captain James T. Kirk : [referring to Ruk]  He's an android? Like Brown?

  Ruk : More complex than Brown. Much superior. I was left here by the Old Ones.

  Dr. Roger Korby : Ruk was still tending the machinery when we arrived here. How many centuries?

  [Ruk remains silent] 

  Dr. Roger Korby : Even Ruk doesn't know. With his help, with the records I could find, we built Brown.

  Captain James T. Kirk : You've convinced me, Doctor. You've convinced me that you are dangerous.

  [pushes over a table and makes a run for it] 

• Dr. Roger Korby : Can you imagine how life could be improved if we could do away with jealousy, greed, hate?

  Captain James T. Kirk : It can also be improved by eliminating love, tenderness, sentiment. The other side of the coin, Doctor.

• Andrea : I'm like Dr. Brown - an android. Didn't you know?

  Dr. Roger Korby : Remarkable, isn't she? Notice the lifelike pigmentation, the variations in skin tones. The flesh - the flesh has warmth. There's even a pulse. Physical sensation.

  Christine Chapel : [sarcastically]  How convenient.

  Dr. Roger Korby : Christine, you must realize an android is like a computer. It does only what I program. As a trained scientist yourself, you must realize...

  Christine Chapel : That given a mechanical Dr. Brown, a mechanical geisha would be no more difficult.

  Dr. Roger Korby : You think I could love a machine?

  Christine Chapel : Did you?

  Dr. Roger Korby : Andrea's incapable of that.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Well, there's one difference between us: I'm hungry.

  Kirk Android : The difference is your weakness, Captain, not mine.

  Dr. Roger Korby : One at a time, gentlemen. Captain?

  Captain James T. Kirk : Eating is a pleasure, sir. Unfortunately one you will never know.

  Kirk Android : Perhaps. But I will never starve, sir.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Agreed, Doctor. However, there will be two of us.

  Christine Chapel : Hello, Roger.

  Dr. Roger Korby : [over intercom]  Christine?

  Christine Chapel : Yes, Roger.

  Dr. Roger Korby : Darling, how - where are you? Yes, yes, by all means, Captain. I - I had no idea, no hope. Darling, are you all right?

  Christine Chapel : Yes, Roger. Everything's all right now.

  Captain James T. Kirk : We're on our way, Doctor. We'll be with you in a moment. Enterprise out.

• Andrea : I do not understand. Why are you unhappy? You are with Roger again.

  Christine Chapel : Where is Captain Kirk?

  Andrea : You are concerned about the Captain?

  Christine Chapel : Yes, I am concerned.

  Andrea : How can you love Roger without trusting him? Why does it bother you when I use the name Roger?

  Dr. Roger Korby : Andrea, it's sufficient that it does disturb her. You will call me Dr. Korby from now on, Andrea.

  Andrea : Yes, Dr. Korby.

• Dr. Roger Korby : I need time to explain and demonstrate to him and you. Shall we start with Andrea?

  Christine Chapel : Yes, let's start with Andrea.

• Dr. Roger Korby : Christine, Christine, let me prove myself. Does this make such a difference?

  Christine Chapel : [voice breaking]  Don't you see, Roger? Everything you've done has proved it isn't you.

  Dr. Roger Korby : I am Roger Korby!

  Captain James T. Kirk : Then prove it. Give me that phaser gun. If there's any human left in you, give it to me.

• Dr. Roger Korby : You might as well try to outthink a calculating machine.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Obviously I can't.

• Dr. Roger Korby : It's still me, Christine. Roger. I'm in here. You can't imagine how it was. I was frozen, dying. My legs were gone. I was... I had only my brain between life and death. This can be repaired, easier than another man can set a broken finger. I'm still the same as I was before, Christine, perhaps even better.

  Christine Chapel : Are you, Roger?