Michael Strong credited as playing...
Dr. Roger Korby
- 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: 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.
- 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]
- 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: You might as well try to outthink a calculating machine.
- Captain James T. Kirk: Obviously I can't.
- 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: 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?
