SPOCK: An identification tape from our ship's library on Doctor Simon UHURA: Hailing frequency's open, sir. This episode is mentioned as taking place after a Christmas party in the science labs. NOEL: Captain. ADAMS: The pain. SPOCK: Can you give us your present location, KIRK: (helps her out of vent) Helen, are you all right? Later on the bridge, Spock determines that Van Gelder is indeed a former associate of Tantalus administrator Dr. Tristan Adams, assigned to the colony only six months prior. penology experience, if possible. In-universe date ADAMS [OC]: He'd been doing some experimental work, Captain, an Noel. one foot. ADAMS: Go right ahead, Captain. I'm UHURA: Message, Captain. Star trek. light! "Transporter crewman found unconscious, captain. this. I must now use an ancient Vulcan technique to probe into Van Gelder's tortured mind. manual on penal colony procedures. NOEL: No, Doctor! Captain's log, stardate 2715.2. Pick something unusual, an unusual suggestion, something we Star Trek The Next Generation. KIRK: Doctor Adams? In sickbay, Spock decides to employ an ancient technique, the Vulcan mind meld, to learn the truth that Van Gelder cannot speak aloud. Yes, I remember. SPOCK: Keep trying. Central Bureau of Penology at Stockholm. KIRK: An assumption, Doctor. I knew. Original US DVD release (single-disc): Volume 5. In fact, I'd take it as KIRK: Hmm? Doctor Adams explained. No! ADAMS: Please don't fight me, Captain. KIRK: And will you be able to determine if that beam is harming me in I'd sure like to study this one, Jim. Revised Final Draft. While the mind meld later became a common plot device, at this early stage of Star Trek production, the viewing audience had not yet seen the meld on camera, leading to Spock's need to … Lieutenant Berkley, in charge of the transporter, tries to beam the cargo down, but is having trouble doing so. BERKELEY: Immediately, sir. KIRK: Tragedy, Doctor. Kirk enters the transporter room with Spock and is surprised to discover that he is beaming down to Tantalus V with Doctor Helen Noel, a psychiatrist with whom he's been previously acquainted. Any incoming cargo? I'll take it up with the ship's surgeon. SPOCK: Then you're with Doctor Adams now. First Air Date: November 3, 1966 (9th episode aired) Karen: Mind games! MCCOY: There are no superior facilities, he knows that. I do not require neural (the guard turns the power back on again, but when he reaches for Noel power. ADAMS [OC]: Yes, of course. KIRK: Er, Doctor Adams, please stand by. Doctor Adams has left with some things to This is one of the few times a religious holiday is mentioned in the, This episode marks the first appearance of the Vulcan, The name of the penal colony in this episode, "Tantalus," was reused in Season 2 for the episode ", The preview contains a truncated Captain's Log from the finished episode: ". Relation Name; associatedWith : Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. Does Closing off deck fourteen, search in case he got into trouble, but, but no. KIRK: Energise. But that's not KIRK: The power came on. gratifying. I must now use an ancient Vulcan technique to probe GELDER: My name? GELDER: Right death. Episode 10: Dagger of the Mind. KIRK: I've loved you. STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE (2001-2005) took us back in time to the early days of Starfleet before the formation of the Federation. KIRK: Oh, Mister Berkeley, you might refamiliarise yourself with the field has been eliminated. In the violent state he's in LETHE: I love my work. Cargo case open and empty." male, early forties. NOEL: Thank you. It's such a MCCOY: Spock, if there's the slightest possibility SPOCK: You begin to feel a strange euphoria. MCCOY [on monitor]: Oh, I'm assigning your technical aide, Captain. KIRK: What's so fascinating? SPOCK: Empty. A prestigious doctor abuses his power at a penal colony and tests his mind control device on prisoners -and Captain Kirk. S. Bar-David Mister Spock. Helen. WOMAN [OC]: Stand by, Enterprise. KIRK: Estimated arrival at Tantalus? Take him back.   2715.1 (2266)   Required by regulations as quoted by McCoy to investigate Van Gelder's injury, Kirk decides to visit the penal colony with someone who has psychiatric experience. ADAMS: Excuse me. Why? I don't think you'll be able to get through the security From Act Four, Scene 177--Kirk is in the Tantalus device chair for another treatment: respective holders. ADAMS: Yes. planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that, that we cannot fill them WOMAN [OC]: Tantalus colony to Enterprise. Do you feel it, Captain? All right, let's take a look. First aired: 3 November 1966 GELDER: So empty. But you must listen. Can this be handled with reasonable safety – yes or no? The USS Enterprise is on a routine cargo drop to the Tantalus Penal Colony on the planet Tantalus V, beaming down cylinders containing infra-sensory drugs and other supplies. Or if he simply had someone standing by to snap it off in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is the second part of a three act story, and is a worthy sequel to the Wrath of Khan. chair) Ready? This man's extremely Kirk out. Enterprise exhibiting signs of manic insanity … abandon. The only way I can be sure is to see that machine at work, or is Reverse course. Yes, yes, there's MCCOY: McCoy here. Vincent McEveety We arrived safely, and we're here with Doctor Adams right now. UHURA: Transporter crewman found unconscious, Captain. Stardate: KIRK: I didn't mean to suggest that he had. I've learned a great deal. Helen, don't go! However, I would have preferred other that patient Report, Doctor. SPOCK [OC]: Enterprise log. Studios Inc. Spock. (leaves. the wise old sage to be taught all the world's wisdom while standing on You swept me off my feet and carried me to your cabin. GELDER: Hate. KIRK: What did you say your name was? NOEL [OC]: neuro-synapse damage, as if his brain SPOCK: Fifty seven minutes, thirty seconds, Captain. KIRK: For years. Tantalus colony, sir. Is that your system? No! KIRK: In here, I presume, Doctor. Do you hear? MCCOY [OC]: But we still have some doubts up here, MCCOY: You see what I mean? However, at one point, Van Gelder claims Dr. Adams will destroy "like death". could've sat in that room for years with the beam at that volume or MCCOY: But not very informative. You must warn After contacting the colony, it does so and the cargo is beamed down. MCCOY: Jim! Read more An interview with Janet Kidder on Osyraa and why Star Trek is different I'll try not to fight. (he closes the SPOCK: Gentlemen, I suggest you ask Doctor Adams if he wants Van Gelder NOEL: He placed all that in your mind. GELDER: My name is Van Gelder. Our minds sharing the same condition three. KIRK: Yes, I remember. What? just the ring of truth in it. or not? You're certain he's all right? KIRK: Helen! GELDER: No! Star Trek The Original Series: Dagger of the Mind: Star Trek The Original Series Script "AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD". NOEL: Tranquillisers are fine, Captain, but to continually pump KIRK: Merry Christmas. SPOCK: It could be dangerous. returned. written in ink in the upper right hand corner of front page. Original Airdate: 3 Nov, 1966, BERKELEY: Ready to beam down. GELDER: Where's the captain? KIRK: Ship to surface, Tantalus colony. SPOCK: And you will continue to check in every four hours? I ADAMS: Very good, Captain. Enterprise to Tantalus colony. and a very good one too, I might add. GELDER: Yes, I begin to feel it. KIRK: Your landing co-ordinates were right on the nose, Mister Spock. I want asylum. Who are we? Kirk says he died because he was alone, his mind emptied by it, "without even a tormentor for company." it might help. Find me someone in your department with psychiatric and Wash your hands of it. of our inmates. Don't let him stay! I'll die first! I know you people feel as naked without a weapon Explain. In Shimon Wincelberg's original script of "Dagger of the Mind", the character was called "Doctor Asgard", his name being a reference to the gods' living place in Norse mythology. Where is she, Captain? At the colony, Kirk and Noel investigate the neural neutralizer privately. KIRK: You're beaming cargo down to a penal colony, Mister Berkeley. Sickbay. The "Tristram Asgard" was what was noted in the de Forest Research document dated 26 July 1966. Sep 6, 2019 - Explore Mark Nehmzow's board "Rare Star Trek TOS Behind the scenes Pics" on Pinterest. This is Captain Kirk. NOEL: No. 1:49m Star Trek: Discovery — You are a Starfleet Captain. KIRK: Yes. After he is incapacitated by Spock using a Vulcan nerve pinch, he is captured and restrained in sickbay. KIRK: No harm to him, sir. Captain. KIRK: Nothing happened. ← 45th of 80 released in TOS-R → On the bridge, Kirk talks to Dr. McCoy, telling him that he wishes he could have had the time to meet Dr. Tristan Adams, and asks McCoy if he has visited a penal colony since they have started following his theories. that girl. SPOCK: Doctor Van Gelder, Captain. Tantalus was a former king imprisoned in Tartarus for various evil deeds. He also dismantles and destroys the neural neutralizer equipment. KIRK: Anytime you're ready, Doctor, just for a second or two. duct. Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 10. Take us out of orbit, Mister After beaming down, Kirk and Noel take a very fast turbolift down to the colony. repeat, he's clever as well as extremely violent. August 5, 1966. That episode was the original series’ “Catspaw”, which was the first episode filmed for the show’s second season,… MCCOY: Abnormal, of course, but it's not KIRK: I trust you. Adams meets with the two immediately after the doors open shares a toast in his office with them. UHURA [OC]: Repeat, all sections to alert condition KIRK: U.S.S. Just then, the Tantalus Penal Colony hails the Enterprise, informing the starship that an inmate is missing, and possibly hid in the case they had sent up. NOEL: (light turns) At the Christmas party, we met, we danced, you After crawling through the duct, Noel manages to locate the power control room for the colony. “Dagger of the Mind” Written by S. Bar-David Directed by Vincent McEveety Season 1, Episode 10 Production episode 6149-11 Original air date: November 3, 1966 Stardate: … I didn't receive that. KIRK: No casualties, sir. KIRK: Tell McCoy the technical expert he sent along with me insists KIRK: I'd like to see that treatment room again. He learns that Adams has been experimenting on various individuals, including Van Gelder, using the neural neutralizer. I'll disable your vessel first. "I wouldn't recommend it for weak hearts. The light! schizophrenia, tissue damage, or any condition I'm acquainted with, A It has to connect with other ducts and tunnels. KIRK: Good evening. I see it. present for you? The colony sends up a large case to the Enterprise, which is research supplies for the Central Bureau of Penology at Stockholm. You're madly in love with Helen, Captain. Section C, deck fourteen. Very impressive. A few seconds later, unaware of the suggestion, Kirk does in fact suggest they find a kitchen to raid. (machine to maximum) raid a kitchen somewhere. The obey me. Why should a person go on living with unbearable memories if there's no theories? A log entry by Spock in which he explains the Vulcan mind meld in some detail. KIRK: I think we'll spend the night here, Mister Spock. ADAMS: Notify security at once, Lethe. Kirk tells McCoy he is behind the times, as the captain considers them to be more like resorts now. When Dr. Simon van Gelder of the psychiatric staff at the Tantalus Penal Colony escapes to the U.S.S. Enterprise. KIRK: And you'd prefer to keep him here until I complete my those penal colonies since they've begun following his methods, and I'd like to speak to Doctor Adams. Look. It requires I make Fighting off the suggestions placed in his mind by Adams, Kirk dispatches Noel through the air conditioning ducts, in the hope she can find the power controls and deactivate the security force field. NOEL: No! ", "You smart, button-pushing brass hat! ADAMS: Thank you. That requires you to answer in your log. you from Engineering! Though there is a Christmas party in "Dagger of the Mind," Star Trek: The Original Series did not truly make a special Christmas episode. We thought you might enlighten us as to his In the final draft script of "Dagger of the Mind", Adams was initially described thus; "Mid-forties, hardly the stereotype of a famed scientist, he has broad… Can you explain that, Doctor Van Gelder? Oh, I feel quite sure that you'd concur with me in that, won't move), SPOCK: Emergency channel D. blank, so open, that any thought he placed there became our thoughts. even higher. BERKELEY: Mister Spock, the force field is gone. MCCOY: I don't believe him. Adams here. He used it to erase our For the first Trek story to have any mention of Christmas, that’s worth remembering Dagger Of The Mind for also. Please, don't hypo me. SPOCK: Negative in the deck area, Captain. May we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that – that we cannot fill them with love and warmth.". (Noel makes it to the power control room and finds an off switch but it Despite all the women Kirk kissed, they did not film a Valentine's Day episode, either. Drop it on the floor. (machine to maximum) Kirk to UHURA [OC]: Security alert, condition three. He then heads to the bridge where he easily dispatches the bridge guard and then reveals his name is Simon Van Gelder and he demands asylum from Kirk. "A cage is a cage, Jim," he remarks. KIRK: Doctor Adams, regarding Van Gelder. since Follow me. From its opening montage to its largely uninteresting characters to its storytelling, Enterprise was inarguably the weakest of the Star Trek series. He thought you'd like to know the knew, but they've erased it. treatment room had been dismantled and the equipment destroyed. TOS, Episode 1x10 don't you? command, Captain Kirk. KIRK: But a bit blank. What did he do to us? ", "Where there is no emotion, there is no motive for violence. You believe I belong back there, I've visited rehab colonies before. No, no, no. KIRK: My crew is sworn to secrecy. SPOCK: Yes. can both be sure of. KIRK: At gunpoint? They're more like resort colonies KIRK: I must drop it. specimens to, to work with. NOEL: Perhaps it would be simpler if you called me Helen, Captain, ADAMS: For years, you've loved her, Captain, for years. This is a potentially violent case. be handled with reasonable safety? Thank you both for your reviews. And now, she's Spock here. only gets worse when you doubt me. A guard grabs her), ADAMS: Put him back in the chair, Eli, and find All other copyrights property of their very concerned. KIRK: Mister Spock, you tell McCoy that she had better check out as the "Dagger of the Mind" In an ironic twist, Dr. Adams dies of exposure to the neural neutralizer after Kirk knocks him down and leaves him near it when Spock restored the power. (runs) Bridge. SPOCK: (to McCoy) Get some security people and follow me down. This is a potentially violent case. NOEL: Perhaps you'll call me Helen, Doctor. KIRK: You want me to manufacture a lie, wrap it up as a Christmas Security is then alerted to the stowaway and he surprises one of the guards looking for him, overpowers him, and takes his phaser. That beam MCCOY [on monitor]: Van Gelder's still violently agitated, Captain. talked about the stars. The Star Trek web pages on this site are for educational and entertainment purposes only. Star Trek Script from Original Series. ", "It appears we may have an inmate of yours aboard the ship." NOEL: The machine wasn't on high enough to kill. No! SPOCK: It was from Van Gelder. That won't be necessary in your case, Captain. SPOCK: Destroy how? This is an original script from the production departmentIt has "Prod. Our minds so empty like a sponge, needing thoughts, begging. forget! neutraliser. (Noel dashes back into the aircon tunnels) NOEL: They've taken you from the room, Captain. Van Gelder to have the best possible treatment, of course. all the rest of humanity had done in forty centuries? Do you understand? MCCOY: Now look, Spock, Jim Kirk could be in real trouble. KIRK: Before you came here Gelder was down on his hands and knees sobbing at this point? No, the only holiday Star Trek overtly celebrated with a dedicated episode was Halloween. First officer Spock, acting captain. Exchanged cargo I need you, Helen! 1:04 > Editor's Picks. Hope. what he's seeing is real or delusion KIRK: U.S.S. scientific fact Your body floats. you ever been to a penal colony since they started following his BERKELEY: I'll get a vault assignment. A more lengthy recovery scene by Kirk after his first neural neutralizer session. ADAMS: Now Captain Kirk is going to have a complete Wash your hands of it! Doctor Noel, standing by in the transporter room now. The treatment smocks worn by Adams and Eli have the same insignia as Dr. Remember? staff. Your face went completely blank. ADAMS: (reduces intensity) Now Captain, you must take your phaser 1:10m Star Trek: Voyager — More Than a Captain. screen, Captain. GELDER: So empty. This isn't right, Captain. aware that in the last twenty years Doctor Adams has done more to It is not hypnosis. My name is Simon Van Gelder. Doctor A. and empty. Doctor Adams. Energise. for her, sacrifice your career, your reputation. great day for us here on Tantalus when we have visitors, no matter what Dagger of the Mind. volume. Let me Bones, are you She's gone, Doctor Adams. This is a smart script (by Jerry Sohl), giving us the problem that's been with us since the first episode—namely, the terror of the unknown—and then providing us with … KIRK: May I see it? with penal colony on Tantalus V. I've departed without going ashore. GELDER: We are Simon Van Gelder. You believe in me completely. NOEL: Oh, that's foolish. "To all mankind. NOEL: Coming. Adams raises his glass to Kirk and Noel for the toast. LETHE: I was another person, malignant, hateful. Energise. SPOCK: (pushes a load of buttons) Enterprise, this is Spock. forty centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately. KIRK: Not when you've sat in that room. precautions. LETHE: Does it matter? According to Adams, Van Gelder created KIRK: You're behind the times, Bones. Come in. I suggest now that it happened in a different Touch the wrong line, and you're dead. Star Trek The Original Series. a personal favour if you'd beam down and look into it yourself. 3:55. Captain. There KIRK: I don't know. I'll destroy your control panel. Head back for Tantalus KIRK: Doctor Van Gelder? Based on the television series created by Gene Roddenberry. Yes or no? Bridge out. He BERKELEY: Just one item, sir. ADAMS [OC]: Captain Kirk, Doctor Adams here. Spock uses it to probe the mind of Dr. Van Gelder in search of the truth about the … was you haven't mentioned where Doctor Van Gelder's injury occurred. This man is Doctor Simon Van Gelder? chemicals into a person's bloodstream Oh, I, er, Just a second, hmm? THERAPIST: (to man in treatment chair) You will forget all you have Doc, per ship surgeon's medical log. somewhat familiar with the theory behind it? I can't break through their force place? NOEL: No, I prefer honesty. NOEL: We already tried it for that long, Captain. KIRK [OC]: Affirmative. Actually, we don't expect to get much use out of it at all. Star Trek "Dagger of the Mind" In the franchise’s entire 51-year history, there’s only been one Star Trek episode of any of the six series that’s been holiday-themed. Van Gelder. (turns main power back on again). MCCOY: I understand. NOEL: A shifting of memory patterns is basic to psychotherapy. Are you passing near any hospital facilities superior to ours? ADAMS [OC]: Yes, Captain. NOEL: Yes. BERKELEY: It's no good, Mister Spock. experimental beam we'd hoped might rehabilitate incorrigibles. SPOCK: This room. (intruder jumps one of the security men) Approximately six foot four But we grew so tired, our minds so I can't explain it, but the more I study So lonely to be sitting there empty, wanting any word from KIRK: Your report said he was quite talkative. ADAMS: Ah. I'd like Dept." But when he tried to eat or drink the fruit and water receded from him so that he could not. Welcome to Devil's Island, Doctor. Of The Mind And now to the toast, hmm? GELDER: (screams). KIRK: (to therapist) How does it work? Force with love and warmth. (Kirk turns machine off) No! NOEL: No. always that slight chance that it might do some good in the more SPOCK: I have them, Captain. Which one of you is the captain? Ahead warp factor one. KIRK: One question, Doctor. KIRK: Kirk to Enterprise. KIRK: One of the advantages of being a Captain, Doctor, is being able NOEL: Of course, Captain. It might lead to the power supply. ''Dagger of the Mind'' introduces us to the Vulcan Mind Meld for the first time. Do you dangerous. Captain, the pain increases unless you Can this KIRK: May I ask what crime you committed? she pushes him against the high volt grid and he fries, cutting the NOEL: Yes. Quite expert. ADAMS [OC]: Is Doctor Van Gelder all right? SPOCK [OC]: Please repeat, Captain. SPOCK: I believe we should, Jim. Meanwhile, the mysterious stowaway has taken the transporter operator's operations red utility uniform and makes his way out into the Enterprise's corridors. NOEL: Try to remember. (, The producers still hadn't settled on background sound effects for the bridge when this episode was produced. However, Dr. Noel notes the neutralizer was not on high enough to kill Adams. you were hungry. ADAMS: No, no. ← 9th of 80 released in TOS → KIRK: Thank you, Doctor Adams. ADAMS [OC]: No need to apologise, Captain Kirk. "Not when you've sat in that room. NOEL: Good evening. "Star Trek: The Original Series" Dagger of the Mind (TV Episode 1966) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. You must have her, or the Your Earth people glorify organized violence for forty centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately. Well, Bones, you've got the ball. Mmm. NOEL: (in his arms) I wouldn't recommend it for weak hearts. NOEL: But my reputation. the excuse. KIRK: Helen. MCCOY: Erased? to forget, and then he'd start to claim something else, but always with MCCOY: I'm required to enter any reasonable doubts into my medical log. Well? “Dagger of the Mind” Written by S. Bar-David Directed by Vincent McEeevy Season 1, Episode 9 Production episode: 1×10 Original air date: November 3, 1966 Star date: 2715.1 Mission summary Afte… Switching to speaker. THERAPIST: Quite simple. ", "May we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that, that we cannot fill them with love and warmth. BERKELEY: Locked in, sir. Later, walking through the corridors of the colony, Dr. Adams informs Kirk and Noel that Van Gelder injured his mind by testing an experimental therapy device on himself, the neural neutralizer. Star Trek at 50: Dagger of the Mind Season 1. If it doesn't do any good Enterprise out. SPOCK: I've never used it on a human, Doctor. The duct. The term was neural neutraliser. on him. The neural neutraliser. Security alert three. MCCOY: It's hard to believe that a man could die of loneliness. SPOCK: Open your mind. KIRK: And if he's lying, he'll continue to lie, and I won't find out a KIRK: Affirmative, Doctor. Helen. Role Title Holding Repository; Filters: Connection Graph Radial Graph. Some research material bound for the best assistant I ever had. Repeat, unable to locate one of our injuries? like to talk about their personal failures, you know? Control panel. Argh! entertainment purposes only. NOEL: We'll try minimum intensity, a second or two. SPOCK: Yes. (cover comes open) Air conditioning. GELDER: Lonely. ADAMS: I shall indeed. Next: "Miri" Star Trek "Dagger of the Mind" Stardate : 2715.1 : Series : Star Trek: Episode Number : 10 : Release Date : 3 November 1966 : Writer : Shimon Wincelberg (as S. Bar-David) Director : Vincent McEveety: A new treatment for the criminally insane has deadly results. ADAMS: You trust me completely. way. the question. To all mankind. Our security cover is now open. KIRK: I would like to have met Doctor Adams. ADAMS: Why do we go on using it, hmm, Captain? WOMAN [OC]: Rehab colony. WOMAN [OC]: Tantalus cargo ready to beam up. Using a very low setting, she suggests to Kirk that he is hungry. Don't you remember the Adams GELDER: You must open my mind. SPOCK: When do you plan to beam back up, Captain? KIRK [OC]: Affirmative. science lab Christmas party? It's no wonder he's having delusions. Dagger of the Mind. GELDER: Such agony to be empty. Doctor Adams Captai… KIRK: I believe regulations call for me to check my weapon. Cargo case open three. UHURA: Security alert, condition three. First officer Spock, can send you right to the source of the interruption. Received and understood. I mean, just having met like this. KIRK: Doctor Adams? Doctor. Empty. NOEL: I understand. ADAMS: Captain, you remind me of the ancient sceptic who demanded of He's aboard. It was so MCCOY: Yes, sir. KIRK: Enterprise to Tantalus colony. ADAMS: Hello Captain Kirk, and er By strict UHURA: Oh, Captain, there was a message from (Noel hides as guards search for her, and when they go she pulls down ADAMS: Thank you. ADAMS: A neural neutraliser. It's a pity. ", "You begin to feel a strange euphoria. by. Captain, I would appreciate it if you could come down with a minimum After Kirk and Berkley leave, the case opens slowly, revealing a man, clearly mentally ill. The Revised Final Draft script of "Dagger of the Mind" (August 5, 1966) offers a bit of extra dialog that helps flesh out Dr. Adams' motivation a bit. GELDER: Die. Production number: 6149-11 KIRK: We'll keep you posted, Doctor. Hill guest-starred in several 1960s sitcoms, including My Three Sons, Hogan's Heroes and Love American Style, as well as in the original Star Trek series ("Dagger of the Mind", 1966, as Dr. Helen Noel) and Perry Mason ("The Case of the Greek Goddess", 1963, as Theba). KIRK: Yes, yes, I remember. Off on switches, and the large control here Enterprise out. Bridge out. UHURA: Captain, section C deck fourteen, reporting That person no longer exists. Have you had any training in hyper-power KIRK: Go ahead, Mister Spock. SPOCK: Neural neutraliser. KIRK: Doctor Helen Noel. KIRK: Try a harmless suggestion. KIRK: Remarkably effective for a device that Doctor Adams was going to KIRK: Security control, this is the Bridge. 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