Star Trek (TV Series)

The Cloud Minders (1969)

Leonard Nimoy: Mister Spock

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• Plasus : Gentlemen, one of our planet's most incomparable works of art: my daughter Droxine. Captain James Kirk.

  Captain James T. Kirk : A pleasure, Madam.

  Droxine : Indeed yes, Captain.

  Plasus : And First Officer Spock.

  [Spock bows his head very slowly] 

  Droxine : I have never before met a Vulcan, sir.

  Mr. Spock : Nor I a work of art, Madam.

• Droxine : You only take a mate once every seven years?

  Mr. Spock : The seven-year cycle is biologically inherent in all Vulcans. At that time, the mating drive outweighs all other motivations.

  Droxine : And is there nothing that can disturb that cycle, Mr. Spock?

  Mr. Spock : Extreme feminine beauty is always disturbing, Madam.

• Mr. Spock : [voiceover]  This troubled planet is a place of the most violent contrasts. Those who receive the rewards are totally separated from those who shoulder the burdens. It is not a wise leadership. Here on Stratos, everything is incomparably beautiful and pleasant. The high advisor's charming daughter, Droxine, particularly so. The name Droxine seems appropriate for her. I wonder, can she retain such purity and sweetness of mind and be aware of the life of the people on the surface of the planet? There, the harsh life in the mines is instilling the people with a bitter hatred. The young girl who led the attack against us when we beamed down was filled with the violence of desperation. If the lovely Droxine knew of the young miners' misery, I wonder how the knowledge would affect her.

• Droxine : Mr. Spock, I thought you had accompanied Captain Kirk to the rest chamber?

  Mr. Spock : Your movements awakened me.

  Droxine : My apologies. I did not realize they would disturbe you.

  Mr. Spock : Only Vulcan ears would find the noise discernable.

  Droxine : [with shy, intense interest]  It seems that Vulcans are fascinatingly different, in many ways.

  Mr. Spock : The same may be said of Stratos inhabitants.

  Droxine : Vulcan eyes are very discerning, too.

  Droxine : [continuing]  I hear that, intellectually, Vulcans are as highly evolved as Stratos city dwellers.

  Mr. Spock : [moves to face her]  We do... pride ourselves... on our logic.

• Mr. Spock : Allow me to point out that a first officer is more expendable than either a doctor or a captain.

  Captain James T. Kirk : Officially, yes, but this mission is strictly unofficial. Nobody's to have any part in it, any responsibility for it but myself. That's an order, Spock.

• Captain James T. Kirk : Mr. Spock, let's get that zenite delivered. I believe we only have three hours left.

  Mr. Spock : Two hours, fifty nine minutes, to be exact, Captain.

• Scott : The Advisor looked mighty angry. I hope he doesn't give the captain too much trouble.

  Mr. Spock : The captain will employ his usual diplomatic balm.

• Droxine : The complete separation of toil and leisure has given Ardana this perfectly balanced social system, Captain. Why should we change it?

  Mr. Spock : The surface of the planet is almost unendurable. To restrict a segment of the population to such hardship is unthinkable in an evolved culture.

  Droxine : The surface is marred by violence, like the Troglytes. Here on Stratos, we have completely eliminated violence.

  [Cut to Vanna, publicly bound to a torture device, as Stratos City Dwellers stroll casually by]