Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Scorpion (1997)

Robert Picardo: The Doctor

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• Captain Kathryn Janeway : [analyzing Species 8472's physiology]  They have an extraordinary immune response. Anything that penetrates the cell membrane - chemical, biological, technological - it's all instantly destroyed. That's why the Borg can't assimilate them.

  The Doctor : Resistance, in this case, is far from futile.

• [Janeway suggests giving the Borg information about Species 8472 in exchange for safe passage through Borg space] 

  Lieutenant Tuvok : What makes you think the Borg won't attempt to take the information by assimilating Voyager and its crew?

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Because that won't get them anywhere. Doctor, you're the only one on board with full knowledge of the nanoprobe modifications. I want you to transfer all of that research into your holomatrix.

  The Doctor : Certainly.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : You're my guarantee. If the Borg threaten us in any way, we'll simply erase your program.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : It looks like he's being transformed in some way.

  The Doctor : Not exactly. The alien cells are consuming his body from the inside out. In essence, Mr. Kim is being eaten alive.

• The Doctor : I hope to unleash an army of modified Borg nanoprobes into his bloodstream designed to target and eradicate the infection. As you know, I've been analyzing the nanoprobes. They're efficient little assimilators. One can't help but admire the workmanship. But they're no match for the alien cells. So I successfully dissected a nanoprobe and managed to access its recoding mechanism. I reprogrammed the probe to emit the same electrochemical signatures as the alien cells. That way, the probe can do it's work without being detected.

• The Doctor : These are alien cells. Each one contains more than a hundred times the DNA of a human cell. It's the most densely coded life form I've ever seen.