Quotes
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Vila Restal : I don't believe it.
Jenna Stannis : Zen, system status.
Zen : All systems are functioning normally.
Vila Restal : Yes, but Zen's only a machine.
Kerr Avon : So is Orac.
[He removes the activator and throws it across the flight deck]
Vila Restal : That's all right, that's fixed Orac.
Roj Blake : No, it hasn't.
Jenna Stannis : What do you mean?
Roj Blake : We've forgotten something. The prediction has still been made.
Jenna Stannis : Blake!
[the on-screen ship explodes]
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Roj Blake : It's exactly as though Ensor were speaking.
Orac : Surely it is obvious even to the meanest intelligence that during my development I would naturally become endowed with aspects of my creator's personality.
Kerr Avon : The more endearing aspects by the sound of it.
Orac : Possibly. However similarities between myself and Ensor are entirely superficial. My mental capacity is infinitely greater.
Jenna Stannis : Modest, isn't he?
Orac : Modesty would be dishonesty.
Vila Restal : What's wrong with being dishonest?
Orac : Is that a question?
Vila Restal : Yes.
Orac : The question is futile. Were I to say that I am incapable of dishonesty how would you know if I was being dishonest or not?
Roj Blake : A question for a question. Well, you're capable of evasion, anyway.
Vila Restal : I think I've heard enough. I don't like him. Orac, be a good junk heap - shut up.
