The Gamesters of Triskelion Quotes

The Gamesters of Triskelion is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Gamesters of Triskelion ended in 1970.

The Gamesters of Triskelion Quotes

• (Unnamed) "Mr. Spock, the captain, Lieutenant Uhura, and Chekov -- they vanished. They got onto the transporter platform, and they just vanished."
• (Unnamed) "I presume you mean they vanished in a manner not consistent with the usual workings of the transporter, Mr. Scott."
• (Unnamed) "Aye, o' course I mean that. D'ya think I'd call ya if they just beamed down?"

• (Unnamed) "Goodbye, Jim Kirk. I will learn -- and watch the lights in the sky -- and remember."

• (Unnamed) "The thralls will be trained?"
• (Unnamed) "They will be trained. We have said it."
• (Unnamed) "I think you'll find it a much more exciting game than the one you've been playing."

• (Unnamed) "Hope? I always thought that was a human failing, Mr. Spock."
• (Unnamed) "True, doctor. Constant exposure does result in a certain degree of; contamination."

• (Unnamed) "My people pride themselves on being the greatest, most successful gamblers in the universe. We compete for everything: power, fame, women, everything we desire, and it is our nature -- to win."

• (Unnamed) "You begin, Uhura."
• (Unnamed) "No."
• (Unnamed) "It is not allowed to refuse a training exercise."
• (Unnamed) "I don't care whether it's allowed or not. I will not do it."
• (Unnamed) "None of us will do it, Galt."
• (Unnamed) "It is part of your training. The Providers wish it."
• (Unnamed) "The devil with the Providers."
• (Unnamed) "Cossacks."

• (Unnamed) "Well, Mr. Spock, if you're going into the lion's den, you'll need a medical officer."
• (Unnamed) "Daniel, as I recall, had only his faith, but I welcome your company, Doctor."

• (Unnamed) "Shahna, where were you born?"
• (Unnamed) "Born? I have been here always."
• (Unnamed) "Your parents. Where -- where are they? Your mother and father."
• (Unnamed) "She who bore me was killed in a freestyle match."
• (Unnamed) "Freestyle?"
• (Unnamed) "You will learn all these things"

• (Unnamed) "You're out of your Vulcan mind, Spock."

• (Unnamed) "This is going to kill our romance."

• (Unnamed) "What in the name of heaven is this?"
• (Unnamed) "Heaven's got very little to do with this."

• (Unnamed) "You and your people are most challenging."
• (Unnamed) "Yes, most challenging. It was hoped that such new blood would stimulate our stock of thrall. How unfortunate that you must be destroyed."

• (Unnamed) "You -- You have been selected for me?"
• (Unnamed) "No. I am only your drill thrall. I have brought you nourishment."
• (Unnamed) "It is a nice name: Chee-koof."
• (Unnamed) "Heh, heh. Chekov."
• (Unnamed) "Chee -- koof? It is a very nice name."

• (Unnamed) "I didn't realize I was so hungry. Whatever you call this, it was very good."
• (Unnamed) "It is nourishment. We call it that."
• (Unnamed) "Nourishment. Well, that's very practical."

• (Unnamed) "Captain's log, supplemental. Stardate, unknown. Our strange captivity continues. This planet is called Triskelion. We do not know its location. We do not know who controls it. Its dangers are abundantly clear"

• (Unnamed) "Doctor, I do not respond to hunches. No transporter malfunction was responsible for the disappearance. They were not within the Gamma system. A focused beam of extremely high-intensity light was directed into the Gamma system from the trinary system we are now approaching. No known natural phenomena could have caused that beam. Does that clarify the situation?"
• (Unnamed) "No, it doesn't, Mr. Spock. It's still a fancy way of saying that you're playing a hunch."

• (Unnamed) "It's been nearly an hour. Can people live that long as disassembled atoms in a transporter beam?"
• (Unnamed) "I have never heard of a study being done, but it would be a fascinating project."
• (Unnamed) "Fascinating? Those people are friends of ours out there, if they're still alive."
• (Unnamed) "Precisely."
• (Unnamed) "Well the odds are not good."
• (Unnamed) "No. I would say approximately 400 --"
• (Unnamed) "Don't quote odds and don't give me anymore dispassionate logic, Mr. Spock. Just keep looking for them."
• (Unnamed) "I would welcome a suggestion, Doctor, even an emotional one, as to where to look."
• (Unnamed) "The first time you've ever asked me for anything, and it has to be an occasion like this."

• (Unnamed) "You're gonna leave here without them and run off on some wild goose chase halfway across the galaxy, just because you found a discrepancy in a hydrogen cloud?"
• (Unnamed) "Doctor, I am chasing the captain, Lieutenant Uhura, and Ensign Chekov, not some wild aquatic fowl."

• (Unnamed) "If we lose? We will remain here, the entire crew of the Enterprise, the most stubborn, determined competitors in the universe. We'll become thralls, enter your games, obey your orders without rebellion. You'll be assured of generations of the most exciting wagering you've ever had."
• (Unnamed) "Your stakes are indeed high, Captain."
• (Unnamed) "Not for true gamesters."
• (Unnamed) "We will accept your stakes on one condition."
• (Unnamed) "Name it."
• (Unnamed) "As leader of your people, your spirit seems most indomitable. We suggest you alone, pitted against three contestants of our choosing."
• (Unnamed) "Three against one? Those are pretty high odds."
• (Unnamed) "Not for true gamesters, Captain."
• (Unnamed) "Your -- your terms are unfair."
• (Unnamed) "On the contrary, they're extremely fair, since your alternative is death."

• (Unnamed) "The thralls have no freedom, Shahna. You don't think or do anything but what the Providers tell you."
• (Unnamed) "What else would one do?"
• (Unnamed) "Love, for one thing."
• (Unnamed) "What is -- love?"

• (Unnamed) "You -- you risked bringing their anger on yourself. Why did you do it?"
• (Unnamed) "It's the custom of my people -- to help one another when we're in trouble."
• (Unnamed) "And -- And this -- is this -- also helping?"
• (Unnamed) "You could call it that."
• (Unnamed) "Please -- help me once again."

• (Unnamed) "Oh, we, too, have mates. When it is time to increase the herd, my provider will select one for me."
• (Unnamed) "On Earth, we select our own mate, someone we care for. On Earth, men and women live together, help each other, make each other happy."
• (Unnamed) "I do not think your words are allowed."

• (Unnamed) "Scotty."
• (Unnamed) "Aye, sir."
• (Unnamed) "Beam us up."

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