Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Meld (1996)

Robert Picardo: The Doctor

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• The Doctor : All of us have violent instincts; we have evolved from predators. Well, not me, of course. I've just been programmed by you predators.

• The Doctor : Do you see the DNA strands on the lower border?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Yes.

  The Doctor : They were retrieved from inside the head wound by nanites that I designed to recognize unusual DNA patterns. This DNA was isolated because it didn't belong to the victim.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Have you matched it to a member of the crew?

  [the Doctor hands Tuvok a pad. He reads it] 

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Are you certain?

  The Doctor : DNA doesn't know how to lie, Lieutenant.

• [Crewman Suder has been identified as the murderer of Crewman Darwin] 

  The Doctor : You don't seem satisfied, Lieutenant.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : No.

  The Doctor : You have a confession and the murder weapon.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : And no established motive.

  The Doctor : Does it matter?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : A crime must have a logical purpose.

  The Doctor : Ah, yes, I see. How to close the case without understanding the logic of the crime. For a Vulcan, that would be a dilemma, wouldn't it?

• The Doctor : Vulcan mind melds - utter foolishness. Anybody with an ounce of sense wouldn't share his brain with someone else. Would you? I certainly wouldn't. And of course, when something goes wrong - and believe me, it does more often than they'd like to admit - the first thing they call out is "Doctor!"

• The Doctor : Obviously, it takes a certain personality type to be attracted to the life of an outlaw.

• The Doctor : In a sense, Mr. Tuvok's mind is fighting a classic battle between good an evil. The battle may be won in a day, a year... or it may never be won.

• [Tuvok is recovering from his bout of violence] 

  The Doctor : Your inability to complete the act of murder shows your... suppression systems are starting to function again. You're on your way back to being normal. Although I'm not sure how the word 'normal' applies to a species that suppresses all their emotions.