| STAR TREK: IN MEMORIAM | ||
| By Scott Warner | ||
What should a science fiction fan say that would be a fitting tribute and memorial to the enduring and groundbreaking enterprise that was Star Trek ? Not very much because all aspects of the series have already been well threshed, winnowed and ground to fine powder over the past forty years. This is proof of the uncanny degree of excitement, interest, introspection, love and even hate that Star Trek generated not only for sci-fi fans but also for a significant proportion of the Earth?s entire population. In fact, it is just as meaningful and appropriate to simply maintain the abiding silence of outer space itself in honor of the Enterprise?s passage into the great unknown of Memory. All the words that have been written about Star Trek over the decades are no longer necessary, it is only the knowing and caring that matter. There is no need to speak aloud that she is already missed. If one could procure a magnum of Dom Perignon, vintage 2293, then it would be fitting and proper to raise an appreciative toast to her final voyage: | ||
| STAR ROLL OF HONOR QUOTATIONS | ||
| THE ORIGINAL SERIES | ||
| 10) | I, Mudd | Spock: "Logic. . . is little tweeting bird" |
| 9) | What Are Little Girls Made Of? | |
| Kirk: "Enough Mr. Spock, I'm sick and tired of your half-breed interference!" | ||
| 8) | The Omega Glory | |
| Capt. Tracey: "We killed thousands and still they came!" | ||
| 7) | Devil in the Dark | |
| McCoy: "By golly Jim, I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!" | ||
| 6) | Shore Leave | |
| Kirk: "All I wanted was to beat the tar out of Finnegan." | ||
| 5) | Savage Curtain | |
| Yarnek: "The same reason that brought here Captain, the need to know new things." | ||
| 4) | A Piece of the Action | |
| Kirk: "Oh look, another jack! How lucky for you, you've got a half fizzbin already!" | ||
| 3) | City on the Edge of Forever | |
| Spock: "I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins." | ||
| 2) | Journey to Babel | |
| Thelev: "I seem to have miscalculated." | ||
| 1) | Miri | |
| Onlie: "Bonk bonk on the head! Capt. Kirk: "No more blah blah blah!" |