All Our Yesterdays

3x23 The Savage Curtain Turnabout Intruder Star Trek: The Original SeriesSeason 3

 WRITTEN BY

Jean Lisette Aroeste

 DIRECTED BY

Marvin Chomsky

 AIRED ON

March 14, 1969

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50 minutes

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 BEHIND THE SCENES

• Last Episode Featuring Only Kirk, Spock, and McCoy: "All Our Yesterdays" was the final episode filmed where the iconic trio of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy share significant screen time together in the original series. While it wasn't the last episode aired, it marked a near-end to their joint adventures before the series concluded.
• Mariette Hartley’s Performance: Mariette Hartley, who played Zarabeth, delivered a standout performance, winning praise from fans and critics alike. Hartley herself has often remarked that the character of Zarabeth helped define her acting career. The emotional depth she brought to the role and the chemistry between her and Leonard Nimoy’s Spock are considered highlights of the episode.
• Spock’s Regression: The episode is notable for showing a rare and emotional side of Spock, who reverts to the more primitive, emotional state of his Vulcan ancestors due to the time period he is thrown into. Leonard Nimoy's performance, portraying Spock experiencing emotions like love and anger, was highly acclaimed, as he balanced the struggle between his Vulcan and human halves.
• Script Adjustments: The script, written by Jean Lisette Aroeste, a librarian and science fiction fan, originally had a longer and more complex storyline involving Kirk’s interactions in the "criminal" time period. However, due to budget and time constraints, much of Kirk's subplot was trimmed, and the focus shifted more toward Spock and McCoy’s storyline in the distant past.
• Zarabeth’s Emotional Arc: The story's emotional weight rests heavily on Zarabeth's tragic fate—stuck alone in a frozen, prehistoric era with no way to return to her own time. This idea resonated with viewers, adding to the melancholy tone of the episode, and contributed to its reputation as one of the more thoughtful, philosophical entries in the series.
• Library Effects and Zarabeth’s World: The visual effects of the time portal and the library are often cited as memorable aspects of the episode, despite the limited technology available. The Atavachron, a machine that prepares individuals for time travel, and the set of the library where the time periods are cataloged were creatively designed, though on a tight budget. The bleak, icy landscape where Spock and McCoy are stranded was created using practical effects, with the outdoor shots filmed on indoor sets.
• Time Travel Mechanics: The episode plays with an interesting concept of time travel, where people are permanently adapted to live in different time periods. Once they travel back in time, they cannot return to the present without suffering dire consequences. This raises stakes for Spock and McCoy, making the time travel mechanics in "All Our Yesterdays" unique in comparison to other time travel episodes in the franchise.
• Historical Inspiration: The episode’s idea of traveling back to past eras, each representing a different point in a planet’s history, was inspired by H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine and other early science fiction concepts. The frozen wasteland where Zarabeth lives could be seen as a nod to dystopian or post-apocalyptic scenarios often explored in speculative fiction.
• Fan Appreciation: Over the years, "All Our Yesterdays" has been regarded as one of the better episodes from the often maligned third season. Fans frequently cite the Spock and Zarabeth storyline, along with the emotional depth of the episode, as reasons it stands out. Some fans even wished for a follow-up to Zarabeth’s story, showing how much the character resonated with viewers.
• Unused Zarabeth Storyline for Star Trek: Phase II: During the development of Star Trek: Phase II (a proposed series in the 1970s that eventually became Star Trek: The Motion Picture), there were early talks of revisiting the character of Zarabeth. The storyline was scrapped when Phase II was canceled, but the fact that the producers considered bringing her back shows how impactful she was in the franchise's lore.
• Nimoy’s Reflection on Spock’s Emotions: Leonard Nimoy mentioned in interviews that playing a more emotional version of Spock in "All Our Yesterdays" was a fascinating challenge. He enjoyed exploring the contrast between the typically reserved Spock and this more primitive, vulnerable version of the character, even though he felt it was important to maintain Spock's sense of internal conflict.

 MYTHOLOGY

The Enterprise crew visits a planet with a time portal, allowing inhabitants to escape into the past to avoid an impending supernova.
Explores themes of time travel, historical escapism, and the moral implications of abandoning the present.
The episode delves into the consequences of tampering with time and history.

 QUOTES

Atoz: May I help you? I am the librarian. May I be of assistance?

Spock: This is a fascinating machine. What is it?
Atoz: Ah, this is the atavachron.
Spock: Interesting nomenclature.

Zarabeth: What are you called?
Spock: I'm called Spock.
Zarabeth: Even your name is strange. Forgive me. I've never seen anyone who looks like you.

McCoy: Zarabeth, you are a beautiful cook. Have you ever been told that?
Zarabeth: Not recently.
McCoy: Oh, well, you'll find that Spock is quite delinquent in those matters.

McCoy: You listen to me, you pointed-eared Vulcan.
Spock: I don't like that. I don't think I ever did, and now I'm sure.
McCoy: What's happening to you, Spock?
Spock: Nothing that shouldn't have happened long ago.
McCoy: Long ago. Of course. Long ago.

Zarabeth: He gave me weapons, a shelter, food. Everything I needed to live except companionship. He did not want it said that he had me killed. But to send me here alone, if that is not death, what is? A very inventive mind, that man.
Spock: But insensitive, to send such a beautiful woman into exile. The cold must've affected me more than I realized. Please pay no attention. I'm not myself. I'm behaving disgracefully. I have eaten animal flesh and I have enjoyed it. What is wrong with me? I tell you you're beautiful. But you are beautiful. Is it so wrong to tell you so?
Zarabeth: I have longed to hear you say it.
(They kiss, then he picks her up and smiles broadly)
Spock: You are beautiful. More beautiful than any dream of beauty I've ever known.

McCoy: Spock. You've been dishonest with me, Spock, and that is also something new for you.
Spock: I've given you the facts, Doctor.
McCoy: The facts as you know them. Or did you just accept Zarabeth's word because it's what you wanted to believe?

McCoy: Are you trying to kill me, Spock? Is that what you really want? Think. What are you feeling? Rage? Jealousy? Have you ever had those feelings before?
Spock: This is impossible. Impossible. I am a Vulcan.


Spock: I've lost myself. I do not know who I am.

Spock: You start ahead, Doctor. I do not wish to part from you.
Zarabeth: I cannot come. If I go back, I will die.

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Penultimate

Written by Pike on 2020-05-19
★ ★ ★ ★

PENULTIMATE
The penultimate episode from Star Trek is a solid one. It seems that the episode had a bigger budget than usual. The locations were, for once, really top notch and the story was not ridiculous at all.

SPOCK/MCCOY
Obviously, what I liked the most was the relationship between Spock and McCoy, but especially because Spock suddenly acted in a much different and darker way. He can be seen manipulating his way into staying with the girl, and later would be very aggressive towards McCoy. I really liked it, and especially because it was embedded within the story and not just a gimmick. Not only that, but for once, Kirk is not the one to fall for a woman. This makes the love story much more powerful.

While the story itself was not wildly entertaining, it was enough to make for a good episode, produced with care.

VERDICT
I give it 4 out of 5. Very good.

 TRANSCRIPT

Captain's log, Stardate 5943.7. We have calculated that Beta Niobe will go nova in approximately three and a half hours. Its only satellite, Sarpeidon, is a Class M planet, which at last report was inhabited by a civilised humanoid species. Now our instruments show that no intelligent life remains on the planet.
[Library]

(Kirk, McCoy and Spock have beamed down)
SPOCK: The power source we detected is in this building, Captain.
KIRK: Any sign of survivors?
SPOCK: No signs of sapient life forms.
MCCOY: How can a planet full of people just disappear?
KIRK: If they knew that their sun was dying, it could be anything up to mass suicide.
SPOCK: Reports deny that they had any space flight capability. This appears to be an archive or library of some kind.
KIRK: Then we're certainly in the right place to find out what happened, where the inhabitants are, and if there are any left now.
MCCOY: Well, that's fine. Where do we start?
ATOZ: May I help you? I am the librarian. May I be of assistance?
(A silver-haired man, called A to Z - perfect for a librarian)
KIRK: Perhaps you can, Mister
ATOZ: Mister Atoz. I confess that I'm a little surprised to see you. I had thought that everyone had long since gone. But the surprise is pleasant one. After all, a library serves no purpose unless someone is using it.
KIRK: You say everyone is gone? Where'd they go?
ATOZ: It depended on the individual, of course. If you wish to trace a specific person, I'm sorry, but that information is confidential.
MCCOY: No, no particular person, just people in general. Where did they go?
ATOZ: Ah, you find it difficult to choose, is that it? Yes, a wide range of alternatives is a mixed blessing, but perhaps I can help. Would you step this way, please?
(They walk away from Atoz, and another one steps in front of them from between a range of shelves)
ATOZ: May I help you? You may select from more than twenty thousand verism tapes, several hundred of which have only recently been added to the collection. I'm sure you'll find something here that pleases you. You, sir, what is your particular field of interest?
KIRK: What about recent history?
ATOZ: Really? Oh, that's too bad. We have so little on recent history. There was no demand for it.
KIRK: It doesn't have to be extensive, Just the answers to a few questions.
ATOZ: Of course. Reference services available at the desk.
(Where another Mr. Atoz is sitting)
ATOZ: You're very late. Where have you been?
KIRK: You're a very agile man, Mister Atoz. Just how many of you are there? We came as soon as we knew what was happening.
SPOCK: Forgive me, sir. It is my fault. I must have miscalculated. Our readings indicated that there was no one here at all.
ATOZ: Of course I know. Everyone on this planet was warned of the coming nova long ago. They followed instructions and are now safe. And you had better do the same.
KIRK: Did you say they were safe?
ATOZ: Absolutely. Every single one.
KIRK: Where did they go?
ATOZ: Wherever they wanted to go, of course. It is strictly up to the individual's choice.
KIRK: I see. And you personally sent all these people on the planet to safety?
ATOZ: Yes, yes, yes. They are all gone, except you three. Of course, I had to delegate the simple tasks to my replicas.
KIRK: You are the real one, Mister Atoz?
KIRK: Of course. I am the real Mister Atoz.
MCCOY: As a matter of fact, he's quite real, Jim.
KIRK: Let us take you with us to a place of safety.
ATOZ: No, thank you. I plan to join my wife and family when the time comes. Now, don't be concerned about me. Think of yourselves. I warn you most urgently. Make your escape before it's too late. The library is at your complete service. I will gladly supply you with all reference material to help you. History of the planet is available in every detail. Just choose what interests you the most. The millennium, the century, the date, the moment. The library is your key. (puts a disc in a reader) Oh! It's in the wrong file. Make your own selection, but remember, you're very late.
KIRK: We'll choose it as quick as we can. How long till nova?
SPOCK: Three hours, thirteen minutes.
KIRK: This gentleman is not
ATOZ: You, sir. I think you'll find something interesting over here.
(He leads Kirk to his desk)
ATOZ: Now, if these won't do, I can bring you another file.
(Atoz goes off to a machine, while Kirk puts a disc on the player and sees a town scene with horse-drawn carriages and a sedan chair. Spock goes over to Mister Atoz, leaving McCoy browsing images of a snow-covered waste)
ATOZ: Have you made your selection, sir?
SPOCK: Exactly what is it that I'm expected to select?
ATOZ: I'm sure I was clear. The period in which you're interested.
SPOCK: I see. This is a fascinating machine. What is it?
ATOZ: Ah, this is the atavachron.
SPOCK: Interesting nomenclature. How does it work? May I
ATOZ: Oh, no, sir, no. I must ask you not to touch the controlling mechanism. Return and make your selection. When you have chosen, I will prepare you through the atavachron.
SPOCK: Thank you, Mister Atoz.
(Kirk hears a woman scream from behind a doorway) KIRK: Spock. Bones.
ATOZ: Wait! I haven't prepared you.
(Kirk runs through the doorway and disappears. He appears in a street where people dressed as cavaliers are manhandling a wench)
ATOZ: You must be prepared!
(Spock and McCoy go through the doorway)

[Ice Age]

MCCOY: What is this place?
SPOCK: Yes, and where is the captain?

[17th Century]

WENCH: You dirty thing. Let go of me!
(She gets spanked with a sword)
MAN: Vile vixen!
(Kirk grabs his weapon)
MAN: Come when you are bidden, slave! (Kirk pushes him down) You need a lesson in how to use your betters. Who's your master?
KIRK: I'm a free man, sir.
MAN 2: Then you want better manners, free man. Defend yourself!
(So Kirk gets into a proper sword-fight, with foils, and wins. The two cavaliers run off, and the people laugh)

[Ice Age]

SPOCK: Heating this boulder may provide some temporary heat.
MCCOY: What's wrong?
SPOCK: Something's preventing my phaser from operating.

[17th Century]

WENCH: Oh, thank you, man. I thought I'd be limbered sure when that gull caught me cutting his purse.
KIRK: What's that? Are you all right?
WENCH: Oh, I took you to be an angler, but you're none of us, are ya? Well, you're a bully fine coe for all of that. What a handsome dish ya served them, the coxcombs.
KIRK: You better come back with me to the library. You'll be safe there. Doctor McCoy can see to those bruises.
WENCH: I'm game, love. Lead and I'll follow. Where's library?
KIRK: It's right over there.
(But all he sees is a blank brick wall)

[Ice Age]

MCCOY: Where's the captain, Spock? We were right behind him.

[17th Century]

WENCH: What's with you, man? Let's make off before coxcombs come with shoulder clappers.
KIRK: No. Do you remember when you first saw me? Do you remember whether I came through some kind of door?
WENCH: Oh, I think the rum gull must've kicked you in the head. Come on, love. I know a leech who'll ask no questions.
KIRK: No. No. It must be here someplace.
MCCOY [OC]: Jim!

[Ice Age]

MCCOY: Jim, can you hear us?

[17th Century]

KIRK: Bones? Spock?

[Ice Age]

SPOCK: Captain, we hear you, but we cannot see you.

[17th Century]

SPOCK [OC]: Are you all right?
KIRK: We must've missed each other somehow.
SPOCK [OC]: Agreed.

[Ice Age]

SPOCK: Apparently they've all escaped the destruction of their world by retreating into its past.

[17th Century]

WENCH: Mercy on us. It's spirits.
KIRK: No, no. No, no, no. These are friends of mine, and they're

[Ice Age]

KIRK [OC]: Spock, are you in the library?
SPOCK: Indeed not. We're in a wilderness of arctic characteristics.
MCCOY: He means it's cold.

[17th Century]

KIRK: Can you get to the library?

[Ice Age]

SPOCK: There is no library, Captain, at least not that we can see. We are at the base of an ice cliff.

[17th Century]

KIRK: Explain.

[Ice Age]

SPOCK: Just before you disappeared, Captain, I discovered a machine which Mister Atoz called the atavachron.

[17th Century]

KIRK: It must have been tied in to the tape viewer somehow.

[Ice Age]

SPOCK: Opening time portals to the past. You cross through into the period which you were viewing.
MCCOY: I was looking over some material about their Ice Age.
SPOCK: I am here, evidently, because I stepped through at the same instant as Doctor McCoy.

[17th Century]

KIRK: Yes. (a mob approaches) My friends are coming back with reinforcements.
MAN: There's the mort's accomplice. Arrest him.
LAW: We are the law, and do require that you yield to us.
KIRK: On what charge?
LAW: Thievery and purse cutting.
KIRK: That's a mistake. I'm no thief.
MCCOY [OC]: What's happening?
LAW: Lord help us. What's that?
WENCH: It's spirits.
LAW: Away. Away, spirit, and let honest men approach.
KIRK: Keep talking!
SPOCK [OC]: Captain!
MAN: They speak at his bidding. Stop his mouth and they'll quiet.
SPOCK [OC]: You must be close to the portal.
KIRK Keep talking now!
(But he is overpowered and dragged away)

[Ice Age]

MCCOY: Jim, what's the matter? Jim sounded like he was in trouble.
SPOCK: We may be in trouble ourselves. We must find shelter.
(They walk on until McCoy collapses)
SPOCK: In this severe cold, we cannot survive much longer.
MCCOY: Leave me here, Spock.
SPOCK: We go together or not at all.
MCCOY: Don't be a fool. My hands and face are frostbitten. I can't feel my feet. Alone you have a chance. Now do what I say. Go try to find Jim.
SPOCK: We go together.
MCCOY: You stubborn, thickheaded Vulcan!
(A figure wearing a full length fur coat with hood approaches, then turns to walk away. Spock helps McCoy to follow)

[Cave]

(It's quite homely, with the stalagmites and skins laid down, the lovely smooth floor and handy bed for Spock to put McCoy down on)
SPOCK: He's suffering from the severity of your weather. Unfortunately, he is the doctor, not I. I'll avoid giving him any medication at this time. Perhaps, if he's kept quiet and warm, he may recover naturally. It is agreeably warm here.
(Their benefactor has pushed back the hood to reveal that it is a young woman)
ZARABETH: What are you called?
SPOCK: I'm called Spock.
ZARABETH: Even your name is strange. Forgive me. I've never seen anyone who looks like you. Why are you here? Are you prisoners too?
SPOCK: Prisoners?
ZARABETH: This is one of the places Zor Kahn sends people when he wants them to disappear. Didn't you come in through the time portal?
SPOCK: Yes, we came through the time portal, but not as prisoners. We were sent here by mistake.
ZARABETH: The atavachron is far away, but I think you come from someplace farther than that.
SPOCK: That is true. I am not from the world you know at all. My home is a planet millions of light years away.
ZARABETH: Oh, how wonderful! I've always loved books about such possibilities. But they are only stories. This isn't real. I must be imagining all this. I'm going mad!
SPOCK: Listen to me. I am firmly convinced that I do exist. I am substantial. You are not imagining this.
ZARABETH: Oh, I've been here for so long, alone. When I saw you out there, I couldn't believe it. Is he dying?

[17C Jail]

LAW: Here. There's the mort. And there's the mort's henchman.
JUDGE: Open up. Rouse him.
(The somberly clothed judge sits on a stool opposite Kirk)
JUDGE: You're the thief who talks to spirits.
KIRK: I'm a stranger.
JUDGE: Where are you from?
KIRK: An island.
JUDGE: What is this island?
KIRK: It's called Earth.
JUDGE: I know no island Earth. No matter. Continue.
KIRK: I never saw that woman before tonight. When she screamed, as far as I could tell, she was being attacked.
JUDGE: Then you deny being her accomplice?
KIRK: Yes, I deny it. I was reading in the library when I heard her scream. My lord, the library? Do you remember where the library is, my lord?
JUDGE: Perhaps your part in this is innocent. I believe you to be an honest man.
WENCH: He's a witch!
JUDGE: Take care, woman. I am convinced of your guilt. Do not compound it with false accusation.
WENCH: He speaks to unseen spirits. He's a witch! You heard the voices!
LAW: It's truth, my lord. I heard the spirit talk to him. He answered and did call it Bones.
WENCH: You're a witch. He cast a spell. He made me steal against my wish.
KIRK: Surely you don't believe
JUDGE: You heard these spirits?
LAW: Aye, my lord. I'll witness to it.
KIRK: What he heard, my lord, were only my friends behind the wall in the library. In the library.
JUDGE: I know nothing of this. Send for someone learned in witchcraft and let him examine him. I will have nothing to do with it.
KIRK: My lord, at least arrange for me to meet Mister Atoz.
JUDGE: I know of no Atoz.
KIRK: Yes! Yes! Atoz!
JUDGE: I know nothing of this, nothing of these matters! I will not hear him!
KIRK: Let me speak to you!
JUDGE: I will not hear him.
(Judge and law man leave)
KIRK: At least let me talk to you!
WENCH: Witch! Witch! Witch! They'll burn ya.

[Cave]

SPOCK: McCoy. McCoy, wake up.
MCCOY: Who are you?
ZARABETH: My name is Zarabeth.
MCCOY: Zarabeth. Spock, are we in the library?
SPOCK: No, we are still in the Ice Age, but safe for the moment.
MCCOY: Jim. What about Jim?
SPOCK: Doctor, you're in no condition to get up. You lie down and rest. I shall attempt to find the captain.
MCCOY: You find him, Spock. Don't you worry about me. You just find him.
(Spock and Zarabeth leave him to sleep)
ZARABETH: Spock, who is this Jim?
(She removes the fur coat to reveal she is wearing little more than a leather bikini with boots)
SPOCK: He's our commanding officer and our friend.
ZARABETH: I saw only the two of you. I did not know there was another.
SPOCK: He did not come with us. He was sent through the time portal to another period in history much later than this one. If I am to find him, there is only one possible avenue. Zarabeth, will you show me where the time portal is?
ZARABETH: But your friend. He is ill.
SPOCK: Yes, that is true. If I leave him, there's a chance he may never regain the ship. He would then be marooned in this time period. But he is no longer in danger of death, so my primary duty to him has been discharged. If I remain here, no one of our party would be able to aid Captain Kirk.
ZARABETH: You make it sound like an equation.
SPOCK: It should be an equation. I should be able to resolve this problem logically. Perhaps it has something to do with the atavachron. If only I knew more about how it worked. Zarabeth, you said that you were brought here as a prisoner. May I ask
ZARABETH: Why? My crime was in choosing my kinsmen unwisely. Two of them were involved in a conspiracy to kill Zor Kahn.
SPOCK: I remember that name from the history tapes in the library. Zor Kahn the Tyrant.
ZARABETH: It was not enough that he execute my kinsmen. Zor Kahn determined to destroy our entire family. He used the atavachron to send us places no one could ever find us.
SPOCK: Zarabeth, I must return to Mister Atoz and the atavachron. We will carry Doctor McCoy, and you must come with us. I will send you and the doctor to the ship, and I shall search for Captain Kirk.
ZARABETH: I can't go through the portal again. If I do, I will die.
SPOCK: You cannot go back?
ZARABETH: None of us can go back. When we come through the portal, we are changed by the atavachron. That is its function. Our basic cell structure is adjusted to the time we enter. You can't go back. If you go through the portal again, you will die by the time you reach the other side.
MCCOY: (standing) Spock? Where are we?
ZARABETH: You are safe here, McCoy.
MCCOY: Yes, I remember you.
SPOCK: Come, Doctor, back to bed.
MCCOY: Why are you still here, Spock? Why aren't you looking for Jim?
SPOCK: It is impossible to look for him, Doctor. We cannot go back.
MCCOY: What do you mean impossible? We've got to get back.
SPOCK: Zarabeth explained it to me. When we came through the time portal, it altered our physiological structure. If we attempt to return to the library, we shall die.
MCCOY: Are you trying to tell me that we're trapped here?
SPOCK: Yes, Doctor, we are trapped. Just as Jim is trapped wherever he is.

Captain's log, stardate 5943.9. The people of this time believe in witches, and witchcraft is what I've been accused of. Five witnesses heard McCoy's voice speak to me and thought it was an evil spirit. From what I know of witchcraft trials, I don't have much chance unless I can get to the prosecutor.

[17C Jail]

LAW: No supper for you, love. (lets the wench out of her cell) Come on. Up you go.
JAILOR: Give me your cup.
(Kirk manages to grab his arm and pull him against the bars)
KIRK: Cry out and I'll break it. Don't move.
(He takes the keys and unlocks his own cell, lets himself out, knocks out the jailor and drags in inside, shutting the door behind him. The Judge comes down the steps)
JUDGE: Jailor! Jailor!
KIRK: I'm being falsely accused. You know that.
JUDGE: You will come with me before the inquisitional tribunal. There the matter of your witchcraft will be decided.
KIRK: There are no such things as witches!
JUDGE: Jailor! That is sacrilege. If they hear you, they will burn you for such beliefs.
KIRK: You're the only one that can hear me, and that's the truth. There are no witches. Why do you deny it?
JUDGE: Do not let them hear you. There are witches! There are! You yourself may be discovered to be a witch by the inquisitor. No! What are you doing? No!
(Kirk drags him inside the cell)
JUDGE: Help! Help!
KIRK: I'll denounce you to the inquisitor. You came here from the future just as I did. Therefore, you, too, are a witch.
JUDGE: I beg you. Do not implicate me. They would burn me.
KIRK: Then help me.
JUDGE: I will do everything I can to prove you innocent. I will disprove all the charges of witchcraft. But you must never again speak to the comrades you left behind.
KIRK: Help me return to the library. I've lost my way. I must get back there.
JUDGE: You cannot get back.
KIRK: I tell you I must! I had two friends with me, who are lost in another time period. I must find them. You'll come back with us.
JUDGE: We can never go back. We must live out our lives here in the past. The atavachron has prepared our cell structure and our brain patterns to make life natural here. To return to the future would mean instant death.
KIRK: Prepared? I was not prepared. Your Mister Atoz did not prepare me in any way.
JUDGE: Then you must get back at once! If you were not transformed, you can only survive for a few hours here in the past. Come. Hurry. Hurry.

[Cave]

MCCOY: Zarabeth, you are a beautiful cook. Have you ever been told that?
ZARABETH: Not recently.
MCCOY: Oh, well, you'll find that Spock is quite delinquent in those matters.
ZARABETH: I hadn't noticed it.
MCCOY: Oh? Well, now that I'm feeling better, you'll notice a distinct difference in our approach.
SPOCK: Really?
ZARABETH: It's something to look forward to. I think you must be well enough, Doctor, to try the few delicacies this climate has to offer.
MCCOY: No, not yet.
ZARABETH: At your rate of progress, it will be soon, I can see.
SPOCK: Doctor McCoy is making excellent progress.
MCCOY: And Mister Spock has been practicing medicine without a license. Don't let him doctor you. I'm the doctor around here.
SPOCK: And known as the worst patient in the entire crew of the Enterprise.
MCCOY: I wonder where she is.
SPOCK: Five thousand years in the future.
MCCOY: Thank you.
(Zarabeth leaves them)
MCCOY: I wonder where Jim is.
SPOCK: Who knows. We can only hope that he is well, wherever he is.
MCCOY: What do you mean, we can only hope? Haven't you done anything about it?
SPOCK: What was there to do?
MCCOY: Locate the portal. It can't be too far.
SPOCK: We've been through all that, Doctor. What's the point of rehashing that subject? We can't get back. Wasn't that clear to you?
MCCOY: Yes, that was clear to me.
SPOCK: Then perhaps you were too ill to understand what can't get back means.
MCCOY: I don't believe it, Spock. It's just not like you to give up trying.
SPOCK: Then I'll repeat it for you. Get this through your head. We can't get back. That means we are trapped here in this planet's past just as we are, and we'll stay here for the rest of our lives. Now do you understand?
MCCOY: Yes, I understand. I never thought I'd hear it, but I understand. You want to stay here. As a matter of fact, you're highly motivated to stay in this forsaken waste.
SPOCK: The prospect appeared quite attractive to you a moment ago.
MCCOY: You listen to me, you pointed-eared Vulcan.
SPOCK: I don't like that. I don't think I ever did, and now I'm sure.
MCCOY: What's happening to you, Spock?
SPOCK: Nothing that shouldn't have happened long ago.
MCCOY: Long ago. Of course. Long ago.

[17th Century]

(Back in the street, at the wall Kirk came through)
JUDGE: This is where it is. I can't remember the exact spot.
(Kirk feels along the wall until his hand disappears into it)
JUDGE: That's it! That is the portal. I cannot wait any longer.
(The judge hurries away, and Kirk slips through the wall back into the library)

[Library]

KIRK: Spock? McCoy? Kirk to Enterprise. Come in.
SCOTT [OC]: Scott here, Captain.
KIRK: How much time before the sun blows up?
SCOTT [OC]: Seventeen minutes. You three had better come back right away.
KIRK: We can't, Scotty. Spock and McCoy are missing.
SCOTT [OC]: I knew there was trouble. I've got a landing party standing by.
KIRK: No. Under no circumstances send anyone else here without my orders. Prepare to warp out and stand by. Kirk out. Mister Atoz, where are you?
ATOZ: May I help you? It's you. You're lucky you found your way back here. Now let me process you through the atava
KIRK: No. Mister Atoz, my friends and I are from another planet. We don't belong in your history. We don't belong on your planet at all.
ATOZ: Just let me take care of you and get you back where you belong.
KIRK: No. I want to find the exact disc that they were viewing.
ATOZ: Please, go back!
KIRK: I'm sorry, Mister Atoz. Mister Atoz!
(They tussle)
ATOZ: I must prepare to escape.
(Kirk pushes him into a side room and shuts the door, then turns to face another Atoz)
KIRK: I'll let you out in a minute. Still up to your little game of replicas? Which are you this time, real or not?
(He knocks this one out)
ATOZ: You are evidently a suicidal maniac. I don't understand what you're trying to do, but if you continue, both of us will die. and I for one, do not wish death.
KIRK: If you help me, we won't die. I promise you that.
ATOZ: I don't trust you.
KIRK: Which one are you now, the replica or the real one?
ATOZ: I am the real Atoz. You've done away with my replicas. I regret what I must now do.
KIRK: You don't really want to hurt me, do you? You've been trying to save my life. I realise that. Put that thing away.
(But Atoz fires the little tube at Kirk and he falls to the floor)

[Cave]

ZARABETH: I cannot pretend to be sorry that you are here, though I realise it is a misfortune for you. I'm here against my will too, just as you are.
SPOCK: I'm sorry. I know of no way to return you to your own time.
ZARABETH: It's not that I wish to return. This is my time now. I've had to face that. But it has been lonely here. Do you know what it's like to be alone? Really alone?
SPOCK: Yes. I know what it is like.
ZARABETH: I believe you do. Have something to eat, please.
SPOCK: If it pleases you. This is animal flesh?
ZARABETH: There's not much else to eat around here, I'm afraid.
SPOCK: Naturally, because of the climate. What is the source of heat in the shelter?
ZARABETH: There's an underground hot spring.
SPOCK: Excellent. Then it will be possible to build a greenhouse of sorts. Meanwhile, this will have to do as the only source of nourishment.
(He takes a bite)
ZARABETH: There aren't many luxuries around here. Zor Kahn only left me what was necessary to survive.
SPOCK: But he evidently intended that you continue living.
ZARABETH: Yes. He gave me weapons, a shelter, food. Everything I needed to live except companionship. He did not want it said that he had me killed. But to send me here alone, if that is not death, what is? A very inventive mind, that man.
SPOCK: But insensitive, to send such a beautiful woman into exile. The cold must've affected me more than I realised. Please pay no attention. I'm not myself. I'm behaving disgracefully. I have eaten animal flesh and I have enjoyed it. What is wrong with me? I tell you you're beautiful. But you are beautiful. Is it so wrong to tell you so?
ZARABETH: I have longed to hear you say it.
(They kiss, then he picks her up and smiles broadly)
SPOCK: You are beautiful. More beautiful than any dream of beauty I've ever known.
(He lays her down and .... sets the scene for many fan-fictions)

[Library]

(Kirk wakes up lying on a sled, which Atoz is pushing towards the portal)
ATOZ: Just stay where you are, sir. I'll see you get to safety.
(Kirk rolls off, so Atoz tries to push him through. He fails, and gets overpowered)
KIRK: Now, you're going to help me look for my friends.
ATOZ: You're a most determined man.
KIRK: Kirk here.
SCOTT [OC]: What's happening? Why are you waiting?
KIRK: No time to explain. Are you ready to warp out?
SCOTT [OC]: Aye, Captain.
KIRK: Stand by to beam us up. But when that star explodes, don't wait. Get out fast. Kirk out. Now we're going to start looking. They were in a frozen waste. I could hear the wind.
ATOZ: All right, all right. All right! It must be the Sarpeidon Ice Age, five thousand years ago. Let me look.
KIRK: We'll both look, Mister Atoz.

[Cave]

MCCOY: Spock. You've been dishonest with me, Spock, and that is also something new for you.
SPOCK: I've given you the facts, Doctor.
MCCOY: The facts as you know them. Or did you just accept Zarabeth's word because it's what you wanted to believe?
SPOCK: You were told the truth. If Zarabeth is the source, what difference does it make?
MCCOY: Zarabeth is a woman condemned to a terrible life of loneliness. She would do anything to anybody to change that. Wouldn't you, Zarabeth?
ZARABETH: I told you what I know.
MCCOY: Did you? You said we can't get back. The truth is you can't get back.
SPOCK: She would not jeopardise other lives.
MCCOY: She would do anything to prevent that life of loneliness. She would lie. She would cheat. She would even murder me, the captain, the entire crew of the Enterprise to keep you here with her. Go ahead, Zarabeth, tell Spock the truth. Go ahead. Tell Spock you would kill!
SPOCK: What are you doing to her?
(Spock pins McCoy against the cave wall)
MCCOY: Are you trying to kill me, Spock? Is that what you really want? Think. What are you feeling? Rage? Jealousy? Have you ever had those feelings before?
SPOCK: This is impossible. Impossible. I am a Vulcan.
MCCOY: The Vulcan you knew won't exist for another five thousand years. Think, man. What's happening on your planet right now, this very moment?
SPOCK: My ancestors are barbarians. Warlike barbarians.
MCCOY: Who nearly killed themselves off with their own passions. Spock, you're reverting into your ancestors five thousand years before you were born!
SPOCK: I've lost myself. I do not know who I am. Can we go back?
ZARABETH: I don't know. I only know that I can't go back.
MCCOY: I know I'm going to try, Spock, because my life is back there, and I want that life.
(So McCoy heads off through the arctic winds, with just a fur shawl for protection)

[Library]

ATOZ: Do you think that's the right one?
KIRK: I don't know.
ATOZ: If we're to get the portal set for the proper time period, you must be specific.
KIRK: I didn't see it.
ATOZ: Well try calling out.
KIRK: Bones? Spock! McCoy! You've got the wrong one.
ATOZ: Please, there's no time left. Let me go.
KIRK: Try again.

[Ice Age]

(Zarabeth and Spock join McCoy at the ice cliff)
SPOCK: There's no portal here, Doctor. It's hopeless.
MCCOY: I suppose you're right.
SPOCK: You're too ill to remain out here any longer. Give it up.

[Library]

(Atoz views another disc)
KIRK: Bones. Spock!

[Ice Age]

MCCOY: It's Jim! Here we are, Jim.

[Library]

KIRK: I've found them. Can you still hear me?
SPOCK [OC]: We hear you perfectly, Captain.
KIRK: Follow my voice.

[Ice Age]

KIRK [OC]: Spock, McCoy, follow my voice. Do you hear me? Keep following my voice. Spock. McCoy.
SPOCK: This must be it.

[Library]

KIRK: What are you waiting for? Hurry!

[Ice Age]

MCCOY: Come on, Spock.
SPOCK: You start ahead, Doctor. I do not wish to part from you.
ZARABETH: I cannot come. If I go back, I will die.

[Library]

KIRK: What are you waiting for? Hurry!

[Ice Age]

SPOCK: How much time do we have?

[Library]

KIRK: Scotty, how much time is there?
SCOTT [OC]: You've got to come aboard now.

[Ice Age]

MCCOY: Come on, Spock, now!
(Spock pushes McCoy towards the cliff, but he doesn't go through)
MCCOY: Something's wrong.

[Library]

KIRK: What's the matter? Why can't he get through?
ATOZ: I don't know. Unless, it's because they originally went through the portal together.
KIRK: Spock, McCoy, you can't get through unless you both come back at the same time. Scotty.
SCOTT [OC]: Orders or no, I'm beaming you up first.
KIRK: No! Wait!

[Ice Age]

KIRK [OC]: Spock, McCoy, hurry through the portal. Time is running out.
(Zarabeth turns and leaves them)

[Library]

(McCoy and Spock return without their furs. Atoz switches discs and runs through the portal)
KIRK: He had his escape planned. I'm glad he made it. Kirk to Enterprise.
SPOCK: There's no further need to observe me, Doctor. As you can see, I've returned to the present in every sense.
MCCOY: But it did happen, Spock.
SPOCK: Yes, it happened. But that was five thousand years ago. And she is dead now. Dead and buried. Long ago.
KIRK: Scotty, are you there?
SCOTT [OC]: Now or never, Captain.
KIRK: Beam us aboard and go to maximum warp as soon as we're there. Kirk out.

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