Dr. Alex Durant Quotes in The Black Hole (1979)
Dr. Alex Durant Quotes:
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V.I.N.CENT: [beep] 2130; day 547. Unscheduled course correction due at 2200. Pre-correction check: rotation axis plus three degrees. Nitrous oxide pressure: 4100 rising to 5,000. Quad jet C and D on preselect. Rotor ignition sequence beginning in 3-0. Thruster line reactors on standby.
Captain Dan Holland: V.I.N.CENT, notify me with 15 to go. Alex?
Dr. Alex Durant: Yes, Dan?
Captain Dan Holland: Have you determined a difference in ETAs with and without our correction?
Dr. Alex Durant: Working on it. You know, we shouldn't be needing a correction at this time. V.I.N.CENT, run a confirmation on the last inertial fix and check it with another celestial, please.
V.I.N.CENT: [beep] I have. It is correct. But I think I've found the reason for our present variation. Mr. Pizer?
Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Yes, V.I.N.CENT?
V.I.N.CENT: [beep] Mr. Pizer, I think you should come up here.
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Kate McCrae: Alex, I will not have you throw your life away for this!
Dr. Alex Durant: He can do it, Kate. I know he can.
Kate McCrae: Oh, God, Alex!
Dr. Alex Durant: There's an entirely different universe beyond that black hole. A point where time and space as we know it no longer exists. We will be the first to see it, to explore it, to experience it!
[Inside the Palomino]
Harry Booth: Damn it all, Dan! If we wait for Alex, we may be too late! Don't you see? He's hypnotized by that man!
Captain Dan Holland: V.I.N.CENT!
V.I.N.CENT: Yes, Captain?
Captain Dan Holland: Tell Kate I want her back here fast, with or without Alex. Tell her why.
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