Chekov You Lie! On Ceti Alpha V there was life ! A fair chance!
[shouts]
THIS is Ceti Alpha V! [calmer] Ceti Alpha VI exploded six months after we were left here. The shock shifted the orbit of this planet, and everything was laid waste.
Tied for 6th most-quoted character in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982): in 4 of its 39 quotes
Most scenes with: Khan Noonien Singh (3)
Scenes with Chekov
4 scenes Chekov [Khan, about to put Ceti Eels in Terrell and Chekov's ears]
You see, their young enter through the ears and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex. This has the effect of rendering the victim extremely susceptible to suggestion. Later as they grow follows madness and death.
Chekov Khan, listen to me...
These are pets, of course. Not quite domesticated.
Time.
Three minutes, thirty seconds.
Distance from Reliant
Chekov Four thousand kilometers.
Sulu
We're not going to make it, are we...
[Kirk looks at David Marcus; David shakes his head.]
Pavel Chekov [Commander Chekov and Captain Terrell have been trapped by a group of people inside containers marked as from the long-lost SS Botany Bay. Their leader opens his mask]
Khan!
[to Terrell]
I don't know you. [to Chekov] But you— I never forget a face. Mister Chekov, isn't it? I never thought to see your face again.
Clark Terrell
Chekov, who is this man?
Chekov A criminal, Captain. A product of late 20th century genetic engineering.
Terrell
What do you want with us? Sir, I demand to be re—
You are in a position to demand nothing, sir. I, on the other hand, am in a position to grant nothing. What you see is all that remains of the ship's company and crew of the Botany Bay, marooned here fifteen years ago by Captain James T. Kirk.
Terrell
Listen, you men and women. You have a—
Captain! Captain. Save your strength, Captain. These people had sworn to live and die at my command two hundred years before you were born! Do you mean he [refers to Chekov] never told you the tale — to amuse your captain, no? — never told you how the Enterprise picked up the Botany Bay, lost in space from the year 1996, myself and the ship's company in cryogenic freeze?
Terrell
I've never even met Admiral Kirk.
Admiral? Admiral! Admiral. Never told you how "Admiral" Kirk sent 70 of us into exile in this barren sand heap, with only the contents of these cargo bays to sustain us.
Chekov You lie! On Ceti Alpha V there was life! A fair chance—
This is Ceti Alpha V! [calms down] Ceti Alpha VI exploded six months after we were left here. The shock shifted the orbit of this planet, and everything was laid waste. "Admiral" Kirk never bothered to check on our progress. It was only the fact of my genetically-engineered intellect that allowed us to survive. On Earth — two hundred years ago — I was a prince with power over millions.
Chekov Captain Kirk was your host. You repaid his hospitality by trying to steal his ship and murder him!
