Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) · 26 quotes
Tied for 6th most-quoted character in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984): in 3 of its 26 quotes
Most scenes with: David Marcus (2)
I used protomatter in the Genesis matrix.
Saavik Protomatter, a highly unstable substance which every ethical scientist condones as dangerously unpredictable.
It was the only way to solve certain problems.
Saavik So like your father, you changed the rules.
If I hadn't, it might have been years or never.
Saavik How many have paid the price for your impatience? How many have died? How much damage have you done? And what is yet to come?
I've come a long way for the power of Genesis, and what do I find? A weakling human, a Vulcan boy, and a woman.
Saavik My lord, we are survivors of a doomed expedition. This planet will destroy itself in hours. The Genesis experiment is a failure.
A failure. The most powerful destructive force ever created. You will tell me the secret of the Genesis torpedo.
Saavik I have no knowledge.
Then I hope pain's something you enjoy.
Saavik It's time for total truth between us. This planet is not what you intended or hoped for, is it?
Not exactly.
Saavik Why?
I used protomatter in the Genesis matrix.
Saavik Protomatter, an unstable substance which every ethical scientist has denounced as dangerously unpredictable?
But it was the only way to solve certain problems. Only my mother knew nothing about it.
Saavik So, like your father, you changed the rules.
If I hadn't, it might have been years - or never!
Saavik How many have paid the price for your impatience? How many have died? How much damage have you done, and what is yet to come?
