"Dr. McCoy: Biped. Small. Good cranial development. No doubt considerable human ancestry. Is that how you're able to fake all of this? Very good. Modern museum perfection. Right down to the cement beams. Very, very good. Oh, I'd give a lot to see the hospital. Probably needles and sutures. All the pain. They used to hand-cut and sew people like garments. Needles and sutures. Oh, the terrible pain!"
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Harlan Ellison, Star Trek: The Original Series, "The City on the Edge of Forever", (6 Apr, 1967).
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