- Dr. Ann MacGregor: [after Doug and Tony are removed from the Titanic and shifted in time] Well, wherever he and Doug are now, at least they're together.
- [brief pause]
- Sen. Leroy Clark: But where?
- [another brief pause]
- Dr. Raymond Swain: We couldn't begin to guess.
- Lt. Gen. Heywood Kirk: [the Titanic is sinking; he, Ray, and Ann are trying to figure out a way to get Tony and Doug back to the complex] You don't know that you can remove them from their present time zone. You might just kill them yourself.
- Dr. Ann MacGregor: Well, what's our choice, General? Let them die with that ship?
- Lt. Gen. Heywood Kirk: Even if you removed them, you wouldn't have any control after that. They'd disappear in time... to any moment billions of years in the past or future.
- Dr. Raymond Swain: Is that any worse than condemning them to certain death aboard the Titanic?
- Lt. Gen. Heywood Kirk: I wonder.
- Sen. Leroy Clark: You know, Phillips, every time I check your budget figures, I ask myself the same question: Is time travel really worth all this?
- Dr. Doug Phillips: Senator, the control of time is potentially the most valuable treasure that man will ever find.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: [intervening with a fight going on in the wireless room] What on earth?
- [sees Tony]
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: So it's you. I see you have a confederate.
- Radio Operator: They were using the wireless, sir.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: What? This is no longer a harmless prank, gentlemen. You are in serious trouble. I promise you that.
- Dr. Doug Phillips: Captain, I know you didn't believe my friend here, and you won't believe me. But you can believe your own eyes.
- [takes out the newspaper with the Titanic disaster headline]
- Dr. Doug Phillips: This ship will strike an iceberg at 11:40 tonight and go down.
- [gives Capt. Smith the newspaper]
- Dr. Doug Phillips: The story's all here in tomorrow's paper.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: Take them below. And this time, see that they stay there.
- [the guards take Tony and Doug out of the wireless room]
- Dr. Doug Phillips: [as he is taken out of the room by guards] Captain, you've got to believe me!
- Radio Operator: Captain, we're getting calls from many ships requesting our position and the nature of our distress.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: Tell them to disregard all distress signals from this ship. We are in good order and safely underway.
- [tosses the newspaper out the window]
- Radio Operator: Aye, sir
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: [confronting Doug and Tony about the iceberg collision] We have hit an iceberg, just as the two of you predicted. How could you have known?
- Dr. Doug Phillips: Captain, the only explanation is the truth. You see, we come from the year 1968. We've traveled back through time to this moment. What's happening here is history to us.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: My reasoning cannot accept that. In any case, when we repair damage and reach New York, perhaps a maritime inquiry can fathom your story.
- Dr. Tony Newman: Captain, your ship is going down.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: That is impossible. This ship is unsinkable.
- Dr. Tony Newman: This ship is dead, and so is everyone on board unless you give immediate orders to lower the lifeboats!
- Dr. Doug Phillips: Captain, we've warned you of the collision. Please believe us about this. What have you got to lose? Order those lifeboats away.
- [a loud crash is heard, Tony and Doug stumble]
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: [walks to the door] Mr. Granger.
- First Mate Grainger: [entering the room] Sir.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: Order the crew to begin "abandon ship" procedure.
- First Mate Grainger: Abandon ship, sir? But...
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: Do as I say.
- First Mate Grainger: Aye, Aye, sir.
- [leaves the room]
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: Very well, Gentlemen. With more than 2,300 souls on board, I cannot afford to ignore even the remotest possibility.
- Dr. Doug Phillips: Your lifeboats will only hold about 750.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: How did you know that?
- Dr. Doug Phillips: Well, despite the fact that this ship was built and advertised as the vessel that could not be sunk, your life-saving equipment is insufficient and inadequate.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: Are you telling me only 750 will survive?
- Dr. Doug Phillips: Yes, sir.
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: I see.
- [walks over to the window and looks outside]
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: My mind will not let me believe you.
- [turns toward them]
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: But I do believe in a god, gentlemen. If what you say is true, Then the only fact that you were here will save those who do survive. I would have to consider that a miracle of God's mercy.
- Dr. Tony Newman: In a way, sir, perhaps it is. Captain, do you think maybe we could all be of more help on the decks?
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: Yes. Yes, of course.
- [Doug and Tony walk to the door]
- Capt. Malcolm Smith: It occurs to me now you may even know whether I will die tonight.
- Dr. Doug Phillips: [walks over to Capt. Smith] Yes, sir, I'm afraid you will.
- [he, Tony, and Capt. Smith leave the room]