:14:01
I have no idea.
:14:03
Nor have I.
:14:05
Well, how do we find out?
:14:07
That will take time and research.
:14:10
I'll wire the university right away
to get a leave of absence.
:14:13
The Navy will take care of that.
How about you, Professor?
:14:17
Working with Dr. Carter
is every marine biologist's dream...
:14:19
but my school needs me.
:14:21
You can get along without me,
I'm sure.
:14:28
Can we, Doctor?
:14:30
No.
:14:33
Forgive my ignorance, Doctor,
but what makes her so unipue?
:14:36
ProfessorJoyce
is head of Marine Biology...
:14:39
at the Southeastern Institute
of Oceanography.
:14:42
I'd say she's probably the outstanding
authority on marine biology...
:14:46
with the possible exception
of Vanderhume himself.
:14:49
Then we'll get him.
:14:50
Before you start looking,
I may as well tell you...
:14:53
Vanderhume is dead.
:14:56
Oh.
:15:04
ProfessorJoyce.
:15:06
Yes?
:15:07
I have to ask you
to stick around.
:15:12
Why, Commander?
:15:13
Because the...
:15:18
the Navy would appreciate it.
:15:20
I'm sure the Navy's able
to get along without me.
:15:23
Dr. Carter
seems to think otherwise.
:15:26
Dr. Carter's perfectly able
to speak for himself.
:15:30
I'm speaking for him.
:15:32
I'm expected at a board of regents
meeting on Tuesday.
:15:35
It's about the appropriations
for our coming academic year.
:15:42
Are those appropriations
that important?
:15:45
To my school, very much so.
:15:47
You know, this thing that may be
running loose in the Pacific...
:15:50
that could be important too.
:15:52
- I'm sure of it.
- Perhaps not in the way you think.
:15:55
I'm a scientist, Commander.
:15:57
I don't have to be reminded that your
objectives are not necessarily my own.