Michael Forest credited as playing...
Apollo
- Apollo: I am Apollo!
- Ensign Pavel Chekov: [sarcastically] And I am the Czar of all the Russias!
- Capt. Kirk: Mister Chekov!
- Ensign Pavel Chekov: I sorry, Captain. I never met a god before.
- Capt. Kirk: And you haven't yet.
- Apollo: I would have cherished you, cared for you. I would have loved you as a father loves his children. Did I ask so much?
- Capt. Kirk: We've outgrown you. You asked for something we can no longer give.
- Apollo: Earth. Mother of the most beautiful of woman in the universe. That at least has not changed.
- Apollo: I've shown you my open heart. See what you've done to me.
- [expands his form, becoming around twenty feet tall]
- Apollo: Zeus... Hermes... Hera... Aphrodite... you were right... Athena, you were right. The time is passed. There is no room for gods. Forgive me, my old friends. Take me. Take me.
- [his final words echo plaintively as he fades away]