- Doctor Beaker: I really must overcome this problem.
- Mike Mercury: What's the trouble, doc?
- Doctor Beaker: I find it most irritating. It takes far too long to bring this liquid to a suitable temperature for infusion.
- Mike Mercury: Is this part of the test for the ceramic, doctor?
- Doctor Beaker: Test for the ceramic? No, of course not! I'm just making a cup of tea.
- Doctor Beaker: Curious, most curious! The rubbish people do write. What can this man possibly know about 'Neurotic Anxieties in the New England Squirrel'?
- Doctor Beaker: Don't ask me why, Mike, but every new piece of equipment I ever make, always seems to come in useful, and, umm, I have a feeling that this one will be no exception.