Editing Transporter (Star Trek) (section)

=="Beam me up, Scotty"==
The famous [[catchphrase]] "[[Beam me up, Scotty]]" refers to the use of the transporter device to recall a crewmember to the ship; the device was often operated by [[chief engineer]] [[Montgomery Scott]] during ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. However, it is a slight [[misquote]] that was never uttered verbatim on the show.

The closest actual phrase, "Scotty, beam me up", was spoken by [[Admiral Kirk]] in ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' (1986).  On the [[special edition]] DVD of ''Star Trek IV'', the text commentary provided by Michael and Denise Okuda (co-authors of ''[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' (1994) and ''[[The Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future]]'') indicates that this was the closest anyone came to using that catchphrase in an official ''Star Trek'' production.