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The famous catchphrase "Beam me up, Scotty" refers to the transporter device, which was often operated by Montgomery Scott during the original series. The phrase was never uttered by anyone in the original series, although "Scotty, beam me up" was spoken by Admiral Kirk in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. On the special edition DVD of Star Trek IV, the text commentary provided by Micheal and Denise Okuda (co-authors of The Star Trek Encyclopedia and The Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future) indicates that this was the only time anyone came close to that catchphrase.
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