Balto (1995)

Donald Sinden: Doc

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Quotes 

• Wild Joe : I don't get it. How could Balto hope to find Steele and his team? They were off the trail.

  Jenna : Well... he's tracking them.

  Morse : That mutt? Tracking a championship team in a blizzard?

  [laughs; a couple others join in] 

  Jenna : [Steele comes in]  Balto?

  Jenna : Steele!

  Wild Joe : You're back!

  Morse : We'd given you up!

  Doc : Where are the others?

  Steele : [bows his head]  One by one they fell. Frozen, barely alive. I pulled four onto the sled and three more on my back. I walked and I walked, but it was too late. They were...

  [the other dogs gasp] 

  Doc : What about the medicine?

  Steele : I went on, dragging the medicine alone. Suddenly that wolfdog appeared. Balto demanded I let *him* take the medicine.

  [turns to Jenna] 

  Steele : You know he just wanted so much to be a hero in your eyes.

  [turns towrd the other dogs] 

  Steele : He grabbed the crate, but he couldn't handle it. He didn't see the patch of ice... and the cliff.

  [pulls out Jenna's bandanna] 

  Steele : He didn't have a chance.

  [shakes his head, clucking softly] 

  Jenna : [gasps]  My bandanna!

  Steele : [gets closer to Jenna]  He made me promise to take care of you, Jenna.

  Jenna : You're lying.

  [louder] 

  Jenna : Steele's lying. Balto's alive. And he's coming home.

  [runs out the door] 

  Steele : [closes his eyes and nods yes]  She... just needs a little time.

• Steele : I swam and I swam. It was freezing cold. And finally, I said 'Steele, you just have to gnaw your way to the surface', so I

  [hears Balto's howl] 

  Steele : what?

  Doc : It's Balto, with the medicine!

  [runs outside; the other dogs except Steele walk out the door] 

  Steele : Okay, okay. I can explain. See, you guys weren't there, so you don't... wait... guys, wait just a second... please?

• Doc : [after listening to the telegraph office dog barking]  It's terrible, my friends, just terrible. Steele and his team are lost.

  Sled dog #1 : When?

  Sled dog #2 : What happened?

  Sled dog #3 : What do you mean, lost?

  Doc : They've missed their second checkpoint. They're off the trail.

  [the other dogs lower their heads, saddened by the news] 

  Wild Joe : Can't they send another team?

  Doc : It's too dangerous.

  Chester : But... what about the little ones?

  Doc : The medicine won't be here in time. We're going to lose them.

  Balto : [silently; looking into the building]  Rosy.