Wireless Operator: A test message from the Proteus, sir. Miss Peterson has smiled.
Col. Donald Reid: Well, that's an auspicious sign.
Dr. Duval: The medieval philosophers were right. Man is the center of the universe. We stand in the middle of infinity between outer and inner space, and there's no limit to either.
Grant: Wait a minute! They can't shrink me.
General Carter: Our miniaturizer can shrink anything.
Grant: But I don't want to be miniaturized.
General Carter: It's just for an hour.
Grant: Not even for a minute.
Grant: I don't mean to be inquisitive, but this 'cmdf', for all I know it could stand for the consolidated mobilization of delinquent females.
General Carter: Combined miniature deterrent forces.
Answer: I think the countdown began after the crew were injected into the patient's body.
No, the countdown started after the second shrink.