Oh, he's fine. He's been doing underwater research in the Baltic so I'm afraid we don't got a chance to see very much of each other these days.
11 seconds sound clip from the 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:30:17 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Would you like a drink, doctor?
- No, thank you. I haven't had breakfast yet. Someone's meeting me in the restaurant.
- Now, if you don't mind, I'll just sit with you a few minutes. Then I must be off.
- When you do see him, make sure to give him my regards.
- Well, where are you all off to? Up or down?
- We're going home. We've just spent three months calibrating the new antenna at Tchalinko.
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