Kirk contacted Spock and learned about revised estimates about the strength of the transporter beam on the severely-weakenedUSS Enterprise(the earlier two-day estimate about repairs was o deliberately deceive Khan); the stranded crew on Regula was beamed back, but still under the threat of Khan.Soon after, Princess Gwendolyn was promised by the ambitious court witch and her evil-eyed lady-in-waiting Griselda (Mildred Natwick) - when held at knifepoint - that she was destined and prophesied to marry the jester "Giacomo.Then, Ripley shockingly discovered by using the EEV""s neuroscanner operated by Aaron that she was impregnated with an alien embryo of a queen egg-layer.The dangers of a complacent nation (with hunger amidst a land of plenty) being manipulated and taken over by neo-Fascist forces and Hitler""s Third Reich (a reality in the early 1940s) are countered in the film by the actions of the ordinary ""little man.He was also sensitive about members of his family touching his hair-do, and he rebuked his father during the dinner scene for hitting him on the back of the head: "Will ya just watch the hair.