Embryo story
The film deals with the mental and physical consequences of growing a human embryo in an artificial uterus.
15 total · 6 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| accelerated growth rate therapy | major | Dr. Paul Holliston invented a hormonal serum that grew a dog fetus into a full grown dog in a matter of days. A side effect of the serum was that it made the dog very smart by dog standards. He subsequently used the serum to bring the fetus of a suicided mother to term. |
| artificial womb | major | Dr. Paul Holliston brought both a dog and human fetus to term in an artificial uterus. |
| EQ vs. IQ | major | Dr. Holliston's creation Victoria excelled at logical thinking, but her emotional development lagged behind by comparison. |
| rapid aging effect | major | A consequence of Victoria being developed into an adult from a fetus in the space of a few days was that she was bound to rapidly age. |
| the nature of human emotions | major | We saw Victoria experiencing a full range of human emotion in her short go at life. |
| unethical human experimentation | major | Dr. Jim Winston, after urging Dr. Holliston to refrain from testing his accelerated growth serum on a human subject, supplied Dr. Holliston with the body of a 14 week pregnant suicided mother. Dr. Holliston brought grew the fetus into an adult female using his special serum, but he came to regret it because she turned into an emotionally underdeveloped murderer. |
| brother-in-law and sister-in-law | minor | Dr. Paul Holliston introduced Martha Douglas to Victoria as his sister-in-law. |
| expecting parents | minor | Gordon and Helen were married and expecting their first child. |
| father and son | minor | Dr. Paul Holliston and Gordon Holliston. |
| father-in-law and daughter-in-law | minor | Dr. Paul Holliston and Helen Holliston. |