brain disembodiment technology theme
Technology by which a brain can be taken out of the body and maintained in a functioning state for an extended amount of time.
Examples
The Morg of Sigma Draconis VI used such technology to steal Spock's big and sexy brain in tos3x06 "Spock's Brain".
13 total · 8 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Donovan's Brain (1953) | major | Patrick Cory devised a way to keep Donovan's disembodied brain alive in a tank outside of their bodies. |
| movie: Possible Worlds (2000) | major | George's disembodied brain was hooked up to a life-support system from a certain point in the story. Inspector Berkley was fascinated with the brain of a rat that was kept alive in a jar, and he took it back to his office for further observation. |
| movie: The Brain (1962) | major | Dr. Peter Corrie disembodied the brain of wealthy financier Max Holt who died from injuries sustained in a plane crash. He also disembodied a monkey's brain. |
| movie: The Colossus of New York (1958) | major | Dr. William Spensser removed Jeremy Spensser's brain after death and maintained it an a tank connected to an encephalograph and a type writer, before transplanting it into a cyborg-like automaton. |
| movie: The Lady and the Monster (1944) | major | Franz Mueller removed William H. Donovan's brain and kept it alive in a jar. |
| movie: The Man with Two Brains (1983) | major | Dr. Necessiter created a radical new technique enabling him to store living, communicating brains in liquid-filled jars. |
| talesoftheunexpected1x03 | major | Dr. John Landy removed William's brain from his dying body and kept it alive and functioning in a box. |
| tos3x06 | major | Spock's brain |
| movie: A Bomb Was Stolen (1961) | minor | A disembodied brain, placed in a glass jar, was used to power a primitive computer. |
| movie: Alita: Battle Angel (2019) | minor | We saw Chiren as a disembodied brain toward th end of the film. |