Counter-Earth theme

A hypothetical planet always on the other side of the Sun from Earth so that it remains hidden from us.

4 total · 2 major · 2 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) major The film concerned an expedition to a newly discoverer planet in the same orbit as Earth, but on the opposite side of the sun.
movie: The Stranger (1973) major NASA astronaut Neil Stryker crash landed on a planet in the same orbit as Earth, but concealed on the opposite side of the sun, so that it had gone unobserved by Earth scientists.
movie: Gamera vs Guiron (1969) minor The Aliens planet, called Terra, was in the same orbit around the sun as Earth, but on the opposite side.
movie: Warning from Space (1956) minor The aliens revealed they were from a planed, named Paira, hidden on the opposite side of the sun from Earth.