getting along together in a confined space for an extended period theme
A group of people have to spend an extended amount of time together in an environment where they have little chance of being private from each other.
Examples
In tz2019e1x06 "Six Degrees of Freedom", we saw the interactions among a group of young astronauts en route to Mars, as they had to spend many months together in a fairly small spaceship.
6 total · 4 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ent2x12 | major | The Enterprise crew had to hunker down inside one of the warp nacelles to avoid an inescapable neutronic storm. |
| movie: Stagecoach (1939) | major | A drunken physician, a whisky peddler, a crooked banker, an outlaw, a prostitute, a snobbish belle, among others traveled together in a stagecoach through hostile Apache territory. The quarreled in various ways. |
| rd1988e5x04 | major | Things quickly came to blows when Lister, Cat, and Kryten were cooped up in the quarantine room all together. |
| tz2019e1x06 | major | The story seemed to be primarily about the group dynamics of people on the spaceship on their voyage to Mars. |
| movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) | minor | Some lip service was paid to the Avenger crew members having to spend six months cramped together inside the confines of their subterrene. |
| rd1988e7x04 | minor | The was some friction between the crew members while they were cooped up in the ventilation ducts. |