intangibility device theme

also known as: matter penetration technology

There is a device which confers upon its target the ability to pass unscathed through solid matter.

Examples

Captain Archer was able to walk through walls using a handheld device in "Star Trek: Enterprise" Cold Front (ent1x11).

5 total · 2 major · 3 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: 4D Man (1959) major Dr. Tony Nelson invented a device that allowed him to pass through solid matter.
movie: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) major The story turned on Buckaroo Banzai preventing Dr. Emilio Lizardo from getting a special "oscillation overthruster" device that enabled pass through solid objects, and even into the 8th dimension.
ent1x11 minor Daniels and Archer walked through walls with the help of a handheld device.
movie: Warning from Space (1956) minor The alien in the form of a Human female was able to pass through doors without opening them.
tng7x12 minor The USS Pegasus was the product of a secret Federation program to build a spaceship that could pass through solid matter.