ocean planet theme

A hypothetical type of exoplanet wherein the surface is completely covered by water.

Examples

Captain Kirk and Spock were transformed into fish-like humanoids on the water- world Argo in tas1x13 "The Ambergris Element".

11 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 8 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Waterworld (1995) choice The primary novelty of the film is that it is set in a distant future by which time sea levels have risen so high that virtually all continental land is submerged under seawater.
movie: The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) major A team of astronauts discovered a glaciated ocean planet and explored its depths. The extraterrestrial narrator's home world was an ocean planet located in the outer reaches of the Andromeda galaxy.
tas1x13 major Argo :: Argo
movie: Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts (1977) minor A scientist speculated that the waterbourne aliens had come form an ocean world.
movie: Per Aspera Ad Astra (1981) minor The Astra crew dropped off an aquatic being on just such a planet.
movie: Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) minor Luke Skywalker visited Boba Fett on a water planet in an animated sequence.
movie: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) minor The ocean world Kamino.
rd1988e4x05 minor The crew crash-landed on such a world.
rd1988e5x06 minor The crew investigated the wreckage of a ship called SSS Esperanto on an ocean-covered moon.
rd1988e8x04 minor Lister and friends were dispatched to an ocean moon to investigate an abandoned spaceship.