resurrection of the dead theme

A person is brought back to life, be it through miraculous means, technological artifice, or otherwise.

Examples

Worf was brought back from dead by the amnesiac alien provisionally named John Doe in tng3x25 "Transfigurations".

10 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 4 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
tftc1989e7x08 choice Elliot, unable to accept his girlfriend's tragic death, cobbled together an elaborate contraption to return her from the world of the dead.
as1985e2x07 major After being executed in the electric chair, Eric was somehow brought back to life by thankful prisoners he had earlier cured of various ailments.
as1985e2x08 major Peter and Cynthia used black magic to bring back the teacher they had accidentally slain using a hiccuping spell.
ldr2019e4x06 major The story posits that a dolphin who had perished in an oil spill, then risen from the dead, was the Messiah to a cephalopod-like race of aliens.
movie: Sherlock Holmes (2009) major Much was made of Lord Blackwood seemingly returning to life after being pronounced dead following his hanging.
tz1959e5x32 major Jared Garrity inadvertently raised those dead and buried on Boot Hill to life.
movie: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) minor Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.
nightgallery2x09c minor Dr. Stringfellow tried to use his rejuvinator "medicine" to bring a farmer's daughter back from the dead.
shortstory: The Plague of the Living Dead (1927) minor Dr. Farnham basically resurrected some victims of a volcanic eruption by injecting them with his immortality serum.
tng3x25 minor Worf by John Doe