retarded aging effect theme
Featured is a hypothetical effect that makes you age much slower than normal. The effect might, for example, be brought about by a futuristic medical treatment.
Examples
McCoy's tricorder scans of the Vaalians in tos2x09 "The Apple" revealed them to not be aging at all, praise be Vaal.
5 total · 4 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: City Under the Sea (1965) | major | Sir Hugh and his men were not subject to the process of aging while they stayed under the conditions of the underwater city. |
| movie: Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) | major | The Ba'ku villagers had not aged a day since they settled on their planet some 300 years ago because of the presence of metaphasic particles. |
| movie: The People (1972) | major | The people of Bendo didn't age at an appreciable rate and were free of illness. |
| rbt1985e3x10 | major | The story explores the consequences of Willie ceasing to age, for reasons that were left unexplained, physically at the biological age of 12. It turned out to be something of a curse, as Willie found it necessary to find a new family to live with every two years. |
| tos2x09 | minor | McCoy's tricorder scans of the Vaalians revealed them to not be aging at all. |