silicon-based being theme
A being whose body chemistry is based on silicon just like conventional biology is based on carbon.
Examples
The mother Horta of tos1x26 "The Devil in the Dark" was just such a life form.
13 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tos1x26 | choice | Horta :: the horta |
| ent4x11 | major | A virus was said to be silicon-based which made it more deadly to humans somehow. |
| movie: Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) | major | The colony of silicon-based beetle-like creatures, known as Legion, fell to Hokkaido from space, causing wide destruction across Japan. |
| movie: Island of Terror (1966) | major | Dr. Lawrence Phillips accidentally created a silicon-based, bone eating monster. |
| shortstory: The Metal Man (1928) | major | Kelvin encountered an intelligent alien form of life which one gathers was composed of metal. |
| ds92x12 | minor | Weld Ram discovered silicon-based life form on the planet |
| ent1x04 | minor | Rock monsters possibly inhabited a planet that the Enterprise crew explored. |
| futurama7x14 | minor | The folk singer Silicon Red was evidently made of rock. |
| movie: Contamination (1980) | minor | A scientist discovered that the aliens eggs had a silicon-based chemistry. |
| movie: Lost in Space (1998) | minor | The Robinson family encountered silicon-based spider-like creatures on the planet where they crash-landed. |