space portal theme

There is a portal-like device that enables rapid travel between two distant locations.

11 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 4 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Stargate (1994) choice One of the main novelties of the film is the discovery an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole enabling travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe.
tng2x11 choice The Iconian gateways enabled instantaneous travel all over the galaxy.
ds94x23 major A band of rogue Jem'Hadar were using an Iconian gateway to teleport themselves over vast distances.
movie: Crossworlds (1996) major A main idea of the film is that a special scepter, when combined with Joe's heirloom crystal, is a tool that can be used to open doorways into other places, and even other dimensions. For example, A.T. used the scepter to open up a door that led from a museum display room to a seashore.
movie: Doom (2005) major Key to the plot was the discovery of a portal, called "the Ark", deep below the Nevada desert that connected to the ruins of an ancient city on Mars.
movie: Stargate: Continuum (2008) major The the main novelty of the film are the Stargates: ring-shaped portal devices that enable travel to a similar devices elsewhere in the universe.
movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) major The Decepticons nearly succeeded in moving the planet Cypertron halfway across the galaxy to be beside Earth by moving the planet through a giant portal in space.
movie: Cosmic Sin (2021) minor Ford and his party traveled to Ellora via a "Quantum Jump Gate" to stop the Sigea aliens.
movie: Lost in Space (1998) minor The "hypergate" ring in space, once constructed, would allow the population of Earth to be instantly transported and populate the new planet Alpha Prime.
movie: Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) minor Upon passing through the "Supergate", he bettlecruiser Odyssey was transported instantaneously to the Ori galaxy.