stranded on a deserted planet theme

A character is stranded on a deserted planet, or similar celestial object, cut off from society without much prospect of a timely rescue.

16 total · 2 choice · 12 major · 2 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
rd1988e3x02 choice Lister and the Rimmer hologram found themselves stranded on an ice planet with few supplies. [frozen wasteland]
voy2x25 choice Janeway and Chakotay were faced with the prospect of having to live together on an idyllic, but uninhabited Delta Quardant planet for the rest of their lives.
ent2x13 major Tucker and Zho'Kaan had to work together to survive on a desolate moon until such time as they could be rescued. [barren environment]
ldr2019e2x07 major The story follows Terence after he crash landed on a barren planet.
movie: Enemy Mine (1985) major Willis and Jeriba found themselves stranded without supplies on a planet with dangerous fauna and regularly hit by meteors. They survived there, against all odds, for three years. [barren environment]
movie: Pitch Black (2000) major The story follows the efforts of the surviving crew and passengers of a crash-landed spaceship to get off a desert planet that was inhabited by hoards of man-eating creatures. [desert]
movie: Planet of Dinosaurs (1977) major A crew became spaceship-wrecked on a distant planet with minimal provisions and had to figure out a way to survive until such time as a rescue party arrived. [prehistoric]
movie: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) major The story follows Kit Draper in his efforts to sustain himself, and his pet monkey, on the surface of Mars. He found a cave for shelter, burned coal-like rocks for warmth, and discovered that heating the rocks provided a source of oxygen. He additionally secured water and a steady supply of edible plant “sausages”.
movie: The Illustrated Man (1969) major A crew of astronauts were stranded on Venus in perpetual torrential rains in the "The Long Rain" subplot.
tng4x09 major Picard, Wesley, and Dirgo found themselves stranded on a desert moon with very little in the ways of supplies. [desert]