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
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |