time passing at different rates for different people theme
At least two characters experience the passage of time such that time goes faster for the one and slower for the other.
Notes
For this theme to apply, the experience of the passage of time must be depicted from the point of view of each character. In particular, this theme does not apply when one character simply freezes time or slows time to a crawl.
Examples
The Scalosians had been subjected to radiation that made them speed up in time relative to the Enterprise crew in tos3x13 "Wink of an Eye". The radiation had its negative effects also, rendering them sterile.
5 total · 3 choice · 1 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| novel: Dragon's Egg (1980) | choice | Time passed a million times faster for the Cheela than it did for their human observers. |
| tos3x13 | choice | The crew appeared as being frozen in time to the time-accelerated Scalosians, while to the crew the Scalosians were whizzing around to fast in time to be visible. |
| voy6x12 | choice | Time moved faster for the people on planet surface than for the Voyager crew in orbit. |
| ldr2019e1x16 | major | Within Rob and Gail's antique fridge, time passed so fast that tiny little civilizations rose and fell over the course of a mere days outside. |
| rd1988e4x04 | minor | Kryten observed that Rimmer spoke at an unusually fast pace after Rimmer inadvertently stepped into a localized time distortion. |