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Dr. Strangelove (film of the same name) – former Nazi scientist who was the scientific advisor to the President of the United States during the brink of apocalypse; Dr. Alexander Thorkel (Dr. Cyclops) Dr. Richard Vollin ; Dr. Eric Vornoff (Bride of the Monster) Dr. Herbert West (Herbert West–Reanimator and Re-Animator)
Gerrold calls bolognium "technobabble", and cautions against overusing it, or using it carelessly; doing so harms the illusion of reality which good sci-fi needs. [22] In the 1982 sci-fi comedy Big Meat Eater, Bolonium makes up a meat-based fuel; the comedy rock band Bolonium gets its name from said reference.
"The Derelict" – the name given to the abandoned alien spacecraft discovered by the crew of the deep space tug Nostromo in the film Alien (1979) [48] Darksyde – The Predacon transwarp ship in the Beast Wars television series. [49] The name was spelled with a y in the Beast Wars video game and in the DVD box set.
0D-10, AI computer in the sci-fi chapter from the game Live A Live (1994). It secretly plotted to kill humans on board the spaceship of the same name in order to "restore the harmony". Its name derives from "odio", Latin for "hate". Prometheus, a cybernetic-hybrid machine or 'Cybrid' from the Earthsiege and Starsiege: Tribes series of video ...
During the 1960s trend for action-adventure spy thrillers, it was a common practice for fictional spy organizations or their nemeses to employ names that were contrived acronyms. Sometimes these acronyms' expanded meanings made sense, but most of the time they were words incongruously crammed together for the mere purpose of obtaining a catchy ...
Several fictional universes exist in science fiction that serve as backstage for novels, short stories, motion pictures and games. This list includes: The Æon Flux universe by Peter Chung
This is a list of fictional galactic communities who are space-faring, in contact with one or more space-faring civilizations or are part of a larger government, coalition, republic, organization or alliance of two or more separate space-faring civilizations.
The PI With No Name: Graham Edwards "The Wooden Baby" (April 2005 Realms of Fantasy magazine) John Taylor: Simon R. Green: Something from the Nightside (2003) Sir Kay: Phyllis Ann Karr: The Idylls of the Queen (1982) Martin Hel: Robin Wood: Skorpio Magazine (1992) Carlisle Hsing: Lawrence Watt-Evans: Nightside City (1989) Master Li and Number ...