After an alien virus infects a remote mining colony, a Doctor faces a race against time to find a cure before a returning ship carries it to Earth.
Alan SmitheePenpusher
After an alien virus infects a remote mining colony, a Doctor faces a race against time to find a cure before a returning ship carries it to Earth.
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Sounds interesting. Why is this the only way to solve this problem though? Can’t they just stop the ship? Or blow it up?
I’m thinking that maybe the doctor is onboard the ship. That way, not only is he trying to find a cure, he has to not get infected at the same time. Adds urgency and keeps the action in the ship. You could also have it so the ship’s communication system is damaged or something so Earth doesn’t know it’s coming. One of the worst things that can happen with a logline (or indeed a film) is somebody saying “why didn’t they just…”. If the doctor is onboard the ship already (I read it that he wasn’t) then make sure it’s clear.
Definitely got legs though. Keep working on it.
The virus is borne by a gemstone that is dug up and sent back to Earth on a cargo ship as a present by one of the workers.
By the time they realise it, a passenger ship has already left shortly after and they must keep the passengers alive in order for them to message Earth once they cross the galaxy.
“When a virus infects a remote mining colony, a doctor must keep passengers on a ship alive long enough to warn Earth the source is already there.”
Dig it!
Added location, a clock to your timebomb, and plot device “auto-return” to your ship.
Leaning towards:
“When a virus infects the colony of a remote mining planet, a doctor has three days to find the cure before the ship auto-returns to Earth”
Take care.
BTW: I took some liberties with “… the ship…” since this has not been defined. Maybe you could get away with using the name of yours e.g. “DIGDUG” lol.
So, it would look like “…, a doctor has three days to find the cure before the USS DIGDUG auto-returns to Earth”
Food for thought 😉