A
Ancient Mayan Space Jockey
Rendition of Pakal Votan tomb lid turned into a space jockey for a tablet in Prometheus.
B
Babyhead
Carlos Huante's alien concept idea which he wanted to be used in Prometheus.
Battlewagon
Ridley's term for the derelict in light of his perception of its purpose.
The Big Chap
A nickname for the original big alien. (Starlog, September 1979, p30)
The Big Fellow
A nickname for the original big alien. (Starlog, September 1979, p30)
Ancient Mayan Space Jockey
Rendition of Pakal Votan tomb lid turned into a space jockey for a tablet in Prometheus.
B
Babyhead
Carlos Huante's alien concept idea which he wanted to be used in Prometheus.
Battlewagon
Ridley's term for the derelict in light of his perception of its purpose.
The Big Chap
A nickname for the original big alien. (Starlog, September 1979, p30)
The Big Fellow
A nickname for the original big alien. (Starlog, September 1979, p30)
Big'Un
A nickname for the original big alien.
Bishop II
Name given in Alien 3's credits for the character presented as Bishop's inventor.
Black Ship
Name for the derelict ship of human origin in one of the rewrites of the scripts for Alien.
Box
Near enough the form that the alien took when it was folded up.
C
Chestburster
The foetal stage of the alien that erupts from the host's chest used in Alien onwards.
Claw Room
The name for the landing leg room of the Nostromo.
Cocoon
Humans wrapped in alien material as the spore shell begins to grow engulfing them
Cosmic Incubation
HR Giger's term for the purpose for the egg silo, coined by his then girlfriend Mia.
The Croissant
Ridley's nickname for the derelict ship because of its shape during Alien.
Cylinder
The name given to the egg silo when it is a structure of human in one of the script rewrite for Alien
D
The Deacon
Ridley's terms for the alien creature at the end of Prometheus, named because of its head pointed like a bishop's mitre.
The Derelict
The ancient alien space craft explored in the movie Alien
DNA
A term bandied around for the Prometheus publicity, being used in more ways than one.
E
Egg
Structure also known as the spore which contains the Facehugger.
Egg Silo
Building that contained the alien spores.
Engineers
Term coined by script writer Jon Spaihts in his Alien prequel script for the large human like beings seen in Prometheus that were supposed to have engineered the human race. At one point they were the space jockeys of Alien and by Prometheus was a representation for the purpose of the film.
F
Facehugger
Name given in the production department for the creature in the Alien series that jumps out of the egg/spore and hugs the face of a host.
Flying Bedstead
Unused concept for a frame like maintenance vehicle to be used by the Nostromo crew in Alien.
Fifield Monster
Production departments name for the creature that Fifield is transformed into by the black goo in Prometheus.
G
Greeblies
Set decorators terms decorations made from technical odds and ends.
H
Hieroglyphics
The alien life cycle tableau painting by H R Giger.
I J K L
Little Rascal
Ivor Powell named the chest burster this after Gordon Carroll's dry martinis.
M N
Memory
Name of Dan O'Bannon's initial story that became the basis for Alien.
Mineshaft
Giger's term for the derelict ship's gangway.
O
The Orrery
Name given from behind the scenes for the holographic display of planets, stars and galaxies from the control deck of the Juggernaut as seen in Prometheus.
Organic Footballs
Giger's term for the alien spores during Alien.
The Outer Rim
In the universe of Alien, name for an area in deep space at one point in the development an area of explored territory in space , perhaps by 2087AD, 54 light years in radius from Earth.
P
Perambulatory Penis
Pork Chops
Steve Messing mentions that at the time of concept designing for Prometheus , Ridley would refer to all the old Giger designs as "Pork Chops".
Q R S
Space Jockey
Scifi term used for space pilots and later as a name by the production department for the alien pilots remains in Alien.
Spore
Name for the egg like structure which contains the Facehugger.
The Sphincter
Central organic opening in the Viper's Pit seen in Alien Resurrection.
T
Temple
Ridley saw the Nostromo garage and landing leg room sets as a temple environment along with the pilot chamber.
U
Umbilical
Ridley wanted the alien's tail as seen in the landing leg shaft to be like an umbilical cord.
Ultramorph
The creature that the chestburster from the Space Jockey would grow into.
V
Viper Pit
Production departments name for living biomechanic landscape glimpsed aboard the Auriga in the movie Alien Resurrection.
Viper's Nest
see: Viper Pit
W X Y Z
Name given in Alien 3's credits for the character presented as Bishop's inventor.
Black Ship
Name for the derelict ship of human origin in one of the rewrites of the scripts for Alien.
Box
Near enough the form that the alien took when it was folded up.
C
Chestburster
The foetal stage of the alien that erupts from the host's chest used in Alien onwards.
Claw Room
The name for the landing leg room of the Nostromo.
Cocoon
Humans wrapped in alien material as the spore shell begins to grow engulfing them
Cosmic Incubation
HR Giger's term for the purpose for the egg silo, coined by his then girlfriend Mia.
The Croissant
Ridley's nickname for the derelict ship because of its shape during Alien.
Cylinder
The name given to the egg silo when it is a structure of human in one of the script rewrite for Alien
D
The Deacon
Ridley's terms for the alien creature at the end of Prometheus, named because of its head pointed like a bishop's mitre.
The Derelict
The ancient alien space craft explored in the movie Alien
DNA
A term bandied around for the Prometheus publicity, being used in more ways than one.
E
Egg
Structure also known as the spore which contains the Facehugger.
Egg Silo
Building that contained the alien spores.
Engineers
Term coined by script writer Jon Spaihts in his Alien prequel script for the large human like beings seen in Prometheus that were supposed to have engineered the human race. At one point they were the space jockeys of Alien and by Prometheus was a representation for the purpose of the film.
F
Facehugger
Name given in the production department for the creature in the Alien series that jumps out of the egg/spore and hugs the face of a host.
Flying Bedstead
Unused concept for a frame like maintenance vehicle to be used by the Nostromo crew in Alien.
Fifield Monster
Production departments name for the creature that Fifield is transformed into by the black goo in Prometheus.
G
Greeblies
Set decorators terms decorations made from technical odds and ends.
H
Hieroglyphics
The alien life cycle tableau painting by H R Giger.
I J K L
Little Rascal
Ivor Powell named the chest burster this after Gordon Carroll's dry martinis.
M N
Memory
Name of Dan O'Bannon's initial story that became the basis for Alien.
Mineshaft
Giger's term for the derelict ship's gangway.
O
The Orrery
Name given from behind the scenes for the holographic display of planets, stars and galaxies from the control deck of the Juggernaut as seen in Prometheus.
Organic Footballs
Giger's term for the alien spores during Alien.
The Outer Rim
In the universe of Alien, name for an area in deep space at one point in the development an area of explored territory in space , perhaps by 2087AD, 54 light years in radius from Earth.
P
Perambulatory Penis
Pork Chops
Steve Messing mentions that at the time of concept designing for Prometheus , Ridley would refer to all the old Giger designs as "Pork Chops".
Q R S
Space Jockey
Scifi term used for space pilots and later as a name by the production department for the alien pilots remains in Alien.
Spore
Name for the egg like structure which contains the Facehugger.
The Sphincter
Central organic opening in the Viper's Pit seen in Alien Resurrection.
T
Temple
Ridley saw the Nostromo garage and landing leg room sets as a temple environment along with the pilot chamber.
U
Umbilical
Ridley wanted the alien's tail as seen in the landing leg shaft to be like an umbilical cord.
Ultramorph
The creature that the chestburster from the Space Jockey would grow into.
V
Viper Pit
Production departments name for living biomechanic landscape glimpsed aboard the Auriga in the movie Alien Resurrection.
Viper's Nest
see: Viper Pit
W X Y Z
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