Dead Planetoid

leading from

Dan O'Bannon's Original Alien 

The planetoid is now dead, and its civilisation had been gone for millions of years. At some point in time, a cataclysm causes the extermination of the adults of this certain race leaving no one to tend and nurture the young. The fatal flaw of this species appears to be the biological necessity of over-exploitation of the biosphere. All that remained of it was a pyramid and the spores inside which can survive dormant for incredible lengths of time under even the most adverse conditions. In a dark lower chamber of this breeding temple , a large number of eggs lie dormant, waiting to sense something warm.

1. Dan O'Bannon: But the planetoid was now dead and this civilisation had been gone for millions of years. ( Don Shay talks with O'Bannon. Cinefex 1.p48 / Alien Special Effects p20)
2. Ron Cobb: At some point a cataclysm causes the extermination of the adults of this unique race leaving no one to tend and nurture the young" (Ron Cobb. Alien Portfolio)
3. Dan O'Bannon: The fatal flaw of this species appears to be the biological necessity of over-exploitation of the biosphere. (Dan O'Bannon's Unseen Alien, Starburst 15, p42)
4. Dan O'Bannon: All that remained of it was this pyramid and the spores - which can survive dormant for incredible lengths of time under even the most adverse conditions. ( Don Shay talks with O'Bannon. Cinefex 1.p48 / Alien Special Effects p20)
5. Ron Cobb: In a dark lower chamber of the breeding temple a large number of eggs lie dormant (Ron Cobb. Alien Portfolio)
6. Ron Cobb: waiting to sense something warm (Ron Cobb. Alien Portfolio)