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Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)

Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who): 2007 BBC One Christmas special, story 188, third since the 2005 revival, written by Russell T Davies, starring David Tennant and guest star Kylie Minogue as waitress Astrid Peth aboard a spaceship replica of the Titanic; drew 13.31 million viewers and a 52% share.

Voyage of the Rock Aliens

Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984), also released as Attack of the Rock 'n' Roll Aliens, is a James Fargo sci-fi comedy musical starring Pia Zadora, Tom Nolan, and Craig Sheffer about aliens landing in a guitar-shaped spaceship in Speelburgh.

Voyage of Time

Voyage of Time is Terrence Malick's 2016 documentary on the history of the universe, released as the 90-minute Life's Journey narrated by Cate Blanchett and the 45-minute IMAX version narrated by Brad Pitt, with science advising from Andrew Knoll and Lee Smolin.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961 film)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961 film), Irwin Allen's Fox sci-fi adventure starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, and Peter Lorre, in which the Seaview fires a nuclear missile at a burning Van Allen belt; it spawned the 1964 ABC TV series.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series), Irwin Allen's 1964–1968 ABC series spun off from his 1961 film, follows Richard Basehart's Admiral Nelson and David Hedison's Captain Crane aboard the nuclear submarine Seaview across 110 episodes in four seasons.

Voyagers (film)

Voyagers is a 2021 American science fiction thriller written and directed by Neil Burger, about young people on a multi-generational starship, starring Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, and Colin Farrell.

VR Troopers

VR Troopers (V.R. Troopers) was a Saban syndicated children's tokusatsu series, 1994–1996, 92 episodes, adapting Toei Metal Hero footage from Metalder, Spielban, and Shaider.

Vrajesh Hirjee

Vrajesh Hirjee (born 1971) is an Indian actor, writer, and radio host known for Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, the Golmaal franchise as Pandu, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, Big FM Mumbai, and Pro Kabaddi hosting.

Vrusshabha

Vrusshabha (വൃഷഭ), also spelled Vrushabha, is a 2025 Malayalam-Telugu bilingual fantasy action drama directed by Nanda Kishore, starring Mohanlal as a reincarnated king; released 25 December 2025, it grossed ₹2.16 crore worldwide and received largely negative reviews.

Vsauce

Vsauce is an American educational YouTube network created by Michael Stevens in 2010, with channels including Vsauce2 and Vsauce3 that together report over 25 million subscribers.

Vsevolod Meyerhold (Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд)

Vsevolod Emilievich Meyerhold (Всеволод Эмильевич Мейерхольд), born Karl Kazimir Theodor Mayergold, Russian and Soviet theatre director, MAT actor, creator of biomechanics, head of the Meyerhold State Theatre (1920–1938), executed 1940, rehabilitated 1955.

VTuber

VTuber (virtual YouTuber): a live streamer performing through a motion-tracked 2D or 3D avatar. Started by Kizuna AI in 2016; now a billion-dollar industry led by agencies Hololive and Nijisanji.

VTV Ganesh

VTV Ganesh (விடிவி கணேஷ்), born 1961 in Villupuram, is a Tamil film actor, comedian, and producer named after Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010); runs VTV Productions, works in Telugu films, and dubs for Tamil releases.

Vulcan (Marvel Comics)

Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) is a Marvel Comics mutant, third Summers brother of Cyclops and Havok, introduced in X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2006) and later Emperor of the Shi'ar in War of Kings.

Vulcan (Star Trek)

Vulcans are Star Trek's logical, emotion-suppressing humanoid species from the desert planet Vulcan orbiting 40 Eridani A, founded on Surak's teachings, known for Spock, the mind meld, katras, and the Vulcan salute, and distinct from the real-world 19th-century planet Vulcan hypothesis.

Vulcan nerve pinch

Vulcan nerve pinch (also Vulcan neck pinch), fictional Star Trek technique rendering humanoids unconscious via pressure between neck and shoulder; invented by Leonard Nimoy for "The Enemy Within"; distinct from the nonexistent "Vulcan death grip" bluff.

Vulcan salute

Vulcan salute: split-fingered hand greeting of Star Trek's Spock, devised by Leonard Nimoy from the Jewish Kohanim blessing, first seen in 1967's "Amok Time" with "Live long and prosper".

Vulcanizadora

Vulcanizadora is a 2024 American indie film by Joel Potrykus, premiering at Tribeca, in which Potrykus and Joshua Burge reprise their Buzzard characters Marty and Derek on a disturbing pact in the Michigan woods; not the Mexican tire-shop term vulcanizadora.

Vulgar auteurism

Vulgar auteurism (V.A.) is an early-2010s online film-critical tendency, coined skeptically by Andrew Tracy, applying auteur theory to dismissed genre directors like Paul W.S. Anderson, Michael Bay, and Tony Scott.

Vulgaria (低俗喜剧)

Vulgaria, also known as 低俗喜劇, is a 2012 Hong Kong black comedy by Pang Ho-cheung that satirizes the film industry through a producer's deal with a triad boss.

Vulture (Marvel Comics)

Vulture (Marvel Comics): Adrian Toomes, elderly electronics engineer and Spider-Man foe with an electromagnetic flight harness, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #2 (1963), founding Sinister Six member, later played by Michael Keaton in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi

Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (ఉన్నది ఒకటే జిందగీ), also spelled Vunnadi Okate Zindagi, is a 2017 Telugu romantic drama directed by Kishore Tirumala, starring Ram Pothineni, Anupama Parameswaran, Lavanya Tripathi, and Sree Vishnu; released 27 October 2017, it earned about Rs 17 crore share and was below average.

Vyacheslav Tikhonov (Вячеслав Васильевич Тихонов)

Vyacheslav Tikhonov (Вячеслав Васильевич Тихонов, 1928–2009), Soviet and Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR. Played Andrei Bolkonsky in War and Peace and Stierlitz in Seventeen Moments of Spring; distinct from other actors named Tikhonov.

Vyasanasametham Bandhumithradhikal

Vyasanasametham Bandhumithradhikal (വ്യസനസമേതം ബന്ധുമിത്രാദികൾ) is a 2025 Malayalam funeral comedy-drama, S Vipin's debut, produced by Vipin Das and Sahu Garapati, starring Anaswara Rajan; released June 13, 2025, streaming on Manorama Max from August 14, 2025.

Vybe

Vybe (Angus Roberts, born 1991) is an Australian drag performer and Sydney scene staple, runner-up on Drag Race Down Under season 4 behind Lazy Susan and fourth placer on Drag Race Down Under vs the World.

Vyjayanthi Movies

Vyjayanthi Movies (వైజయంతీ మూవీస్), Telugu production house founded by C. Ashwini Dutt in 1974, named by NTR; now led by Swapna and Priyanka Dutt; known for JVAS, Indra, Mahanati, Sita Ramam, and Kalki 2898 AD.

Vyjayanthimala (வைஜெயந்திமாலா)

Vyjayanthimala (வைஜெயந்திமாலா), born 13 August 1933, is an Indian actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, and former MP; Hindi cinema's first female superstar, three-time Filmfare Best Actress (Sadhna, Gunga Jumna, Sangam), who refused the Devdas supporting-actress award, and received the Padma Vibhushan in 2024.

Vyooham (2023 TV series)

Vyooham (వ్యూహం) is a 2023 Telugu-language crime thriller web series on Prime Video, directed by Sashikanth Srivaishnav Peesapati, produced by Annapurna Studios' Supriya Yarlagadda, starring Sai Sushanth Reddy and Chaitanya Krishna in an eight-episode hit-and-run investigation set in Hyderabad. Distinct from RGV's 2024 film of the same name.

Vysakh

Vysakh (വൈശാഖ്), birth name Ebey Abraham, is a Malayalam film director born 1978 in Kanhangad, Kerala. Debuted with Pokkiri Raja (2010); directed Pulimurugan (2016), the first Malayalam film to gross Rs 100 crore, plus Madhura Raja, Turbo, and Khalifa.

Vyuham (2024 film)

Vyuham (వ్యూహం, also Vyooham), 2024 Telugu political drama by Ram Gopal Varma starring Ajmal Ameer, on YSR's death and Jagan Mohan Reddy's rise; censor-cleared after Telangana HC litigation, released March 2024.