Ascended Energy Beings

Energy beings that once had physical bodies, but have grown beyond them.

Examples

• 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey

  The beings which created the monoliths have long-since abandoned physical forms and instead live as beings of energy on the surface of their star.

• 2005 Doctor Who

  The President of the Time Lords, Rassilon, a resurrected mythological figure, attempts to turn the Time Lords into beings of energy so they can govern the universe and destroy any enemies.

• 2014 Interstellar

  The entities encountered by the crew of Endurance are future humans who have become energy beings, returning to their own past to shape their future.