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Because, of course, [[Space Is an Ocean]] this also applies to starship captains. Even though [[Two D Space|there's no (literal) "down" for them to go]]...
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{{quote| '''Palifico:''' The captain goes down with his ship.}}
* Used in ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]'': "...all hands were saved, save one. Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne, obstinate to the last, insisted on going down with his ship."
** The ship sank because [[What an Idiot!|he didn't know starboard from port]].
* In ''[[Star Trek (Film)|Star Trek]]'', [[You Are in Command Now|newly-promoted Captain]] George Kirk goes down with his ship. He uses his last words [[Tear Jerker|to tell his wife he loves her.]]
* In ''[[The Perfect Storm]]'', this happens with {{spoiler|Captain Billy Tyne, when the ''Andrea Gail'' is capsized by a giant wave the crew had tried to drive over. Most of the crew are trapped in the lower deck, and have no choice but to go down with the ship. Tyne and Bobby are able to escape, but only Bobby gets out, while Tyne remains behind and goes down}}. Of course, seeing as {{spoiler|there were no survivors among the crew of the real-life ''Andrea Gail''}} this is all conjecture, drama and fiction.
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** Shortly before that, in the same episode, the man who ''is'' in command there had just taken off to get to the shuttles himself, but only after [[The Men First|seeing the rest of his crew off]] and imploring Sinclair and Garibaldi to get going rather than {{spoiler|staying behind to try and save Zathras, who had appeared shortly before all of their problems began.}}
* In ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', in "The Last Man", an alternate reality Carter rams a Wraith Hiveship with the Phoenix, a much smaller 304 Battlecruiser. The Phoenix not only destroys the Hiveship, but two more are destroyed when they get caught in the blast of the first. It is unknown whether Carter meant to go down with the ship, or whether she intended to beam down to the planet below but couldn't because the transporters were knocked out.
** It may be relevant, however, that yet another alternate reality Carter [[I Surrender, Suckers|blew herself and the Jaffa who'd just captured her]] "straight to hell" with a grenade.
* This almost happens to Captain Jack Harkness at the end of the two-part episode of ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' that introduced him. He uses his ship to capture a German bomb about to kills the Doctor and Rose. Unfortunately, the bomb has already started the explosion sequence, and the only thing keeping it from exploding is a stasis field. However, the bomb ''is'' exploding slowly. Already in space, Jack orders the ship to jettison the bomb, only to receive the reply that this will cause the bomb to explode while inside the ship. Realizing it's over, he pours himself a glass of champagne and prepares to die in style. Then the Doctor shows up in the TARDIS to ruin the moment and saving the [[Lovable Rogue]].
** This happens with the captain of the space cruiser liner ''Titanic'' in "Voyage of the Damned". However, in this case, the captain is the one who causes its collision with meteors, having been paid to do so to care for his family. He stays on the bridge and dies during the impact. However, the Doctor manages to save the ship (but not {{spoiler|[[Always Save the Girl|the girl]]}}).
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