Whis the Space Jockey called the Space Jockey?!

A nick-name they started using for the character, around the set - while Alien was in production. It stuck.

allin..etc: Can you verify this? Seen and read interviews with Ridley Scott where he says that [u]he[/u] doesn't know where this came from. (Search for Alien doco on YouTube.)

"The Pilot" was so named by H.R. Giger, who originally designed the creature. It has become more popularly known as the "Space Jockey," a name that first appeared on a storyboard for the scene in Alien during which the creature first appears. Director Ridley Scott has admitted that he doesn't know who had christened it as such, but the name stuck and became the unofficial moniker for the creature on set.

@TheSNARK I think he probably meant he didn't know who, "coined", it.

@TheSNARK Oh, I see Spartacus has said as much.

I think the name came from some of the Production Staff on Alien. The Term was based on the Term Desk Jockey in someone who works behind a desk all day and so they dont move from their desk. i.e stuck at their desk all day. So they used Space Jockey to say the guy is stuck in his chair.

It also comes from "Disco Jockey" (D.J. still used today) and "Arcade/Game Jockey" (due to the "Jockey Stick"-controller) as during this time we had Disco on the way out and video games on the way in.

Intersting article about the "Space Jockey".... [url=http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/movie-lists/9-things-we-might-know-about-the-alienprometheus-space-jockey/]http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/movie-lists/9-things-we-might-know-about-the-alienprometheus-space-jockey/[/url]