Prime Directive (disambiguation)
In American science fiction, the Prime Directive, first appeared in Jack Williamson's 1947 novella "With Folded Hands..." as an edict for robots stipulating "to serve and obey and guard men from harm". It was subsequently adapted into a number of variants:
- Prime Directive, the guiding non-interference principle of Star Trek's Starfleet
- Prime Directive (role-playing game), by the Amarillo Design Bureau
- Prime Directive (album), an album by the Dave Holland Quintet
- Prime Directive (novel), a Star Trek novel by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
- Prime directive (RoboCop), four rules governing the behavior of RoboCop
- A fake working title of the Transformers (film series)