the Junot Diaz book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Oscar describes a neighbor girl as being "so pretty she could have played young Dejah Thoris." In L. Neil Smith's debut novel The Probability Broach, scientist Dr. Dora Jayne Thorens is a supporting character. In the board game ANDROID, one of the six murder suspects, a human woman from the Mars colony, is named Dejah Thoris. Films Traci Lords portrayed Dejah Thoris in The Asylum's direct-to-DVD film Princess of Mars. In the Disney film John Carter, released on March 9, 2012, she is played by Lynn Collins. In this version, she is the daughter of Tardos Mors, rather than his granddaughter, and is also Helium's leading scientist. Dejah Thoris is the name of the "Belgium Witch of Marwencol" in the documentary Marwencol, which the film Welcome to Marwen is based upon. References Literary characters introduced in 1912 Barsoom characters Female characters in literature Fictional Martians Fictional princesses Fictional women soldiers and warriors Dynamite Entertainment characters