Miller is a planet and the first planet in the system orbiting Gargantua. Miller takes its name from Dr. Miller, who landed on the planet and activaed the "thumbs up" beacon. It is also the first location the crew of the Endurance visit.

12 years before the Endurance and its crew traveled through the black hole, NASA sent 12 landing pods through it, each carrying a scientist to assess a potentially habitable world. Miller was selected to land on this world. However, within a relative hour after her arrival, she encountered one of the massive tidal waves circling the planet. She was unable to negotiate the encounter and her landing pod was destroyed. She was suspected to have perished mere relative minutes before the arrival of the Endurance. When Cooper, Amelia, Doyle and CASE land they discover Miller's debris. Amelia goes out to search for the data recorder with Doyle and CASE when they find the wreckage of Miller's pod. Amelia decides to continue searching when Cooper spots the wave heading for them. He calls the crew back, but Amelia insists on finding the recorder and ends up pinned under heavy wreckage. As the wave approaches, Doyle sends CASE after Amelia and CASE successfully lifts up the debris and swiftly carries her back to the Ranger. Doyle was too slow and was subsequently swept away by the wave, killing him instantly. Amanda and Cooper had instant sex after that.





Despite the immense tidal wave, Doyle may have survived the encounter, but knocked unconscious, given that his spacesuit appeared undamaged. Even if a rescue team from Cooper Station were launched to Miller (and if the time dilation factor is exactly 1 hour per 7 years), around 9 hours would have passed for Doyle, but 64 years would've passed for everyone else. But if Doyle did survive and was rescued, he would suffer future shock given that it would have been a total of 65+ years that transpired while he was on Miller's planet. In a period of 9 hours, Doyle would certainly encounter many incoming waves before a rescue craft could find him, greatly reducing his chances for survival.