Ever since the Back to the
Future films were in the cinemas I've had a fascination with the idea of
time travel, and since 2008 I've had this little collection of Cool
Methods for Time Travel as I discover them featuring in sci-fi TV series
and films. Often they portray time travel in a fun and graphic way, like
the Delorian in Back to the Future, but what are other cool methods?
On this page are my suggestions (also included are methods of
inter-dimensional travel).
What are yours?
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The Time Turner necklace
in Harry Potter:
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The Discovery in Star
Trek:
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Certainly not the first star ship from the Star Trek
franchise to travel through time, but making use of the so-called mycelium
network this time, and later the Red Angel.
You
can read more about my views on Star Trek Discovery here:
[Link]
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The Time
Machine:
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The time machine in
The Time Machine - seen here in The Big Bang Theory. A different
version is featured in the film Time After Time which features Mary
Steenburgen before she starred in Back to the Future III. Her role
in both films is very similar.
You can read more about Time After Time here:
bmhonline.wordpress.com/.../pointless-time-travel |
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The Mimic - Edge of
Tomorrow:
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The creature/Mimic in the
film Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise. Major William Cage
(played by Cruise) finds himself in a time loop that sends him back
to the day preceding a battle in which he dies every time.
There is a similar story line in an episode (7) of Star Trek
Discovery, called Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad, involving a
time loop of 30 minutes. |
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Looper:
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The device in Looper.
This film stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt
(who is also in Edge of Tomorrow). |
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The Hot Tub:
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The hot tub in the
film The Hot Tub Time Machine. A group of guys end up back in the
80s. If the 80s wasn't enough, there are also a couple of other
references to Back to the Future, not least because one of the
characters is played by Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in
said film. |
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Farscape:
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John Crichton's space
craft (and his knowledge of wormholes) in Farscape. |
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Terminator:
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The "bubble of energy"
in Terminator in which
travellers arrive naked! |
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