Time Travel Museum

November 5th, 1955 is supposedly the date time travel was invented. And yet scientists have recently discovered time travel has been with us and will be for a long time. These time travel devices come in many shapes and sizes and even their special abilities differ. Below are a few of my favourite portable and semi-portable machines. Each currently residing in the forth-coming - Time Travel Museum

Name: Time Machine
History: To discover how mankind will evolve, George creates a time machine. Based on the book by H.G.Wells.
Ease of Use: High - Move lever forward to go forward in time and backward to go backwards.
Special Features: Can watch the passage of time as you travel.
First Appearance: The Time Machine, written by H.G. Wells 1895
Quote: "If that machine can do what you say it can do, destroy it, George! Destroy it before it destroys you!" - Filby

Name: Time Bubble
History: Used in the distant future (31st century) by a Legion of Super Heroes to travel back and forth to the 21st century (and other eras).
Ease of Use: Average - Apparently can be used with just a little technical training.
Special Features: Travels in space as well as time.
First Appearance: Adventure Comics #247 - April 1958
Quote: "Wait.. Wasn't the time bubble on THAT side of the room?" - Saturn Girl

Name:Tardis
History: Used by the renegade Time Lord known only as "The Doctor"
Ease of Use: Difficult - Even the Doctor has problems steering the Tardis.
Special Features: Can travel in space as well as time. The inside is vastly bigger than the outside.
First Appearance: BBC Television - November 23, 1963
Quote: "It's bigger on the inside than on the outside." - Almost every companion of the Doctor.

Name: Omni
History: When history goes wrong, it's Phineas Boggs job to correct things.
Ease of Use: High - Simply set the location and time and press a button.
Special Features: Indicates when history is wrong, and when it has been corrected. Travels in location as well as time.
First Appearance: Voyagers TV series - 1982
Quote: "We travel through time, to help history along, give it a push where it's needed." - Phineas Bogg

Name: Flying Delorean
History: Created by Doctor Brown to keep tabs on the progress of man.
Ease of Use: Average difficulty, knowledge of setting clocks and ability to drive a car.
Special Features: Equipped with a hover-conversion and fueled by garbage.
First Appearance: Back to the Future - Summer 1985
Quote: "The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?" - Doctor Brown

Name: Phone Booth Time Machine
History: Used by Bill and Ted to acquire personages from history to help them pass their history final exam.
Ease of Use: Above Average. Can be used by a couple of nit-wits.
Special Features: Can be used for magic tricks. Also travels in location as well as time.
First Appearance: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Summer - 1989
Quote: "Gentlemen... we're history." - Rufus







Name: Uncle Rico's Time Machine
History: Purchased by Uncle Rico from the Internet
Ease of Use: Impossible. Has yet to function properly.
Special Features: Destroys your ability to have children.
First Appearance: Napoleon Dynamite - 2004
Quote: "It's a piece of crap, it doesn't work!" - Napoleon Dynamite




So which is your favourite time machine and why? These and many others can be found in the Time Travel Museum - Brynbala Way; Cardiff, Wales
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Time Travellers are Real!

Time travellers are real! Or are they?
Have you seen the puzzling video of what looks like a woman talking on a mobile phone? Is there any possible explanation for this? If she is a time traveller who is she talking to and how are they receiving service? Or you might assume she's simply singing along to a transistor radio. But on the other side of the coin, if a person has time travel technology, certainly they've built a better phone. Perhaps one that can place calls from anywhere in time? Also, it's not possible she's listening to a transistor radio as this film clip is from 1928 and transistor radios didn't make an appearance till the late 40's or early 50s'. The only possible way for her to be doing so was to pick one up from the future, which would mean she's a time traveller, which means she could just as easily be talking on a phone. So is this real documented proof time travel exists? Watch the video below and tell me your thoughts.

Time And Alternate Dimension In Space - Part 1

Doctor Who - Crossing the Barrier (Part 1)*

One of the most unusual and unpredictable things to see floating in space would undoubtedly be a London Police Box, circa 1963. But this was more than what it seemed. The outside was merely a disguise, inside was a fully functioning time machine, much bigger inside than out. It was so big in fact; it currently had a crew compliment of three. Well, it was supposed to have a crew of three, one of the members just vanished for reasons unknown.



“Where did he go?” The young Australian girl asked her young male companion.

“I don’t know Tegan.” He almost yelled back at her. “How could I?” He flipped a few switches on a control panel in the center of the room.

“This is becoming a habit with him.” Tegan replied to Turlough, crossing her arms. “Disappearing, and leaving us in the lurch.”

“He probably enjoys it.” Turlough replied calmly, but sarcastically. “Ever think of that?”

Tegan’s face crinkled at the thought, not believing it. “That’s not very helpful.”

“Well what do you want me to do?” He argued.

Before either could say anything further a man suddenly appeared. He was older than both, looking in his mid-30’s, though he was actually hundreds of years old. He wore what seemed to be a cricket uniform and jacket, adorned with a piece of celery attached to the lapel. He also wore a hat, which he immediately took off and began to feel the top of his head. “Do I still have my hair?” He asked both of them, as they stood confused.

“Where did you go?” Tegan asked harshly, as if scolding a runaway puppy.

“I was pulled off course; somehow transported to my own future.” He paused briefly then added, “but I was much older.” He glared into space for a second then into a piece of metal from the console, examining himself. “Still, what’s done is done.”

“Why? How?” Turlough tried to reason with the man known only known as the 'Doctor' to everyone. “Doctor, what is going on?”

“Really Turlough, it’s a simple matter. My Tardis and my future Tardis were crossing the time stream and ran into each other. His shields were down and I was pulled into his Tardis, it almost sucked in this Tardis as well. But the problem is past, no more worries.” He put a reassuring arm on Tegan’s shoulder, trying to relax her. He looked to Turlough to make sure he was satisfied with the explanation. Suddenly, from deeper within the ship a loud irritating gong sounded; it was the alarm system alerting immediate danger was about to take place.

Tegan gave the Doctor a cross look. “That’s the cloister bell Doctor.”

“Yes, well. Let’s see what’s going on.” He took his arm off her and went back to examining the console. He flicked a few switches and pushed a few buttons as he made his way around the six sided console.

“Doctor, is there anything I can do to help?” Turlough asked. Tegan cleared her throat, giving the indication she wanted to be included as well.

“I’m just about done." He called back, feeling their eyes staring at him as he continued checking the machines controls. He ignored them for the moment, addressing them would only slow him down. As he set the last control he moved away from the console. “There we are, all set.”

“Doctor,” Turlough began calmly, he nodded towards the door leading deeper within the Tardis. “It’s still going off, we are not set.”

“No, well. Not set in the way I meant. I’ve tracked the source of the problem and locked on.”

“Where are we going?” Tegan demanded. She crossed her arms, waiting for the response.

“Not sure really. The signal is coming and going and changing locations. It’s the oddest thing.”

“Are we chasing ghosts Doctor? What is it exactly?” Turlough inquired.

“The Tardis is being bathed with stray tachyon particles from Earth.” He saw Tegan wasn’t fully grasping what he was saying. “The particles essential for time travel. But Earth doesn’t have that technology, at least it’s not supposed to.”

“What do you mean it’s changing?” Turlough asked.

“One minute its coming from England, the next Turkey, then Russia.”

“So there are multiple locations?” Tegan asked questioningly.

“No, that’s the problem. It’s the same tachyon stream. Like Earth is shifting through various realities. We’ve got to find the source of this transmission and stop it.” The center column came to a sudden stop and the Doctor grabbed his hat. “Shall we?” He called to Tegan and Turlough as he hit the lever to open the door. Stepping out of his surprisingly small ship disguised as a police box, the Doctor moved aside and waited for Tegan and Turlough to follow. Turlough closed the door behind him, and looked around. The Tardis materialized inside a storage room, boxes lined the walls of all shapes and sizes.

“Where are we?” Tegan asked.

“I didn’t check the controls,” the Doctor had to admit. Turning to Tegan with a smile he added, “shall we find out?”

The Doctor opened the door at the far end of the room and stepped out with the two others. Suddenly he stopped. A man with a gun was outside and pointed it at him. “How did you get in there, or this building at all? Roswell is supposed to be a secure location.” With no warning, the man fired his gun at the Doctor. Tegan screamed in horror.



Next:
TAADIS Part 2 - Quantum Leap Part 1 - Tear Down This Wall.
TAADIS Part 6 - Doctor Who Part 2 - Crossing the Barrier

*This is part 1 of the 20 part 'Time And Alternate Dimension In Space'.
A Doctor Who, Quantum leap, Writers Block, Sliders & Legion of Super Heroes crossover.