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Now and Then We Time Travel AlsobyFrAserA. shermAN ANdFrommcFArlANd The Wizard of Oz Catalog: L. Frank Baum’s Novel, Its Sequels and Their Adaptations for Stage, Television, Movies, Radio, Music Videos, Comic Books, Commercials and More(2013; softcover 2005) Screen Enemies of the American Way: Political Paranoia About Nazis, Communists, Saboteurs, Terrorists and Body Snatching Aliens in Film and Television(2011) Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television(2009; softcover 2000) Now and Then We Time Travel Visiting Pasts and Futures in Film and Television F A. s rAser hermAN McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina ISBN (print) 978-0-7864-9679-2 ISBN (ebook) 978-1-4766-2643-7 librAryoFcoNgresscATAloguiNg-iN-PublicATioNdATA briTishlibrArycATAloguiNgdATAAreAvAilAble © 2017 Fraser A. sherman. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Front cover: christopher lloyd as dr. emmett brown in Back to the Future, 1985 (universal Pictures/Photofest) Printed in the united states of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640 www.mcfarlandpub.com To mum, dad, Tracy, craig and Paige for family. To cindy and roxanne for friendship. To dudley and Trixie, for being there. To leAnn, for everything. This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments This book wouldn’t be as good as it is without the suggestions, advice and input of my friend and fellow movie buff ross bagby. Thanks, ross, as always. my friend Katherine Traylor helped me out by explaining Korean names. Johannes von moltke, department of germanic languages and literatures at the university of michigan, gave me information i couldn’t find anywhere else. The Timelinks website (aetherco. com/ timelinks) was an invalu- able resources for suggesting movies and Tv series that might other- wise have slipped through the cracks. The list of Time Travel Fiction on Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_time_travel_works_of_ fiction) and epguides.com were also great places to find time travel- related material. my thanks to everyone who worked on them. vii This page intentionally left blank Table of contents Acknowledgments vii Preface 1 One. A century of screen connecticut yankees 7 Two. Time of the Time machine 13 Three. enjoying the exotic: Travel from the Present to other Times 20 Four. bouncing Around Time, getting lost and doing the Time Warp 47 Five. strange visitors from Another World: Travel to the Present from other Times 64 Six. changing history: When Time is up for grabs 84 Seven. shaping the Future by changing the Past That is our Present 99 Eight. if i Knew Then What i Know Now: changing Personal history 125 Nine. love in a Time of Time Travel 164 Ten. Time cops: Policing the Time stream (or) Putting right What once Went Wrong 181 Eleven. Déjà Vu All over Again: Time loop Films 192 Appendices 201 Appendix I: Film Credits 202 Appendix II: Television and Direct- to-Video Series Credits 225 Appendix III: Television Specials 230 Appendix IV: Films and Television Series with Minor Time Travel Elements 231 Appendix V: The Rest of the World 235 Appendix VI: Interesting Short Films 240 Appendix VII: Movies About Parallel Lives 241 Appendix VIII: Time Travel Porn Films 242 Chapter Notes 243 Bibliography 244 Index 245 ix

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