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Last updated 12 February 2017
The Real History of Science Fiction: Time
Broadcast: Friday 24th February 2017
2:45pm-3:45pm AEDT (03:45 GMT) < > « »
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What if we could travel not just through space, but through time itself? If you could travel through time, would you change the past or the future? What if you found it couldn't be changed? What price does the time traveller and the people they are closest to pay? This is a journey from H G Wells' The Time Machine, through ideas like The Grandfather Paradox and The Butterfly Effect, to the professional time traveller that is the ever popular Doctor Who. Steven Moffat, David Tennant, Karen Gillan, and Neil Gaiman offer a unique perspective on the Doctor. Edward James Olmos reveals the hidden meaning of the language he created for the vision of the future that is Blade Runner. Bob Gale and Christopher Lloyd take us behind the scenes of Back to the Future, while Ed Solomon describes the joy of solving a time travel conundrum for Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. But what would be the physical and emotional cost to the time traveller? Audrey Niffenegger explains what inspired her novel The Time Traveller's Wife. And what if someone from the future tried to travel back in time to warn us? Would we believe them? From the apocalyptic tones of 12 Monkeys to the drama of Quantum Leap and the comedy of Groundhog Day, time travel is a subject that has been irresistible to the creators of every type of science fiction.


Synopsis Source: Foxtel Guide
Broadcast Source: Foxtel Guide