Yup, you guessed it. I love time travel! Not actual time travel, of course, though that just imagine that! I love the idea of it. And, as I’ve said so many times before, the endless possibilities for story telling, the way the concepts it presents can tie your brain up in delicious knots. Things can get pretty complicated when you time travel, as I have found when trying to write it. It’s been done so often now, that it can seem a tired idea, but over the last few years I’ve seen it used in some very unlikley ways to make it all shiny again. Take The Time Traveler’s Wife. Who saw that coming? But what a brilliant reinvention of a well-loved trope. I’ve seen it pop up in chick lit, and in some of my favourite non-sci-fi shows such as Life on Mars. Heroes and Misfits showed time travel as a super-power. I wonder how many more versions we will see?
And now for the real reason that we are discussing time. Over to you, Doctor…
Back to the Future is another noteworthy mention 🙂
Oh yes, clean forgot. I love that film!
Who wouldn’t like wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff. I just like saying the words. Good post, Sharon…
I know what you mean. Thanks for stopping by!
Oh, Doctor!!! 🙂
I enjoy time-travel… it usually annoys my very logical, physics-engineer-husband, but I think it’s grand fun!
Time travel is such a good subject matter. Philip K Dick certainly exploited it well in some of his stories. Also, the best Dr Who plots, in my opinion, are the ones which use complex narratives spread out across time. I particularly liked the whole concept/realisation of River Song and her reverse chronological relationship with the Doctor.
I really enjoyed the time travellers wife, didn’t really like the new doctor who with David Tennent, he was once in a film playing the baddy and did such a good job I dislike every thing I’ve seen him in since!