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Time-Travel Television - The Past from the Present, the Future from the Past (Hardcover)
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Time-Travel Television - The Past from the Present, the Future from the Past (Hardcover)
Series: Science Fiction Television
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Stories of time travel have been part of science fiction since H.
G. Wells sent his nameless hero hurtling into Earth's distant
future in The Time Machine. Time travel enables the storyteller to
depict alternate realities, bring fictional characters face to face
with historical figures, and depict moral and ethical dilemmas in
which millions of lives (or the world as we know it) are at stake.
From Doctor Who and Quantum Leap to the multiple incarnations of
Star Trek, time travel has been a staple of science fiction
television for more than fifty years. Time-Travel Television: The
Past from the Present, the Future from the Past surveys the whole
range of time travel stories on the small screen. The essays in
this collection explore time travel series both familiar (Babylon
5, Stargate SG-1) and forgotten (The Time Tunnel, Voyagers!), as
well as time-travel themed episodes and arcs in series where it is
not central, such as Red Dwarf, Lost, and Heroes. Contributors to
this volume consider some of the classic themes of time-travel
stories: the promise (and peril) of "fixing" the past, the chance
to experience (and choose) possible futures, and the potential for
small changes to have great effects. Exploring time travel as a
teaching tool, as a vehicle for moral lessons, and as a background
for high adventure, this book offers new perspectives on many
familiar programs and the first serious study of several unjustly
neglected ones. Time-Travel Television is essential reading for
science fiction scholars and fans, and for anyone interested in the
many ways that television brings the fantastic into viewers' living
rooms.
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