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*[[Osmic projector|Osmic projection]], a means used by the [[Sontaran]]s. [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] described this method as rather limited in its temporal range, when used by the Sontaran scout. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'')
*[[Osmic projector|Osmic projection]], a means used by the [[Sontaran]]s. [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] described this method as rather limited in its temporal range, when used by the Sontaran scout. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Time Warrior]]'')
*[[Time Scoop]] technology enabled the user to transport other people and objects remotely. But without any ally on the other end to return one, it may leave the user stranded in another time period with no way to return. ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')
*[[Time Scoop]] technology enabled the user to transport other people and objects remotely. But without any ally on the other end to return one, it may leave the user stranded in another time period with no way to return. ([[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]'')
*[[Time corridor]] technology used by both the [[Dalek]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Evil of the Daleks]] [[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]''), [[Osirian]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'') and the [[Borad]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'')
*[[Time corridor]] technology used by both the [[Dalek]]s, ([[DW]]: ''[[Evil of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'') [[Osirian]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Pyramids of Mars]]'') and the [[Borad]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]'')
*A kind of [[time viewer]] called a [[quantum imager]], enabled one to observe and (to a limited degree) communicate with people in the past. ([[BFBS]]: ''[[The Least Important Man]]'')
*A kind of [[time viewer]] called a [[quantum imager]], enabled one to observe and (to a limited degree) communicate with people in the past. ([[BFBS]]: ''[[The Least Important Man]]'')
*Pushing energy into [[warp drive]] to create a [[time window]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
*Pushing energy into [[warp drive]] to create a [[time window]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]'')
:''A warp drive accident fractured one unfortunate individual, [[Scaroth]] into "fragments" scattered through various eras of time and linked by [[telepathy]] ([[DW]]: [[City of Death]]). Another warp drive accident had the effect of propelling the vehicle in question roughly 65 million years back in time. ([[DW]]: [[Earthshock]]'')
:''A warp drive accident fractured one unfortunate individual, [[Scaroth]] into "fragments" scattered through various eras of time and linked by [[telepathy]] ([[DW]]: [[City of Death]]). Another warp drive accident had the effect of propelling the vehicle in question roughly 65 million years back in time. ([[DW]]: [[Earthshock]]'')
*The use of a [[rift manipulator]] in conjunction with the temporal rift itself. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'', ''[[End of Days]]'')
*The use of a [[rift manipulator]] in conjunction with the temporal rift itself. ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness]]'', ''[[End of Days]]'')
:''The column in the center of a Human-built rift manipulator bore a resemblance of the central column a TARDIS, indicating, perhaps, a similar function.''
:''The column in the center of a Human-built rift manipulator bore a resemblance of the central column a TARDIS, indicating, perhaps, a similar function.''
 
*A [[Time Agent]] [[Vortex Manipulator]] could be used as a crude time travel device, although it was known to misfire by hundreds of years and break down easily. Refered to by the Doctor as more of a "space hopper" compared to the TARDIS. Later used by River Song and the Doctor after the TARDIS was destroyed ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
*A [[Time Agent]] [[Vortex Manipulator]] could be used as a crude time travel device, although it was known to misfire by hundreds of years and break down easily. Refered to by the Doctor as more of a "space hopper" compared to the TARDIS. Later used by River Song and the Doctor after the TARDIS was destroyed ([[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens]]'', ''[[The Big Bang]]'')
*A time machine was created by UNIT with the help of Rose Tyler and the unusable TARDIS to send Donna Noble back to set history back on its true course. It was only ever used one time and is presumed erased from history along with the alternate world. ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'')
 
*A time machine was created by UNIT with the help of Rose Tyler and the unusable TARDIS to send Donna Noble back to set history back on its true course. It was only ever used one time and is presumed erased from history along with the alternate world. ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'')
 
*[[Emergency temporal shift]]: A form of time travel used by the [[Cult of Skaro]] to escape being sucked into [[the Void]] and later used by [[Dalek Caan]] to escape from 1930s New York. ([[DW]] ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'')
*[[Emergency temporal shift]]: A form of time travel used by the [[Cult of Skaro]] to escape being sucked into [[the Void]] and later used by [[Dalek Caan]] to escape from 1930s New York. ([[DW]] ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'')



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Time travel is, as the name suggests, the (usually controlled) process of travelling through time, even in a non-linear direction.

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The Doctor time travels. (DW: Day of the Daleks)

Methods

Technological or Biotechnological Methods

By space-time vessel

  • The Third Zone scientists Kartz and Reimer built a primitive time machine modelled on Time Lord technology. It was close to working, but ultimately only made one successful trip before it was destroyed. (DW: The Two Doctors)
Travel using time vessel commonly involves the Time Vortex.

Other Technological Means

A warp drive accident fractured one unfortunate individual, Scaroth into "fragments" scattered through various eras of time and linked by telepathy (DW: City of Death). Another warp drive accident had the effect of propelling the vehicle in question roughly 65 million years back in time. (DW: Earthshock)
The column in the center of a Human-built rift manipulator bore a resemblance of the central column a TARDIS, indicating, perhaps, a similar function.

By Psychic Power or Other Natural Ability

By Space-Time Anomaly

Mirrors

Taking "The Long Path"

Some individuals, by necessity, may seek to take what the Doctor once described as "the long path" (DW: The Girl in the Fireplace) spending hundreds of thousands of years patiently waiting to return to a desired time. (NA: Birthright) A less arduous method would involve cryogenics or some other form of life suspension.

See Also

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