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[[File:The Time Machine TV movie.jpg|thumb|The [[Seventh Doctor]] reads the book. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who ( | [[File:The Time Machine TV movie.jpg|thumb|The [[Seventh Doctor]] reads the book. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'')]] | ||
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'''''The Time Machine''''' was a short [[science fiction]] [[novel]] by [[H. G. Wells]]. | '''''The Time Machine''''' was a short [[science fiction]] [[novel]] by [[H. G. Wells]]. | ||
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The [[Fifth Doctor]] read a first edition of this book before visiting a peaceful planet not unlike prehistoric Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warmonger]]'') | The [[Fifth Doctor]] read a first edition of this book before visiting a peaceful planet not unlike prehistoric Earth. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warmonger]]'') | ||
[[Will Arrowsmith]] was fairly sure that the Victorian-esque [[TARDIS console room]] used by the [[Seventh Doctor]] towards the end of his life was inspired by ''The Time Machine'' — though more likely the [[film]] version than the original novel itself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Persuasion (audio story)|Persuasion]]'') The Seventh Doctor relaxed by reading a copy of this book during his aborted mission to return [[the Master]]'s remains to [[Gallifrey]]. A skipping record interrupted him, followed by the escape of the Master's [[Deathworm]] and the TARDIS crash-landing in [[San Francisco]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who ( | [[Will Arrowsmith]] was fairly sure that the Victorian-esque [[TARDIS console room]] used by the [[Seventh Doctor]] towards the end of his life was inspired by ''The Time Machine'' — though more likely the [[film]] version than the original novel itself. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Persuasion (audio story)|Persuasion]]'') The Seventh Doctor relaxed by reading a copy of this book during his aborted mission to return [[the Master]]'s remains to [[Gallifrey]]. A skipping record interrupted him, followed by the escape of the Master's [[Deathworm]] and the TARDIS crash-landing in [[San Francisco]] on [[30 December]] [[1999]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
After his [[regeneration]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] attempted to start the novel where his previous self had left off; again, a skipping record interrupted him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who ( | After his [[regeneration]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] attempted to start the novel where his previous self had left off; again, a skipping record interrupted him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') He finished it some time later. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'') He tried to read the novel at least once in every regeneration and was surprised by how different it looked each time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'') He told [[Forster]] he would recommend the book to anyone looking for "original and stimulating reading matter" and noted the concept to be "quite enthralling." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Casualties of War (novel)|Casualties of War]]'') | ||
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