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'''''The Time Machine''''' was a [[science fiction]] [[novel]] by [[H. G. Wells]]. | '''''The Time Machine''''' was a [[science fiction]] [[novel]] by [[H. G. Wells]]. | ||
The [[First Doctor]]'s companion [[Oliver Harper]] had seen the film adaptation of the novel. He connected [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] with the time machine in the story, and initially thought that the TARDIS could move in [[time]] but not [[space]]. He expected to see [[Shoreditch]] in the "time of the [[dinosaur]]s" or the [[21st century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cold Equations]]'') | The [[First Doctor]]'s companion [[Oliver Harper]] had seen the [[film]] adaptation of the novel. He connected [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] with the time machine in the story, and initially thought that the TARDIS could move in [[time]] but not [[space]]. He expected to see [[Shoreditch]] in the "time of the [[dinosaur]]s" or the [[21st century]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cold Equations]]'') | ||
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 era|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 | [[Will Arrowsmith]] was fairly sure that the [[Victorian era|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 (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'') He finished it some time later. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]'') | 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 incarnation and was surprised by how different it looked each time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Interference - Book Two]]'') He told [[Forster]] that 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]]'') | ||
''The Time Machine'' had been adapted to film several times, including a [[1960]] version by [[George Pal]]; a [[91st century]] version starring a [[Silurian]] as the protagonist and spoken in [[haiku]]; and a version featuring [[Quark]]s and [[Giant Wasp]]s, which according to the Doctor "hadn't even been bad enough to be good". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Synthespians™ (novel)|Synthespians™]]'') | |||
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