A timeline is a paradox filled science fiction plot device consisting of a series of chronological events, each a link from the past that leads up to the present. Timelines are sometimes portrayed as being vulnerable to alteration and are often threatened by the actions of time travelers.
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What year was the Time Lock established?
Is there any evidence to indicate when - what year by our Earthly reckoning - the Time Lock was put in place around the Time War between the Daleks and Time Lords?
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Is Star Trek set in our future, or is it an alternate universe? [closed]
If I recall correctly, the Eugenics Wars were supposed to have occurred in the 1990s and World War 3 is supposed to happen relatively early in the 21st century. Obviously, the Eugenics Wars did not ...
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Why can the wormhole aliens communicate with and learn from humans at all?
We know that the aliens living inside the wormhole adjacent to DS9 and Bajor (also known as "Prophets" by the Bajoran clergy) have no concept of linear time as we know it. That is, their conciousness ...
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Where does Artemis stand in the Star Trek timeline?
The multiplayer co-op game and Star Trek Bridge Simualator, Artemis, presents the players with the ability to roleplay their own scenarios with their own personal crew and ship. As such, the game ...
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Has Star Trek ever addressed why our timeline is different than theirs?
The Star Trek universe and ours are identical (as far as we know) until sometime between the 1960s and 1993. We know from Vic Fontaine and various references to Apollo that the 1960s happened very ...
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Was Harold Saxon the next Prime Minister after Harriet Jones?
So did the Doctor start the events leading to his capture by the Master, and the events of The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords, when he caused Harriet Jones's resignation?
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How did time-travel work in The Philadelphia Experiment 2?
Time travel in The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) is kept simple, there is no "new" timeline created. Jim Parker goes forward and then back in time and David Herdeg is remembered by other crewmates as ...
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Will Spock warn of disasters in the new Star Trek universe? [closed]
Will Old Spock in the new timeline universe warn them of upcoming natural disasters? i.e. V'ger, the whale probe, Praxis and explosion, the Borg, violent first contacts, the wave from Generations, ...
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How does the Xenomorph evolution timeline work in the Alien/Predator universe?
I'm wanting to know how the timeline works in the Alien/Predator universe, specifically in relation to the Xenomorph's evolution.
What I want to know is how this ties in with Alien Vs Predator? As ...
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Is Madame K dead?
I know Amy killed Madame K in The Wedding of River Song (Season 6 Episode 13). But that took place in an alternate timeline. On the hand, at the end of that episode Amy is drinking wine because she is ...
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Were there two Death Stars in construction at the same time?
The first Death Star was in construction at the end of Episode III (presumable 19 BBY). The ending shot is this picture, with only small portions of the superstructure completed:
19 years later, ...
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Why didn't River know what would happen to The Doctor at Lake Silencio?
I'm talking about the Season 6 finale "The Wedding of River Song", about this moment:
I'm specifically talking about the moment
(I won't bother with spoiler boxes from now, because this won't ...
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How long, in-universe, were each of the Star Wars movies?
Inspired by this question:
Why Luke named his son Ben and not Obi-wan?
Currently, the only answer there addresses the fact that the "names you first know someone by are hard to shake". However, ...
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Does time move slower inside Lothlorien?
I know I have read this somewhere and I wonder if it is correct. When the fellowship comes out of Lothlorien it is implied that, during the time it has taken for them to be in Lothlorien, a lot more ...
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How could our heroes & old Biff switch timeline while keeping Almanac with young Biff?
In Back to the Future 2, old Biff stole the time machine in 2015 and went back in time to give an Almanac to young Biff. At the point of giving the Almanac to young Biff in 1955, he altered the future ...
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What is the timeline for The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
The Lord of the Rings trilogy obviously covers a lot of time. How many months / years pass from the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring until the end of The Return of the King? A timeline of ...
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When was Babylon 5 constructed, and how long did it take?
I've just recently started watching B5, and I'm near the end of season 2.
One thing that's seemed strange to me is that all five Babylon stations were built in the decade following the Earth-Minbari ...
