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For those of you unaware of the concept of time travel, you should stop reading here. Of course you’ve all seen the tales of time follies, and usually they all end in a jaunty tune and a hearty slap on the back…

Of course time travel in real life wouldn’t be quite so nice. Yes, yes I know that Einstein proved time travel impossible, and that a huge wordy explanation from a science nerd would explain that’s it will never happen in our lifetime…

Be that as it may, our fiction has presented us with a pretty diverse take on the whole time vortex thing. From Back to the Futures to Doctor Who, we geeks are wild for time travel…mostly.

Occasionally you’ll find some guy complaining about the magical reset button…usually enabled by a time machine or some such. These people also complain about the word ‘cannon’ a lot, and tend to have very annoying iron clad concepts about space and time. When done correctly the reset button can be a great device, regardless of its dues ex machina principles.

So to assist all you time lords and ladies, here’s a list of the best Time Travel stuff presented in a simple linear non temporal fashion.

Dr Who ‘Blink’ (2007)

-Quite possibly the most fascinating 42 minutes of Time Travel science fiction ever made…inside a Television of course.

Seven Days

-Not well known, but the concept is brilliant.

Star Trek The Next Generation ‘All Good Things’

-The last and greatest episodes of TNG. If your in a temporal paradox, Data rules…

Improv Everywhere ‘Frozen Grand Central’

-Ok so not a show persay, but still simple and fascinating…

Biggles… Adventures in Time

-Don’t ask… world war 1, fighter planes, German super weapons, and a horrible name.

Bill And Teds’ Excellent Adventure

-Dude, it’s Keanu pre-matrix… most excellent.

Of course every good time traveler needs at least two things… a good sense of direction a universal translator… and the answer to life the universe and everything in it…