There is no shortage of time machines in the world of science fiction. You could probably name a bunch of them off the top of your head, from HG Wells’ iconic creation to such mainstays as Dr. Who’s Tardis and Dr. Brown’s flux-capacitated DeLorean. But just how many fictional time machines can you explain? In many works of fantasy and science fiction, the time machine is just a magical plot device. No actual science is thrown at the audience. Most of the time, no one asks for any. After all, you’re probably not watching Life on Mars or Terminator Salvation for a lesson in theoretical physics. Plus, if you’re writing time-traveling fiction, then skipping the science spares you the embarrassment of getting something wrong. Isn’t it enough that you described 1997 as being a world full of flying cars and busty android life partners? Let’s take a look at five examples of the plausible and ridiculous ways fictional TV and film characters have traveled through time.
(1932) While traveling through Wales, five people are caught in a storm and take refuge in a sinister old house. They soon discover that there are more dangers indoors than out. Made in the wake of “Frankenstein”, and long believed lost, this weird little movie capitalizes on Karloff’s recent fame. Boris Karloff – Morgan Melvyn Douglas – Roger Penderal Charles Laughton – Sir William Porterhouse Lilian Bond – Gladys Perkins Ernest Thesiger – Horace Femm Eva Moore – Rebecca Femm Raymond Massey – Philip Waverton Gloria Stuart – Margaret Waverton Elspeth Dudgeon – Sir Roderick Femm Brember Wills – Saul Femm
Visit with Wayne Thiebaud in his studio as he prepares for a traveling retrospective of his work from the past 50 years. Original air date: March 2009. For more information, go to: www.kqed.org
Product Description This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ran… More >>
Product Description This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ran… More >>
Product Description This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ran… More >>
Key West is filled with options for hotels, restaurants, entertainment and outdoor activities. Chris Kohatsu shares her top five travel tips for visiting Key West: the Key West Express, concierge services by Vacation Key West, La Creperie French Cafe, Renting an Electric Car and Latitudes Restaurant on Sunset Key. Filmed, produced, edited and written by Chris Kohatsu for Umami Productions, LLC. Additional footage by Vanessa Brock from Brock Media International.
Product Description This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a “borderless world”, cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ran… More >>
Product Description This econometric study covers the latent demand outlook for traveling products and services across the regions of Greater China, including provinces, autonomous regions (Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang – Tibet), municipalities (Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Tianjin), special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and Taiwan (all hereafter referred to as “regions”). Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings … More >>
Product Description This econometric study covers the world outlook for parts and attachments for overhead traveling cranes and monorail systems across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-a-vi… More >>
