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"Theory of Relativity"

S  -  Ep  -  2001/11/
Short Story  -  min  
Dr. Rachel Fenstone takes her time machine from her universe to a parallel universe where she meets an analog of herself so that together they can figure out where their histories diverged. Written by Jody Lynn Nye.
Dr. Rachel Fenstone takes her time machine from her universe to a parallel universe (both of which contain the Marx Brothers) where she meets an analog of herself so that together they can figure out where their histories diverged and visit that moment in their mutual pasts.
There and Then

There and Then

S  -  Ep  -  1993/11/
Short Story  -  min  
Written by Steven Utley.

"There Is a Tide"

S  -  Ep  -  1952/08/02
Short Story  -  min  
"I believe in ghosts. I believe in the ghost of Harris L. Gruener. I have to: he came to haunt me right in my own apartment." Written by Jack Finney.
"I believe in ghosts. I believe in the ghost of Harris L. Gruener. I have to: he came to haunt me right in my own apartment."
There Will Be Time

There Will Be Time

S  -  Ep  -  1972//
Novel 181 min  

Jack Havig was born in the American midwest in 1933 with a genetic mutation that allows him to travel through time. He learns that an apocalypse will occur sometime in the 21st century due to over-pollution and nuclear warfare. Farther still in the future, a New Zealand/Micronesian culture known as "the Maurai Federation" will eventually dominate the world and impose their vision of a less industrialized, more ecologically balanced world. Jack reasons that there must be others born with the same innate ability to travel through time. In his initial search for them, he visits Jerusalem at the time of the Crucifixion. Jack is discovered by other time-travelers who are agents of a time-traveling organization called the "Eyrie," that is based in the far future and is led by a racist man born in 19th century United States. Initially Jack joins the group, but eventually rebels against them when he discovers and experiences first hand, the extent of the Eyrie's rampant brutality and inhumanity as they attempt to achieve their goal of stopping the Maurai ascendancy. To defeat the Eyrie, Jack returns to the 20th century and devises a plan of his own to recruit time-travelers and create a "tribe" that will return to the future to destroy the Eyrie. Much of the story takes place in various times of the past, present, and future, including an extended interlude where Jack is sent on a mission by the Eyrie to medieval Constantinople; where he saves the life of a Greek girl during the carnage of the Fourth Crusade and eventually marries her.
Therefore I am

Therefore I am

Film  -  min  

Thermae Romae

Thermae Romae

2012/04/28
Film 108 min  
COM SF Japan
Shocked by the many inventive aspects of Japan's bathing culture, Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) returns to ancient Rome and garners tremendous attention when he implements these novel ideas.
Ancient Roman architect Lucius is too serious. His inability to keep up with the fast-moving times costs him his job. When a friend takes the dejected Lucius to the public bathhouse to cheer him up, Lucius accidentally slips through time and resurfaces in a modern-day public bath in Japan. There, he meets aspiring young manga artist Mami, along with others of the "flat-faced clan". Shocked by the many inventive aspects of Japan's bathing culture, Lucius returns to ancient Rome and garners tremendous attention when he implements these novel ideas back in Rome. As he time-slips back and forth between ancient Rome and modern-day Japan, Lucius' reputation as the ingenious, new bath architect begins to grow
Thermae Romae

Thermae Romae

1 season 6 episodes Jan 12 2012 - Jan 26 2012

S  -  Ep  -  2012/01/12
TV Series  -  min  
COM Japan
In Rome in the year 128 AD, Lucius Modestus (Ryo Ono) is having trouble coming up with ideas for architecture. While contemplating in a bathhouse, he discovers a strange drain than sends him to Modern Japan.
In Rome in the year 128 AD, a Roman named Lucius Modestus is having trouble coming up with ideas for architecture. While contemplating in a bathhouse, he discovers a strange drain than sends him to a bathhouse in Modern Japan.
Thermae Romae

Thermae Romae

The Roman Who Leapt Through Time

S 1 Ep 1 2012/01/12
TV Series Episode  -  min  
COM Japan
In 128 AD, a Roman named Lucius Modestus (Ryo Ono) travels to Modern Japan, bringing modern design ideas back to Ancient Rome.
In Rome in the year 128 AD, a Roman named Lucius Modestus is having trouble coming up with ideas for architecture. While contemplating in a bathhouse, he discovers a strange drain than sends him to a bathhouse in Modern Japan. While confused by his surroundings, he becomes amazed by some of their innovations, such as fruit flavored milk. Taking these ideas back to Rome, he incorporates these ideas into a new bathhouse to great success. A year later, Lucius is commissioned by a sickly man to build an outdoor bath near Vesuvius. While inspecting a heated well, Lucius is once again sent to modern Japan, this time winding up in a hot spring, where he gets to sample boiled eggs and sake. These innovations help nurse the old man back to health.
Thermae Romae II

Thermae Romae II

2014/04/26
Film 112 min  
COM Japan
A Roman Empire bathhouse architect (Hiroshi Abe) discovers he is able to travel through time when in need of inspiration.
A sequel to the comedy Thermae Romae, an adaptation of Yamazaki Mari's popular comic. A Roman Empire bathhouse architect discovers he is able to travel through time when in need of inspiration. Things get messy, however, when he finds himself wrapped up in a conflict that could divide the Roman Empire.

"These Are The Times"

S  -  Ep  -  2011/11/
Short Story  -  min  

Temporal Interventionish Tom and his implanted assistant Jeannie are at the start of the American Revolution, a decidedly TI-crowded time, when they run into Tom's love interest Pam, another TI from Tom's future who is trying to figure out who fired the first shot.
Theseus' Paradox  (aka  Ship Of Theseus,  George Washington's axe or Grandfather's old axe)

Theseus' Paradox (aka Ship Of Theseus, George Washington's axe or Grandfather's old axe)

Is an object that has had all of its components replaced still the same object?

S  -  Ep  -  100//
High  -  min  
It seems like you can replace any component of a ship, and it is still the same ship. So you can replace them all, one at a time, and it is still the same ship. However, you can then take all the original pieces, and assemble them into a ship. That, too, is the same ship you began with.
The ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus' paradox, is a thought experiment that raises the question of whether an object which has had all of its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object. The paradox is most notably recorded by Plutarch in Life of Theseus from the late first century. Plutarch asked whether a ship which was restored by replacing each and every one of its wooden parts remained the same ship. The paradox had been discussed by more ancient philosophers such as Heraclitus, Socrates, and Plato prior to Plutarch's writings; and more recently by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Several variants are known, notably "grandfather's axe". This thought experiment is "a model for the philosophers"; some say, "it remained the same," some saying, "it did not remain the same".[1]
They Came Back

They Came Back

2004/10/27
Film 102 min   NR
DRA FAN France
The lives of the residents of a small French town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into society that has changed for them.
The lives of the residents of a small French town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into society that has changed for them.

"A Thief in Time"

S  -  Ep  - 
Short Story  -  min  

Unfreezing and freezing of time using a small mechanism.

"A Thief in Time"

S  -  Ep  -  1954/07/
Short Story  -  min  

The Thief of Time

The Thief of Time

Film  -  min  

Thief!

Thief!

S  -  Ep  - 
Novel 204 min  

A huge storm traps a girl who is accused of being a thief and takes her into the future. You're the new girl in school. You're just trying to fit in - and it's not working. Then someone accuses you of theft, and you think things can't get any worse. Until you get caught in a freak storm ...The next thing you know, you're in the future. Being shot at for being out after curfew. You don't even recognise your hometown. And you're heading for a confrontation from your worst nightmare. What if you could change the past to save the future?

"Things I Didn't Know My Father Knew"

S  -  Ep  -  2001/11/
Short Story  -  min  

Thinking Speed

Thinking Speed

Film 137 min  
HOR

The Thiotimoline Stories

The Thiotimoline Stories

S  -  Ep  -  1948/03/
Short Story  -  min  

The Thiotimoline Stories:

The Thiotimoline Stories: "Antithiotimoline"

S  -  Ep  -  1977/12/
Short Story  -  min  

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