time traveller
Temporal journey taker
A time traveller is someone who moves between different points in time, a concept from science fiction rather than established physics.
The idea appears in countless stories where characters visit the past or future: The time traveller stepped out of his machine into Victorian London.
Occasionally used figuratively for someone who seems out of step with their era: With his flip phone and vinyl collection, he's a time traveller from 1995.
Time-traveling alien series
- H.G. WellsTime Machine author
- DeLoreanStainless steel automobile
- TerminatorKiller android series
- 12 MonkeysSci-fi plague thriller
TARDIS · Marty McFly · Doc Brown · Quantum Leap · Looper · timeslip
Hypothetical spacetime tunnel
- relativityHow observers differ
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
- fourth dimensionTemporal coordinate in spacetime
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
quantum mechanics · Einstein · light speed · tachyon · singularity · theoretical physics
Time still to come
- pastTime already gone
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- ancient RomeEarly Italian empire city
Victorian · Renaissance · dinosaurs · antiquity · ice age · roaring twenties · industrial revolution · distant future
Time travel logical contradiction
- butterfly effectSmall inputs, disproportionate results
- bootstrap paradoxSelf-caused existence loop
- causalityCause-effect connection
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
closed loop · causal loop · self-fulfilling prophecy · anachronism · paradoxical · alternate history · ripple effect · consistency
One who investigates unfamiliar regions
- voyagerLong-distance journey taker
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- wandererRootless, roving person
- adventurerOne pursuing exciting exploits
seeker · wayfarer · observer · witness · chronicler · reluctant hero · fish out of water · stranger
Doctor Who
Time-traveling alien series
- H.G. WellsTime Machine author
- DeLoreanStainless steel automobile
- TerminatorKiller android series
TARDIS · Marty McFly · Doc Brown · Quantum Leap · 12 Monkeys · Looper · timeslip
wormhole
Hypothetical spacetime tunnel
- relativityHow observers differ
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
- fourth dimensionTemporal coordinate in spacetime
continuum · quantum mechanics · Einstein · light speed · tachyon · singularity · theoretical physics
future
Time still to come
- pastTime already gone
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
ancient Rome · Victorian · Renaissance · dinosaurs · antiquity · ice age · roaring twenties · industrial revolution · distant future · apocalypse
grandfather paradox
Time travel logical contradiction
- butterfly effectSmall inputs, disproportionate results
- bootstrap paradoxSelf-caused existence loop
- causalityCause-effect connection
predestination · closed loop · causal loop · self-fulfilling prophecy · anachronism · paradoxical · alternate history · ripple effect · consistency · fixed point
explorer
One who investigates unfamiliar regions
adventurer · seeker · wayfarer · observer · witness · chronicler · reluctant hero · fish out of water · stranger · outsider
- Steampunkgears, cogs, brass goggles, airship, dirigible