# Martian Chronicles miniseries, timeloop?

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**Created:** [January 8, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martian-chronicles-miniseries-timeloop/646435 "2013-01-08T02:04:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martian-chronicles-miniseries-timeloop/646435/1 "2013-01-08T02:04:04Z")

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Watched the mini, never read the book by Bradbury, did the last part imply we’re dealing with some kind of timeloop? Mars and Earth and back again, rinse repeat?

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martian-chronicles-miniseries-timeloop/646435/2 "2013-01-08T02:08:27Z")

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No. Earth had been destroyed. There would never be any going back. The erstwhile Earthlings, and their descendants, are now Martians.

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martian-chronicles-miniseries-timeloop/646435/3 "2013-01-08T19:38:14Z")

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That story in the Martian Chronicles is “The Million Year Picnic.”