# The History of Time Travel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-time-travel/839389 "2019-08-29T01:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-time-travel/839389/1 "2019-08-29T01:08:29Z")
This isn’t new (it was from 2014) but I only just saw this after someone in my Facebook feed found it. It’s on Amazon Prime. It’s a little cheesy but clever faux documentary about the invention of Time Travel. I liked the little touches and background details. It’s only an hour so if you’re interested, it is worth checking out. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-time-travel/839389/2 "2019-08-29T01:34:51Z")
It was okay. Worth watching once, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-time-travel/839389/3 "2019-08-29T01:39:16Z")
I saw it a few months ago and enjoyed it quite a bit. Lots of little stuff in the background to watch for. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-time-travel/839389/4 "2019-08-29T01:55:55Z")
Samuel Clemens - 1889 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-time-travel/839389/5 "2019-08-29T11:23:31Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Samuel Clemens - 1889 Edward Page Mitchell’s **The Clock that went Backwards** preceded **A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court** by eight years. And included an actual “Time Machine”, which Twain’s story didn’t. > **[The Clock that Went Backward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clock_that_Went_Backward)** > > "The Clock That Went Backward" is a fantasy short story by American writer Edward Page Mitchell.: 154 : 450  > The narrator recalls his visiting his great-aunt Gertrude in Maine, alongside his cousin Harry. Gertrude frequently related her family history, dating back to her great-great-grandmother who migrated from Leiden to Plymouth Colony with "a Puritan refugee" in 1632. The boys grew skeptical of these stories, and imagined that she was old enough to have personally lived out the adventures ... ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-time-travel/839389/6 "2019-08-30T02:24:56Z")
Yes, but it cribbed from the Twain story. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-time-travel/839389/7 "2019-08-30T02:50:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yes, but it cribbed from the Twain story. It’s almost as if the author used… TIME TRAVEL! Good catch, “Chronos,” if that’s your real name…