3:30 PM PDT
BTTF Universe
Eighteen-year-old Marty McFly was inside of Dr. Emmett Brown's garage, as Doc (which was Marty's affectionate nickname for his elder friend) was showing a new invention he had built for his time machine.
"This is the destination locator," Doc was telling Marty. "From now on, when we travel through time, we don't have to be limited to travelling within Hill Valley. We can now set the location of any place on earth we would like to visit, and the time machine will take us to our destination location on our designation."
"Whoa, that's awesome, Doc," Marty said, impressed. "So you mean, if we wanted to go back to Bethlehem to witness the birth of Jesus Christ, we could? Some Biblical experts say that he was most likely really born sometime in spring of the year 4 BC. Furthermore, there really is no year zero."
"Well, we would have to set up the time machine to take at back to the BC years, before we can do that," explained Doc. "Also, it wouldn't be wise to mess up with major events like that. You know how travelling through time always carries its risks, right?"
"That's true," replied Marty. "God is much greater than us, though, right? There is no way He would allow for us to disrupt with a major event like that. That's also why I think it's impossible to create a time paradox. God would not allow us mere humans to disrupt something as important as the space-time continuum."
"That's very profound, Marty," replied Doc. "Still, God does expect us to be responsible people, and to not abuse the gifts that He has provided us with."
"Yeah, I guess you're right, Doc," Marty said, smiling a little. "So, are we going to use Einie as our guinea pig, again. I mean, we want to make sure that this works properly, right? I mean, we don't want to travel through time - and somehow end up in limbo. That would be very disastrous."
"Yeah, I suppose we could go over to Hill Valley Park," explained Doc, "and do our test there. It's a pretty big park. We would have to see to it, though, that the DeLorean doesn't hit into any trees. This is one thing we'll have to be very careful of."
"So, how does the destination locator work, anyway?" asked Marty.
"Well, this destination panel is created from computer parts that I have picked up in the year 2030," explained Doc. "I took the trip after I dropped you home four days ago, when we saw to it that your 48 year old self from 2016 survives the terrible disease that he acquired from the Caribbean cruise. I was happy to discover that you are still alive and healthy in the year 2030."
"Oh, I'm so relieved to hear that, Doc," Marty said, smiling.
"Anyway," Doc continued, "on this panel, you search for locations of where you would like to travel to. Then you keep zooming up on various locations, until you have pinpointed the exact location of where you would like to land. Now, I have synchronized the destination panel with the time panel that tells you where you're going. That way, the destination panel displays the world's geography that is current to the time we plan to travel to."
"Whoa, Doc, this is heavy," breathed Marty. "So how did you manage all that? Either the computer technology of 2030 is highly advanced, or else you really are a genius."
"Well, not to brag or anything," Doc said, blushing a little, "but I would say that it's probably a little bit of both. I was able to fine tune the computer technology that was available in 2030 to correlate with the time panels - which I have also replaced with 2030 computer technology. Now, of course, I cannot imagine that the geography of Hill Valley Park would change that drastically within a couple of hours."
"So what's on the agenda, Doc?" asked Marty. "So we take Einie with us in the DeLorean, we pick a location in the park to do our experiment. We send Einie in the DeLorean to the other side of the park in an hour, and you figure it should take us an hour to walk over there. Say, did you bring any hoverboards back with you? I think it would be a lot easier on our feet to hoverboard."
"As a matter of fact, yeah, I did bring back a couple of hoverboards," explained Doc. "I figured it should be those of the Mattel variety, as they don't make so much noise or cause any pollution. We'll have to make sure we don't let anyone see us on the hoverboards. So, anyway, if my calculations are correct, we'll start over here..." Doc zoomed up the location on the destination panel to show Marty. "and, precisely an hour later, Einie and the time machine will reappear on this side of the park." Doc zoomed up to that location to show Marty, then he locked that location in place."
"Well, you're the doc, Doc," Marty said, grinning.
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"Well, it's almost about time," Doc said, glancing at his watch. "In precisely 45 seconds, Einstein will be showing up here in the time machine, so watch out!"
Not long afterwards, Marty heard the three familiar sonic booms, as the DeLorean had formed in midair. Doc had used his remote control to decelerate the DeLorean and gently land it onto the ground.
Doc then started jumping around, excitedly, as he shouted, "It worked! It actually worked! We actually took time travel onto the next level!"
"Yeah, Doc, this is so exciting," Marty replied, smiling. "this is so awesome!"
Doc then walked over to the DeLorean, as he opened up the door, and said, "Ha, ha, ha, Einstein! You little devil!" He then unbuckled Einstein, as the dog began to lick Doc's hand.
"So, Doc, what's next?" asked Marty, grinning.
"Well, I guess I should start heading home, now," Doc said, smiling. "I should check up on Clara and the boys - and Clara is probably cooking dinner, now. Do you need me to drive you home?"
"Uh, no, Doc, I'll be fine," Marty replied, as he embraced his elder friend. "I think I'll spend some time here in the park. It's a lovely day out, and I could certainly use the fresh air."
"Well, then," replied Doc, as he squeezed Marty back, "you take good care of yourself. I guess I'll see you later."
Marty smiled, as he watched Doc step into the DeLorean with Einstein. He then watched Doc drive out of the park.
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A few hours later, Marty had decided to check out the Roanoke Island. His best friend, Zach Nelson, had been a bit fascinated with that location - and Marty had been a little curious himself. He decided to set the time destination to 15 minutes ahead, and he decided to take his little jaunt through time.
With the addition of the destination locator, the possibilities were endless. He could go see his favourite band, Huey Lewis and The News, anywhere in the world and at any time. Of course, he would also need a ticket to attend the show - but that was a minor issue in comparison.
After Marty had accelerated the DeLorean up to 88 miles per hour, he had broken the time barrier. He had also seen a little ripple outside of the windshield, but he thought nothing of it. He figured it was just a side affect of travelling to a different spacial destination as well as a different time.