The Time Machine

The Time Machine was a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells (PROSE: ) published in 1895 (PROSE: ) and adapted into several films. (PROSE: )
In 1885, Wells encountered the Sixth Doctor and the Morlox. (TV: ) He was also friends with the inventor of Earth's first time machine, Theo Tolliver, who in 1897 embarked on his second trip through time and met the Third Doctor while escaping Mar-Kom's prison in 3550. (COMIC: ) By another account, it was Penelope Gate in 1883 who invented the first time machine, meeting the Seventh Doctor on her travels; (PROSE: ) she later became the Doctor's mother. (PROSE: , )
One copy was owned by Professor Chronotis, and he was reading it when first met by the Fourth Doctor. (TV: ) The Fifth Doctor later read a first edition of this book before visiting a peaceful planet not unlike prehistoric Earth. (PROSE: )
Will Arrowsmith was fairly sure that the Victorian-esque TARDIS console room used by the Seventh Doctor towards the end of his life was inspired by The Time Machine. (AUDIO: ) The Seventh Doctor relaxed by reading a copy of this book during his aborted mission to return 's remains to Gallifrey. A skipping record interrupted him, followed by the escape of the Master's Deathworm and the TARDIS crash-landing in San Francisco on 30 December 1999. (TV: )
After his regeneration, the Eighth Doctor attempted to start the novel where his previous self had left off; again, a skipping record interrupted him. (TV: ) He finished it some time later. (PROSE: ) He tried to read the novel at least once in every incarnation and was surprised by how different it looked each time. (PROSE: ) He told Forster that he would recommend the book to anyone looking for "original and stimulating reading matter" and noted the concept to be "quite enthralling." (PROSE: )
In April 1912, the Ninth Doctor gifted a copy of The Time Machine to Connie Daniels. He included inside a note with a warning for the Daniels family not to board the Titanic. (AUDIO: )
The Time Machine was Clive Finch's favourite book. (AUDIO: )
The Time Machines film adaptations included a 1960 version by George Pal. (PROSE: ) The First Doctor's companion Oliver Harper had seen this adaptation, and he connected the Doctor's TARDIS with the time machine in the story, thinking initially that the TARDIS could move in time but not space. He expected to see Shoreditch in the "time of the dinosaurs" or the 21st century. (AUDIO: )
Other adaptations included a 91st century version starring a Silurian and spoken in haiku, and a version featuring Quarks and Giant Wasps which the Sixth Doctor said "hadn't even been bad enough to be good". (PROSE: )
Upon seeing the Doctor's TARDIS, Jamie Colquhoun compared it to The Time Machine with the Tenth Doctor responding that "Herbert" had nicked the idea from him. (COMIC: )
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