The Timekeeper

**The Timekeeper** also known as **From Time to Time** and **Un Voyage à Travers le Temps** (French: **A Voyage in Traversing the Timeline** (indirect translation)) is a defunct attraction from Discoveryland and Tomorrowland.

## History

### Backstory

The Timekeeper is an eccentric robotic scientist employed by the *Metropolis Institute of Time Travel*. He travels time and space promoting innovation alongside his robot assistant 9-Eye who acquires footage for him.

## Summary

### Disneyland Paris

This version of the attraction was hosted in Discoveryland's *Visionarium* with a queue decorated with artwork of the Nautilus and flying-machines of Leonardo Da Vinci.

### Magic Kingdom

This version of the attraction was hosted in the *Metropolis Science Centre* of Tomorrowland.

## Connections

### 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

A model of the Nautilus appeared in the queue for the Discoveryland version of the attraction.

### Atlantis: The Lost Empire

In the lore of this film, H.G. Wells was a guest allowed passage to Atlantis by Preston B. Whitmore and Whitmore Industries. Other guests included the likes of former president Theodore Roosevelt and fellow author Edgar Rice Burroughs. Da Vinci's Flying Machines also appeared in the queue which in the lore of Atlantis were inspired by illustrations found in the Shepherd's Journal.

### Fortress Explorations

In the Timekeeper attraction, Timekeeper encountered Leonardo Da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa. Da Vinci is featured as an honorary member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers in Fortress Explorations.

### Lilo & Stitch

9-Eye and the Timekeeper make a cameo appearance in an advertisement for Robo-Mart in the show Stitch's Supersonic Celebration. Robo-Mart itself is a subsidiary of the evil alien corporation X-S Tech which originates from the attraction ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter.

### Mystic Point

The Exposition Universelle de 1900 is referenced via a portrait in Mystic Manor showing SEA member Lord Henry Mystic receiving a first-prize award for his invention of the *Mystic Magneto-Electric Carriages*.

### Rocket to the Moon

A poster in the Metropolis Science Centre of Tomorrowland featured a dark-grey/black Moonliner on a poster which advertised the, "Retro Rocket Association's 225th annual Antique Rocket Show & Swap Meet".

### Skipper Canteen

There is a book referencing the Timekeeper in the Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen. Said book is titled *Keeping Time* by Williams with the name of the author being in tribute to the Timekeeper's English voice-actor, the late Robin Williams. It is unclear if the content of the book or author are supposed to be related to the actual character of the Timekeeper or not.

### Space Mountain

A fictionalized, Disney Parks mythos depiction of Jules Verne also appeared in Discoveryland's Space Mountain where he was shown to be a 19th century astronaut sent to space via the Baltimore Gun Club.

### Toy Story

9-Eye makes a cameo in *Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast*, watching guests from behind the Boxobot.

## Trivia

* The Timekeeper's audio-animatronic would be repurposed for the robotic body of Tom Morrow, a character originating from Rocket to the Moon.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2009/05/06/stitchs-supersonic-celebration/
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2012/02/space-home-garden.html
3. ↑ https://photosmagiques.com/2013/04/23/finding-9-eye/