Timeline

**WARNING: This article may contain spoilers for anyone who hasn’t yet seen the musical!**

## Timeline 1

This is the original timeline which occurs before Marty travels back to 1955.

### 1955

* **Saturday 5th November 1955**
	+ Doc Brown is standing on the edge of his toilet hanging a clock. The porcelain is wet and causes him to slip, hitting his head on the edge of his sink and knocking himself out. When he comes to, he has a vision – a revelation – a picture in his head of the flux capacitor.
	+ Sam Baines finds George McFly lying in the middle of the road outside their house after falling from the tree. Sam takes George into the house.
* **Saturday 12th November 1955**
	+ **Evening** George takes Lorraine Baines on their first date to the Enchantment Under The Sea dance.
	+ **9:35pm** George and Lorraine kiss for the first time.
	+ **10:04pm** A lightning bolt strikes the clocktower and fries the clock.

### 1985

* **Friday 25th October 1985**
	+ **4:30pm** Marty McFly calls at Doc’s lab on the way to his audition.
	+ Hill Valley Town Square: It’s Only a Matter of Time
	+ Hill Valley High School: Marty McFly and The Pinheads begin playing The Power of Love for their audition to play at the Annual Celebration Day, but their performance is interrupted by Strickland.
	+ Got No Future
	+ Hill Valley Town Square: Wherever We’re Going
	+ **Evening**
	+ McFly House: Hello, Is Anybody Home?

* **Saturday 26th October 1985**
	+ **1:15am** Doc Brown leaves Twin Pines Mall in the DeLorean Time Machine, attempting to travel five minutes into the future.
	+ **1:19am** Marty is four minutes late arriving at Twin Pines Mall to meet Doc Brown.
	+ **1:20am** Doc Brown arrives back at Twin Pines Mall in the DeLorean Time Machine five minutes after leaving, making him the world’s first time traveller.
	+ It Works
	+ Don’t Drive 88!
	+ **1:31am** Marty drives at 88 miles per hour in the DeLorean Time Machine and accidentally travels back to Saturday 5th November 1955, creating Timeline 2.
	+ **Morning**: The Annual Celebration Day takes place.

## Timeline 2

This is the altered timeline caused by Marty accidentally travelling back to 1955.

### 1955

* **Saturday 5th November 1955**
	+ Doc Brown is standing on the edge of his toilet hanging a clock. The porcelain is wet and causes him to slip, hitting his head on the edge of his sink and knocking himself out. When he comes to, he has a vision – a revelation – a picture in his head of the flux capacitor.
	+ **7:30am** Marty arrives in the DeLorean Time Machine and crashes it into a barn
	+ Hill Valley Town Square: Cake
	+ **8:30am (approximately)** Marty enters Lou’s Cafe.
	+ Got No Future (Reprise)
	+ Hill Valley Town Square: Gotta Start Somewhere
	+ **Morning**
	+ Lorraine’s Bedroom Window: My Myopia
	+ Sam Baines finds Marty lying in the middle of the road outside their house after he breaks George’s fall from the tree. Sam takes Marty into the house.
	+ **Evening** Marty wakes up in Lorraine’s bedroom several hours later.
	+ Pretty Baby
	+ Marty goes to Doc’s lab.
	+ Marty takes Doc to the barn to show him the time machine.
	+ Future Boy
	+ Marty and Doc return to Doc’s lab to discuss the plan for sending Marty back to the future.

* **Monday 7th November 1955**
	+ Hill Valley High School: Hill Valley High School Fight Song
	+ **Lunch break** Doc and Marty arrive at Hill Valley High School.
	+ Something About That Boy
	+ **Late afternoon/Evening**
	+ 2020: 21st Century
	+ Doc’s lab: Doc wakes up and asks Marty how this went with his father at the school.
	+ Lorraine turns up at Doc’s lab.
	+ Something About That Boy (Reprise)

* **Tuesday 8th / Wednesday 9th November 1955**
	+ **Daytime** Marty goes to George’s backyard.
	+ Put Your Mind to It
	+ **Evening** Back at Doc’s lab, Doc is watching the video from Twin Pines Mall.
	+ Doc shows Marty his model and shares his plan for sending Marty back to 1985.
	+ For the Dreamers

* **Wednesday 9th / Thursday 10th November 1955**
	+ **Daytime** At Hill Valley High School, Biff, 3-D and Slick are still looking for Marty.
	+ Teach Him a Lesson

* **Saturday 12th November 1955**
	+ **Evening** Doc and Marty are at Lou’s Cafe.
	+ The Letter
	+ Only a Matter of Time (Reprise)
	+ **Evening** The Enchantment Under The Sea dance at Hill Valley High School.
	+ **8:00pm (approximately)** Marty picks up Lorraine to take her to the Enchantment Under The Sea dance
	+ Marvin Berry and The Starlighters perform Deep Divin’ at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance.
	+ **8:55pm** George is at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance.
	+ Marty and Lorraine have arrived at the dance, but park for a while in the parking lot.
	+ Pretty Baby (Reprise)
	+ **9:00pm (approximately)** George approaches the car but finds Biff Tannen instead of Marty in the car with Lorraine.
	+ Back at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance, Marvin Berry and The Starlighters are joined by Marty McFly for Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
	+ **9:35pm** George and Lorraine kiss for the first time.
	+ Marty and The Starlighters perform Johnny B. Goode
	+ Marty returns to the town square where Doc is waiting for him.
	+ Doc climbs the stairs of the clocktower.
	+ The Clocktower
	+ For the Dreamers (Reprise)
	+ **10:04pm** A lightning bolt strikes the clocktower and fries the clock, also sending the DeLorean Time Machine and Marty back to Saturday 26th October 1985.

### 1985

* **Saturday 26th October 1985**
	+ **1:41am** The DeLorean Time Machine and Marty arrive back in the town square from 1955 after being struck by lightning.
	+ **Morning**: George McFly Day
	+ George McFly introduces Marty McFly and The Pinheads who begin playing The Power of Love, but their performance is interrupted by Doc Brown.
	+ Doc Returns/Finale