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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>About The Time Machine</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AThe_Time_Machine.jpg%7Cthumb%7C%27%27CG%20model%20of%20The%20Time%20Machine%20from%20the%201960%20film.%28the%20good%20one%29%27%27%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22The_Time_Machine.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22The%20Time%20Machine%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%27%27CG%20model%20of%20The%20Time%20Machine%20from%20the%201960%20film.%28the%20good%20one%29%27%27%22%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22%3Ci%3ECG%20model%20of%20The%20Time%20Machine%20from%20the%201960%20film.%28the%20good%20one%29%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/timemachine/images/4/45/The_Time_Machine.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20090502052213" width="180" height="135" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="The Time Machine.jpg" data-image-key="The_Time_Machine.jpg" type="image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} --><b>The Time Machine</b> is a science-fiction series which began as a novel by <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22H.G.%20Wells%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22H.G.%20Wells%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BH.G.%20Wells%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/H.G._Wells" title="H.G. Wells">H.G. Wells</a>, which in turn was a remake of an earlier short story of his called <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Chronic%20Argonauts%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Chronic%20Argonauts%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Chronic%20Argonauts%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/The_Chronic_Argonauts" title="The Chronic Argonauts">The Chronic Argonauts</a>. The principle concept of the series is that an inventor known only as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Time%20Traveler%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Time%20Traveler%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Time%20Traveler%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/The_Time_Traveler" title="The Time Traveler">The Time Traveler</a> has created a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Time%20Machine%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Time%20Machine%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTime%20Machine%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/Time_Machine" title="Time Machine" class="mw-redirect">Time Machine</a> capable of taking him into the future or the past as he pleases. In the future, he finds a decayed world where Humanity has evolved into separate species: the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Eloi%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Eloi%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEloi%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/Eloi" title="Eloi">Eloi</a> and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Morlocks%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Morlocks%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMorlocks%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/Morlocks" title="Morlocks">Morlocks</a>. Wells also wrote another sci-fi novel, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22When%20The%20Sleeper%20Wakes%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22When%20The%20Sleeper%20Wakes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWhen%20The%20Sleeper%20Wakes%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/When_The_Sleeper_Wakes" title="When The Sleeper Wakes">When The Sleeper Wakes</a>, which sheds some light on how the world of the Eloi and the Morlocks came to be. <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} --><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AThe_time_machine_1.jpg%7Cthumb%7C%27%27The%20Time%20Machine%20in%20the%202002%20film.%28the%20bad%20one%29%27%27%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22The_time_machine_1.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22The%20time%20machine%201%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%27%27The%20Time%20Machine%20in%20the%202002%20film.%28the%20bad%20one%29%27%27%22%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EThe%20Time%20Machine%20in%20the%202002%20film.%28the%20bad%20one%29%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/timemachine/images/5/55/The_time_machine_1.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20111220024347" width="180" height="122" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="The time machine 1.jpg" data-image-key="The_time_machine_1.jpg" type="image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The book was adapted a few times into movie form, most notably as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Time%20Machine%20%281960%20Film%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Time%20Machine%20%281960%20Film%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Time%20Machine%20%281960%20Film%29%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/The_Time_Machine_(1960_Film)" title="The Time Machine (1960 Film)">The Time Machine (1960 Film)</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Time%20Machine%20%282002%20Film%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Time%20Machine%20%282002%20Film%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Time%20Machine%20%282002%20Film%29%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/The_Time_Machine_(2002_Film)" title="The Time Machine (2002 Film)">The Time Machine (2002 Film)</a>. There have been a number of other film and television appearances as well. Additionally, some other authors have written sequels to Wells' original novel, most notably <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Stephen%20Baxter%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Stephen%20Baxter%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BStephen%20Baxter%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" class="new" title="Stephen Baxter (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU3RlcGhlbl9CYXh0ZXI/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Stephen Baxter</a>'s <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Time%20Ships%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Time%20Ships%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Time%20Ships%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/The_Time_Ships" title="The Time Ships">The Time Ships</a>, an authorized sequel which expands the concepts of the original novel, introducing new races, new scientific explanation of time travel, and new characters. In 2011, Syfy released <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Morlocks%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Morlocks%20%28Film%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMorlocks%20%28Film%29%7CMorlocks%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="19811-13883306245df28c302f815" href="/wiki/Morlocks_(Film)" title="Morlocks (Film)">Morlocks</a>, a made-for-tv movie that puts a new twist on Wells' original story. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">This wiki covers all published sources related to The Time Machine, its sequels, movie adaptations, etc. </p> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" data-rte-style="text-align:center" style="text-align:center" data-rte-attribs=" style=text-align:center" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> </p> <p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key timemachine:rte-parser-cache:1461 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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