Happy Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day! On December 8, today encourages us step from our Tardis or flip open our Omni while wearing clothes from the past.
At the same time, we should act appropriately confused by certain technology.
Time travel has captured our imaginations for generations. Science and authors keep coming back to the topic again and again, so it should be no surprise there would be a day to pretend to be a time traveler.
The original blog post that got the day rolling can be found here.
https://geekusa.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/act-like-a-time-traveller-day/
For more resources on how to be a time travel or at least act like one, we can explore the wide array of television and movies produced over the decades.
For example, Doctor Who is in its 26th season. Some might say that might be plenty of resource material right there.
Let’s not stop, though. We’ve made a list and some of them might surprise you.
Television
The Time Tunnel (1966–1967)
Doctor Who (1963–1989), (2005–present)
Voyagers! (1982–1983)
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Tru Calling (2003–2005)
Fringe (2008–2013)
Continuum (2012–2015)
Outlander (2014–present)
11.22.63 (2016–2016)
Books
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (1889)
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895)
Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov (1950)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1962)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1969)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (1979)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (1980)
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen (1988)
Oulander Series by Diana Gabalon (1991–present)
The Magic Treehouse Series by Mary Pope Osborne (1992–present)
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2003)
11/22/63 by Stephen King (2011)
Movies
La Jetée (The Pier) (1962)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Celine et Julie vont en bateau (Celine and Julie Go Boating) (1974)
The Terminator (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
The Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
About Time (2013)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Arrival (2016)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
HOW TO OBSERVE
Act like a time traveler. Choose your time period and decide whether you are traveling to the past or the future.
Be overly shocked when someone says, “I’d kill for a double mocha latte right now,” or “That car is the bomb.” Misuse technology.
When someone offers you earbuds to listen to a new song, sniff them to see if they smell good.
Do you need inspiration for your time traveling antics? National Day Calendar® has 9 Books to Unleash the Time Traveler in You.
Some of them are mentioned above, but this list will give you some insight to the stories and help you take the deep dive into the world time traveling for the true enthusiast.
HISTORY
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