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- Narrator: You're watching History Television.
- Narrator: [clock ticking loudly] In 1895, writer H.G. Wells published his science fiction masterpiece, The Time Machine. This novel would be one in a long line of literature, motion pictures, and television shows, depicting man breaking the laws of time and space, to travel beyond his present existence.
- Dr. Edward Yarborough: One of the great struggles, if not the greatest struggle, has been man versus time. I mean, we always want more.
- Dr. Adam Lindquist: [on park bench] We are prisoners to time. Mankind has always been fascinated with the idea of escaping from it.
- Kevin Ulrich: [at outdoor cafe] To be able to go back in time and fix a mistake, or change the outcome of a future event, it's a tantalizing prospect.
- Dr. Jack Fincher: [in classroom] Could it even be possible? Well, what did Einstein think?