Remind me in 6 years, 2 months, and 23 days, to post that the date of the first episode of Doctor Who being broadcast is closer to the date of the original publication of The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, than it is to the present day.
@jamesthomson I wonder at about what point time travel became a commonly known enough trope that it didn't have to be patiently explained to a mainstream audience.