World's first temporal displacement
From Futurepedia, the Back to the Future Wiki
- "When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit."
- —Doc Brown to Marty
The world's first temporal displacement occurred in the parking lot of Twin Pines Mall on October 26, 1985 at 1:20:00 AM by using Emmett Brown's DeLorean time machine. The first time traveler was Doc Brown's dog Einstein who only experienced an instantaneous trip when in fact that trip had lasted one full minute.
The day before, Doc called Marty McFly at his garage telling him that he had a "major breakthrough". Later that night, Doc made sure that Marty stopped by his garage and picked up the JVC camcorder to document the entire experiment. Before Marty arrived, Doc placed a pellet of plutonium into the fuel chamber of the car and parked it inside his van. When Marty found Einstein sitting in the parking lot, Doc opened the van and rolled out in the DeLorean.
- "I'm Doctor Emmett L. Brown standing in front of Twin Pines Mall on October 26, 1985..."
- —Doc introducing himself on film.
Doc revealed that the machine was his latest creation but didn't get too much into specifics until after the first test. Doc placed Einstein into the car and showed Marty who was filming that his and the dog's clock were the same time (at that moment 1:19 AM). With a remote control device, Doc operated the car from a distance and sent it to the far end of the parking lot. Doc and Marty ran to a spot where the car would intersect them. He revved it up to 62 mph with the brakes on and released the brakes. The car accelerated to 70 and 80 mph. By 82 mph the car began to glow and flash brilliantly. By 85 mph it formed a large white halo in front of it. At precisely 88 mph, the car seemingly exploded into dust and fire trails blazed around Doc and Marty at their feet.
- Doc: "What did I tell you!?! Eighty-eight miles per hour!!!"
- Marty: "Holy shit, you've disintegrated Einstein!"
- — After the test
Marty looked in shock as the license plate spun and landed. Believing that the dog was vaporized, Doc explained to him that Einstein was fine and was the world's first time traveler. Marty then questioned the idea of building a time machine from a DeLorean to which Doc replied that it needed some style and that the stainless steel helped in controlling the flux dispersal of the vehicle. At that moment, the car reappeared.
It skidded to a halt, looking frozen, and vented out steam from its rear louvers. Doc noticed that the doors were "air cold" and lifted the driver's side up, revealing that Einstein was indeed okay. The two clocks were exactly one minute in difference as well (1:20 and 1:21 AM) and Einstein's was still ticking. Doc showed Marty the time circuits and explained the power source. Unfortunately, after the insertion of the plutonium, a vehicle in the distance got closer to which Doc realized it was the Libyans that he ripped off.
