History Series / TimeAfterTime

* AdaptationNameChange: Amy Robbins, H. G. Wells' love interest from the original film, is renamed Jane Walker here.

* BaddieFlattery: H. G. is clearly unhappy to learn that MadScientist Dr. Munroe took his inspiration from Wells' work (specifically ''A Modern Utopia'') and tried to "improve" humans by altering their DNA with a serum that actually turns them into homicidal maniacs, complimenting him profusely for his great insights. Munroe in turn inspired [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Dr. Moreau]].
* BasedOnATrueStory: [[spoiler: In the show's universe, H. G. Wells' 1896 novel ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' was an example of this. The novel's plot about a scientist named Dr. Moreau creating monsters through strange experiences is inspired by Wells' time-travel adventures, specifically his trip to the Project Utopia facility in 1980 where he meets Dr. ''Munroe'' and encounters the products of his illicit genetic experimentation]].

** Vanessa Anders, who is [[spoiler: H. G. Wells' great-great-granddaughter]]. Later in the season, we meet [[spoiler: Vanessa's father David Anders, who is Wells' great-grandson.]]

* MythologyGag: There are several references to H. G. Wells' real-life novels, as well as other adaptations of his work.

** There are frequent references to the word 'utopia', especially in the context of HG Wells' idea of one, which are a reference to his work ''A Modern Utopia'' [[spoiler: which we learn, is another text of Wells' that inspired Dr. Munroe's "Project Utopia"]].

* PlotCoupon: Without a special key, the time machine will return to its previous location after a couple minutes. Stevenson is constantly trying to get his hands on it to end Wells' pursuit.

** The mechanics of how H. G. Wells' TimeMachine works, as well as how time-travel affects causality is inconsistent throughout the series. For instance, much like in the film [[spoiler: in some instances, the machine disappears from one place and time and reappears somewhere else, whereas in other cases, it seems to just transport the traveler to wherever the machine is on the target date.]]

* WhamLine: The mysterious owner of the H. G. Wells exhibit interrupts Wells' pursuit of Stevenson...[[spoiler:and addresses him by name]].

''Time After Time'' is a 2017 television series based on the 1979 [[Film/TimeAfterTime film of the same name]]. The show stars Creator/FreddieStroma, Josh Bowman, Creator/GenesisRodriguez and Creator/NicoleAriParker. In 1893 London, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper has now returned, murdering another prostitute in a dark alley. Nearby, a young Creator/HGWells is holding forth in his home on the glorious utopia he foresees for the future, to his friends' skeptical amusement.

''Time After Time'' is a 2017 television series based on the 1979 [[Film/TimeAfterTime film of the same name]]. The show stars Creator/FreddieStroma, Josh Bowman, Creator/GenesisRodriguez and Nicole Ari Parker. In 1893 London, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper has now returned, murdering another prostitute in a dark alley. Nearby, a young Creator/HGWells is holding forth in his home on the glorious utopia he foresees for the future, to his friends' skeptical amusement.

''Time After Time'' is a 2017 television series based on the 1979 [[Film/TimeAfterTime film of the same name]]. The show stars Freddie Stroma, Josh Bowman, Creator/GenesisRodriguez and Nicole Ari Parker. In 1893 London, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper has now returned, murdering another prostitute in a dark alley. Nearby, a young Creator/HGWells is holding forth in his home on the glorious utopia he foresees for the future, to his friends' skeptical amusement.

* {{Adorkable}}: H. G. Wells is a charming puppy dog of a man filled with hope for humanity, even when his vision for an utopia is crushed and he finds out that his best friend is a serial killer.

* TimeTravelRomance: H. G. Wells, the 19th century novelist, with Jane Walker, a 21st century museum curator.

** Later in the season [[spoiler: Brooke Munroe's plan to alter her family's history of tragedy and death fails. She sends back HG Wells and Jack Stevenson to her father's island lab in 1980, along with a message for her father embedded in a microchip she implanted on Jack, expecting her father to avoid his death. But this only ends up causing the chain of events that leads to his death. Its heavily implied that the events on the island are all part of a StableTimeLoop.]]
** [[spoiler: Averted in the season finale "The Second Hand Unwinds", in which HG Wells succeeds in going back in time and preventing Jane's death at Stevenson's hands.]]
* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou: In the Pilot, Jane asks Wells how he got past security and into the exhibit (believing him to be an actor). This is his answer:

The series was cancelled after five low-rated episodes. However, all 12 episodes have been broadcast in Spain and Portugal.

* BaddieFlattery: H. G. is clearly unhappy to learn that MadScientist Dr. Munroe took inspiration from his work (specifically ''A Modern Utopia'') and tried to "improve" humans by altering their DNA with a serum that actually turns them into homicidal maniacs, complimenting him profusely for his great insights. Munroe in turn inspired [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Dr. Moreau]].
* BasedOnATrueStory: [[spoiler: In the show's universe, H. G. Wells' 1896 novel ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' was an example of this. The novel's plot about a scientist named Dr. Moreau creating monsters through strange experiences is inspired by Wells' time-travel adventures, specifically his trip to the Project Utopia facility in 1980 where he meets Dr. *Munroe* and encounters the products of his illicit genetic experimentation]].

* ClosedCircle

* DisappearedDad: John never knew his father, since he was born to a prostitute. He also discovers he'd sired a son who he'd never known about, the man's mother having kept this from him. John sets off to rescue him in the past [[spoiler:but this only changes how he dies.]]

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: H. G. Wells in the show is a charming man who wishes to be single after going through a divorce. In real life, H. G. Wells had multiple affairs. He left his first wife to marry his second wife Amy Robbins, who allowed him to continue to see other women. He also had children from two separate affairs. The writers seem to not want to show this historical fact, doubtless thinking a cheating womanizer would be less sympathetic. Wells is also portrayed as enthusiastic at seeing more racial equality in the future, saying he'd predicted it as a part of his posited utopia. In fact, his actual stated views on that (admittedly, years after when Wells is portrayed here) were far less savory-he said people of color would "have to go", i.e. become extinct if they didn't evolve enough. It's true his views were more progressive later, praising African-American endurance despite racism, criticizing xenophobia, all "racial purity" ideas and denouncing racism. However, Wells in 1893 may well have still had less pleasant views.

* AdaptationalHeroism: H. G. Wells in the show is a charming man who wishes to be single after going through a divorce. In real life, H. G. Wells had multiple affairs. He left his first wife to marry his second wife Amy Robbins, who allowed him to continue to see other women. He also had children from two separate affairs. The writers seem to not want to show this historical fact, doubtless thinking a cheating womanizer would be less sympathetic.

''Time After Time'' is a 2017 television series based on the 1979 [[Film/TimeAfterTime film of the same name]]. The show stars Freddie Stroma, Josh Bowman, Génesis Rodríguez and Nicole Ari Parker. In 1893 London, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper has now returned, murdering another prostitute in a dark alley. Nearby, a young Creator/HGWells is holding forth in his home on the glorious utopia he foresees for the future, to his friends' skeptical amusement.

* AdaptationalHeroism: H.G. Wells in the show is a charming man who wishes to be single after going through a divorce. In real life, H.G. Wells had multiple affairs. He left his first wife to marry his second wife Amy Robbins, who allowed him to continue to see other women. He also had children from two separate affairs. The writers seem to not want to show this historical fact, doubtless thinking a cheating womanizer would be less sympathetic.
* AdaptationNameChange: Amy Robbins, HG Wells' love interest from the original film, is renamed Jane Walker here.
* {{Adorkable}}: H.G. Wells is a charming puppy dog of a man filled with hope for humanity, even when his vision for an utopia is crushed and he finds out that his best friend is a serial killer.

* BasedOnATrueStory: [[spoiler: In the show's universe, HG Wells' 1896 novel ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' was an example of this. The novel's plot about a scientist named Dr. Moreau creating monsters through strange experiences is inspired by Wells' time-travel adventures, specifically his trip to the Project Utopia facility in 1980 where he meets Dr. *Munroe* and encounters the products of his illicit genetic experimentation]].

* HaveWeMetYet: HG Wells meets Vanessa Anders for the first time in the pilot [[spoiler: but she already knows him, having encountered a future version of him during her freshman year of college.]]

* KidFromTheFuture: Vanessa Anders, who is [[spoiler: HG Wells' great-great-granddaughter]]. Later in the season, we meet [[spoiler: Vanessa's father David Anders, who is Wells' great-grandson.]]

* MythologyGag: There are several references to HG Wells' real-life novels, as well as other adaptations of his work.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: Brooke's plan. She wants to alter the past to prevent her father's death, and the theft of his 'Project Utopia' research by Vanessa's father David Anders.]]
** In the season finale [[spoiler: HG Wells uses the machine to go back in time and stop John from killing Jane.]]

* StableTimeLoop: The series will apparently end up being one giant loop, as numerous people already know about the whole situation from trips Wells and Stevenson haven't taken yet.
** HG Wells only ended up in New York City in 2017 because [[spoiler: at some point in his future, he visits a younger Vanessa Anders and tells her to find his time machine and take it to New York so that he will materialize there. He also only trusts Vanessa because his future self wrote a letter to him which he gave her in the past.]]
** Project Utopia is the product of one. [[spoiler: HG Wells goes back to the 1890's and writes ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' based on his encounters with Dr. *Munroe* and his illicit genetic engineering project. Dr. Munroe in turn is inspired by the works of HG Wells, and particularly that specific novel, to start his project in the first place!]] Also, [[spoiler: Dr. Munroe's serum only becomes 'successful' due to the addition of John Stevenson's DNA. The only reason why he got his hands on John's DNA in 1980 was because he wrote about it in his journal which his daughter Brooke received, which in turn led her to orchestrate a series of events that resulted in John being sent back to his research facility in 1980.]]

* TimeTravelRomance: HG Wells, the 19th century novelist, with Jane Walker, a 21st century museum curator.

* TimeyWimeyBall: The mechanics of how HG Wells' TimeMachine works, as well as how time-travel affects causality is inconsistent throughout the series. For instance, much like in the film [[spoiler: in some instances, the machine disappears from one place and time and reappears somewhere else, whereas in other cases, it seems to just transport the traveler to wherever the machine is on the target date.]]

* YouCantFightFate: In "Picture Fades", John travels back to 1918 Paris to try and stop his son Henry's death. [[spoiler: Despite his best efforts, Henry dies anyway.]]

* SuperSoldier: [[spoilers: What Project Utopia is essentially all about.]]

* ArcWords: Utopia (specifically [[spoilers:Project Utopia]]).

* ArcWords: Utopia (specifically [[spoilers: Project Utopia]]).

* StableTimeLoop: HG Wells only ended up in New York City in 2017 because [[spoiler: at some point in his future, he visits a younger Vanessa Anders and tells her to find his time machine and take it to New York so that he will materialize there. He also only trusts Vanessa because his future self wrote a letter to him which he gave her in the past.]]
** Project Utopia is the product of one. [[spoiler: HG Wells goes back to the 1890's and writes ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' based on his encounters with Dr. *Munroe* and his illicit genetic engineering project. Dr. Munroe in turn is inspired by the works of HG Wells, and particularly that specific novel, to start his project in the first place!]] Also, [[spoiler: Dr. Munroe's serum only becomes 'successful' due to the addition of John Stevenson's DNA. The only reason why he got his hands on John's DNA in 1980 was because he wrote about it in his journal which his daughter Brooke received, which in turn led her to orchestrate a series of events that resulted in John being sent back to his research facility in 1980.]]

** Project Utopia is the product of one. [[spoiler: HG Wells goes back to the 1890's and writes ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' based on his encounters with Dr. *Munroe* and his illicit genetic engineering project. Dr. Munroe in turn is inspired by the works of HG Wells, and particularly that specific novel, to start his project in the first place!]] Also, [[Dr. Munroe's serum only becomes 'successful' due to the addition of John Stevenson's DNA. The only reason why he got his hands on John's DNA in 1980 was because he wrote about it in his journal which his daughter Brooke received, which in turn led her to orchestrate a series of events that resulted in John being sent back to his research facility in 1980.]]