The Twonky
- written and directed by Arch Oboler
- Feature Film
- Science Fiction, Comedy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- The Twonky, written and directed by Arch Oboler (at movie theaters, USA, 10 June 1953).
Unlike in the original short story of “The Twonky,” the movie’s mad machine is a TV rather than a radio. Also, we never explicitly see the machine’s construction by a time traveler, but the professor’s discussions with the coach make it clear that they believe the machine is from the future, and that’s good enough for us.
And finally, when you watch the wacky film, you’ll see that Arch Oboler devised a different fate for the Twonky than that in Kuttner and Moore’s original story.
And finally, when you watch the wacky film, you’ll see that Arch Oboler devised a different fate for the Twonky than that in Kuttner and Moore’s original story.
—Michael Main
Kerry: Then it is from another world?
Coach Trout: No, from our world, centuries in the future.
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Timeline Models
- Single Naive Timeline: There is discussion of possibly changing the timeline (Eliminate it [the Twonky], and we can change the future.), but the change is not shown.
- Time Travel Methods
- Themes
- Fix the Future!: Apparently, if we can only eliminate that one pesky Twonky, we can change the future.
- Gadget Travel
- Fictional Tags
- Dystopian World: I believe in the world of the future where this Twonky comes from, every house, every family has a Twonky of its own to carry on the dictates of the super-state.
- Robots, Androids, and Cyborgs
Variants
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- The Twonky, written and directed by Arch Oboler (at movie theaters, USA, 10 June 1953).
Henry Kuttner (based on a work by)
C. L. Moore [uncredited] (based on a work by)