The Time Guardian

by John Baxter and Brian Hannant, directed by Brian Hannant

Release: 3 December 1987
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

When terminatoresque cyborgs attack a future Australian city (headed by Quantum Leap’s favorite scoundrel, Dean Stockwell, and defended by everyone’s favorite princess, Carrie Fisher), the scientists take them all back to 1988—a fine plan until the evil cyborgs follow.

— Michael Main

One city attempted to escape their onslaught by unraveling the secrets of time and travelling back in a desperate search for a safer age. . . they succeeded and time was their friend until the arrival yet again of their relentless enemy.

DEBUT

The Time Guardian (at movie theaters, Australia, 3 December 1987).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1970 to 1999: AD 1988.
Near Future, AD 2300 and Beyond: AD 4038.

Themes

Robots or Androids: The Jen-Diki.

Fictional Tags

Future Wars: The Neutron Wars.

Groupings

Cited in Worlds Enough and Time, edited by Gary Westfahl ()

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY: We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.

ITTDB Work #309: by John Baxter and Brian Hannant, directed by Brian Hannant
Indexer: not yet assigned
Curator: Michael Main
as of 3:33 a.m. MDT, 6 May 2024
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