Dimension 5

by Arthur C. Pierce, directed by Franklin Adreon

Release: October 1966
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Justin Power, a 007-poser, has one thing that 007 never had: a spacetime belt with an eight-week time range forward or backward. As near as I can tell, going to the past rewinds time with only you retaining your memory. When you travel to the future, you just skip the intervening time and reappear at the same spot. And it seems you can also travel to nearby locations. I sure hope that Power and his sidekick Kitty can stop the H-bomb that’s being assembled in Los Angeles in the twenty film-minutes that are left after taking their time to set up the situation.

— Michael Main

Power: [serious voice] One of the rules of time travel, Kitty, is to never kill anyone in the past, ’cause it might start a chain reaction that could indirectly affect your own life.

DEBUT

Dimension 5 (at movie theaters, USA, October 1966).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Groupings

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

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From somewhere in Asia, after a car chase, circa 1966 ⋙ to a short distance away, possibly a little later or earlier. Note: Justin Power.
From Ontario, California, airport, after returning from Asia ⋙ to about half a minute earlier. Note: So that Power can ambush the bad guy.
From Justin Power’s house at an unknown time ⋙ to about half a minute earlier. Note: Kitty’s first test run.
From outside the bad guy’s warehouse at an unknown time ⋙ to three weeks later. Note: Justin and Kitty.
From in the bad guy’s warehouse at an unknown time ⋙ to lots of confusing jumping around. Multiple trips. Note: Justin and Kitty.
From outside the bad guy’s warehouse at an unknown time ⋙ to three weeks earlier. Note: Justin and Kitty.