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From: milne@uci-icse
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Subject: Re: Two questions on "Back to the Future"
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Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 18:05:54 EDT
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From: Alastair Milne 


>  I have an interesting question: Is November 5 .... an important day
>  for time travel?  Both _Back_to_the_Future_ and _Time_After_Time_
>  (about H.G. Wells and Jack the Ripper) use that day ...


   The only importance I know of for 5th November is that it's Guy Fawkes Day
   in Britain, the anniversary of the attempt of a group of traitors led by
   Fawkes to blow up Parliament, which attempt was foiled, I believe, by the 
   Beefeaters.  As the verse says,

	Remember, remember, 
	The 5th of November:
	Gunpower, treason, and plot.

   Though as for what "Time after Time" used, I couldn't care much less.  I 
   found it a rather silly and forgettable movie, notable only for the 
   appearance of Mary Steenburgen, whom I have enjoyed very much in her more 
   recent films.  So I'm not really prepared to put much significance by what
   it used or said.

   Does the date have some relevance to sf that I'm missing?


   Alastair Milne

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