A TARDIS of your very own

[aussiemuscle308]

Hmm so no changing history?
how about taking a video camera back to accurately document history? of course, you couldn't show your evidence to religious zealots.

[Ahriman238]

Hmm so no changing history?
how about taking a video camera back to accurately document history? of course, you couldn't show your evidence to religious zealots.

You can absolutely do that. You may some problems explaining where you got the footage from and why it should be considered the definitive and accurate version of events.

And if you DO explain or demonstrate, you may have trouble explaining why should be allowed to keep and use a time machine.

[Purple]

And if you DO explain or demonstrate, you may have trouble explaining why should be allowed to keep and use a time machine.

Becouse if they try and stop you, you can always go back in time and erase them/their god from existance. And yes, I know you can't do that. But they don't.

[doom3607]

Or, of course, you can simply not actually leave your time machine to talk to them- go grab Voyager's portable holographic thingy and use the hologram as your avatar for dealing with people. They try and break into your time machine or take the holoemmiter, start dropping progressively larger rocks until they see reason.

[Solauren]

Hell, someone tries to take the TARDIS from you, you drop them off next week.

With the threat 'next time, I'll drop you off about 3 weeks before the Sun engulfs the Earth....'

[Purple]

Why not just do that right away and spare your self the trouble?

[Ahriman238]

True, you should be fairly capable of dealing with troublesome governments, unless caught by suprise or they do something Really dumb like trying to nuke you or take your friends/family hostage. Even then you should be able to make out ok, the question you should be asking yourself is 'Is it worth the hassle of going public?'

Right, back to my own fantasy for a bit. I think it would be relativly fun and easy to mess with Stargate-verse, so that's where I go next. I lie, I go to Flipside first and acquire a D-bag. It's like a bag of holding but it's absorbed into your body so no one can take it and you add or remove items with a thought and a flick of the wrist. All sorts of uses for that.

First I go the SGC after the program's been running a few months, explain (most) of the situation and offer my occasional assistance and future knowledge in exchange for any of the technological fruits of the Stargate Program (read: Asgard Core.) I point them the way of the Tok'ra and tell them how to reach the Asgard from Cimmeria, plus a little background on the Ancients. I do not give them any advanced technology at this time, but imply that I will share when I trust them more. I might give Carter an ipad, just to mess with her (1997, remember.) Then it's off to Pegasus.

Once I get there, I'll visit the planet from 'the Brotherhood.' Once I pass their tests and obtain a ZPM I will aim every advanced sensor I have at it for a little bit. Then I go to Atlantis, pop the new ZPM in, wake the Dr. Weir who went back in time and transfer her mind into a younger clone body, invite her to be my Companion, and copy the Atlantis database for later reading.

Oh, and the Genii plan for planting nukes in all the grounded, dormant Hiveships? Tricky, but having a time machine will help a lot in pulling it off. There's just one issue. Maybe it's too much exposure to the DW show, but I'd feel compelled to actually speak with one of the Queens. All we've ever seen of the Wraith is that they eat people, so signs of art, culture, little science, or that the average Wraith thinks of anything beyond his next meal. I feel I'd have to give them a chance to prove themselves more than just monsters, and if they're willing to explore alternatives to killing and eating sentient beings, I can provide. If not, it sucks to be them.

Back to the milky way, casually defeat first Goa'uld attack on earth. Help them out of a bunch on minor scrapes like being captured by Hathor that one time, or O'neil being stranded on an alien planet for three months. Definitly help with the sarcophagus addiction, and the time loops. Monitor events during the first two Replicator episodes, but don't get involved unless events signifigantly diverge from the episodes- I think the last minute beamout is too slow. Give heads up about Anise when she first shows, and Martouf in 'Divide and Conquer.' Build a better Za'tarc detector.

Take some time out to help the Asgard with both their major problems, the Replicators and their genetic degradation. If I can find Reese, I can end the Replicators very quickly, if not I'll find a way eventually. My understanding of the Asgard's other difficulty is somewhat limited. A popular fan theory is that they not only cloned out their ability to reproduce any other way, they spent so long selecting for brain capacity that their minds could no longer be sucsessfully downloaded into the bodies of their ancestors, once they had them. If so it is a problem easily solved by tech commonly available in OA or the Culture. Ask them to 'pay it forward' by assissting everyone living under the threat of slaver and death. Tell them about their missing brethren in Pegasus.

Unfreeze Merlin, and copy his mind into a younger clone body. Invite him to be my Companion. I don't care what issues the Ascended have with him, no one deserves to spend millenia as a popsicle. I perform a similar service to the crew of the Aurora, and retrieve the Ancient ship traveling between galaxies.

I may have to do more manipulations for later seasons, but this looks like a good foundation to build on for a better world for everyone.

[avatarxprime]

And if you DO explain or demonstrate, you may have trouble explaining why should be allowed to keep and use a time machine.

Becouse if they try and stop you, you can always go back in time and erase them/their god from existance. And yes, I know you can't do that. But they don't.

I say you argue the Bill & Ted defense. I have a time machine, the fact that I still have it means anything you thought to try didn't work, so there!