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The movie: ‘Back to the Future’ (1985)

The cockup: When he saves his own Dad from getting hit by a car (as you would, really), poor Marty McFly kickstarts a trail of events that include snogging his own Mum, proving once and for all that white folks invented rock ‘n’ roll and getting a really terrible punk-pop band named after him.

The lesson: We hopefully don’t have to point out that it’s both ethically and legally problematic to make out with your immediate family members. But next time you see your Dad facing down a ten-ton truck, just leave it. He’ll be fine.

Wisdom from the past: ‘I've never seen purple underwear before!’

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The top ten time travel cockups on film

In comic book blockbuster ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’, our heroes travel back in time to save the future. If only it were so easy...

Tom Huddleston
Written by Tom Huddleston
Arts and culture journalist
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Despite what you might think, time travel isn’t just about hanging out with your teenage grandparents and knocking off would-be war criminals. There are some serious potential downsides to mucking about with the space-time continuum. You might be chased by a remorseless robot from the future, or be forced to experience your own death over and over. You might get stuck in a French bar with Woody Allen, or (horror of horrors) inadvertently end up seeing the movie ‘Jumper’ again.

But all of these pale into insignificance when compared with the ten mishaps on our list. So before you hop into that time machine, glowing vortex, souped-up phone booth, hot tub or other temporal warp device, take a lesson from these poor unfortunates. 

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