I recently re-watched a couple of my favorite Doctor Who episodes, "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel". In these episodes, the Doctor (played by THE BEST DOCTOR, David Tennant), Rose Tyler (the lovely Billie Piper), and Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke) have traveled through a rip in the time vortex to a parallel Earth and, as usual when the Doctor is around, mayhem ensues.
Parallel universes or alternate realities are a favorite plot point in books, films, and television, i.e., The Wizard of Oz, Back to the Future Part II, Star Trek,
and the list goes on and on. But what if they aren't merely works of fantasy? What if parallel universes actually exist? How cool would that be?
What are parallel universes? "In 1954, a young Princeton University doctoral candidate named Hugh Everett III came up with a radical idea: That there exist parallel universes, exactly like our universe. These universes are all related to ours; indeed, they branch off from ours, and our universe is branched off of others. Within these parallel universes, our wars have had different outcomes than the ones we know. Species that are extinct in our universe have evolved and adapted in others. In other universes, we humans may have become extinct." (How Stuff Works)
Just imagine the possibilities of alternate Earths. Perhaps Hitler is never born, maybe dinosaurs might still roam the Earth, or even better, maybe the Library in Alexandria has not been destroyed. Best of all would be a world in which religion doesn't exist! On a personal note, I would like to think that there is another Earth out there in which I'm a successful stage performer. Or one in which I have that loving spouse. Or perhaps one where I have a Golden Retriever for a pet. Maybe there's an alternate Sandi who has all three of these items. Dare I dream?
What would you wish to find on a parallel universe? Do you think they exist and if so, is there any chance that one day we will be able to travel to them?
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| Zeppelins hover over London in "Rise of the Cybermen". |
5 comments:
You missed the most recent TV program that was all about ultimate universes, Fringe. They too had zeppelins and the Statue of Liberty wasn't green but a goldish bronze.
My alternate universe would have Hugh Hefner living my life and I his.
Is that what Fringe was about? Yeah, I never watched it, but maybe I'll check it out. Hef, huh?
I think anything is possible. With your luck Tom the Playboy bunnies would be real rabbits. You would be cleaning up bunny poo.
She's got your number, Tom.
You take the good with the bad. Bunny poop or a dozen hot models all PMSing at the same time. It is what it is.
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