Changes: Doc's walkie talkie

Revision as of 19:43, 14 August 2020

Doc giving Marty the walkie talkie — Doc shows Marty the Archer Space Patrol walkie talkies with which they can keep in touch while in 1955.

Doc's walkie talkie — Doc using his walkie talkie in 1955.

" Doc went back to rummaging around in the space behind the seats [of the DeLorean time machine]. He pulled out a couple of things and handed them to Marty. / "Here's some binoculars and a walkie-talkie, so we can keep in contact." "

—From Back to the Future Part II by Craig Shaw Gardner (quote, pages 139 and 140)

Doc's walkie talkie was one of a pair of Archer Space Patrol walkie talkies^[1] that Dr. Emmett Brown bought new in 1985A, while Marty McFly was at Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise Casino & Hotel asking Biff about the Grays Sports Almanac.

History

Doc and Marty took the walkie talkies with them back to 1955 to enable them to keep in touch while Marty retrieved the almanac.

Doc had his walkie talkie with him when the DeLorean time machine was struck by lightning during the Hill Valley Thunderstorm and accidentally sent to 1885, then sealed it in the Delgado Mine along with the DeLorean for seventy years.

Since the battery in Doc's walkie talkie could not have lasted for seventy years, and was probably removed to avoid leakage, his younger 1955 counterpart provided fresh batteries for both walkie talkies, duct-taping each one to a large Burgess battery.

Doc and Marty used the two walkie talkies with these oversized batteries to communicate between the train and the DeLorean it was pushing during its final trip.

Appearances

References

↑ The brand name of the walkie talkies is visible when Marty removes his from the packaging.

[1] The brand name of the walkie talkies is visible when Marty removes his from the packaging.

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-[[File:Doc giving Marty the walkie talkie.png|thumb|300px|Doc shows Marty the Archer Space Patrol walkie talkies with which they can keep in touch while in [[1955]].]][[File:Doc's_walkie_talkie.png|thumb|300px|Doc using his walkie talkie in [[1955]].]]'''Doc's walkie talkie''' was one of a pair of Archer Space Patrol walkie talkies<ref>The brand name of the walkie talkies is visible when Marty removes his from the packaging.</ref> that  [[Emmett Brown]] bought new in [[1985A]], while Marty was at [[Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise Casino & Hotel]] interviewing [[Biff Tannen|Biff]] about ''[[Grays Sports Almanac]]'', and which they took with them back to [[1955]] to enable them to keep in touch while Marty retrieved the almanac.
+[[File:Doc giving Marty the walkie talkie.png|thumb|300px|Doc shows Marty the Archer Space Patrol walkie talkies with which they can keep in touch while in [[1955]].]]
+[[File:Doc's_walkie_talkie.png|thumb|300px|Doc using his walkie talkie in [[1955]].]]
+{{Quote| Doc went back to rummaging around in the space behind the seats ''[of the DeLorean time machine]''. He pulled out a couple of things and handed them to Marty. / "Here's some binoculars and a walkie-talkie, so we can keep in contact." |From ''[[Back to the Future Part II novelization|Back to the Future Part II]]'' by [[Craig Shaw Gardner]] (quote, pages 139 and 140)}}
-Doc had his walkie talkie with him when the DeLorean was struck by [[lightning]] and accidentally sent to [[1885]], then sealed it in the [[Delgado Mine]] along with the DeLorean for 70 years.
+'''Doc's walkie talkie''' was one of a pair of Archer Space Patrol walkie talkies<ref>The brand name of the walkie talkies is visible when Marty removes his from the packaging.</ref> that Dr. [[Emmett Brown]] bought new in [[1985A]], while [[Marty McFly]] was at [[Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise Casino & Hotel]] asking [[Biff Tannen|Biff]] about the ''[[Grays Sports Almanac]]''.
-Since the battery in Doc's walkie talkie could not have lasted for 70 years, and was probably removed to avoid leakage, Doc Brown's [[1955]] counterpart provided fresh batteries for both walkie talkies, duct-taping each one to a large [[Burgess battery]].
+==History==
-Doc and Marty used the two walkie talkies with these oversized batteries to communicate between the [[Locomotive 131|train]] and the DeLorean it was pushing during its final trip.
+Doc and Marty took the walkie talkies with them back to [[1955]] to enable them to keep in touch while Marty retrieved the almanac.
+Doc had his walkie talkie with him when the [[DeLorean time machine]] was struck by [[lightning]] during the [[Hill Valley Thunderstorm]] and accidentally sent to [[1885]], then sealed it in the [[Delgado Mine]] along with the DeLorean for seventy years.
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
+Since the battery in Doc's walkie talkie could not have lasted for seventy years, and was probably removed to avoid leakage, his younger 1955 counterpart provided fresh batteries for both walkie talkies, duct-taping each one to a large [[Burgess battery]].
+Doc and Marty used the two walkie talkies with these oversized batteries to communicate between the [[Locomotive 131|train]] and the DeLorean it was pushing during its final trip.
 ==Appearances==
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 *''[[Back to the Future Part III novelization]]''
 *''[[Super Back to the Future Part II]]''
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Technology]]
 [[Category:1955]]