Hill Valley Public Library

The Hill Valley Public Library is a public library in Hill Valley, California. In the original timeline, it was still in operation in 2015.

In the timeline where Biff Tannen controlled Hill Valley, it was closed in 1985 to make room for a new BiffCo development.

On October 26, 1985, in the timeline where Biff controlled Hill Valley, Doc Brown sneaked into the closed library and searched through the Hill Valley Telegraph archives. He discovered that Biff had become a millionaire and that his alternate self was committed to the asylum on May 2, 1983. He took this information back to Marty McFly, and they were able to stop Biff in 1955 — thus restoring the timeline.

In 2015, in the original timeline, Doc accessed Wikipedia through the internet on a computer at Hill Valley Public Library.

After Doc rewrote the timeline where a nuclear holocaust occurred in 2045, by preventing much technology from being made commercially available by 2015, the internet was shown to still exist, but it is unclear whether the Hill Valley Public Library is still used to access the internet in this timeline.

Behind the Scenes

• The fourth issue of Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines told the story of when Doc Brown first visited 2015, before he came back to pick up Marty and Jennifer. Like Doc Brown Saves the World before it, it brings in modern technology that actually exists into 2015. However, unlike the previous story, this story takes place before the events of Back to the Future Part II. Doc Brown accessed Wikipedia on the internet at the library, which seemed to be the only way to access the internet in that timeline.

Appearances

• Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines
  • Issue 4: "Emmett Brown Visits the Future"
  • Issue 5: "Clara's Story"