S01E01 · SCENE 10/62 · 23:00
Back to the Future · Twin Pines Mall parking lot
Doc explains time circuits
Doc explains the flux capacitor and shows Marty how the time machine works.
23:00→26:13
in the film · 3m 13s
What happens
23:00–26:13Doc explains the time circuits, the flux capacitor, and how the DeLorean needs 1.21 gigawatts of power. He demonstrates by inputting the date November 5, 1955, the day he invented time travel.
Key lines
from this scene24:17Einstein's clock is exactly one minute behind mine and still ticking!
24:42First, you turn the time circuits on.
25:09November 5th, 1955.
26:07He had this crazy idea about breeding pine trees.
Scene DNA
weights 0–1monologue
Beats
25:09Doc inputs November 5, 1955
Scene in the film
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