S01E01 · SCENE 26/62 · 54:29
Back to the Future · Doc's lab
Lightning strike plan

Doc plans to use a lightning strike to power the time machine.

54:29→54:44
in the film · 0m 15s

What happens

54:29–54:44

Marty shows Doc the flyer about the lightning strike on the clock tower. Doc realizes they can harness the lightning to send Marty back to the future.

WhereDoc's lab
DriverYoung Dr. Emmett Brown
Positionact2 · reveal
ThreadMarty's time travel

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54:30

This is it! This is the answer.

54:38

at precisely 10:04 p.m. Next Saturday night!

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54:37Doc reads about the lightning strike

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54:29–54:44

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