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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Back to the Future Part II

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thisguy_86 — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 03:03 PM)

Its a good thing Doc didn't destroy the time machine before they realized it was the Alternate 1985 and went back to 1955, huh?

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stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 03:12 PM)

I think what tipped Doc off to there being something wrong was when he got to his lab and saw it "an awful, awful, awful, awful mess". While Marty was knocked out, he probably did some snooping around, including going to the library as he said. Then he saw the story about George being murdered and went to the cemetary to wait for Marty to arrive, as he figured he would.

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ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 12:28 PM)

Yep. Then Doc would have to rebuild his time machine and then they'd be able to save 1985. I guess it was pretty hard to miss that 1985 was under Biff's reign after a while.
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timmsy_guitar — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 07:32 PM)

I'd like to think Doc also at some point thought something was up when he read the time display "where you were" readout that said Nov 12, 1955.

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GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 09:34 PM)

I'd like to think Doc also at some point thought something was up when he read the time display "where you were" readout that said Nov 12, 1955.
That is not the case or else they would have just gone there without confronting Biff.
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timmsy_guitar — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 09:39 PM)

Maybe but remember Doc says "the specific circumstances of how where and when young Biff got his hands on the almanac"
The date is only one piece of info they need.

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GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 9 years ago(January 13, 2017 12:15 PM)

Except Biff didn't even tell Marty what time of day it happened. Besides I am pretty sure the exact time of day is on the time circuits too.
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