Cath Tomkinson - Devices, eh?

Ok well, I was thinking about the device used for time travelling on the train and I tried to think of all the existing hand held devices I could that were simple, so here we go! (Also, not all of these are time travel orientated, but they are all sci-fi-esqe)


Comm Badges in Star Trek, they are a simple design and something similar could be disguised as clothing.


The transport button used in the last episode of series 2 in Dr Who. Again, simple design. (For those not versed in Dr Who it is the Yellow thing in the bottom left hand corner)


Also, it could be something simple which 'blends in' with the time period, we could do it similarly to the off-style clothing idea we had? Something from a few years back, could be a tape recorder/cassette player or something similar? Or it could be something everyday like the 50p in The Queens Nose! (I won't bother finding a picture because I'm sure you all know what one of those looks like :P)

I thought that if the character is in a kinda dead-end job (sorta like a pizza delivery boy type role) then he wouldn't have complete control over the device, so maybe a button or something similar would blend in more?

Not sure, but I hope this is something to think about at least!