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H.G. Wells
H. G. Wells
Played By: Malcolm McDowell (film), Freddie Stroma (series)
Of course! Things have changed a great deal since 1893! I can no longer make social and cultural assumptions."
A writer who invented a time machine and finds out that his friend is actually a serial killer and has to travel through time to catch them.
- All-Loving Hero: He still hopes the best for humanity and wants to stop John's crime spree.
- Cassandra Truth: He tries to tell his friends that he did in fact invented a time travel machine. The only man who believes him is a serial killer on the run.
- Endearingly Dorky: H.G. is a charming puppy dog of a man. Even Jane says that he's cute.
- Married to the Job: He was married before, but now determined to remain single and work on his first book.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: This was his relationship with John Stevenson; after he finds out about John's crimes, he is nothing but vitriol and none of the friendship.
Dr. John Stevenson
Dr. John Stevenson
Played By: David Warner (film), Josh Bowman (series)
"" Ninety years ago I was a freak. Today I'm an amateur.."."
A prestigious surgeon who is a friend of budding writer H.G. Wells, who is also Jack the Ripper.- Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: As it turns out, he killed not just prostitutes, but homeless people, because no one would notice.
- Pride: He is not happy to know that he is forgotten in history while H.G. is a famed author.
- Mad Doctor: He is a doctor and Jack the Ripper.
- Serial Killer: He's one of the earliest and most famous examples.
- The Sociopath: He kills for fun and steals a time machine to keep killing throughout time with nobody to stop him.
Jane Walker
Jane Walker
Played By: Genesis Rodriguez
An assistant museum curator who joins H.G. in stopping John.
- Audience Surrogate: Jane is the one who asks the questions on the very fantastical situation.
- The Everyman: She even says that she leads a normal life.
- Jumped at the Call: She's very excited to be helping H.G. with the time traveling.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She's very charmed by H.G.
Vanessa Anders
Vanessa Anders
Played By: Nicole Ari Parker
The runner of the museum and H.G. Wells' great great granddaughter having known about the time machine because he will visit her when she was in college.
- Kid from the Future: She's H.G. Wells' great-great-granddaughter.
- Iron Lady: She is very intimidating in her first scene, but in private with H.G. and her husband, she's shows her more soft side.
