This story annoys me almost on every level. It's as if Millar set out to have the most cocky scientists possible who ignore all the rules. Which is fine, of course, but . . . mmphs. They not only ignore "the rules", they ignore common sense.

Sending a satellite back in time to watch history unfold? Neat idea. But, um. It's kind of big. And sent back to a time when people stared up at the skies. It's not cloaked or anything, it's just sitting there above the battle of Gettysburg. Is Millar going to link in Jules Verne and the others of the time who pictured men traveling to the moon and the like? Saying it's Millar's scientists who inspired them? Maybe. I get the sense that Millar just forget that aspect.

Then again, he is self aware enough to have one of his scientists answer the obvious question of "what happens if something changes because humans go back?" with "we don't make mistakes." His scientists are morons. Everyone makes mistakes. Actually, the question itself annoys me. Because the reporter asked what I paraphrased above, but it was more "now that humans are going back in time . . ." completely ignoring that sending "stuff" like satellite's back in time that hover in space, degrade, and fall to earth kind of have an impact on the past. Which is ignored.

Oh, and finding an F-14 in a 6,000 year old temple, an F-14 that may or may not be the one missing from the 1970s is 1) a sign time travel can work, 2) not a sign that time travel should be studied. If you are finding a lot of stuff in the news about "recent past stuff" popping up in digs of ancient civilizations, then that's a big sign that stuff isn't working right. There should be no bloody evidence. No footprint left.

What the bloody hell is the idea behind the first test of sending humans back in time, is to send them to 1492 to meet Columbus? Um. Have the first test involve the human going back to, say, last Tuesday. M'okay?

Then when one idiot time travellor goes off course, a second one leaps into the system to "rescue him", without taking any consideration to disease, contamination, etc. Just "I'm going to leap into this machine now in my skin tight orange jumpsuit and be back in a jiffy". mmphs.

The set-up was annoying. The idea is interesting. But the set up makes me want to kick Millar in the balls. ( )