The most interesting historical angle is a view of the universe in which Bulgakov's (let us not forget this, for all the charm of Leonid Gaidai) inventor-engineer Timofeev, and Nikolai Ivanovich rather than Alexander…
The most interesting historical angle is a view of the universe in which Bulgakov's (let us not forget this, for all the charm of Leonid Gaidai) inventor-engineer Timofeev, and Nikolai Ivanovich rather than Alexander Sergeyevich, upon inventing the time machine, meets the Briton Doctor Who. Naturally, it all happens outside the framework of any international scientific and practical conference: who would have let Timofeev abroad with a wolf's ticket from Bunsha? One way or another, the scientists from different countries eventually discover that they have far more in common than the Party functionaries say, to take, for instance, the very construction of the mechanism for moving through time, or at least its design
