Character Relationship Map: Time Flies

Characters

• Tommy (played by Tommy Handley) — protagonist

  Bill's old friend, Tommy solicits money for a supposed time-travel venture while pretending to be wealthy; he is actually a valet borrowing his employer's apartment and clothes. After accidentally act...

• Susie Barton (played by Evelyn Dall) — supporting

  Susie is Bill Barton's fellow entertainer and partner. Furious that Bill gave Tommy money, she confronts Tommy at the apartment, then travels with the group to Elizabethan London. There she meets Shak...

• The Professor (played by Felix Aylmer) — supporting

  Professor Stewart McAndrew is the inventor developing the primitive Time Ball with money Bill gave Tommy. The Professor travels with the group to Elizabethan London, where he is arrested and jailed in...

• William Shakespeare (played by John Salew) — supporting

  William Shakespeare meets Susie in Elizabethan London. She feeds him some of his own lines, which he eagerly writes down. His encounter with Susie is one of the group's episodes in the past; the summa...

• Queen Elizabeth (played by Olga Lindo) — supporting

  Queen Elizabeth is the monarch the group encounters after arriving in Elizabethan London. Tommy befriends her while claiming to own America and selling land to members of her court. Later, Bill and Su...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Susie Barton → William Shakespeare (Professional Creative Influencer) — Susie directly influences Shakespeare's writing during their encounter.

  Susie meets William Shakespeare and feeds him some of his own lines, which he eagerly writes down.

• The Professor → Queen Elizabeth (Power Prisoner And Monarch) — The queen's authority determines The Professor's fate in Elizabethan London.

  The Professor is arrested and jailed in the Tower of London, while the group later seeks the queen's pardon for him.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Susie Barton → The Professor (Alliance Rescue Ally) — Susie participates in the effort to secure The Professor's release.

  Susie and the group seek an audience with Queen Elizabeth to ask her to pardon The Professor.

• Tommy → Queen Elizabeth (Social Court Acquaintance) — Tommy uses a friendly connection with the queen to advance his swindle.

  In Elizabethan London, Tommy befriends Queen Elizabeth while presenting his fraudulent claim to America.

• Tommy → Susie Barton (Conflict Adversary) — Susie initially opposes Tommy's deception and financial scheme.

  Susie goes to the apartment to demand the money back after learning about Tommy's scheme.

• Tommy → The Professor (Alliance Project Partner) — Tommy supports The Professor's time-machine project and becomes trapped in its consequences.

  Tommy has given money to help The Professor develop the Time Ball, and both are staying in the borrowed apartment.

Story Analysis

A fraudulent time-travel venture carries an unlikely group from modern deception into Elizabethan danger and a tragic temporal paradox.

Plot Progression

1. The Fraudulent Time Venture — Tommy solicits money for the Time Ball while concealing that he is a valet posing as a wealthy man. Susie's confrontation and the police threat drive everyone into the machine.
2. Stranded In Elizabethan London — The Time Ball sends Tommy, Susie, and The Professor into Elizabethan London. Tommy gains access to Queen Elizabeth and begins selling fraudulent American land claims.
3. A Dangerous Pardon Scheme — The Professor is jailed as a suspected Scottish spy, leaving the group trapped in the past. Susie encounters Shakespeare while the group develops a plan to obtain a royal pardon.
4. The Burning Escape — The group's assumed identities are exposed, and Tommy, Susie, and The Professor receive execution sentences. The queen's soldiers try to burn them in the Time Ball, but The Professor repairs it.
5. The Paradox Returns — The repaired Time Ball brings the group back to the modern day too early. Their temporal paradox causes them to gradually fade away.