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Who needs a [[Steampunk]] [[Time Machine]] or [[Doctor Who
The portal is usually synched up with the modern day, so that an hour on ''this'' side is equivalent to an hour on ''that'' side, thus allowing relationships to develop and [[Justified Trope|justifying]] the existence of [[San Dimas Time]]. However, if the story is a little more tragic then time might [[Year Inside, Hour Outside|move faster on one side]], making the character on that side age much faster.
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* The whole ''[[Mirror Mirror]]'' New Zealand TV series was built upon this trope.
* The comedy [[Goodnight Sweetheart]] had the main character walking down an old cobbled street that would take him - and only him - back in time, where he fell in love with a World War II barmaid and committed time-travelling bigamy. Turns out it was due to the "harmonics" of time and other characters could time travel but none of the main characters.
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* Hordes of these show up in ''[[Primeval]]'' where they make up the shows premise. They're called Time Anomalies by the cast.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' had the Guardian of Forever in the original series episode "The City on the Edge of Forever". Kirk apparently assumed that the Guardian worked on [[San Dimas Time]] (leaving orders for the rest of the landing party to go back through the portal when Scotty decided he'd waited long enough), but it turned out not to (when he returned, Scotty said that he'd only "left a moment ago").
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* Portals to both past and future figure prominently in ''Darkfall 2: Lights Out''.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'':
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' has precisely one of these in the game. The door to the Temple of Time sends you to the interior of the temple as it was in the past. The entry hall is even [[Continuity Nod|replicated nearly exactly]] from the version in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', including the same background music.
** The Gate of Time in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', located in the {{spoiler|Sealed Temple}}.
* The ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' expansion ''Wings of the Goddess'' introduced Cavernous Maws, intimidating-looking examples of this trope that connect present Vana'diel with the Crystal War era.
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