this was so very very good! your alternate universes are always the best {For BTTF, anyway}
so the next one is this world's take one the third movie, huh? awesome! {the third was always my favorite,because not only is marty's future bright, so is doc's} {and, like you, doc was always my favorite}

Great Scott.

No, that's not strong enough.

Magnus Pictus.

Great, great idea. I completely take back anything I might have said about this story hewing too close to the films. Hmm, implications . . . You've totally bypassed the letter-to-the-future thing, but on the other hand we get to see how Doc (and Marty, and Jennifer) first acclimate to 1885. What fun. What will the townsfolk make of The Boys? Will there be problems with Jennifer staying with Doc and Marty? Maybe Marty and Jennifer could pretend to be married already (Hilarity Ensues).

It is extremely interesting that you've switched the date to July 4 (and you picked a slick way to pull it off . . . although it occurs to me that perhaps the method informed the date, rather than the other way 'round). Not only does this bypass Doc's first encounter with Chetster's whiskey, but it shortens the time before our displaced trio meets Clara considerably. Possibly, it will also eliminate Trilogy!Buford's motivation for killing Doc, not that you'll drop that storyline just because they already have sufficient motivation to get Back to the Future. ;-)

Anyway, this chapter has only confirmed my high opinion of your work, and I will be anxiously awaiting the final installment. Thank you muchly.

I almost fainted from happiness when I read your Live Journal, and saw that not one, not two, but three chapters were up. I guess you just got me the best (early) Christmas present ever. (Not that I've actually had Christmas presents, as in Holland, a similar holiday is celebrated on another time)

This is a great chapter, really. So, they're stuck on July 4th instead of August 1st? Well, that sounds certainly exciting. I'm looking forward to read 'There's Always Tomorrow' to see how exactly everyone adapts to 1885. Please update soon!

Congratulations on finishing your story! I've enjoyed your story and the way you integrated the kids. Nice job! I hope to see more from you.

YAYZ!! Now...for the last part. LOL

This was a great story! I love it! :)

Well, I'm looking forward to reading what happens next. :)

You put quite an interesting twist in this chapter - by using the POV of Doc and the Boys, you've managed to undercut the sense that not a whole lot has changed between your story and the actual film. Now, the next chapter should be quite pivotal, what with several people ending up in the Wild West. I'm quite looking forward to seeing how it all pans out.

By the by, is that remark about two time machines crashing into each other a reference to something, perhaps one of your older stories? It seems familiar, but I can't quite place it.

Brilliant new chapter! I was feeling like Doc sending Marty home and running down the fire trails when I saw this story had been updated, and you didn't let me down. I love this chapter! Too bad I had to wait so long for it. Your quality of writing is great, but it just takes so long until the next chapter gets up...

Aw, I'm happy for now. And that's the most important thing.

Still... please update soon!

I love this chapter! Good job! :)

Excellent chapter, as usual. It's a good thing Jennifer was there to deflect the younger Doc's attention (and the polio/back brace thing was a stroke of genius - the senility, maybe not so much ;-) ), but Doc really should have realized that dawdling near the courthouse was probably a bad idea.

Somehow, it doesn't surprise me that the boys are Knight Rider fans. A sentient DeLorean would absolutely rock - perhaps the subject of a future story? Anyway, glad to see Jules talking Doc into waiting to decide about destroying it - maybe we'll be spared the image of the Delorean getting run over by that train this time.

What would people in 1955 (or 1885, for that matter) make of the boys, anyway? Surely the idea of mechanical appendages can't be that recent.

This is a great chapter. I can hardly wait to find out what happens at the dance.

I enjoyed your addition to the story. I like your small changes making the characters' reactions more reasonable. (like Doc's response to the discovery of the hoverboard)

My favorite line was, "Doc felt a faint shudder go through him as he thought about what might had happened to Marty if they hadn’t arrived just then." I love the hints of affection between those two.

And I snickered at Doc and Jennifer's interaction with Doc55 and after, especially the senility comment. (And Jennifer's suggestion about the hints of metal being a back brace after polio was inspired!)

Good chapter... I don't think I've ever been more excited to see a story updated! I wonder what'll happen once we get to the dance-part of the story. And I hope that Chapter 9 won't take as long as this one. Anyway, please update as soon as you can!

Why am I reviewing such a great new chapter two-and-a-half weeks after it got up?

Anyway, this is great! It's a great new chapter, and I can't believe how professional you write. If there is ever going to be a Back to the Future Part IV (something I'd love, since the first three movies were great, but I realise there is only a slight possibility of that coming true) I think they should ask you to help write the script, in order for it to become a great movie.

As I said, good story. It's a little weird how Jennifer is suddenly so concerned about screwing up the space-time continuum, with her being knocked out in the movie and buying the almanac in an earlier chapter (I understand she blames herself for 1985A, but, hey, Marty didn't offer to stay behind either) but I am glad she comes along anyway. I really should stop reading the biography of the OckDoc-characters on your site so that I won't spoil the surprise for myself, and concentrate on the story.

I hope you update a little sooner now. I can understand if you are busy, no offence in all that, but this story is just so good that I can't wait for the next chapter to arrive.

I really hope you review my stories once in a while, too. Maybe you can give me some ideas for my 1985-A story, since you made World of Darkness so well. It's about Part One Marty returning to Hell Valley and Doc-A, but I already decided Hell Valley Marty will show up as well.

Please add new chapters!

So Jennifer's going back to 1955, hmm? Should be interesting, if a major divergence when you get around to doing Part I. (And also a recently changed plot element?) Perhaps if she's with Doc when the lightning strikes, then when Doc's letter arrives there's no question of Marty leaving him in 1885.

Then again, even if she's with Marty, the boys' presence in the Old West might also compell Doc to find a way Back to the Future. They're somewhat conspicious.

As for Biff H. Tannen (and why do I think that that H. must stand for something significant?), I notice that your version is slightly more intelligent than the one in the movie - or, if not intelligent, than more whatever-character-quality-applies-to-not-spilling-the-beans-about-the-Almanac-until-the-boys-dangle-him-off-his-own-hotel. Which, by the way, was every bit as good as expected. :-)

In case you can't tell from this somewhat wordy review, I thought this chapter was a lot of fun. A bit close to the film, but I suppose there's not a whole lot you can change without completly stalling the plot.