Let's establish once and for all: Doc Brown's age
There was a fun little discussion in one of the topics and people pointed out to the Bttf wikia stating he was 65 in 1985. I scanned through Wikia and most of the info there has disclaimers of not being canonical.
Imho Doc could be 71 in BttF1
Imho Doc could be 71 in BttF1
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We also have to keep in mind Doc's rejuvenation clinic therapy he mentioned at the beginning of BTTFII. It's possible that Doc, at the start of the game, is chronologically in his 80s, 90s, or even his 100s (based on the time it took for him to marry Clara, have kids, and build a time train + however long he's been time traveling between saying goodbye to Marty at the end of BTTFIII and asking for his help at the beginning of the game), but biologically in his early 70s because the therapy added 30-40 years to his life. This also explains how 71/72-year-old Doc is able to have the energy of a man in his early 50s throughout BTTF II & III.
So, to sum up my guesses:
edit: ***REVISED AGE GUESSES***
@ Markeres
As Vaineamon said thye could of made Doc the same age as Lloyd, because we know the kids had to grow up to become the age they were in bttf3. Unless Doc left them timetravelling for a large part of their childhood he would of aged up to Lloyd in that time without aging the Doc that starts out from 1985.
EXACTLY my point! So it shouldn't be considered factual.
This is not relevant.
It's about Doc's age in BttF1 before he took the treatment. Some people have trouble accepting he's 71 or 72. I am just saying Leslie Nielsen(R.I.P.)
Has Young Doc Brown's age already been confirmed?
Not to my knowledge.
Owh I thought it was clear from my opening post that I meant to discuss his age in 1985, since that's the one that stirs up the most commotion.
But you're right. With BttF2 he added 30 years to his life.
BTW, is Doc even 'able' to have kids? >.>
BTW, I believe TellTale will aim to avoid most of BttF2's future in the games. Because it's pretty difficult to assume we'll have rejuvination clinics in about 5 years lol.
I think it's actually already confirmed. That there won't be BttF2-style 2010-2015. Easily explained by the fact that 'Always in motion is the future'... uhm... wait, wrong movie
Yeah, TellTale explained that they wouldn't be aiming for BttF2's future in the Live Chat within the exclusive board.
They are keeping in mind that Doc said 'The Future isn't written'. Pretty cool that they think about it so deep.
Having said that, as of yet visiting the future in The Game hasn't been established as of yet. There is only an alluding picture of a future in the Facebook Blitz Game.
But I have faith in TTG. If we do visit the future they'll make it work.
But as I rethought some things I agree with what Bob Gale said in the interview.
That the past is more fun to visit. I dunno why I have this change of heart suddenly.
Probably because it makes the game more timeless? Because if we would visit the future it would be a matter of time before we find out if the game is correct or not.
I think they could make going to the far future work, though. I mentioned in another thread that I'd like to see Hill Valley in 2085, 100 years in the future. It would make a nice bookend to seeing it in 1885, 100 years in the past.
I do hope they manage to get the Hoverboard into the game somehow, though. It's almost as iconic as the DeLorean itself (almost).
Don't forget that for Marty our present time IS the future
Doc can still have it. (And even if he used some thing from the Hoverboard to create the Time Machine in 1885, he could still fix it, since each time period is in his hands).
There is one problem though with the hoverboard. It says Mattel on it. So if they want to make it as true to license as possible they need to make some phone calls.
But I wouldn't mind if the Mattel Logo was missing. It was hard to notice anyway.
No, the hoverboard containing parts that could help Doc create a Flux Capacitor that would run on steam (i.e. Time Machine out of a train). And there really isn't any other possilble explanation how the Time Train was born.
Yeah I quickly put that out of my post. Not quick enough for you to not see. I didn't know you were referring to the train.
But the REAL Doc Brown thing to do is to return the hoverboard to 2015 so that it would not fall into wrong hands or danger of being discovered.
No worries. Stuff like this happens even to the best of us
Picture by Vainamoinen, posted on the Trailer thread (notice the blackboard in the background, behind Marty)
Which matches with this:
So, that kinda makes Doc's age clear, making 1931 the year when he devoted his life to Science, having already read "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth". So, he's 11-12 here.
Taking a guess on how old is he at the beginning of the Game, I'd say 80-85.
... here's a crazy thought. Devoted his life to Science... thanks to Marty?
*cancels pre-order*
But....I am very fond of the idea if they made Marty a benefactor to Doc's passion for science.
He already seems to be a devout of science. Also...I don't think they would made him THAT tall as an 11 year old. It would be more fun to play around with the fact that Marty is as tall as him.
Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr we get to visit not just 1931 but also 1936. Since there is quite some traveling back and forth in ep 1.
Boy, do I feel like a creeper now.
... *hangs head in shame*
I'll disagree with the last point here. Jules looks to be about 10 at the most, and Verne looks like he's 8, so I'd say that:
Doc at the end of BTTF III (on the time train)/start of the game: 80s or older (chronologically), 50's (biologically)
He added "30-40 years" to his life at the rejuvenation clinic.
I completely agree with you here. I know Bob Gale sorta wants to stay out of the future, and I could understand why, but the fans really want to go into the future agian. It's fun to see what they predict will happen and to see/play with all the future technology.
Sure, 2015 is only five years away and we don't have flying cars yet, but if they could fast forward that by about 50 years or so... and keep the same technology, I'd say thats a safe bet. Although, in the Cafe 80's there would be flatscreens or holograms instead of those CVT monitors they had.
But you know what they did have right? The whole 80's revival thing. At least in the US, the 80's are back. We've seen the return of Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Transformers... I mean the list goes on and on. All of us 80's babies are grown up now and we wanna relive our childhood!
Heck yeah! Bring in the Hoverboard!
I could see this. As an old man, Doc was still fascinated with Journey to the Center of the Earth and 10,000 Leagues under the sea. So I could see him being a teen through early adult trying to recreate something he's read about. Many of the scientists today try to do things they watched on Star Trek as a kid, so it's very possible.
Telltale is going to make Doc the same age or perhaps a little bit younger than Marty to make Doc his "equal" or... make him immature in comparison to Marty for a nice story arc. It makes sense.
Lets not forget that Marty is a seasoned time traveler now, so his experience in this area is going to go far beyond that of young Doc.
Yeah. I think it would slightly be less fun to have Marty argue with an 11 year old because like you pit it they wouldn't be 'equal'.
Since Clara doesn't look any older either.....but who knows...maybe she had rejuvalation treatment too lol.
I think it was a deliberate choice on Bob Gale and Zemeckis part to leave Doc's age a mystery. We don't need to know how old he is. We may only speculate.
While I didn't forget about his rejuvenation clinic visit and all the time he must have spent backtracking everything about Marty Jr's arrest in part II, I didn't take it into consideration, as it could have been weeks or months that Doc spent in the future before returning to 1985 to grab Marty and head over to 2015.
As far as part III is concerned, Jules looked to be somewhere around 8-10 years old. How long Doc and Clara were married before then is all up to speculation, although it may not have been that long since, as Origami pointed out, Clara didn't look any older.
One more thing: An interesting thought, to say the least, and one that has occurred to me after seeing some of the details of the game. Great minds must think alike!