Time Patrol

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science fiction series time travel fiction

Time Patrol is a classic science fiction series by Poul Anderson about an organization that travels through time to preserve the integrity of history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Time Patrol canonical	2
The Time Patrol (omnibus)	1
Time Patrol (collection)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9722548 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Time Patrol
Context triple: [Poul Anderson, createdSeries, Time Patrol]

A. Time Warp
"Time Warp" is a cult-classic rock musical number from *The Rocky Horror Picture Show*, famous for its quirky dance moves and frequent use in pop culture.
B. Scientists Against Time
Scientists Against Time is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study by James Phinney Baxter III that examines the crucial role of scientific research and technological innovation in the Allied victory during World War II.
C. Time Freak
Time Freak is a 2018 sci-fi romantic comedy film about a young physics prodigy who builds a time machine to fix his failed relationship, starring Asa Butterfield and Sophie Turner.
D. The Time Warrior
"The Time Warrior" is a classic 1973–74 Doctor Who serial that introduced Elisabeth Sladen as companion Sarah Jane Smith and featured the Sontarans as a new alien race.
E. Timecop
Timecop is a 1994 science fiction action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a time-traveling police officer who must prevent criminals from altering the past for personal gain.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Time Patrol
Target entity description: Time Patrol is a classic science fiction series by Poul Anderson about an organization that travels through time to preserve the integrity of history.

A. Time Warp
"Time Warp" is a cult-classic rock musical number from *The Rocky Horror Picture Show*, famous for its quirky dance moves and frequent use in pop culture.
B. Scientists Against Time
Scientists Against Time is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study by James Phinney Baxter III that examines the crucial role of scientific research and technological innovation in the Allied victory during World War II.
C. Time Freak
Time Freak is a 2018 sci-fi romantic comedy film about a young physics prodigy who builds a time machine to fix his failed relationship, starring Asa Butterfield and Sophie Turner.
D. The Time Warrior
"The Time Warrior" is a classic 1973–74 Doctor Who serial that introduced Elisabeth Sladen as companion Sarah Jane Smith and featured the Sontarans as a new alien race.
E. Timecop
Timecop is a 1994 science fiction action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a time-traveling police officer who must prevent criminals from altering the past for personal gain.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	science fiction series ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ
author	Poul Anderson ⓘ
centralOrganization	Time Patrol organization ⓘ
chronology	stories span from prehistory to distant future ⓘ
conflictType	attempts to alter history ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Poul Anderson ⓘ
firstPublicationDecade	1950s ⓘ
genre	science fiction ⓘ
hasFandom	science fiction fandom ⓘ
hasTechnology	temporal beacons ⓘ time machines ⓘ
influencedGenre	time patrol subgenre of time travel fiction ⓘ
laterCollectedIn	The Time Patrol (omnibus) ⓘ linked to: Time Patrol Time Patrol (collection) ⓘ linked to: Time Patrol
literaryPeriod	Golden Age and post–Golden Age science fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter	Manse Everard ⓘ
medium	print ⓘ
narrativeFocus	preservation of historical integrity ⓘ
narrativeStructure	episodic ⓘ
notableFor	detailed historical research ⓘ rigorous treatment of time travel paradoxes ⓘ
notableStory	Brave to Be a King ⓘ Delenda Est ⓘ Gibraltar Falls ⓘ Star of the Sea ⓘ The Only Game in Town ⓘ The Sorrow of Odin the Goth ⓘ The Year of the Ransom ⓘ Time Patrol ⓘ
organizationGoal	maintain the stability of the timeline ⓘ
organizationMethod	intervention at critical historical points ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
premise	an organization travels through time to preserve the integrity of history ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	temporal agent ⓘ
publisher	various science fiction magazines ⓘ
settingFeature	far future ⓘ multiple historical periods ⓘ
subgenre	time travel ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
theme	cultural relativism ⓘ free will versus fate ⓘ historical determinism ⓘ responsibility of power ⓘ time travel ethics ⓘ
workType	fix-up collection ⓘ series of short stories ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poul Anderson → createdSeries → Time Patrol ⓘ

Time Patrol → notableStory → Time Patrol ⓘ

Time Patrol → laterCollectedIn → Time Patrol (collection) ⓘ

linked to: Time Patrol

Time Patrol → laterCollectedIn → The Time Patrol (omnibus) ⓘ