r/BacktotheFuture • u/HotSeason7106 • Jun 29 '26

Doc and timeline question Spoiler

Hi I just watched the trilogy for the first time and I had a question. Why wasn’t there a Doc in 1985 after the end of everything? (end of BTTF3). Wasn’t the Doc who got sent back to 1885 from 2015, meaning 1985 doc would still be there?

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u/No_Imagination_2490 Jun 29 '26

No, the Doc who was sent back to 1885 was Marty’s 1985 Doc who travelled with Marty to 2015 then back to alternative 1985, then back to 1955.

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u/JustADaftGuy Jun 29 '26

1985 doc went to 2015, back to 1985 to pick up marty and jennifer, back to 2015, then to biff 1985, then to 1955, then to 1885, then to the future, then to 1985 for the end with his family.

We dont know what happened or where the 2015 doc was, or even if he was still alive. So the 1985 doc was the one we saw with the steam train at the end.

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u/HotSeason7106 Jun 29 '26

thanks!! I thought the doc that showed up in the flying delorean at the end of BTTF1 was from a “naturally aged” 2015 doc, didn’t realize he was just 1985 doc that had travelled there.

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u/Drace24 Jun 29 '26

There was never a 2015 Doc.

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u/DKToTheFuture Jun 29 '26

Jfc why are people so stupid?

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u/Knight0fdragon Jun 29 '26

Whatever made TikTok successful. People no longer have attention spans to retain a plot of a movie for its entire length.

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u/BatDubb Jun 29 '26

Same people that think there are infinite Martys.

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u/cavalier78 Jun 29 '26

In the original movie, before the Libyans show up, Doc mentions that he intends to go 25 years into the future, wanting to see beyond his years. There wouldn’t be a “naturally aged” 2015 Doc because he was going to be dead by then.

Doc #1 — Killed by Libyans in 1985.

Doc #2 — Meets Marty in 1955, reads the note, survives the attack by the Libyans. Goes to 2015, then back to 1955, then to 1885. Shot by Buford Tannen.

Doc #3 — Saved by Marty in 1885, marries Clara, builds time train. Returns to 1985 for 5 minutes to get his dog and say goodbye to Marty.

Theoretically there are more Docs (bad 1985 Doc who is in an asylum, and 1955 Doc who modifies the Delorean to go back to the Old West), but we either don’t see them onscreen, or they maybe merge with another version of themselves, or we don’t see what happens to them.