Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time: Difference between revisions

{{Update|date=December 2023}}{{short description|2012 web series}}

'''''Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time''''' ('''''UWSAASTWCATTT'''''), also known as '''''Inspector Spacetime''''', is an American [[adventure]]-[[sci-fi]] [[web series]] created by Travis Richey, and based on the television comedy series ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title='Inspector Spacetime' Travis Richey enters new frontier|url=http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20130116/WDH0505/301110520/Greater-Wausau-Inspector-Spacetime-Travis-Richey-enters-new-frontier|publisher=Wausau Daily Herald|access-date=2 June 2013}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The series is based on a fictional series first mentioned during the episode "[[Biology 101]]" of ''Community''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Upcoming Web Series Borrows Much From Community's Inspector Spacetime |date=July 2012 |url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/07/upcoming-web-series-borrows-much-from-communitys-inspector-spacetime/|publisher=Gizmodo|access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> ''Inspector Spacetime'' is, by itself, a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' parody. ''UWSAASTWCATTT'' follows The Inspector, a character that can travel through time and space by way of a red BOOTH (Bio Organic Omnidirectional Time Helix),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CCM5EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Untitled+Web+Series+About+a+Space+Traveler+Who+Can+Also+Travel+Through+Time%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA52 |title=Broadcast in the U.S.: Foreign TV Series Brought to America |date=2021-09-15 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-5609-4 |language=en}}</ref> a special space/timeship similar in some ways to the [[TARDIS]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Attention 'Community' fans: 'Inspector Spacetime' is real|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/09/12/community-fans-inspector-spacetime/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> Reception for the series has been positive, with ''USA Today'' including it in their "Best of TV on the Web in 2012" list.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lorena |last=Blas |work=[[USA Today]] |title=Best of TV on the Web in 2012 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2012/12/25/best-of-web-tv-2012/1790331/ |date=January 6, 2013 |access-date=April 15, 2013}}</ref> AThe series had only one season but production of the second season shifted to make a feature film based on the series, titled '''''The Inspector Chronicles''''', isin currently2014. inAlthough productiona crowdfunding campaign was launched that year, the film's further development seems to have been adjourned.<ref>{{UpdateCite web |last=Venable |first=Nick inline|date=October2014-02-20 2021|title=Doctor Who-ish Inspector Spacetime Becoming A Movie With An Actual Doctor |url=https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/scifi/doctor-whoish-inspector-spacetime-movie-actual-doctor.html |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT |language=en-US}}</ref>

The series was initially pitched to [[NBC]] (''Community''{{'}}s television network at the time), who appeared uninterested. Richey then began a [[Kickstarter]] campaign to fund the series, which was successful.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/16/community-inspector-spacetime-travis-richey_n_1888891.html |title='Community's' Inspector Spacetime, Travis Richey, Producing 'Untitled Web Series About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time' |date=16 September 2012 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=16 October 2012}}</ref> After an animated teaser episode for the series was produced, NBC requested the production be cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tgdaily.com/entertainment/61834-nbc-nixes-inspector-spacetime |title=NBC nixes Inspector Spacetime |date=3 March 2012 |publisher=TG Daily |access-date=4 March 2012}}</ref> Richey continued with the series, but with references to the name 'Inspector Spacetime' removed and the appearance of the character altered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themarysue.com/inspector-spacetime-episode-one/ |title=Here's Episode One of the Inspector-Spacetime-in-Everything-but-Name Inspector Spacetime Webseries |date=9 September 2012 |publisher=The Mary Sue |access-date= 10 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NBC tries to kill Inspector Spacetime, but he regenerates instead |work=io9 |date=29 February 2012 |url=http://io9.com/5889335/nbc-tries-to-kill-inspector-spacetime-but-he-regenerates-instead|publisher=io9 |access-date=2 June 2013 |last1=Davis |first1=Lauren |archive-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928145404/http://io9.com/5889335/nbc-tries-to-kill-inspector-spacetime-but-he-regenerates-instead |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guimarães |first=Elisa |date=2024-05-09 |title=Remember When 'Community' Had Its Own 'Doctor Who'? |url=https://collider.com/community-inspector-spacetime/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> The series' name was then changed to ''Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Watch the first episode of the Inspector Spacetime webseries that can't legally call itself Inspector Spacetime|url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/watch-the-first-episode-of-the-inspector-spacetime,84911/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628171257/http://www.avclub.com/articles/watch-the-first-episode-of-the-inspector-spacetime,84911/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 June 2013|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=13 September 2012 |access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref>

Main cast as listed on the official website:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://11thinspector.wix.com/theinspector#!cast--crew/c29|title=Untitled Web Series About A Space Traveler...|access-date=4 June 2017|archive-date=1 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301203450/http://11thinspector.wix.com/theinspector#!cast--crew/c29|url-status=dead}}</ref>