Space-time vessel


 * "Time machine" redirects here. For other meanings of the phrase, see Time machine (disambiguation).

A space-time vessel or time ship or temporal ship (or, colloquially, time machine) is a vehicle designed to convey the user(s) through time and at a faster than light speed.

Where as a "time machine" moves the user through time and a spaceship moves the user through space, a space-time vessel combines these abilities to enable the user to visit anywhere in the universe and at any time.

Often these vehicles had dimensionally transcendental properties and utilized the Time Vortex, the TARDISes of the Time Lords being a great example of this.