Time warp synthesizer
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The time warp synthesizer is a device created by Doctor Zee to permit travel back and forth through time.
Xavier proposes using the invention in order to advance Earth's development from the past, despite the fact that it has never been tested, nor do the Colonials know what side effects of time manpiulation will occur (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I).