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Outlander has always featured some form of time travel from its first series after Claire Randall (played by Caitriona Balfe) fell through time. At the end of the second outing she returned to the 1940s. In the third season, Claire spent 20 years in the present before discovering Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) was alive and travelling back to him.
The fourth run saw Brianna Fraser (Sophie Skelton) and her lover Roger MacKenzie (Richard Rankin) returning to the past as the family reunited.
Just what season five will hold remains to be see but judging by the books from Diana Gabaldon, the time travelling isn’t over by any means.
The upcoming cycle is likely to see some characters venturing back and forth through the ages for various reasons, while other travellers are referenced to.
There are a number of rules that are established through the series and the novel series about time travel, here are the biggest ones.
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1. Time moves at the same rate wherever you are
This is a very specific rule to Outlander and means that time continues to move forward regardless of which era you’re in.
So you can jump back and forth on a whim to wherever you wish to go.
While Claire was in the past, her husband Frank Randall (Tobias Menzies) was desperately trying to locate her in the present. As they continued to live their lives, time marched on with them.
The four years that Claire spent in the past equalled the amount of time she went missing for in the present and there was no way to go back before this point.
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2. Gemstones and blood sacrifices can help you to travel
Geillis Duncan’s (Lotte Verbeek) was revealed to be another traveller, who had gone back in time to try and reinstate Bonny Prince Charlie (Andrew Gower) on the Scottish throne in a bid to establish the nation’s independence.
Although she ultimately failed, she did document meticulously how she travelled through time as well as doing copious amounts of research.
Claire and Roger learnt from Geillis’ accounts that gemstones and blood sacrifice as well as fire helped people to travel.
Geillis even bumped off her husband and used gemstones to journey back in time.
3. Only certain people can time travel
In Outlander, time travel is limited by genetics which means only certain characters can venture through time.
Claire is able to, as is her daughter Brianna, who has inherited this ability from her.
Roger, too, has been imbued with this via Geillis’ genes with the pair being distance cousins.
Jamie, however, can’t travel which means he and Claire can never escape to the future and possibly safety.
Questions have been raised about his ghost travelling through time, suggesting there must be another rule that we’re yet to learn.
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4. Time travel is only possible from certain locations
Claire travelled through the Standing Stones in Craigh na Dun to the past and throughout the novels and the show, these powerful rock alignments have the power to propel people through time.
Other locations that Outlander characters have used to traverse time periods include the cave at Abandawe in Jamaica and the Stone circle on Ocracoke in North Caroline.
5. You can only travel at certain times of the year
Much like the gemstones and sacrifice, it seems the boundaries between different time periods are at their nearest during certain times in the year.
For instance, Claire first travelled through time around Beltane and Brianna on the Winter Solstice, while Roger opted for the Summer Solstice.
Outlander seasons 1 to 5 are streaming on Amazon Prime Video now
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