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[[File:Psycho-trinket.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Psycho-trinket]] similar to those given as consolation prizes to unsuccessful contestants.]]
'''''Who Wants to Be a Chronometer?''''' is a [[Reality TV (nonfiction)|reality TV]] show.
'''Who Wants to Be a Chronometer?''' is a [[reality TV (nonfiction)]] show.


== Tock the Clock Dog ==
Participants must compete to measure [[Time (nonfiction)|time]], and perform other time-related tasks.
[[File:Phantomtollbooth.PNG|150px|thumb|[[The Phantom Tollbooth (nonfiction)]] showing Tock and Milo.]]
Before his appearance in [[The Phantom Tollbooth (nonfiction)]], Tock the Clock Dog auditioned for Who Wants to Be a Chronometer?


Although a temporal-medical condition prohibited Tock's participation as a contestant, the show's producers were so impressed that they offered Tock a staff position as Continuity Director.
Successful contestants are converted into a variety of [[Chronometer (nonfiction)|chronometers]].


The deal ultimately fell through, and Tock went on to gain fame for his work in [[Phantom Tollbooth (nonfiction)]].
== In the News ==


== Sponsorship ==
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File:Luminous dial of Soviet aircraft chronometer.jpg|link=Chronometer (nonfiction)|Luminous dial of Soviet aircraft [[Chronometer (nonfiction)|chronometer]] proud to represent all [[Chronometer (nonfiction)|chronometers]].
The show is sponsored by [[Extract of Radium]].
File:K1 chronometer.jpg|link=K1: My Life at Sea|[[K1: My Time at Sea|K1 chronometer]] will be next celebrity judge on WWTBAC.
 
File:Phantomtollbooth.PNG|link=The Phantom Tollbooth (nonfiction)|[[The Phantom Tollbooth (nonfiction)|Tock the Clock Dog]] auditions for ''Chronometer''.
Yes, [[Extract of Radium]] - ''[[Humans Love It!]]''
File:1938834488.01.S001.LXXXXXXX.jpg|link=Doctor Dead (nonfiction)|Clock in ''[[Doctor Dead (nonfiction)|Doctor Dead]]'' cover art has interesting chronometric properties.
 
File:Gysin and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|''Chronometer'' sponsored by [[Extract of Radium]].
== Psycho-trinkets ==
File:Peter Giblets.jpg|link=Peter Giblets|[[Peter Giblets]] calls WWTBAC? "the idea of a lifetime, a labor of love, a dream come true."
 
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[[Psycho-trinkets]] were given out as consolation prizes to unsuccessful contestants.


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
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* [[Chronometer (nonfiction)]]
* [[Chronometer (nonfiction)]]
* [[Doctor Dead (nonfiction)]]
* [[Reality TV (nonfiction)]]
* [[Reality TV (nonfiction)]]
* [[The Phantom Tollbooth (nonfiction)]]
* [[Who Wants to Be a Millionare? (nonfiction)]]
* [[Who Wants to Be a Millionare? (nonfiction)]]


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[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Extract of Radium]]
[[Category:Extract of Radium]]
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Latest revision as of 03:46, 2 July 2020

Who Wants to Be a Chronometer? is a reality TV show.

Participants must compete to measure time, and perform other time-related tasks.

Successful contestants are converted into a variety of chronometers.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference


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