If, however, this all makes you start to wonder how time travel works in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you may want to slow your roll.
It proves to be a very important element in the movie narratively and thematically, and is a key factor in some of the most climatic sequences.
This is because writer/director Scott Derrickson has made it clear that what’s featured in his film is not time travel, but instead merely time manipulation.
In Doctor Strange, the titular hero (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) uses his new found magic skills in many different ways, but certainly one of the most interesting is how he learns to control time.