Screen fans voted the mechanical star of the 1985 hit comedy - and its sequels - top of a list of 20 iconic film inventions
Iconic: The DeLorean
Thirty years ago the iconic DeLorean car from the film Back to the Future really did seem like the cutting edge in technology.
And the vehicle's endearing popularity among British film lovers has seen it voted the best fictional gadget EVER.
Screen fans voted the mechanical star of the 1985 hit comedy - and its sequels - top of a list of 20 inventions yet to be turned from film and TV fiction into reality.
And while technology races ahead, not even Apple can match some of the best gizmos from up to 50 years ago like Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver or Star Trek's teleporter.
Second and third in the list, both were introduced to viewers in the 1960s, way before the CD player or the mobile phone were invented, for instance.
More than 1,500 fans of screen technology were polled by The Gadget Show Live - which runs from April 9-13 at Birmingham's NEC - for the top 20 list.
It ranges from handy gadgets like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak to James Bond's magnetic Rolex which 007 famously used to unzip a woman's dress!
While real life technology continues to advance rapidly, scientists and inventors have so far failed to come up with some of the best loved fictional gadgets and gizmos of all time.
This includes weapons from the light saber of Star Wars to the proton guns of Ghostbusters and the less serious 'Fart Gun' from animated hit Despicable Me.
Asked to name their favourite gadget users from film and TV, Gadget Show fans named James Bond top followed by Ironman's alter ego Tony Stark and then Doctor Who.
Gadget Show Live director Sally Bent said: 'This survey shows how the British public - kids and adults - hold a very special place in their hearts for gadgets.
'In the entertainment world, gadgets can make us laugh, inspire us, fill us with awe and engage our imagination to transport us into other lives and other worlds.
Who wouldn't love that?' Tickets for Gadget Show Live are available to buy now at http://ift.tt/PzNw1v
The top 20 fictional gadgets from films: 1. DeLorean (Back to the Future) 2. Sonic screwdriver (Doctor Who) 3. Teleporter (Star Trek) 4. Invisibility cloak (Harry Potter) 5. Light Saber (Star Wars) 6. Hoverboard (Back to the Future) 7. Neuralyzer (Men in Black) 8. Jarvis (Iron Man) 9. Replicator (Star Trek) 10. Marauder's Map (Harry Potter) 11. Time travelling dream machine (Inception) 12. Jetpack with machine guns (Kick Ass) 13. Universal remote control (Click) 14. Magnetic Rolex (James Bond) 15. Time-turner (Harry 16. Fart gun (Despicable Me) 17. Glass elevator (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) 18. Lipstick taser (Despicable Me) 19. Proton guns (Ghostbusters) 20. Gadget arms (Inspector Gadget) Previous Articles
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