Clockwork, Steam, and Flux Capacitors

"Don't apologize, Victor, this isn't your fault," Doc tells him soothingly. "Like I said before, you couldn't be expected to know what happened to you. Even those who come back aren't quite sure." He glares down at his PINpoint. "If this thing was working properly, I could try getting both of us back to the proper reality. Come on. . . ." He tries fiddling with it again, trying to force a dimension shift, only to get a by-now-all-too-familiar *beep*. "Great Scott, what's wrong with this thing?" He arches an eyebrow, then looks at Victor. "All right, better explain before I do this -- I had powers before I came through the Rift. Do you remember me telling you I was abducted and made half-mechanical?"