時序保護機構嘅諗法可能來源於一啲科幻作品中時間警察之類嘅機構，譬如波爾·安德森嘅《時間巡邏》系列故事、阿西莫夫嘅小說《永恆的終結》、電視劇《超時空奇俠》。霍金篇論文發表之後，保羅·萊文森（Paul Levinson）寫咗小說《時序保護事件》，佢嘅世界觀裏便，如果有邊個科學家就嚟搞出任何形式嘅時間旅行，宇宙就會殺咗佢。
The idea of a time order protection agency may come from some science fiction works such as the time police, such as Pol · Anderson's "Time Patrol" series of stories, Asimov's novel "The End of Eternity", and the TV series "Chrono Wonder Man". After Hawking's paper was published, Paul · wrote the novel "The Temporal Preservation Incident", in which he had a worldview in which the universe would kill him if any scientist came to do any kind of time travel.