Where Do They Start? Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) is a POW in Dresden during WW2.Where Do They End Up? Coming unstuck in time, he finds himself in the future living on an alien planet, Trafalmadore.Biggest Culture Clash. The Trafalmadorans can experience every moment of their lives, past and future.Unresolved Paradox. Not a paradox, exactly, but its never made explicit if Billy really time travelled or is just insane.