Time Machine not working - can't see 'time travel' screen

I have a very weird situation. I am running Lion and TM seems to be backing up fine and happy. However when I try to see my backups, that is, go into the "time travel screen" by actually running Time Machine (or chosing "Enter Time Machine" on the menu) NOTHING HAPPENS...
I have seen a few similar posts about this problem but having to do with a DROBO disk (I assume this is a model hard disk) which don't apply to me.
Here are my trouble shooting steps so far:
- reboot
- dismount, power off, remount the external drive
- delete the "time machine preferences" file from /Library/Preferences
- reinstall Lion
Has anyone solved this problem? I am totally stumped... Any tips would be really appreciated!! Pito.

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