Time Machine will not open.

It seems that I can no longer open Time Machine to select and restore files. However backups appear to be operating normally. I have checked the drive and found no errors, backups run as expected, there is plenty of space left and there are no messages in the console or logs that would indicate a problem.
However when I select Enter Time Machine from the menu bar, nothing happens.
I have seen this issue discussed before, but I have not seen a resolution that I am satisfied with. If I have to reformat the drive and lose my backups, that kind of defeats the reason to have them in the first place.
Anyone have any ideas?

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