Continuity mistake: When Lister leaves the Rimmer's quarters after laughing at the newspaper cuttings, one shot Rimmer has his arms folded and the other has his hands on his hips. In the next shot they have swapped places. (00:06:45)
Dwarf
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Revealing mistake: When the Cat, Lister and Kryten are walking and the Cat is complaining about rock, keep an eye on the background. They start walking just before a set of steps, then do a complete loop back to the steps for no reason. (00:06:15)
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Revealing mistake: When Holly gives Rimmer a new haircut, Rimmer salutes and touches his hair with his hand. Surely he would have noticed his hair has become much longer, especially after he asked for a crew cut. (00:07:00)
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Confidence and Paranoia - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When the Cat visits Lister, Lister puts his arm down on the bed, but in the next shot he is leaning on his hand. (00:14:45)
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Lister first sees Kochanski his locks are on top of his left shoulder. In the next shot they are gone, then back again when he drops the bowl. (00:26:15)
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When the crew are backing away from Pete, the way they are standing changes between long shots and close ups. (00:26:10)
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When the Cat leaves Lister's quarters after showing him the cat book, one of Lister's locks is hanging over his right shoulder. In the next shot it is gone. (00:11:40)
26th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
24th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When the virus starts to eat the potatoes, Rimmer picks them up from the pile just below eye level. In the wide shot it shows the potatoes are just below waist level and Rimmer would have had to lean much further away from where he was standing to get the potatoes from that height. (00:20:00)
24th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
24th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
24th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Confidence and Paranoia - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Lister is watching the film at the start of the episode, he says 'would you let me watch the film' to Holly. His arm is gesturing to Holly, but in the next shot he is picking up chips from his lap. (00:02:50)
17th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer walks down the corridor, his hair is a mess. When he enters the medi-bay it is tidy. (00:25:25)
17th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: At The End of "Nanarchy" Starbug 1 flew underneath Starbug 2 at The End of the episode, yet in this episode when the scene is repeated, the ship flies around Starbug 1 instead. (00:05:50)
16th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When the Cat does his tap dance, he starts 20 feet away from Blue Midget and does not move from his position during the dance. When he finishes, he taps Blue Midget's leg. (00:09:30)
16th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Visible crew/equipment: During the scene when Starbug crashes, the camera then does a barrel roll and you can see wooden roof beams of the set and the stage lighting. (00:09:55)
16th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Kryten is restored to his factory settings, the woman is pressing buttons on the keypad. In the next shot, her arm is by her side. (00:17:40)
16th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Lister is lying on the top bunk talking to Rimmer about the 83 year old dad, he says "he'd probably pretend to be dead" as he puts is left hand on the side of his face. The camera cuts to Rimmer then back to Lister again, as he puts his left hand on the side of his face again. (00:01:55)
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