Continuity mistake: When Rimmer gives Hollister the directives to sign, he holds the clipboard in both hands. In the next shot his left hand is under the first page. (00:02:15)
Casual Person
3rd Feb 2008
Red Dwarf (1988)
3rd Feb 2008
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Hollister picks up the lemon drink, his left hand is by his side. In the next shot it is on his chest. (00:01:50)
24th Nov 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: Just before Rimmer and Lister drink the hooch, Lister's locks are behind his back, then one of the locks moves to in front of his left shoulder during a brief shot of Rimmer. (00:13:30)
24th Nov 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
27th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Bird-man loses his glasses, he is feeling his face. In the next shot both of his hands are on the floor. (00:25:40)
27th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Pete eats Bird-man, Bob is with the crew in the cargo bay. When they run away, Bob disappears. (00:27:00)
27th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
27th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
12th Jan 2004
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When The Cat does his dance with Blue Midget, he stands behind one of the legs of Blue Midget and changes his clothes. The old clothes he throws on the ground when changing disappear in the wide shot of the landing area. (00:08:55)
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)
6th Jul 2018
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer shows Lister the luck virus and sexual magnetism virus, there is less than half of the liquid shown in the test tube for the sexual magnetism, but when Rimmer is about to go to Hollister's dinner later on, there is more liquid in the test tube. There was also only one test tube of sexual magnetism for Rimmer to use. (00:12:15 - 00:18:10)
27th Nov 2006
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: In the scene on the Canaries' transport, where they first try to convince Kryten to record the women showering, Kochanski speaks the first line in the scene, but when the shot changes to the wide shot, she isn't there anymore. (Confirmed on the DVD commentary). (00:05:55 - 00:07:20)
24th May 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
6th Jul 2018
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: After the Cat has performed his dance routine, he begins to smoke a cigar and puts it down. The shot cuts to the ground controller, but when the shot cuts back to the Cat, the cigar is back in his mouth and has already been smoked. (00:10:30)
6th Jul 2018
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Thornton places the bracelet on Lister's arm, Lister's arm is at a straight angle, but in the next shot, his arm is at a rotated angle. (00:12:15)
20th Feb 2013
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: At The End of "Nanarchy", Kochanski's hair is brown. However, throughout series 8, her hair is blonde. And with everything going on in "Nanarchy" there would have been nowhere near enough time for her to dye it.
24th Apr 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
24th Apr 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
25th Sep 2006
Red Dwarf (1988)
Continuity mistake: When the ducts are being backwashed, Lister's dreadlocks are on his right shoulder. But when the shot changes and he says "I hate this. I really hate this.", his locks are on his left shoulder. Then the shot changes again and they're back on his right shoulder. (00:23:53)
23rd Nov 2007
Red Dwarf (1988)
Revealing mistake: When Kochanski is shot with the spear, the padding that gives the impression the spear is through her leg is visibly bulging in her trousers as ahe pulls on the rope. (00:26:50)
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