The Last Day - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: When Kryten packs his spare heads away, he places the first one in the case with his left hand. In the next shot it has moved to his right hand. (00:03:50)
22nd Feb 2008
The Last Day - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: When Kryten packs his spare heads away, he places the first one in the case with his left hand. In the next shot it has moved to his right hand. (00:03:50)
29th Jun 2018
Timeslides - S3-E5
Continuity mistake: When Kryten notices the photo of the bike in the countryside is moving, the peg attached to it is near the middle, along the top, but in the shot from behind, the peg is much closer to the right. The same goes for the photo of Kryten's birthday party. (00:03:30)
28th Nov 2004
Continuity mistake: Kryten removes the polymorph underpants and throws them under the covers of Lister's bed. When he checks the bed and pulls out a snake the pants are now on top of the covers (even though he says they're gone) and the covers themselves are now arranged differently. (00:10:00)
14th Feb 2007
Continuity mistake: At the start of the episode, it is clear that the capsule fully rotates and the "contents: 2" sign is not on the capsule. (00:01:05)
29th Jun 2018
Continuity mistake: When Lister is telling Rimmer that he is going to die and that Rimmer doesn't need food, there is snow over his face, hair and coat collar, but a few seconds later, the snow has mostly disappeared. (00:09:35)
3rd Nov 2007
Timeslides - S3-E5
Revealing mistake: When Rimmer dies at The End of the episode, a dummy is visible just before the explosion. (00:26:40)
10th Feb 2007
10th Feb 2007
28th Jun 2018
Continuity mistake: When Kryten is piloting Starbug and gently "eases forwards", there is a shot shown from behind Starbug where it is driving out of the cargo bay to the exit, and it is shown a couple feet off the ground. When Starbug exits Red Dwarf in the next shot, Starbug is suddenly much higher above the ground. (00:04:20)
28th Jun 2018
Continuity mistake: Rimmer wears a hat with an antenna on the right hand side when on Starbug, and after arriving on Earth, but when he and Kryten are walking through the streets later on, the antenna is now on the left side of his hat, and is far more extended. (00:02:20 - 00:08:00)
30th Jan 2007
Continuity mistake: At the disco, when the Rimmers are seated at their table, the plant moves from in front of the lamp to behind it. (00:15:40)
30th Jul 2007
Continuity mistake: When the Cat dances at the disco, he jumps up and grabs the mirror ball with both hands. In the next shot he is only holding it by one arm. (00:20:25)
10th Sep 2007
Continuity mistake: When the Cat jumps up to grab the mirrorball, a comb appears in his hand from nowhere before disappearing again. (00:20:25)
27th Jun 2018
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: In the hotel room, when future Lister is telling Lister he doesn't look pleased to see him, the two Listers are standing directly in front of each other, but from another angle, future Lister is standing around 90° rotated from before, and a few steps to the right of Lister. (00:25:35)
30th Jan 2007
Stasis Leak - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Lister's double says 'You don't look pleased to see me' his locks move from over his shoulder to down his back and they continue switching during the scene. (00:25:30)
27th Jun 2018
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer falls asleep whilst Lister is doing the jigsaw, there is a whisky bottle on the table. Later in the episode, when being viewed on the black box, the whiskey bottle is no longer on the table. Lister could not have thrown it away since he left the table to the Hologram Simulation Suite at The End of the scene. (00:10:20 - 00:19:35)
27th Jun 2018
Continuity mistake: When Lister is questioning how they can remake Casablanca, he is holding the video tape, but in the next shot, the tape has disappeared from his hand and is touching the control panel. (00:04:40)
27th Jun 2018
Continuity mistake: When Holly interrupts Rimmer learning Esperanto saying "The menu looks interesting", he appears on the TV screen, with his chin blocked by the edge of the frame. The shot then cuts to a view of the screen, and his entire face is suddenly fully in the frame. (00:05:00)
23rd Dec 2007
27th Jun 2018
Confidence and Paranoia - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Confidence is telling Lister that his song was the greatest love song ever, Lister has his right hand on his lap, but in the next shot, his right hand is suddenly on the guitar strings. (00:19:35)
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